Oldies

Thanks to John R.

1. New York Harbor, end of WWII, 1945.

The liner Queen Elizabeth is filled with the American troops coming home from war.

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2. A boy and two big lobsters that have just been caught on the New Jersey Coast, 1916.

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3. 1945: The Mona Lisa painting can finally be opened again after it had been hidden from German troops in 1939.

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4. Longacre Square, New York, 1903, one year before it was named Times Square.

That happened because New York Times moved their headquarters there.

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