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37. Human-size chess game with actual soldiers in St. Petersburg, Russia (1924).

36. Colorized: When computers didn’t have screens (Date undocumented).

35. A navigation hotline long, long before Google Maps.

34. The first elephant to water surf (circa 1950).

33. Circumcision was used by Pakistani soldiers to identify Hindus during Bangladesh’s War of Independence (1971).

32. Colorized: Auto wreck, Washington D. C., 1921.

31. Construction of Brasilia city, which would later become the capital of Brazil. 1960.

LOUISXIV:
I love ur threads...hope to see more.

Tnx.

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joseph1832:
Thanks but no thanks, I'm acrophobic. £33,000 will give me a super wedding in Nigeria, artiste like 2face, Don Jazzy will come and perform for me. So they can keep their hotel.

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30. Economy seating on Pan Am airline, 1960s.

29. A Fugitive being dragged by the US Border Patrol from entering Mexico(Date unknown).

28. Effect of chemical warfare, Agent orange(code name for one of the herbicides used by us military during the Vietnam war).

27. Evacuating orphans from Vietnam.

26. The inside of the 'Little Boy' bomb that was dropped on Hiroshima on August 6, 1945, being wired up, test and charged. August, 1945.

armadeo:
Awesome as usual explorers.

I admire the way you research your topics.

Tnx bro.

25. 16 July, 1969. The crew of the Apollo 11 lunar landing mission arrives atop Pad A, Launch Complex 39, Kennedy Space Center, during the Apollo 11 prelaunch countdown. Leading is astronaut Neil A. Armstrong, commander. He was followed by astronaut Michael Collins,command module pilot. Technician follows directly behind Armstrong and Collins.

24. Then Emir of Katsina & entourage admiring Hyde Park Traffic Lights in London on May 1st, 1933.


source: http://www.tlkdrum.com/in-pictures-the-nigeria-you-rarely-see-and-barely-know/

cc: dominique

23. Ghanaians being deported from Nigeria wave from the ship deck in Lagos on Feb 2,1983 as they prepare to sail back to their country

22. A Village Court in Uyo, Nigeria,1949: A Colonial District Officer presides aided by his interpreter.

21. Before the War: Gowon & Ojukwu sharing a meal at Aburi, Ghana(Date undocumented).

20. Letter from Gandhi to Hitler for the sake of Humanity, 1939.

chymystique:
Explorers is Nairaland's Pictorial Historian... Your topics are quite enlightening and educative too.. Keep it up!

Thanks sis.

19. A young Bill Clinton meets John F. Kennedy.

18. Marathon Runners at the first modern Olympic Games held in Athens, Greece.1896.

17. Queen Elizabeth during her WWII service.

16. President FDR's funeral in 1945.

15. Louis Boutan taking one of the world’s first underwater photographs in 1893.

14. Extreme Engineering: Moving a 7600 ton apartment building to create a boulevard in Alba Iulia, Romania, 1987.

13. Coca cola arival: When Coca-Cola was finally granted its license by the French government in 1950.

12. Drive in Theater in Utah, 1958.

11. Bill Gates in after he was arrested for driving without a license, 1977.