In 1973, Marlon Brando rejected his Oscar for The Godfather to allow Sacheen Littlefeather to protest Hollywood’s portrayal of Native Americans. [1657 x 2486]
Only one of two photographs in existence of the US Supreme Court in session. Cameras are forbidden in the Supreme Court, but this photograph was taken by a young woman who concealed her small camera in her handbag, cutting a hole through which the lens peeped, 1937. [568x384] (x-post)
Unknown member of the Russian aristocracy selling newspapers on the streets of Paris to scrape a living following the revolution of 1917. [596 x 945].
Six sumo wrestlers, circa 1890 [1152x900]
2nd International Conference on the Peaceful Uses of Atomic Energy held in Geneva, Switzerland, in 1958. The 1st conference, held in 1955, led to the establishment of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) in 1957. Photo from the archives of the Swiss National Museum [1111 × 1117].
Hairstyle called Amasunzu, worn in Rwanda, for social status and to show if married. 1920-1930. 1109x1109
General George Patton’s pall bearers carry his casket on its journey to his burial spot in the American Cemetery in Hamm, Luxembourg, December 21, 1945. [1406x2048]
(Colorization) Italian immigrants in Ellis Island, New York. Photo was taken by photographer and sociologist Lewis Hine in 1905 [1899x2400]
Grid of the 1933 Tunis Grand Prix [800 × 576]
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Former drug smuggler and Canadian pilot Robert Piché, who successfully glided Air TranSat Flight 236 to an emergency landing on an air base in the Azores after the plane lost fuel. (Atlantic Ocean, August 24, 2001) [640x480]
PFC Michael J. Mendoza of the 1st Brigade, 101st Airborne Division, uses his rifle to draw out a sniper from the valley below. Quang Ngai Province. September, 1967. [2048x1360]
A little girl and her maid (1956, South Africa) [1600x960]
Nazi General Anton Dostler is tied to a stake before his execution by a firing squad, 1945 (1600X1049)
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From "June in January" by Marion Post Wolcott (Miami Beach, Florida 1939) [4297x3008]
Portrait of Richard G. Brown, circa 1900. Taken in Worcester, Mass., by photographer William Bullard. Because Bullard did not have a studio he took his camera and backdrops to where his customers were. Here you can see the backdrop tack up to the side of a house. (640x824)
A Vietnamese woman wearing a conical hat carries her heavy dog out of an area moved into by Viet Cong early on May 5, 1968. (AP Photo/Eddie Adams) [1600x1069]
A Boy and his dog, Lynneville, Pa. 1906. Taken by amateur photographer, Dr. Robert Judson Fly. From my glass negative collection. (800x640)
Boeing B-17G-70-BO Flying Fortress, of the 532d Bomb Squadron en route to targets over Nazi-occupied territory, 1945. [1600x1061]
Leningrad at the time the siege has been lifted; early 1944. The sign on the wall says: Citizens! This part of the street is most dangerous during the artillery barrage. [1300x1300]
Lieutenant Milagros Katrina Soto (center) and other members of the Cuban Army's Women's Anti-Aircraft Artillery Regiment in Angola, 1980's. [750x552]
Bruce Campbell admiring his “Evil Ash” head while on set of Army of Darkness, 1992 [465 x 313].
My Grandfather interviewing Muhammad Ali in the weeks after changing his name - July 1967 [2586x2096]
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Frida Kahlo. 1946. Photo by Antonia Pinedo Kahlo. [Colorized by me] (1258x1800)
International Workers' Day parade in Kyiv, Ukrainian SSR, USSR, on May 1. The parade took place five days after the Chernobyl Nuclear Plant disaster on 26 April. The Communist Party of Soviet Union ordered the parade to proceed despite the danger of the spread of nuclear radiation - 1986 [1186x846]
Nazi and Japanese Officer Pose for Picture in 1943 [2160x1728] [Colourised]
