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Oldsmobile Ninety-Eight Ad, This Week Magazine, April 22, 1956, page 14.
Vintage ad for Oldsmobile Ninety-Eight that appeared on page 14 of the April 22, 1956, publication of This Week magazine.
Miles Bros. Moving Pictures - thumbnail
Colorized photograph of the Miles Brothers Moving Pictures exchange in San Francisco, just prior to the 1906 earthquake.
Peterman's Roach Food Ad, Ladies Home Journal, July 1909, page 48.
Vintage ad for Peterman's Roach Food that appeared in the Ladies Home Journal in July 1909 on page 48.
1912 Titanic Footage
Actual footage of the Titanic leaving Belfast on April 2, 1912. Includes footage of the Carpathia and some of those who were rescued.
1918 Pandemic Thumbnail
Colorized photograph of a demonstration at the Red Cross Emergency Ambulance Station in Washington, D.C., during the influenza pandemic of 1918.
1939 World's Fair Elektro Robot
A colorized film showing the highlights of the 1939 New York World's Fair at Flushing Meadows–Corona Park in Queens, New York.
Ladies Home Journal, April 1960, page 135.
We're getting up a petition asking parents in the neighborhood to raise their sons' allowances."
Miss America receives a permanent wave - Colorized - Thumbnail
Colorized photo of Norma Smallwood, Miss America 1926, with her hair attached to electric permanent wave equipment.
1952 Today Show Premiere
The first segment of the very first episode of NBC's Today show starring Dave Garroway.
Hall's Vegetable Sicilian Hair Renewer Ad, Cosmopolitan, October 1908, page 218.
Hall's Vegetable Sicilian Hair Renewer Ad, Cosmopolitan, October 1908, page 218.
Women Bathing 1909 - Colorized - Thumbnail
Colorized photograph of women bathing on an unknown beach.
1950 DeSoto Cars TV Ad
Animated television advertisement for the 1950 DeSoto automobiles.
Free Slide Rule Ad, Crack Detective Stories, September 1945, page 93.
Free Slide Rule Ad, Crack Detective Stories, September 1945, page 93.
Atlanta policeman drags African American high school student Taylor Washington to paddy wagon during demonstration. Thumbnail
Atlanta policeman drags African American high school student Taylor Washington to paddy wagon during demonstration against restaurant segregation.
1963 Bullwinkle How to Hitchhike
A hilarious Mr. Know-It-All clip of Bullwinkle explaining to Rocky how to hitchhike.

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