Here are this week’s interesting historical photos. For part 149, click here.
1. Frank Sinatra getting off a helicopter with a drink in hand, 1964.
Photographed by Yul Brenner.
2. President Ronald Reagan meets with Senate Candidate John McCain in the Oval Office, 1986.
3. “Easy company” enjoying Hitlers wine at the eagles nest, 1945.
4. South African Army Pilots claimed the Airforce pilots (flying) could never make them hit the deck, South Africa, 1964.
5. Muhammad Ali knocks out Cleveland Williams in 3 rounds in Houston, Texas on November 14th, 1966.
6. The last known picture of Adolf Hitler, April 30th, 1945.
7. A messenger dog with a spool attached to a harness for laying out new electric line on the Western Front, September, 1917.
8. Philadelphia City Hall ca. 1910.
9. Royal Navy convoy from Alexandria to Malta meets and engages Italian Warships in the Mediterranean, March 22nd, 1942.
HMS Cleopatra throws out smoke to shield the convoy as HMS Euryalus elevates her forward 5.25 inch guns to shell the Italian Fleet.
10. Burial at sea for the officers and men of the USS Intrepid killed during the battle for Leyte Gulf, Philippines, November 26th, 1944.
