Cotton planter Cotton planter

A farmer operating Seymour's Cotton Planter. (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

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Ford production Ford production

1927: The production line at a Ford motor factory in Michigan, USA. (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

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Tin Lizzy factory Tin Lizzy factory

A view inside the Ford Motor Company factory with rows of new Model T motor cars. (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

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At the wheel of a motor car At the wheel of a motor car

1910: Aviation pioneer Claude Grahame-White (1879 - 1959) at the wheel of a motor car during the filming of a Western film, with other members of the cast as passengers. (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

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Motorway Motorway

September 1953: A busy motorway linking the Hollywood and Ventura freeways in Los Angeles, California. (Photo by L. J. Willinger/Keystone Features/Getty Images)

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LA freeway LA freeway

circa 1969: A freeway running through Los Angeles, California. (Photo by Fox Photos/Getty Images)

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The Enola Gay The Enola Gay

American bomber pilot Paul W. Tibbets Jr. (center) stands with the ground crew of the bomber 'Enola Gay' which Tibbets flew in the atomic bombing of Hiroshima, Tinian Island, Northern Marianas, August 1945. (Photo by AFP/Getty Images)

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A family watches television A family watches television

circa 1955: Kiba, a South American puma sleeping in the front room of her master's home, while the family watches television. (Photo by Sherman/Three Lions/Getty Images)

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Cotton planter

A farmer operating Seymour's Cotton Planter. (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

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