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1888: The Great Blizzard The power of the "Great White Hurricane"

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1965: Skateboarding in New York City Sidewalk surfers on the streets and in the parks of NYC

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1981 Radio Shack computer catalog When Radio Shack was "the biggest name in little computers"

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1990

A summer stroll around a former concentration camp

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Oct. 1969

Hippie high school

When students (and teachers) turned on, tuned in, and dropped classes

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1920s-1930s

The ice-skating waiters of Switzerland

Managing to serve the perfect drink and stay upright (mostly)

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1944

The FBI's fingerprint files

A place for every print, and every print in its place

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1920s-1950s

Living the Havana High Life

Cuba before Communism was a playground for those who could afford to play.

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c. 1908

"The woman 'Cop' (a dream)."

The concept of a "police-woman" brought to life by a suffragette.

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Retronaut shows the past like you wouldn't believe. We take your map of time and tear tiny holes in it.

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c. 1905-1908

The Edwardian Sartorialist

Capturing the style of the London streets more than a century ago

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1904: Happy New Year

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1967

Riots in Detroit

The city burned and 43 people lost their lives.

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1964

The Tokyo Beatles

Beatlemania, Japanese style

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1950s-1980s

You Better Not Cry

All they want for Christmas is a hug -- just not from Santa Claus.

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1970s: Stars at Studio 54

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20th Century: The Evolution of Women's Workwear

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