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Happy hikers pass in front of Table Mountain in Washington, April 1960.Photograph by B. Anthony Stewart, National Geographic

Geysers of sand explode as geologists probe for oil-bearing land in Saudi Arabia, January 1966.Photograph by Thomas J. Abercrombie, National Geographic

Traffic lights are made in Shreveport, Louisiana, and sent around the U.S. and abroad, December 1947. Photograph by J. Baylor Roberts, National Geographic

Showing Off (by sergey)

Perspective 

A mysterious, unpublished shot from California in the 1930’s. Learn how this photograph was discovered on Proof. Photograph by Clifton R. Adams, National Geographic

Apollo 1 crew practicing a water landing in 1966.

Freshly squeezed ca. 1951 (Shorpy) 

Video forthcoming with the script: "What’s up Virginia Tech? This is Nirvana! Just wanted to wish you guys a Happy Homecoming Week and good luck at the game this Saturday. LET’S GO HOAGIES!" Or something like that.

Anti-shark wetsuit & board

Sons of lumberjacks try to upset one another on rolling log in Hayward, Wisconsin, Feburary 1957. Photograph by Volkmar K. Wenztel, National Geographic