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| New York Public Library on opening day between 1910 and ca. 1915. |
Wednesday, July 3, 2013
N.Y. Public Library
Alexander Haley
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| Alex Haley, (August 11, 1921 – February 10, 1992), US Coast Guard From Wikimedia Commons |
Thursday, June 27, 2013
Virginia Woolf
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| Adeline Virginia Woolf, January 25, 1882 - March 28, 1941, was an English writer, and one of the foremost modernists of the twentieth century. During the interwar period, Woolf was a significant figure in London literary society and a central figure in the influential Bloomsbury Group of intellectuals. Her most famous works include the novels Mrs Dalloway (1925), To the Lighthouse (1927) and Orlando (1928), and the book-length essay A Room of One's Own (1929), with its famous dictum, "A woman must have money and a room of her own if she is to write fiction." |
Vintage Fashion in Iran
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Vintage Fashion in Iran: Photographs from the first half of the 20th century. Establishment of the Islamic Republic of
Iran in 1979 meant that women were forced to wear Hijab and that it is
strictly forbidden for women to be photographed without Hijab. There was a time, following the military
coup of 1920 when women were forced not to wear Hijab. Here are a few
photographs from the first half of the twentieth century, the rise of
industrial era in Iran.
Source: Payvand
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Tuesday, June 18, 2013
Greta Garbo
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| Greta Garbo (18 September 1905 – 15 April 1990), born Greta Lovisa Gustafsson |
Sammy Davis Jr. and Son
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Sammy Davis Jr. and his son Mark in 1964. Photo: Leonard McCombe/Time-Life Pictures.
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Wednesday, June 5, 2013
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