70 extremely rare photos from American history that will completely and utterly change your view of the world

It reads:

“This Voyager spacecraft was built by the United States of America. We are a community of 240 million humans out of the more than 4 billion people inhabiting planet Earth. We humans are still divided into nation-states, but these nations are rapidly becoming one global civilization.

“We have sent this message to the universe. It is likely to continue for a billion years into our future, when our civilization will change profoundly and the surface of the Earth may change dramatically. Among the 200 billion stars in the Milky Way, there are some stars of which there may have been many more.” Inhabited planets and civilizations traveling into space. If one of these civilizations intercepts Voyager and is able to understand these recorded contents, here is our message:

“This is a gift from a small world far away, a token of our voices, our sciences, our images, our music, our thoughts, our feelings. We are trying to survive in our time so that we can live in yours. We hope one day, after we have solved the problems we face, to join To the community of galactic civilizations, this record represents our hope, determination, and good will in a vast and wonderful world.”