Solyanka from interesting retro shots (18 photos)

So, we invite you to spend a couple of informative minutes and take a ride in a time machine, because we have a new hodgepodge hodgepodge from interesting retro shots. We invite everyone to the post and wish you a pleasant viewing.

Scientist Alexander Graham Bell and his assistants testing a kite with tetrahedral panels, 1903





The derailment at the Gare Montparnasse in Paris on October 22, 1895

Considered one of the most impressive railway incidents. The train, consisting of 12 cars, knocked out the travel stop and went to the platform of the station. After that, he drove the entire station, crashed into front wall (whose width was about 60 centimeters), knocked it out and height of 10 meters collapsed into the street. All passenger cars remained standing on the platform.

Shortly before braking, the driver received an order from the chief trains to turn off the brakes (although according to the instructions this is strictly forbidden was to do). The train suddenly began to pick up speed, as a result which even the use of emergency braking could not timely stop the train.



A man stands at a sawmill, 1939



Politician Porfirio Diaz and the Stone of the Sun, which belonged to the Aztecs, 1910 The monument weighs 24 tons. It depicts the symbols of the Aztec cosmogony and solar cult.



Bulgarian bride and groom on their wedding day, 1893



Construction of the Hoover Dam, 1934



Painters on the cables of the Brooklyn Bridge, 1914



Motorized roller skate salesman in California, 1961



Night fishing in Hawaii, 1948



Lineman working on power lines, 1911



Sea lion Roland taking a snow bath, 1930 By the way, Roland was a well-fed sea lion. Its weight was almost 2 tons.



This is what portable changing rooms looked like, New York, 1938



Two British women sculpt a Victorian Snow Lady, 1892



Romance! A couple watching the launch of the Apollo 8 rocket, 1968



Photo of Brooklyn Supreme - the largest horse in the world, 1930. Height the animal at the withers was about 198 centimeters, and the weight reached 1451 kilograms. Despite its size, the horse was famous for its kind and quite accommodating character. He enjoyed contacting people who came to gawk at him during city fairs.



American soldiers returning home after World War II, 1945



Air-conditioned lawn mower, 1957 Perhaps on such lawn mower could not only mow the grass, but also comfortably in go to the nearest store.



Airline Flight Manual, 1945