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Hat with beauty 1952
04/24/2024

Hat with beauty 1952

Two Armenian Women Pose With Their Rifles Before Going To Battle Against The Ottomans, 1895
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Two Armenian Women Pose With Their Rifles Before Going To Battle Against The Ottomans, 1895

A group of smiling Victorian boys taken 1898
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A group of smiling Victorian boys taken 1898

Women on a train. Photo by Boris Lipnitzki, 1934(Well Dressed)
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Women on a train. Photo by Boris Lipnitzki, 1934
(Well Dressed)

This is an 1892 Photo of a Hot Potato Vendor on the streets of Manhattan. These Potatoes were also known as "Mickeys" an...
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This is an 1892 Photo of a Hot Potato Vendor on the streets of Manhattan. These Potatoes were also known as "Mickeys" and besides providing a quick snack, they were often carried in pockets and used as hand warmers on cold Winter days.

A selection on Augustus Sherman's photographs of immgrants passing through Ellis Island on their way to new lives in the...
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A selection on Augustus Sherman's photographs of immgrants passing through Ellis Island on their way to new lives in the United States.

Always thought this one was a little eerie
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Always thought this one was a little eerie

Some bunny loves you, 1950s!
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Some bunny loves you, 1950s!

Gorgeous wartime couple, 1940s
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Gorgeous wartime couple, 1940s

Snoods were a crocheted bag, often homemade, used to keep the back of the hair neat. The hair in the snood could be styl...
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Snoods were a crocheted bag, often homemade, used to keep the back of the hair neat. The hair in the snood could be styled in a roll, left in soft curls or even pin curled, ready to be dressed out later.

Alice Augusta Ball was a chemist who developed a treatment for leprosy after becoming the first woman and African-Americ...
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Alice Augusta Ball was a chemist who developed a treatment for leprosy after becoming the first woman and African-American to graduate with a master's degree from the University of Hawaii. Her solution would last as the most effective treatment for more than a quarter-century.

Alice died young, at only 24, in 1916. But she left a lasting legacy.

Portrait of two women. Zanzibar, circa 1900.—Sources: 56-2-48 Courtesy of the Melville J.
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Portrait of two women. Zanzibar, circa 1900.

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Sources: 56-2-48 Courtesy of the Melville J.

Private Denis Smith went to the front lines for the British during WWI. Only a handful of people knew that Denis Smith w...
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Private Denis Smith went to the front lines for the British during WWI. Only a handful of people knew that Denis Smith was Dorothy Lawrence, a woman, not yet twenty years old, dressed as a man to report from the front lines.

Her journey to the battlefield began with a desire to be a journalist and report about the war. Dorothy traveled from England to France, where she befriended two British soldiers in 1915. She asked them to help her get a khaki uniform, which they did. The group, who she would refer to as the "khaki accomplices," soon became ten men, who taught Dorothy to drill and march and helped transform her look. After a haircut, darkened look, and razored cheeks for a shaving rash appearance, Dorothy felt ready.

Ten days later, feeling ill and worried about being discovered, which would place the men who helped her in danger, Dorothy revealed her identity to the commanding sergeant. She was arrested, questioned as a potential spy, and eventually released.

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Sources: Sapper Dorothy Lawrence, the Only English Woman Soldier, Late Royal Engineers, 51st division, 179th Tunnelling Company, B.E.F.

The New York Central Railroad streamliner 'Mercury' passes through Syracuse City Hall. 1936
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The New York Central Railroad streamliner 'Mercury' passes through Syracuse City Hall. 1936

“Friendship is the hardest thing in the world to explain. It's not something you learn in school. But if you haven't lea...
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“Friendship is the hardest thing in the world to explain. It's not something you learn in school. But if you haven't learned the meaning of friendship, you really haven't learned anything.”

Arnold Schwarzenegger meeting Soviet fans in Moscow, 1988.
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Arnold Schwarzenegger meeting Soviet fans in Moscow, 1988.

Immigrants detained at Ellis Island dancing, 1905. (New York, US).
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Immigrants detained at Ellis Island dancing, 1905. (New York, US).

Reading At The San Antonio Market In Barcelona, 1955
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Reading At The San Antonio Market In Barcelona, 1955

Al Pacino and Robert De Niro During the Filming of The Godfather Part II in 1973.Fact: They never shared the screen in t...
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Al Pacino and Robert De Niro During the Filming of The Godfather Part II in 1973.

Fact: They never shared the screen in the movie. This was more a promotional image taken during filming.

17-year old Pelé in Sweden before the 1958 World Cup
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17-year old Pelé in Sweden before the 1958 World Cup

Charlie Chaplin and Walter Disney at the racetrack, late 1930s.
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Charlie Chaplin and Walter Disney at the racetrack, late 1930s.

Tatars. Wedding photo 24.09.1917
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Tatars. Wedding photo 24.09.1917

It was 1872 when Victoria Woodhull became the first woman to run for President in the U.S. She didn't win, but her runni...
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It was 1872 when Victoria Woodhull became the first woman to run for President in the U.S. She didn't win, but her running was a step in the right direction for gender equality.

But for Victoria, her run for President was on the heels of a number of other important milestones. In 1870, she and her sister became the first female stockbrokers and soon after, opened a brokerage firm on Wall Street. After her success on Wall Street, Victoria became a newspaper editor. A role in which she challenged many conventional norms of the day.

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Sources: Photograph taken by Mathew Benjamin Brady, circa 1870 / Harvard Art Museum/Fogg Museum, Historical Photographs and Special Visual Collections Department, Fine Arts Library / Wikimedia Commons

Portrait of Angeline Perkins with her children, Nellie and William. Worcester, Massachusetts, circa 1900.
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Portrait of Angeline Perkins with her children, Nellie and William. Worcester, Massachusetts, circa 1900.

Helen Keller teaching Charlie Chaplin the manual alphabet. The two first met in 1918 where Keller would communicate with...
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Helen Keller teaching Charlie Chaplin the manual alphabet. The two first met in 1918 where Keller would communicate with Chaplin by reading his lips with her hand, feeling the movements of his jaw and vibrations of the throat.

New York City ca.1910
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New York City ca.1910

London Bridge, London late 1960’s.
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London Bridge, London late 1960’s.

French soldier kisses his son goodbye, 1939 (the beginning of World War II).
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French soldier kisses his son goodbye, 1939 (the beginning of World War II).

Everything you see here in this 1993 poster is now provided on a tiny device that fits in your pocket.
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Everything you see here in this 1993 poster is now provided on a tiny device that fits in your pocket.

Michael Jordan's iconic 'Free Throw Line' dunk, 1988.
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Michael Jordan's iconic 'Free Throw Line' dunk, 1988.

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