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The Human Statue of Liberty. 18000 men were used for this photo! Iowa, 1918. The day on which the photograph was taken was extremely hot and the heat was intensified by the mass formation of men. The dimensions of the platting for the picture seem astonishing. The camera was placed on a high tower. From the position nearest the camera occupied by Colonel Newman and his staff, to the last man at the top of the torch as platted on the ground was 1,235 feet, or approximately a quarter of a mile. The appended figures will give an adequate idea of the distorted proportions of the actual ground measurements for this photograph: Base to shoulder: 150 feet. Right arm: 340 feet. Widest part of arm holding torch: 12-1/2 feet. Right thumb: 35 feet. Thickest part of body: 29 feet. Left hand (length): 30 feet. Tablet in left hand: 27 feet. Face: 60 feet. Nose: 21 feet. Longest spike of head piece: 70 feet. Flame on torch.: 600 feet. Torch and flame combined: 980 feet. Number of men in flame of ...

Aerial photo of Woodstock, 1969

This photo is said to be the first photograph ever taken and also the first photo ever shared on our account many many years ago when only a few people were following. Simply titled, "View from the Window at Le Gras," is said to be the world's earliest surviving photograph. It was taken by Nicéphore Niépce in a commune in France called Saint-Loup-de-Varennes somewhere between 1826 and 1827.

Photo Legend History Los Angeles, 1926 – Alerted by the smell of a broken bottle of liquor, Federal Agents inspect a “lumber truck”.