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A costume design of twinned serpents created for a Ziegfeld Follies production in 1923 by the renowned Art Deco artist and designer Erté. Worn here by Mary Nolan. Nolan had a tragic life that ended at age 45, worn down by Hollywood.

u/dannydutch1 — 5 hours ago
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This is the mugshot of Fay Watson, March 1928 – Fined £10 for cocaine possession. It's just one of a huge archive of mugshots of ladies that had been arrested in Sydney during the roaring twenties. More of which I"ve linked to in the comments.

u/dannydutch1 — 13 hours ago
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Vincent Price, Peter Lorre, and Boris Karloff roasting marshmallows on a set-provided bed of hot coals behind the scenes of "The Raven" (October 1962)

u/WithoutPrinciples — 9 hours ago
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On this day in 1987, Michael Ryan (aged 27) shot dead 16 people in Hungerford including his mother and then killed himself. It’s one of the worst mass shooting incidents in the UK and was followed by stricter gun laws. (More about this tragedy in the comments)

u/dannydutch1 — 15 hours ago
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Marilyn Monroe "The Springtime of Life", near Mailbu, CA, 1946 photographed by Andre de Dienes

"One day when we were relaxing on the beach between photo sessions, I decided to capture some new expressions I had glimpsed on Marilyn's face. Getting her in close-up, I asked her to react instinctively, without giving herself time to think, to the words happiness, surprise, reflection, doubt, peace of mind, sadness, self-torment...and death."
-- Andre de Dienes quoted from Marilyn Mon Amour 

u/GlitterDanger — 19 hours ago
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Able Seaman Carl Carlson with a hull plate of the H.M.C.S. QU’APPELLE, which was pierced by a German shell during action near England, 16 August 1944

u/JohnWilkesLeg — 15 hours ago
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Badass of the day: Mohamed Bzeek, he's spent 30 years fostering terminally ill and medically fragile children in the US who are often considered difficult to place. He's looked after 80 so far, with many remaining in his care until their deaths.

u/dannydutch1 — 1 day ago
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Bill Murray at the funeral of Elvis Presley on this day in 1977.

“I was on a bus before this whole procession. It was impressive to witness all of this. Hundreds of thousands of people stood in the street on this very hot day just to take a look at the coffin.”

“When I arrived I was walking across the cemetery until police officers on motorcycles suddenly arrived. They looked at me as if they were saying, ‘If you move, we’ll kill you.’ The convoy drove by and the mourners stared at me and pointed at me. ‘Oh my god, they got me,’ I thought. But then I realized that they were pointing to the grave of Elvis ‘mother, which I happened to be standing next to. It was a very emotional moment. “

u/CarkWithaM — 1 day ago
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In January, 1976, Elvis attended a funeral in Denver, Colorado, for a police officer who had taken his own life. He was given a dress uniform which he wore to the ceremony. Elvis was an honourary police captain of the Denver Police.

u/dannydutch1 — 1 day ago
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From the Carnaval de Nice in 1910, one of the world's oldest and most famous carnival celebrations, dating back to the 13th century.

u/CarkWithaM — 1 day ago
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Rudolf Hess (Hitler's former deputy) stands in front of the summer house in the grounds of Spandau Prison. He was a prisoner here from 1947 until his apparent suicide OTD in 1987 aged 94. He was found hanged in the summer house. The last 20 years of his life he had been the only prisoner in Spandau.

u/dannydutch1 — 2 days ago
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December 1924: A patient of Dr. Bourget, a member of the French Academy of Medicine, before and after corrective plastic surgery to straighten the bridge of her nose.

u/morganmonroe81 — 2 days ago
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Thomas Neale, born on 1 September 1891. The family originated from Aspenden, Hertfordshire, and his father was a horse groom. Eliza, his mother, died from exhaustion in 1897. Tommy and his two brothers fought in the WW1 – he was killed on the battlefield on 9 October 1917.

u/WithoutPrinciples — 3 days ago
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The first photo is of the Chamberlain family on their way to camp at Uluru (Ayers Rock). It was on this day in 1980 that Azaria, the baby you can see in the photo, was snatched from their tent by dingos. Her mother was wrongly convicted of her murder.

u/dannydutch1 — 3 days ago