18 Fascinating Photos From History

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Norma Jeane in 1945, before she became the famous Marilyn Monroe

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‘Marijuana Party’ 1950

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Maud Stevens Wagner the first known female tattoo artist in the United States. 1907

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A casual portrait of a woman smiling, 1880

5.

Leadbelly performing at a school

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The Creature From The Black Lagoon getting a touch up on set

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Marpessa Dawn being carried and kissed by husband Eric Vander, ca. 1961

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1967 photo of high school student Cynthia Blanton holding a copy of the March 1967 issue of Playboy. She was mistaken for Miss March ‘Fran’ by the boys at school.

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Billie Holiday performing at Cafe Society, NYC’s first integrated nightclub, 1947

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Audrey Hepburn and Grace Kelly backstage at the Academy Awards, 1956

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Bride and groom in traditional attire. Delsbo, Sweden ca 1890’s

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US Marines taking a coffee break after a brutal WWII battle 1940s

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Model and writer Alice Denham at her desk in 1962

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Lovers at the movies, New York, ca. 1943

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Johnny Cash, Merle Haggard, Buck Owens, Glen Campbell

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The Ball Team, composed mainly of glass workers. Indiana, August 1908. Photo by Lewis Hine

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Construction workers drinking beer in Soldiers Joy Cafe near Camp Blanding, December 1940. Starke, Florida.

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Marcia Pascal, half-Cherokee woman, 1880s