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Photographed by Arnold Genthe; French actress Sarah Bernhardt tours the city

ruins after the devastating earthquake in San Francisco, California, USA, in 1906.

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Using electric adding machines, workers calculate bonuses for servicemen after

World War I, at the Veterans Bureau in Washington D.C, USA, in the early 1920s.

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Photographed by Jimmy Sime; a uniformed Harrow schoolboy is watched by
local boys at the Eton v Harrow cricket match at Lord's in London, UK, in 1937.

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Wearing the latest in fashion, a woman pushing a baby stroller is photographed by

Friedrich Seidenstücker as she walks her dog in West Berlin, Germany, in 1950.

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Known as the 'Titanic Orphans', survivors Michel and Edmond Navratil at the

home of fellow passenger Margaret Hays in New York, USA, 22nd April 1912.

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Posing for John W. Draper; Dorothy Catherine Draper sits for the first American

daguerreotype photo of a woman at NYU in Manhattan, New York, USA, in 1839.

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Surrounded by the grand Victorian architecture of the country's oldest shopping

precinct, shoppers peruse the Royal Arcade in Melbourne, Australia, in the 1960s.

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Photographed by Marion Post Wolcott; labourers pick cotton on

a plantation near Clarksdale, Mississippi, USA, November 1940.

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Photographed by Drahomír Josef Růžička; skyscrapers dominate the skyline

over the East River docks in Lower Manhattan, New York, USA, in the 1930s.

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Three of Britain's finest stage actors; Ralph Richardson, Laurence Olivier & Alec

Guinness, pose for photographer Terence Donovan in England, UK, August 1980.

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Photographed by Charles C. Zoller; a Native American chief stands by the river

after a dedication ceremony at Ellison Park in Rochester, New York, USA, c. 1929.

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Surrounded by other children, a boy sells umbrellas on the street

in the Lower East Side of Manhattan, New York, USA, in 1908.

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Audrey Hepburn & Grace Kelly wait backstage at the Pantages Theatre for the

28th Academy Awards ceremony in Los Angeles, California, USA, 21st March 1956.

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Photographed by Ida Wyman; a man looks in a waste basket

on the pier at Coney Island, New York, USA, Summer 1945.

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Photographed by Frank Hurley; Sir Ernest Shackleton (at left) at 'Ocean Camp' on

the frozen Weddell Sea during the 'Endurance' expedition to Antarctica, in 1915.

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Celebrating the end of term and the start of a 10-week summer holiday, children

jump for joy as they leave their school in Miami, Florida, USA, 25th July 1968.

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Known as 'The Mother Road', the famous 2,448 mile U.S. Highway 'Route 66'

is photographed by Andreas Feininger in Seligman, Arizona, USA, in 1953.

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Watching his team play Tottenham Hotspur, a young Arsenal supporter exercises

his lungs at the London Derby at Highbury, London, UK, 20th October 1934.

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Badly damaged by Allied bombing raids, the Reichstag building lies in ruins as
Russian Red Army troops continue to advance in Berlin, Germany, in 1945.

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Photographed by close friend Robert Mapplethorpe; American singer-songwriter

Patti Smith poses in their shared apartment in Brooklyn, New York, USA, c. 1974.

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Making way for hockey practice and ice skating, 'UConn' students and staff clear

snow from the frozen Swan Lake in Storrs, Connecticut, USA, in the 1920s.

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On their way to film 'The Vikings' in Norway, actors Kirk Douglas, Janet Leigh,

Ernest Borgnine & Tony Curtis leave from London Airport, UK, 14th June 1957.

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Visiting the Western States, President John F. Kennedy addresses the audience

at a convention center in Las Vegas, Nevada, USA, 28th September 1963.

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In charge of the female patients, members of the nursing staff pose for a

photograph at Moulsford Asylum in Cholsey, Berkshire, UK, in the 1920s.

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All but destroyed by intense shelling, the ruins of the thirteenth century

cathedral are guarded by a British soldier in Ypres, Belgium, in 1917.

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Photographed by Charles W. Cushman; a man examines a pillar

box in Victoria, British Columbia, Canada, September 1938.

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Ready for holiday-makers to take a swim, bathing machines line the beach

outside the Hotel Metropole in Blackpool, Lancashire, UK, c. 1890-1910.

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Wounded American soldiers of the 1st Infantry Division receive cigarettes and

food after storming D-Day's 'Omaha' beach in Normandy, France, 6th June 1944.

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Cast as 'Eliza Doolittle', Audrey Hepburn poses for photographs on the set of 'My

Fair Lady' at Warner Bros. Studios in Burbank, California, USA, November 1963.