Maude Fealy

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Vintage Beauties 1870

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Moppets Charm School by Arthur Rickerby for LIFE Magazine

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Arthur B. Rickerby (1921–1972) was an American photographer whose most famous works are his sports photography, especially his color photography essays, and his photographs of the Kennedy administration. His work is most noted for its realism and pioneering use of the 35 mm camera and the early zoom lens.

Last Prisoners Leave Alcatraz by Leigh Wiener 1963

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Leigh Auston Wiener (August 25, 1929 - May 11, 1993) was an award-winning American photographer and photojournalist. In a career that spanned five decades, he covered hundreds of people and events. His images captured the public and private moments of entertainers, musicians, artists, authors, poets, scientists, sports figures, politicians, industrialists, and heads of state, including every U.S. president from Harry Truman to Ronald Reagan and illustrated every sector of industry including farming, steel mills, auto manufacturing, aerospace, medicine, research, early computing and semi-conductor manufacturing.

Le Charmeur d’oiseaux, Paris 1910

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Dovima

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The Boswell Sisters

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The Boswell Sisters were a close harmony singing group, consisting of sisters Martha Boswell (June 9, 1905 – July 2, 1958), Connee Boswell (original name Connie) (December 3, 1907 – October 11, 1976), and Helvetia "Vet" Boswell (May 20, 1911 – November 12, 1988), noted for intricate harmonies and rhythmic experimentation. They attained national prominence in the USA in the 1930s.

Alfred Eisenstaedt, Paris, 1963

Children at a puppet Theatre watching St. George and the Dragon story.

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Alfred Eisenstaedt (December 6, 1898 – August 24, 1995) was a German-born American photographer and photojournalist. He is best known for his photograph of the V-J Day celebration [2] and for his candid photographs, frequently made using a 35mm Leica camera.

Belle Bilton by Alexander Bassano 1889

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Girls with guns

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Moulin Rouge - Paris 1914

The original Moulin Rouge, photographed by Albert Kahn the year before it burned down - Paris, 1914

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