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Abstract painter Francoise Gilot with fellow artist and long-term companion Pablo

Picasso, & his nephew Javier Vilato on the beach at Golfe-Juan, France, in 1948.

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Photographed by Harold Chapman; saxophonist Benny Waters

performs in the cafe 'La Cigale' in Paris, France, c. 1962.

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Dressed for the wedding, the six bridesmaids of Miss Sylvia Brooke and the Hon.

Charles Mulholland wait at 52 Portland Square, London, UK, 26th February 1920.

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Taken by William Henry Jackson; this early colour Photochrome print shows

holiday-makers on the beach at Coney Island, New York, USA, in 1902.

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A female aviator poses in front of a fighter plane for a 'Kodachrome' film colour

test at the Kodak Research Laboratories in Rochester, New York, USA, in 1939.

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Victims of the post-WWII housing shortage; Mr & Mrs Budd and their children in

the converted pigsty they call home in Fetcham, Surrey, UK, 21st January 1947.

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Accompanied by his models, young Italian fashion designer Robert Capucci

arrives at Schiphol Airport, The Netherlands, 18th September 1952.

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The German airship 'Graf Zeppelin' flies over the

Saladin Citadel in Cairo, Egypt, 11th April 1931.

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Congressman Albert Thomas winks at newly sworn in President Lyndon B. Johnson

after John F. Kennedy's assassination in Dallas, Texas, USA, 22nd November 1963.

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Henry Fonda looks on as Jack Lemmon films Slim Aarons taking a picture of

him on the beach, during filming of 'Mister Roberts' in Hawaii, USA, in 1955.

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Notorious outlaws, bank robbers and fugitives Bonnie Parker

& Clyde Barrow pose for a fellow gang member, USA, c. 1933.

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Displaying items brought across America in a covered wagon, a Pioneer

Family pose outside their home in Santa Clara, California, USA, c. 1880.

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Members of the Holy Trinity Croatian Church; children collect scrap for the Allied

war effort against the Axis on a city block in East Chicago, Indiana, USA, c. 1943.

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Founder of the Soviet Union, Vladimir Ilyich Lenin addresses soldiers of

the new Soviet Army in Red Square, Moscow, Russia, 25th May 1919.

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A view of Sainte Catherine Street, looking west towards

Stanley Street in Montreal, Canada, c. 1930.

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Photographed by Larry Burrows; a wounded marine reaches out to a stricken

comrade during fighting for Hills 400 and 484 near Dong Ha, Vietnam, in 1966.

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Leader of the Brazilian movement for the abolition of slavery, Minister Joaquim

Aurelio Bareto Nabuco de Araujo pays a state visit to London, UK, c.1902.

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Known as the 'Million Dollar Quartet', Jerry Lee Lewis, Carl Perkins, Elvis Presley &

Johnny Cash play at Sun Studios in Memphis, Tennessee, USA, 4th December 1956.

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Parisien diners eat alfresco at the landmark

'Cafe de la Paix' in Paris, France, in 1927.

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Steve McQueen & Faye Dunaway share a joke with director Norman Jewison

during filming of 'The Thomas Crown Affair' in Massachusetts, USA, in 1968.

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Attired in full Dress Civil Uniform, the Canadian PM, Cabinet Ministers and their

wives attend a State Ball at Buckingham Palace, London, UK,19th July 1912.

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Photographed by Chalmers Butterfield; shoppers on Shaftesbury

Avenue are seen from Piccadilly Circus, London, UK, c.1949.

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Demonstrating his skill, an ice skater performs acrobatics

on stilts in St. Moritz, Switzerland, 30th December 1933.

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Re-christened with the European name of 'Lucille', a young Native

American girl poses for photographer Edward S. Curtis, USA, 1907.

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Organised for charity, female students take part in a 'Car Covering

Contest' at Glasgow University in Scotland, UK, 12th January 1961.

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Gathered in front of a hut made from the hull of a boat and roofed with

old tin signs, a group of fishermen mend their nets, France, c. 1900.

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Photographed by Diane Arbus; two 'female impersonators' get

ready in their dressing room in New York, USA, in 1958.

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Gathered for a workers outing, employees of Albert Carter Embroidery

Ltd. pose for a photograph on Friar Lane in Nottingham, UK, c. 1950.

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Photographed by Pfc. Melvin Weiss; servicemen and civilians celebrate Germany's

unconditional surrender in Piccadilly Circus, London, UK, 7th May 1945.

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Photographed by Elliot Erwitt; a dog bounces into the air

next to its flat-footed owner in Paris, France, in 1989.