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A couple enjoys some privacy as they embrace in a hole in the sand on a beach in Santa Monica, California. July 1950
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A couple enjoys some privacy as they embrace in a hole in the sand on a beach in Santa Monica, California. July 1950

u/zadraaa — 11 hours ago
On this day in 1973, the first mobile phone call was made. Martin Cooper of Motorola called his rival at Bell Labs.
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On this day in 1973, the first mobile phone call was made. Martin Cooper of Motorola called his rival at Bell Labs.

u/zadraaa — 7 hours ago
Prince Randian (aka ‘The Living Torso’) was a limbless sideshow performer able to roll and light cigarettes entirely with his lips. (Photo from the 1930s)
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Prince Randian (aka ‘The Living Torso’) was a limbless sideshow performer able to roll and light cigarettes entirely with his lips. (Photo from the 1930s)

u/zadraaa — 16 hours ago
Daguerreotype of a unknown lady found in the shipwreck of the S.S. Central America, sold by over 70,000 dollars. (1857)
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Daguerreotype of a unknown lady found in the shipwreck of the S.S. Central America, sold by over 70,000 dollars. (1857)

u/zadraaa — 19 hours ago
American anti-masturbation cartoon (1875) comparing the decay of the 'masturbator' with the vitality of the 'abstainer'.
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American anti-masturbation cartoon (1875) comparing the decay of the 'masturbator' with the vitality of the 'abstainer'.

u/zadraaa — 15 hours ago
An American soldier in Vietnam in 1966. And to be clear, he got it for the articles.
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An American soldier in Vietnam in 1966. And to be clear, he got it for the articles.

u/zadraaa — 9 hours ago
Farrah Fawcett, Suzanne Somers, Sally Field, Tom Selleck, and Steve Martin on The Dating Game, early 1970s
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Farrah Fawcett, Suzanne Somers, Sally Field, Tom Selleck, and Steve Martin on The Dating Game, early 1970s

u/zadraaa — 6 hours ago
A man in a keffiyeh smokes a cigarette and holds his Mauser rifle during teatime. | Kurdistan, Iraq. 1974.
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A man in a keffiyeh smokes a cigarette and holds his Mauser rifle during teatime. | Kurdistan, Iraq. 1974.

u/ZERO_PORTRAIT — 18 hours ago
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