Vintage national geographic

National Geographic | July 1979

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Ecola State Park, Oregon National Geographic | November 1963

October, 1959 Racing clouds shadow the face of the Koolau Range, a 2500ft high volcanic barrier on the east coast of Oahu that towers above Kaneohe Bay.

Ushuaia, Argentina National Geographic | March 1958

Swimming hole in New York National Geographic | July 1947

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not to be confused with National Geographic’s own tumblr, Vintage National Geographic instead features scanned in pages from vintage copies of National Geographic going back to the 1800’s.