Little girl and her pet toad at a pet show, Venice Beach, California, 1936.

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Johnny Cash performing for prisoners at Folsom Prison, January 13, 1968.

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My dad and his VW 🐞 about to go explore the world circa 1994 March ish

What were you doing in March of 1994

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Richard "Dick" Harding Davis, circa 1907

"1900s Ideal Man" Richard Harding Davis embodied derring-do and masculinity. A novelist, journalist, and dapper man-about-town, he was a leading war correspondent, covering the Spanish–American War, Second Boer War, and World War I. His dramatic reports paired with his striking appearance: square-jawed, stylish, and always clean-shaven, setting a trend at the turn of the 20th century. Many leading writers admired him, and he inspired illustrator Charles Dana Gibson's "Gibson man." People of all genders would exclaim, "What a Dick!" His personality blended vanity with self-deprecation. "What I like most in men," he said, "is the ability to sit opposite a mirror at dinner and not look in it" — a trait he admitted to lacking. Davis died from a sudden heart attack on April 11, 1916, while on a telephone call a week before his 52nd birthday. Read more [here.](https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_Harding_Davis)

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70-year-old Ektachrome shots of the U.S. WWII effort

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Shaquille O’Neal inconspicuously disrupts an ongoing interview, 1990s

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Child playing Atari in his home 1982

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Elvis Presley and his parents 1937

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From a Ladies' Self-Defense Manual - Circa early 1900s

Lifting her umbrella swiftly, she strikes the ruffian's jaw. Alternatively, with a precise kick to the kneecap, she takes him down.

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American soldiers on their way home from World War II, 1945.

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The Exorcist turns 50 this year, released in theaters on December 26, 1973. Directed by William Friedkin, with a budget of just $12 million, it would gross $428 million and be nominated for nine Academy Awards

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