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See anybody familiar in these 35 vintage photos from New Dorp High School from the 1970s, ’80s, ’90s and 2000s?

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STATEN ISLAND, NY – New Dorp High School has been a fixture on the Staten Island educational scene for almost 90 years. New Dorp opened its doors in September 1936, with the original school building was located at 485 Clawson St. Given the Island’s rising population, a new building for the high school, on New Dorp Lane, was opened in September 1982. The original New Dorp school building is now home to Staten Island Technical High School. The school has long been known for its sports achievements as well as its academic and artistic programs. The school has produced a…Continue Reading

These Vintage Photos of Spirit Photography Will Creep You Out

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11 Creepy Vintage Photos of Spirit PhotographyMirrorpix – Getty Images Long before the Paranormal Activity movies gave audiences their fair share of supernatural entertainment by supplying plenty of fuel for scary movie marathons everywhere, there was the vintage photography trend known as spirit photography to appease society’s fascination with capturing “ghosts” on camera. And as these creepy vintage photos of spirit photography illustrate, the eerie movement provides a haunting look into the past. According to History, the spirit of photography began in the 1860s. At that time, the United States was mourning the death of over 600,000 lives lost in…Continue Reading

35 vintage photos reveal what Los Angeles looked like before the US regulated pollution

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A motorcyclist in Los Angeles prepares to turn while driving along a street that’s engulfed in a thick haze of fog and smog in 1958. Bettmann / Getty Los Angeles has had air pollution problems since before smog was a term. In 1943, smog covered the city so thickly that residents thought they were under a chemical attack. The city of stars could be called the city of smog. Los Angeles has had years of thick air pollution due to a ballooning population, unregulated industry, a booming car industry, and its natural geography. In 1943, during World War II, pollution…Continue Reading

Vintage photo of handsome war veteran going viral

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NEWARK, Del. — A photo of a bright-eyed, dimpled soldier with a perfect pearly white smile is breaking hearts all over social media. The vintage picture, which was taken in 1950 before the soldier’s deployment in Korea, has gone wildly viral since it was posted on Reddit – with some of his many admirers calling him a babe and a hunk. More than 3 million people have viewed the handsome headshot so far. So – who is he? Do some digging and you’ll find that the man’s grandson, Derek Schwendeman, posted it. Derek lives near Newark, Delaware and gave WPVI-TV,…Continue Reading