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Albert Percy Godber

 Locomotive boiler in the Petone Railway Workshops, with William Albert Godber sitting on top, ca. 1906    Rangiuru house, 63 Hutt Road, 1911    Steam railway locomotive "Sandfly" travelling along a...

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Frank Denton

 Sacks of pumice being transported by barge, Whanganui River, 1923    Two young girls walk along a country road under a large tree in autumn, Havelock north, ca. 1920s    Unidentified Maori woman...

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Henry Norford Whitehead

Farm workers picking a bumper tomato crop within a field, Nichol's farm at Bay View, Napier, Hawke's Bay District, 1920s-30s   Girls in costume on the back of a decorated truck, for an unidentified...

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Saying Goodbye

These poignant photos of servicemen taking leave of their sweethearts/wives in World War II were taken by famed photographer Alfred Eisenstadt.

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Thelma Kent

Robert Murrell's boat Pilgrim and Leila Black, Lake Manapouri, 1939   Snow capped Mount Tutoko seen from the Hollyford River, 1930s   View of Ashburton Gorge, Canterbury, ca. 1930s   Woman by Lake...

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Vintage Ireland

I found these wonderful pictures at PastPin.Alexandria School's, Dublin   Augusta Congreve at the side entrance of Clonbrock House, Ahascragh, Co. Galway, 31 January 1866    Blackrock Road, Cork City...

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G. G. Bain

 Alice Brady draped in Old Glory    American silent film actress and model Olive Thomas, 1915-20[here's a sample of her work: The Flapper]    At start of air mail service    Becky Edelson and Louise...

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Leslie Jones

 Sun bathers   Swimmers Follies, University Club    Swimming at Charles Bank, Charles River, Boston, ca. 1940    Telling tales aboard the fishing schooner Shamrock on a hot Sunday in November at fish...

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Sydney Charles Smith

 Art class in front of a cage at Wellington Zoo, ca 1910    Protest march against wage reductions, Lambton Quay, Wellington, 1930s    Start of a swimming race at Te Aro Baths in Oriental Bay,...

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Vintage Norway

Recently found a treasure trove of historical photos of Norway. This first set is from here; the originals were all stereoscope photos. Balestrand, ca. 1898    Binsete, Sogndalsdalen, 1900    Bullock...

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Daniel Manders Beere

Man standing beside a cart and horses, Australia, ca. 1890s    Men playing lawn bowls, St Kilda, Melbourne, ca 1890s    Tennis match played at Hamilton, Kawhia versus Hamilton, 1885    Unidentified...

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George Frederick Kaye

F K Gourlay, of 22 NZ Battalion, climbs into Bren carrier adapted for evacuating wounded in Rimini, Italy, 22 September 1944   French Moroccan troops combine native costume and modern fighting...

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Hotel Ezra Cornell

From the Cornell University website, "Hotel Ezra Cornell (HEC) is an annual weekend-long educational conference, a 90-year tradition at the Cornell School of Hotel Administration, put on by the...

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Northwood Brothers

Maori woman with a catch of fish, Northland Region, ca. 1910  Maori women working with fern roots  Men in a row-boat on Houhora Harbour, Northland region, 1930s  Nicholas Covich's gumfield and diggers,...

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Vintage Mexico

These photos of Mexico were taken by William Henry Jackson. All date from 1880-1897. An idle crowd[no degrading stereotypes here, no sir]     Bathing in the hot springs acequia    Ferry at Puente Real...

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Misc New Zealand

 Children in the playground at Khandallah Park, Wellington, ca 1927    Department of Education buses at Piopio School, Waitomo district, 1924-25    Historical pageant, Duke & Duchess of York's...

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Stewart Collection

The Stewart Photographic Collection consists of black-and-white images from prints of glass plate negatives created by amateur photographers (and brothers) Robert Livingston Stewart and William Percy...

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John Collier

 Garden of the Pan American Building, Washington, DC, May 1943    Sailor and girl at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier, Washington, DC, May 1943    Steps of the Pan American Building, Washington, DC, May...

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Vintage Finland

These pictures came from this Flickr set.Boys at Hietalahti harbour, 1908   Corner of Satamakatu, Luotsikatu and Kruununvuorenkatu on Katajanokka, 1908   Crossing of Aleksanterinkatu and Unionkatu,...

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Detroit Publishing

Driveway and beach, Longbranch, 1900-06   Edward Hart - U.S.S. New York, band going aboard at Hampton Roads, 1893-1901   Girls' playground, Harriet Island, St. Paul, Minnesota, ca. 1905   In the court...

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