Rare Photos Of History

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  1. Shirley Martin

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    I'll look for some.
     
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    Grading tobacco.

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    Were there a lot of "baccy" farms in NC. This pic looks around 1930/40s?
     
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    Just about every farm was a tobacco farm. There is still a lot of tobacco but there are also sweet potato farms. I believe that NC in the main sweet potato growing state.
     
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    Are these guys in for a good time.
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    Probably Sydney, 1945/46.
     
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    Bombing of Pearl Harbor, HI Dec. 7, 1941. ap_4112070240.jpg
     
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    Bombing of Darwin and harbor, Northern Australia Feb 19,1941.[​IMG]
     
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    Sinking of the U.S.S. Arizona at Pearl Harbor, Dec. 1941. -.jpg
     
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    Allied landing, D-Day, Normandy, France, June 6, 19
     
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    83509034_3013074145372060_3701525316750016512_n.jpg On February 8th, 1943. Nazis hung 17-year-old Yugoslav Radic. When they asked her the names of her companions, she replied: “You will know them when they come to avenge me”.
     
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    First Morning After Sweden Changed From Driving On The Left Side To Driving On The Right, 1967

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    Race Organizers Attempt To Stop Kathrine Switzer From Competing In The Boston Marathon. She Became The First Woman To Finish The Race, 1967

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    The Statue Of Liberty Under Construction In Paris In 1884

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