A vinaigrette of historical footage from past years. Issue 168

Funny photos, interesting events and people who made history - all this in a new selection.

Post office in the stump of a huge cedar, USA, Washington, late 19th century.

In the mid-19th century, US loggers invaded and began cutting down thousand-year-old forests, leaving behind many giant stumps. Which were later used as residential buildings or a post office.

A walk along Fifth Avenue after a recent snowfall. New York, 1905.

A motorist on the edge of the Grand Canyon, USA, 1914.

A girl with her pet cat in a stroller and a dog.

This photo was taken in Cleveland, Ohio, USA, sometime in the early 1900s.

Little newspaper sellers. USA, 1909.

They were called "newsboys" and they played a key role in distributing news across cities.

Children began working as newsboys as early as 8 years old. They had to work in harsh conditions, often in cold weather and at night. Newsboys traveled on foot, by bicycle or in horse-drawn carriages, delivering newspapers to homes, offices and streets.

They earned a little money, which they used to help their families.

Steinhoff bobsled, for two. New Jersey, early 1900s.

Women's basketball team, USA 1900.

It is noteworthy that they played in dresses with long sleeves and wore corsets.

Basketball as we know it was invented in 1891 by James Naismith, a physical education teacher at Christian College in Springfield, Massachusetts, USA.

The first construction train passes the Palisades, Ten Mile Canyon, 1866–1869.

Lake George, New York, 1923.

A steam locomotive moves along a flooded street during the Boston flood, 1915.

Testing a bulletproof vest, Washington, 1923.

Dog sleds, Alaska, USA, 1910.

Dog sleds carried mail in parts of the northern United States and Alaska during the winter months. Carriers used sleds throughout Alaska from the late nineteenth century to the early 1920s.

Pennsylvania Station, 1920s.

The station is located in New York City and was opened in 1910. Named after the Pennsylvania Railroad, it was the largest railroad carrier in the 19th century. The company was founded in 1846.

Portrait of an Indian girl of the Ojibwe (or Chippewa) tribe. USA, 1907.

The Ojibwe are an Indian people of the Algonquian language family. Settled in reservations in the United States, in the states of Michigan, Wisconsin, Minnesota, North Dakota, and also in Canada.

New Oldreive's Iron Horse tricycle, California. 1882.

School bus in Maine, USA, 1930

Church on wheels based on Ford-T, USA, 1922.

At the intersection in Pratt, Kansas, USA, 1911.

A truck for street lighting maintenance, 1926.

Daughters of the American Cheyenne Chief, 1901, Billings, Montana.

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