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Lindbergh with the “Spirit of St. Louis,” 1928

Photo Credit: Minnesota Historical Society Charles Augustus Lindbergh with the “Spirit of St. Louis,” c. 1928.

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Pacific Electric Railway awaiting dismantling on Terminal Island, CA, 1956

Photo Credit: University of California, UCLA Library Old Pacific Electric cars are piled up like toys at junkyard on Terminal Island, awaiting dismantling to become scrap metal in March 1956.

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Charles Harvey testing his elevated railroad design, 1867

Photo Credit: Wikipedia Charles Harvey is making a southbound test run along the Greenwich Street portion of his cable-driven elevated West Side and Yonkers Patented Railway. This image was made in...

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Motorcycles line up at the Beverly Hills Speedway, 1921

Photo Credit: Photo Credit: Water and Power Virtual Museum Motorcycles line up and wait for the starting gun to go off at the Beverly Hills Speedway in 1921.

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Stranded vehicles after the Blizzard of 1978

Photo Credit: National Archives Vehicles stranded in the snow in the southbound lanes of State Route 128 in Needham, Massachusetts after the Blizzard of 1978.

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Singer Margaret Young with an automobile, 1915-1920

Photo Credit: Library of Congress Photograph of Margaret Young with an automobile between 1915-1920. Young was an American singer and comedian who was popular in the 1920s.

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Crews clearing snow from a railroad near Winona, MN, 1881

Photo Credit: Winona Daily News Crews clearing snow from the Winona & St. Peter Railroad near Winona, MN, 1881.

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Transporting supplies to the front use Korean methods, 1951

Photo Credit: USAMHI American Soldiers SFC Carl W. Howard (left) and PFC Danel Wellman, members of the 25th Infantry Division, use Korean methods for transporting supplies to the front in early 1951....

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Car attempting to drive up the steps of the Oregon State Capitol, ca. 1915

Photo Credit: Oregon State Library A Dodge Brothers touring car attempts to drive up the steps of the old Oregon State Capitol Building in 1915. Accounts vary regarding who was in the car, but it...

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Lightsey Carroll Company beer trucks, 1934

Photo Credit: Austin History Center, Austin Public Library Beer trucks belonging to the Lightsey Carroll Company Distributors stand at the ready to deliver beer to thirsty patrons in Austin, Texas....

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Bridges of the Union Pacific Railroad in Wyoming, 1869

Photo Credit: Yale Collection of Western Americana, Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library Temporary and permanent bridges of the Union Pacific Railroad in front of Citadel Rock on the Green River...

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Guardsman hanging out window to kiss wife, 1950

Photo Credit: Los Angeles Times One long kiss by Pvt. Robert Moye and wife Gloria is encouraged by Harvey Wilson, left, and Frank Harvey, right, who hold Moye’s legs. The couple, married a year and a...

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Oxen and wagons travel up Ute Pass, 1878

Oxen and horse drawn covered wagons travel up Ute Pass in El Paso County, Colorado in 1878. The dirt road is supported by a rock wall reinforced with a log pole guardrail. Shows Rainbow Falls, a...

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Bicyclists of the League of American Wheelmen pose in St. Louis, 1892

Photo Credit: Missouri History Museum Bicyclists of the League of American Wheelmen pose by the Frank Blair statue at the northeast corner of Forest Park before the second annual St. Louis County...

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Laying the last rail at Promontory Summit, 1869

Photo Credit: Andrew J. Russell/Yale Collection of Western Americana Officers of the Union Pacific Railroad at the laying of the last rail at Promontory Summit, Utah, in 1869.

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Boat crossing the icy Detroit River, 1900s

Photo Credit: Library of Congress A boat crosses the icy Detroit River in the early 1900s, when the Midwest saw some of its coldest temperatures on record.

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Seated on a trolley during an outing, 1913

Photo Credit: Library of Congress Children and adults seated on trolley for a fresh air outing on June 2, 1913.

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Members of the Women’s Safety Traffic Reserve, 1943

Photo Credit: Ann Rosener/Office of War Information Mrs. E.K. Sabel and Mrs. J.R. Harris, members of the Women’s Safety Traffic Reserve in Oakland, California, are among the many mothers who are...

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Trolleys and horse carts are shuttled up and down a hill with a funicular,...

Photo Credit: Library of Congress Trolleys and horse carts are shuttled up and down a hill on the Mount Adams Incline, sometime between 1900 and 1910, in Cincinnati, Ohio.

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Soldiers driving through the streets during July 4th celebrations, 1918

American soldiers driving through streets during 4th of July celebrations.

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