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In August 1953 Walt Disney acquired the site where his dream of Disneyland in Southern California would become a reality. That site was thirty-eight more...

This brilliant photo was taken on November 26th, 1952 at the Paramount Theatre in Hollywood. The audience are watching the premiere of Bwana Devil, t more...

We would love to give some massive recognition to 'The Heritage Fund'.
Mid-way through last year, The History Project had an more...

What better way to teach history than to enable the children to find, clean and research it themselves.
This is the first of a 10 part more...

This photo was taken in August 1955 for Harper’s Bazaar, at the Cirque d'Hiver, in Paris. It is referred to as ‘Dovima With Elephant more...

This bizarre photo, was taken at 25,000 feet on Feb 8th, 1958, when studies were being carried out to determine what weightlessness in space would do more...

This interesting photo was taken in 1955 for an article in the Boston Traveller, and supposedly shows Civil War veteran William Lundy posing with a je more...

This rather dramatic photo was taken on May 3rd, 1953 on the Pit River Bridge, over Shasta Lake in California. The traffic accident left the truck&rs more...

This incredible photo was taken in 1951 and features U.S. Army airborne soldiers and United Nations forces parachuting on a combat operation during th more...

This bizarre photo of a jet covered in graffiti was taken in 1953, when a U.S Navy F2H-2P Banshee aircraft from the USS Coral Sea landed aboard the US more...
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