Joan Crawford – in her famous Letty Lynton dress, photo by George Hurrell in 1932. Tumblr
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David Rothman was in his work clothes and Albert Einstein was dressed for the beach when they posed on this rock at Horseshoe Cove in Nassau Point in the summer of 1939. Tumblr
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Lou Gehrig prepares to step to the podium to deliver the speech that would best capture Yankee legend’s strength and courage as he declares himself ‘the luckiest man on the face of this earth’ despite knowing he didn’t have long to live, stricken with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS), now best known as Lou Gehrig’s Disease. Tumblr
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An out-of-work lumber worker and his wife in 1939 during the Great Depression. Imgur
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Ice delivery girls removing a large block of ice off a truck in 1918. History in Color
New York City’s Madison Square Park in the early 1900’s. A line of cabbies waiting for clients along the curb. Tumblr
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Times Square in New York City, 1947. Tumblr
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A photograph of a sailor, in uniform, reading a children’s book with a toddler. Tumblr
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Abraham Lincoln, the sixteenth President of the United States of America. History in Color
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Mark Twain, one of the most prolific American authors in history, lounging in his backyard. Imgur
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Liz Taylor on the set of the movie ‘Giant’ in November of 1956. Imgur
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7:25 p.m. May 6, 1937. Lakehurst, N.J. It was a routine assignment. Assembled as part of a massive PR campaign by the Hindenburg’s parent company in Germany, twenty-two still and newsreel photographers were on hand for the landing of 803-feet dirigible Hindenburg, the largest aircraft ever built. However, this publicity backfired when the airship burst into flames and exploded. Tumblr
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Portrait of Louis Armstrong, Aquarium, New York, NY, ca. July 1946 Library of Congress
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Albert Einstein standing in front of a chalkboard in 1921. Tumblr
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Audrey Hepburn gracefully slaving over a hot stove in her kitchen, 1954. Tumblr
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A Ford Model T at a gas station in Washington D.C.. Tumblr
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Virginia, 1862 – Staff of Fitz John Porter, General of the Union Army during the Civil War. General Custer is reclining next to the dog. Tumblr
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Helen Keller meeting Charlie Chaplin in 1918. She is speaking with him by feeling his lips and throat. Reddit
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Two black American soldiers with special artillery ammo for Hitler. The photo was taken on March 10, 1945, during the Battle of Remagen. US Army: Wikimedia Commons
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The Blue and the Gray at Gettysburg- a Union veteran and a Confederate veteran shake hands at the Assembly Tent at a 1913 Gettysburg anniversary memorial service. US Library of Congress
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A Cherokee warrior with traditional weapons poses for a photograph. Pinterest
