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96 photos tagged historyhappenshere, from 1 member of Flickr Commons.

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Photograph of the Treasury Department Building Under Construction, 09/16/1861. from U.S. National Archives uploaded November 2010
San Francisco Earthquake of 1906: Market Street, west of Powell and Fifth Streets, showing area east of Taylor and Powell Streets. This is the main part of the retail district of San Francisco, ca. 1906. from U.S. National Archives uploaded November 2010
Charleston Hotel, S.C, ca. 1860 - ca. 1865. from U.S. National Archives uploaded October 2010
Civil Rights March on Washington, D.C. [Aerial view of the crowd of marchers on the mall and street.], 08/28/1963. from U.S. National Archives uploaded October 2010
Civil Rights March on Washington, D.C. [Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. speaking.], 08/28/1963. from U.S. National Archives uploaded October 2010
View related image Civil Rights March on Washington, D.C. [WNBQ/National Broadcasting Company television crew (Channel 5) with Washington Monument and crowd in the background.], 08/28/1963. from U.S. National Archives uploaded October 2010
View of Capitol, Richmond, Va., April 1865, ca. 1860 - ca. 1865. from U.S. National Archives uploaded October 2010
St. Peter's Church, near the "White House", Virginia. (where G. Washington may have been married to Martha)...ca. 1860 - ca. 1865. from U.S. National Archives uploaded October 2010
"East Side of Plaza, Santa Fe, N. M." 1866. from U.S. National Archives uploaded October 2010
Gen. Grant's house, Washington D.C, ca. 1860 - ca. 1865. from U.S. National Archives uploaded October 2010
Photograph of the San Francisco Mint, ca. 1900. from U.S. National Archives uploaded October 2010
Sears, Roebuck & Company, Atlanta, 1936. from U.S. National Archives uploaded September 2010
Chicago's Union Station in the heart of the city...06/1974. from U.S. National Archives uploaded September 2010
Photograph of Sailboats Near the Lake Michigan Shoreline, 10/1973. from U.S. National Archives uploaded September 2010
A portion of Lake Shore Drive in Chicago. It and the outer drive are the city's most spectacular street...The Field Museum of Natural History is seen in the background, 10/1973. from U.S. National Archives uploaded September 2010

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First-nighters posing for the camera outside the Warners' Theater before the premiere of "Don Juan" with John Barrymore, Washington DC, 08/06/1926.

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Martha Mahard said:
This 1926 movie was the first to have a soundtrack using the synchronized Vitaphone system - there was no dialog but the music and effects were heard. According to Wikipedia there is a surviving print at UCLA's Film and Television Archive.

New York City celebrating the surrender of Japan. They threw anything and kissed anybody in Times Square., 08/14/1945

from U.S. National Archives

Jim Griffin said:
Historic photo.
faded guide said:
Awesome.

Civil Rights March on Washington, D.C. [Leaders of the march posing in front of the statue of Abraham Lincoln, Lincoln Memorial.], 08/28/1963

from U.S. National Archives

Orbitallens said:
Great photo! Thanks to computers, this can be preserved forever basically!