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Unknown gentleman, c. 1930s - 1940s

 

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An unemployed man selling apples in a wooden crate for five cents during the Great Depression

 

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Detroit, the day before Prohibition

 

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James Williams, arrested for larceny, August 24, 1902

 

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1st Lieutenant Gene Roddenberry (2nd from left) and crew in front of their Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress in 1943

 

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An American soldier forces a smile out of another on the Western Front, WWI

 

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Survivors of the 157th Infantry Regiment, 45th Division, gather for a group portrait after the end of a one-week siege in Bundenthal, Germany that resulted in brutal fighting against attacking German forces, December 1944

 

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"Philadelphia" Jack O'Brien cabinet photograph, c. 1890s. One of the greatest light heavyweight fighters and a member of the International Boxing Hall of Fame, "Philadelphia" Jack O'Brien, born in the eponymous city in 1878 as Joseph Francis Hagan, is presented on this cabinet photograph which was intended for boxing fans.

 

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MALTA - OCTOBER 20 The Duke of Edinburgh arrives in Malta to join his assignment, HMS Chequers, on October 20, 1949 in Malta. (Photo by Keystone-France Gamma-Rapho via Getty Images)

 

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Great pic!

 

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Sadly, this is a fake- here's the real pic

 

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Sailors in Pearl Harbor, Hawaii listen to radio and cheer as radio broadcasts Japan accepted Potsdam surrender terms, 1945

 

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Violin player, Avesta, Sweden, year unknown

 

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WWI soldier showing off his wartime tattoos

 

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Sadly, this is a fake- here's the real pic

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Thanks a lot, to be honest, it's even better with trunks (and I had my doubts if my posting is true but then I thought mnaybe in was taken in a club, I should have been moer clever regarding nudity in that time). Thanks for clearing it up!

 

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c. 1920s

 

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WW II nude gunner

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wow, is this for real?

 

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wow, is this for real?

yes- a number of people talk about it in the thread- it was in a WW2 book

 

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WW II nude gunner

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wow, is this for real?

The naked gunner, Rescue at Rabaul, 1944