RARE HISTORICAL PHOTOSAnd descriptions as we wonder what it was liketo be there and surprises us with somethingwe have never seen . Some well over 100 years A boxing match on board the USS Oregon in 1897 A shell shocked reindeer looks on as World War II planes drop bombs on Russia in 1941 . The last known Tasmanian Tiger photographed in 1933 - the species is now extinct . The London sky following a bombing and dogfight betweenBritish and German planes in 1940 Nagasaki , 20 minutes after the atomic bombing in 1945 A Native American overlooking the newly completed transcontinental railroad in 1868 The Great San Francisco Fire and Earthquake of 1906 Hitler in Paris Grounded aircraft on September 11 , 2001 , await orders . Fidel Castro lays a wreath at the Lincoln Memorial . California lumberjacks work on Redwoods . Thousands of tree rings in these ancient trees - each over 1000 + years old or even much older . .. such a shame . .. irreplaceable giants . National park treasures all gone but a few ? what kind of men would do such a thing for over 100 years - destroy something they cannot ever fix or replace for 2000 years ? It is an evergreen , long - lived , monoecious tree living 1200 ? 1800 years or more . An estimated 95 % or more of the original old - growth redwood forest has been cut . In 1850 , old - growth redwood forest covered more than 2 , 000 , 000 acres . .. down to 8 , 100 acres by 1968 , by which time nearly 90 % of the original redwood trees had been logged . The Beatles in 1957 The 1912 World Series Red Sox vs NY Giants Bill and Hillary Clinton playing volleyball in 1975 - a future US President Elvis in the Army The first photo following the discovery of Machu Pichu in 1912 Child laborers in 1880 New York ' s Times Square in 1911 Steamboats on the Mississippi River in 1907 Leo Tolstoy tells a story to his grandchildren in 1909 . Fourteen - year - old Osama bin Laden - he ' s second from the right . Bell bottom pants - pink car - expensive shops , nice threads , About 24 people out smiling - looking hip for the day . And not one woman has her face or head covered . Construction of the Statue of Liberty in 1884 Thanks for looking . Pass it on to someone who enjoys