Vintage

Historical photographs and pictures taken in the context of a verifiable, historically significant event.

Actress Ethel Merman presents a young goat to the crew of USS Pensacola (CA-24) as ship’s mascot. Accepting the kid is Capt. Alfred G. Howe, left, the first commanding officer of the ship. New York Navy Yard, 6 February 1930. [660 x 575]

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Miami, Florida 1908 [3300 × 2586]

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On 24th March 1941 Carmen Miranda was invited to imprint her hand and heel marks in the concrete outside Grauman’s Chinese Theatre, the first Latin American to do so [1604 x 2016]

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“Tunnel Rat” SGT Ronald A. Payne entering a tunnel in search of Viet Cong with a flashlight and M1911 pistol. 1967. [990 × 708 ]

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A photographer kicks one of the East German police over the border during demonstrations at Checkpoint Charlie – a key crossing point between East and West – commemorating the 25th anniversary of the construction of the Berlin Wall. 13 August 1986. [2560 x 1693]

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Maria Anderson as the Fairy Fleur de farine and Lyubov Rabtsova as her page in the ballet “Sleeping Beauty” at the Imperial Theater, St. Petersburg, Russia, 1890 [754×612]

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