The picture of Lee Harvey Oswald (JFK's alleged assassin) getting fatally shot by Jack Ruby, 1963 (lemmy.world)
Here’s the story behind the picture, it’s pretty interesting. The picture was shot by a Colorado photographer named Bob Jackson.
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Toddler blowing out mom's cigarette match. Long Island, NY, USA, 1950s (lemmy.world)
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Grandpa and his mom, smoking while in his uniform (lemmy.world)
Grandpa recently passed away and I found this pic of him smoking. I didn’t know he smoked. My grandma made him stop before she would marry him....
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Pacific Southwest Airlines flight attendants (1970s) (i.postimg.cc)
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1980s College of Boca Raton Students (i.postimg.cc)
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My sister and I during the 1976 US bicentennial (i.imgur.com)
Shortly after this picture was taken, we were on a float with my mother for the bicentennial parade. She made both our outfits of a (very itchy) polyester gabardine, and she wore a dress to match....
A young Ryuichi Sakamoto posing with a Yamaha DX7 (lemmy.world)
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Airline stewardesses in Paris, 1950s (i.imgur.com)
A London Victorian couple trying not to laugh while getting their portrait done, 1890 (i.imgur.com)
Indian actress Aishwarya Rai, late 90s (i.imgur.com)
Egyptian actress and belly dancer Samia Gamal in front of the Great Sphinx of Giza, 1954 (i.imgur.com)
Magic Johnson and Larry Bird, one of the greatest rivalries/friendships in sports, 1980s (i.imgur.com)
Patrick Swayze in 'Point Break', 1991 (i.imgur.com)
Elizabeth Taylor, 1956 (pbs.twimg.com)
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Rick Astley’s 1st tour in 89, backstage in Vegas (i.imgur.com)
At the doctor’s … 1990s meet the 2020s (lemmy.world)
Time. A Gameboy Color (thanks ieightpi) to pass it and an old Casio F91 watch to tell it....
Paul & Linda McCartney with David Gilmour of Pink Floyd at a Zeppelin concert, 1973 (lemmy.world)
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An old WWII ad for the Ethyl Corporation - Found at an antique market in Canada (lemmy.ca)
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Me and my baby sister, 1974 (i.imgur.com)
Soviet POWs in Finland, 1939 (lemmy.world)
La Costa, California Skateboarding - 1976 (lemmy.world)
Asphalt surfing the big, empty hills at La Costa, California. Fibreflex skateboard and well-worn pants. That’s me at age 19. I still have roadrash scars from those days…
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a street scene (lemmy.world)
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Nyimi Kok Mabiintsh III, King of Kuba (D.R. Congo) (~1988) (lemmy.world)
The Nyimi Mabiintsh III is fifty years old. He acquired the throne at the age of twenty. As a descendant of god the creator, the king is attributed with supernatural powers. Due to his top position he is restricted by several contraints: he does not have the right to sit on the ground, and he cannot cross a cultivated field....
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Worker on the roof of the "Ukraine" hotel. Moscow 1957. (lemmy.world)
Photograph by Dmitry Baltermants.
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