I love National Geographic's blog on Tumblr. It's an archive of old (probably unpublished, I'm not sure) photos.
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(Click to enlarge) Photographer’s reflection in a cut-out silhouette in a window. By Maynard Owen Williams. |
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Tourists admire the beauty and size of the Washington Monument, 1935. By Jacob J. Gayer. |
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Parrots perch in tree branches and on arms and shoulders of visitors in Miami, 1950. By Willard Culver. |
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Spectators gather around a dying finback whale in Provincetown, Massachusetts, 1962. By Dean Conger. |
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A temporary vacant lot serves as driving range amid high rise buildings, 1979. By H. Edward Kim. |
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Students from five states smile through the gate of Ashley Hall in Charleston, South Carolina, 1939. By B. Anthony Stewart. |
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Arizona cowboys play sports to pass the time in Phoenix, 1955. By Black Star. |
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Women use compact mirrors in packed crowd to catch sight of the queen in London, 1966. By James P. Blair. |
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A couple in a boat paddle on a lily pond and collect flowers in the Kenilworth Aquatic Gardens in Washington D.C., 1923. By Charles Martin. |
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The sailing ship Terra Nova is framed by an ice grotto in Antarctica, 1911. By Herbert G. Ponting. |
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A herd of 2,400 buffalo roam free near Gillette, Wyoming, 1979. By James L. Amos. |
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People sunbathe and boat on reservoir water in Red Rock Canyon in Kansas, 1952. By Jack Fletcher. |
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Vacationers plummet down a water slide enclosed in plastic in En Gev Kibbutz, Israel, 1985. By James L. Stanfield. |
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Argentine gauchos race across a lake near Beron de Astrada, 1980. By O. Louis Mazzatenta. |
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People sunbathe beside a swimming pool in Charlotte, North Carolina, 1941. By J. Baylor Roberts. |
Aren't these awesome?
And be sure to read my next post coz I'll post the rest of my favs ;-)
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