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Rewind #15 · Sunday, November 8, 2026

A funfair, a tram in the snow and trucks in the rain

The Sunday, November 8, 2026 puzzle: five photos from history. Guess the year each was taken, on a timeline from 1900 to 2026.

  1. A blue-and-white articulated tram stands beside a snowbank at a tram stop, with apartment blocks behind.
  2. A funfair with a carousel and a big tent stands in a city square in front of a palace and a church, with cars and trams around.
  3. Early motor trucks with flags roll in a line down a rain-wet city avenue, a driver and passenger perched high on the lead truck
  4. Rows of cars and a caravan queue in a port car park beside a control tower and a harbour
  5. The glass front of a big shop with a large sign over the door, with a few people on the pavement outside.

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  1. Tram 5142 at the Novogireyevo stop, Moscow2004

    Moscow's electric tram network opened in 1899, and trams like this 71-608K were still a daily ride in the city's east.

    Photo: Artem Svetlov (CC0) · CC0 1.0 Source

  2. The fair on the Dam square, Amsterdam1954

    The building behind the fair was Amsterdam's city hall, built in the 1600s; it became a royal palace in 1808 under Louis Napoleon.

    Photo: Anefo / Nationaal Archief · CC0 1.0 Source

  3. A parade of motor trucks on a wet New York street1911

    Staged as a parade, this show of motor trucks came when horse-drawn wagons still carried much of New York's freight.

    Photo: Bain News Service, Library of Congress · Public domain (published before 1931) Source

  4. Cars and caravans queue for the ferry to Texel at Whitsun1983

    Texel is a Dutch island reachable only by boat, so holiday weekends meant long queues of cars waiting at the ferry.

    Photo: Anefo / Nationaal Archief · CC0 1.0 Source

  5. A newly opened computer shop at the Leidsebosje in Amsterdam, the Netherlands1984

    ComputerLand opened its first store in 1976, was picked to launch the IBM PC in 1981, and had about 800 shops by 1985.

    Photo: Nationaal Archief / Anefo · CC0 1.0 Source

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