Puzzling History Photos Most People Haven’t Seen

Published on 01/22/2018
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A Brave Runner

All Kathrine Switzer wanted to do in 1967 was run the Boston Marathon… okay, not only that. At the time women weren’t allowed to compete and here you can see race organizers trying to stop her from participating. She became the first woman to finish the Boston Marathon and the stock image made history.

A Brave Runner

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Traffic Chaos

It sure takes a fair amount of bravery and risk to decide that your country will start driving on the opposite side of the road. This stock image of Sweden in 1967, shows the streets in traffic chaos on the first morning that the new driving laws came into play.

Traffic Chaos

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