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Madam C.J. Walker and several friends in her automobile.
She was the first woman in America to become a millionaire by her own endeavors, as well as the first African American millionaire.
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Henri LaMothe celebrates his 70th birthday by jumping 40 feet into 12 inches of water at the Flatiron Building, 1974.
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Le chat derrière la vitre, Gordes, France by Willy Ronis, 1957
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© Irving Penn, Mar. 5, 1948, Truman Capote, New York
“But I’m not a saint yet. I’m an alcoholic. I’m a drug addict. I’m homosexual. I’m a genius.” (Truman Capote)
Happy Birthday Mr. Capote!
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The Lost World (1925)
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© Eva Besnyö, 1931, Stadion, Berlin
In 1930, when Eva Besnyö arrived in Berlin at the age of only twenty, a certificate of successful apprenticeship from a recognised Budapest photographic studio in her bag, she had made two momentous decisions already: to turn photography into her profession and to put fascist Hungary behind her forever.
Like her Hungarian colleagues Moholy-Nagy, Kepes and Munkacsi and – a little later – Robert Capa, Besnyö experienced Berlin as a metropolis of deeply satisfying artistic experimentation and democratic ways of life. She had found work with the press photographer Dr. Peter Weller and roamed the city with her camera during the day, searching for motifs on construction sites, by Lake Wannsee, at the zoo or in the sports stadiums, and her photographs were published – albeit, as was customary at the time, under the name of the studio. (read more)
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Sound frequencies visualized in a vintage illustration from 1930s cigarette cards featuring science infographics
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A photographer balances on the outermost edge of the 300 meter transmitter, Königs wusterhausen, Germany, 1932
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A girl holds The Washington Post of Monday, July 21st 1969 stating ‘The Eagle Has Landed Two Men Walk on the Moon’
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Japanese-American grocery store trying to show where they stand the day after Pearl Harbor, Dec 8 1941
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The Bugs Are Taking Over (by wackystuff)
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The only known footage of Mark Twain, in his signature white suit and puffing a cigar, recorded by Thomas Edison in 1909, a year before Twain’s death. The two were close friends.
Edison is also responsible for filming the first kiss in cinema.
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A London bus rests in a massive crater left by a German bomb, 1940
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