![Atop Empire State- in construction; Chrysler Bldg & [Daily] News in middle foreground. (1931)](http://www.retronaut.co/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/Atop-Empire-State-in-construction-Chrysler-Bldg-Daily-News-in-middle-foreground.-1931--199x123.jpg "Balancing on the Empire State, 1920s")
‘The first Tour de France was staged in 1903. The eventual winner was Maurice Garin.’
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First Tour De France, 1903
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Colour photographs of Dorset, England, 1907
Recording of Pope Leo XIII, 1903
Aerial panorama of San Francisco in ruins, 1906
'First motion picture', 1888
'Oldest wedding cake', 1898
"Hitler's Racing Car"
New York Panoramas, 1902-1913
Vintage Exercise Machines
Pre-Communist Russia Postcards
Duelling with Wax Bullets, New York, 1909
Replica Shackleton Whisky
Antikamnia Chemical Company Calendars, 1899 / 1900
Hunting Space Invaders
Postcards of the year 2000 c.1900
Pogo Stick Champion, 1955
Olympic Games Opening Ceremony, Holland, 1928
'At the Floral Ball', 1900, by Alice Guy-Blaché
Derringer Cycle
'Reduce Your Flesh'
Amateur Autochromes by John B. Trevor, 1907-1919
Ghosts of Manhattan, c.1900-2012
Whenever I see historic photos of sports where equipment plays a significant part, I wonder how today’s athletes would fare if they had to compete using their predecessors’ equipment… this photo just brings that thought to mind once again. I understand and appreciate that training is more sophisticated today than in days gone by… but folks back then were also more all-around physically active. Hmmm.