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Rewind #12 · Thursday, November 5, 2026

A mosque by the sea, a wooden theatre and cars on the beach

The Thursday, November 5, 2026 puzzle: five photos from history. Guess the year each was taken, on a timeline from 1900 to 2026.

  1. A tall white wooden building with THEATRE painted across the top, a poster at its entrance and shops on either side.
  2. A double-decker bus, a motorcyclist and a small car share a cobbled street with tram tracks between tall old buildings
  3. A packed crowd of men in flat caps and coats stands among rows of horses tied up under tall trees at an outdoor market.
  4. Old taxis and cars drive along a seaside road in front of a mosque with two tall minarets and a palace on the shore.
  5. Swimmers in the surf and cars parked on a wide beach, with a hand-painted sign for surfboards, tubes and floats.

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  1. Movie theatre in Romney, West Virginia1938

    In the late 1930s tens of millions of Americans went to the movies every week, even in small towns like this one.

    Photo: John Vachon, FSA, Library of Congress · Public domain (US government) Source

  2. A double-decker bus and tram tracks in the Baixa district of Lisbon1969

    Lisbon's Baixa district was rebuilt on a neat grid of streets after the great earthquake of 1755.

    Photo: Anefo / Nationaal Archief · CC0 1.0 Source

  3. Dealers and spectators among the horses at the Zuidlaren horse market, the Netherlands1963

    The Zuidlaren market is held on the third Tuesday of October and is said to be the largest horse market in Europe.

    Photo: Nationaal Archief / Anefo · CC0 1.0 Source

  4. Taxis on the shore road by the Dolmabahce Mosque on the Bosphorus, Istanbul1959

    The Dolmabahce Mosque was commissioned by Bezmialem Valide Sultan, the Ottoman sultan's mother, and finished after her death.

    Photo: Nationaal Archief / Anefo · CC0 1.0 Source

  5. West Beach, Galveston, Texas1973

    The archive caption says the huge crowds gave 'the enterprising a chance to turn a dollar', like this trailer renting surfboards and floats.

    Photo: U.S. National Archives (DOCUMERICA) · Public domain (US government) Source

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