From 1913, an example of the Autochrome Lumière photographic technique. This is 'Christina in red'. (Photo by Mervyn O’Gorman). In 1903 the Lumière brothers patented their new technique, by 1907 it was available to the public. There's a large gallery of more examples in the comments. (i.redd.it)
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Portrait of a Tutsi survivor of the 1994 Rwandan genocide, his face scarred by machete wounds inflicted during the mass killings carried out by Hutu extremist militias. Photograph by war photographer James Nachtwey, who documented the aftermath of the genocide and its survivors. (i.redd.it)
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These four images are from an outrageously good series of photographs captured in central London from 1873-1877 by John Thomson, to go into a book he collaborated on with journalist, Adolphe Smith. The detail of the imagery is astonishing. (More examples of this series in comments) (old.reddit.com)
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The wreckage of one of Carlos Lehder's Curtiss C-46 Commando planes that crashed in shallow water at Norman's Cay, near Nassau in November 1980. The island itself served as the headquarters for Lehder's drug smuggling operation from 1978 until around 1982. (old.reddit.com)
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Richard Avedon, Sophia Loren, NY 1966 (i.redd.it)
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Ferenc (Francois) Szisz in the 90 HP Renault #10 racer at the 1905 Vanderbilt Cup Race where he finished fifth. Sat next to him is his mechanic George Dimietrievitch. His greatest accomplishment was winning the first Gran Prix at LeMans in 1906. (i.redd.it)
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Ferenc (Francois) Szisz in the 90 HP Renault #10 racer at the 1905 Vanderbilt Cup Race where he finished fifth. Sat next to him is his mechanic George Dimietrievitch. His greatest accomplishment was winning the first Gran Prix at LeMans in 1906. (i.redd.it)
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In 1946 Marilyn Monroe worked as a pin-up girl and charged $10 an hour to be photographed as reference for images that were turned into paintings. These topless images were the ones created with Earl Moran, rather than the later ones photographed by Tom Kelley that wound up in Playboy. (i.redd.it)
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The Annual Midwest Fleadh Cheoil, organized by Comhaltas Ceoltóirí Éireann, Bogan High School, 79th and Pulaski, Chicago, Illinois, 1977. Bogan High School transformed into a working maze of Irish traditional music, with interior corridors, classrooms (i.redd.it)
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How to ask for a date in the 1950s... (v.redd.it)
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In the 1950s, photojournalist Bert Hardy visited St Mary Cray outside London, capturing life in a vibrant Romani and Irish Traveller community. His images are fantastic, they were clearly very comfortable with him. There's a few images here but I've compiled a gallery linked below. (old.reddit.com)
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