Survivor of the bombing of Hiroshima, poses 2 years after the bombing, Hiroshima, Japan, 1947
Annette Kellerman promoting a woman’s right to wear a fitted, one-piece bathing suit in 1907. She was later arrested for indecency
Bass Reeves, the formerly enslaved man who became the first Black deputy US Marshal west of the Mississippi and arrested over 3,000 outlaws in the American West [1838-1910]
A group of GIs take a moment to relax at Adolf Hitler’s former vacation retreat in Berchtesgaden, Germany (1945)
Bin Akao, ultranationalist leader of the Greater Japan Patriotic Party, June 1952. He was arrested and accused of incitement/conspiracy in connection with the 1960 Inejirō Asanuma assassination and the 1961 Shimanaka incident.
Buster–Jangle Easy test, Nevada 1951.
A briefing slide presented to President Kennedy during the Cuban Missile Crisis. (1962)
Elvis Presley’s father inspecting his service medals at his famous mansion Graceland. Presley rose to the rank of Sergeant during his service. (1960)
56 year old FBI Director L Patrick Gray working out on a speedbag, 1972. Unusually for a federal police officer of his age and rank, Gray was a devoted athlete & an experienced boxer who exercised daily as well as abstaining from smoking & drinking. He later resigned during Watergate
President John F. Kennedy meeting with Helen Keller in the Oval Office, White House, April 8th, 1961.
Photograph of two U.S. soldiers with dozens of pieces of art stolen by Hermann Göring, found in a cave in Schönau am Königsee, Germany, 1945.
Jane Fonda poses with a North Vietnamese anti-aircraft crew, 1972.
Future north Korean leader Kim jong il meeting with dancers after a performance, the one to his right is ko Yong hui, future mother of his son and successor Kim jong un 1976
The last King of Afghanistan, Mohammad Zahir Shah, around 1960. Zahir ruled the country for almost 4 decades from 1933-73. Remembered as a remarkably lenient king, he supposedly never signed a single warrant approving the execution of a citizen for political reasons during his reign
Montana Governor Marc Racicot passes by death row inmate Duncan McKenzie. At a face-to-face meeting, McKenzie pleaded for his life and said he was innocent. Racicot concluded that he was a liar and refused to intervene. McKenzie was executed two days later (Deer Lodge, 1995)
Princess Louise Margaret, Duchess of Connaught posing in the uniform of Colonel-in-Chief of the 64th Infantry Regiment. September 1890
The three siblings Eunice, John F, Rosemary kennedy posing for a portrait. 2 years before Rosemary lobotomy (1939)
Joseph Stalin wearing a traditional Mongolian deel, 1936.
Soviet dictator Joseph Stalin kissing his daughter Svetlana, 1934. Despite his cold tendencies toward many of his family members, Stalin reportedly adored Svetlana and lavished her with affection
Tipple boy (11 years old) at the Turkey Knob coal mine in Macdonald, West Virginia 1908.
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