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Earlier today, shareholders at American Express voted to reject an anti-DEI proposal.

A young Clint Eastwood skateboards through the streets of Rome in 1964.

In 1969, when black Americans were prevented from swimming alongside whites, Mr.Rogers invite Officer Clemmons to join him and cool his feet in a pool, breaking a well-known color barrier.

A 1965 parade of Afghan school girls in Kabul. Now, under the Taliban, women and girls are legally barred from attending schools and universities.

Family portrait taken 118 years ago. February, 1905

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I wonder what they think.

Marine Sergeant Frank Praytor Feeding An Orphaned Kitten. He Adopted The Kitten After The Mother Cat Died During The War. 1952

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The Tragic Story of The Edmund Fitzgerald, Whose Crew Was Never Seen Again

Jewish prisoners after being liberated from a train that was taking them to a concentration camp, 1945

Winter in Jerusalem, Palestine, in 1942

Ocean Beach, 1970s. From photographer Dennis O’Rorke Collection

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Humphrey Bogart and Audrey Hepburn 1954

Irish Gangster Richard “Pegleg” Lonergan - On December 25th, 1925 Pegleg was highly intoxicated and decided it would be a good idea to go to the Adonis Social Club in Brooklyn, an early Italian Mob hangout.

A boy selling lemonade with a portable lemonade dispenser. Berlin, 1931.

Moments before happiness, 1955 😍

Kitchener Market, Quetta, Balochistan, Pakistan Early 20th Century Or Late 19th Century.

Images of life across Iran in the 60s/70s portray a vibrant kingdom ahead of the 1979 Islamic revolution. At the time men/women mixed freely and education was encouraged for the entire population of 🇮🇷Before being ousted during the revolution,King Shah Mohammad Reza Pahlavi encouraged women's rights.

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Street fashion in the 70s

Charitable Chinese man feeding a criminal in a cangue. Petty criminals were sentenced to wear the canque, often for a couple of months, and display themselves in public places. The sign on the cangue describes the man's crime. Ca. 1905

President John F. Kennedy and daughter Caroline (Halloween 1963)

Somewhere In Kabul, Afghanistan, 1972 (c).

© Kenneth Porter

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A soldier's face before and after the war: 1941 vs. 1945.

Excited Father fainted when he met triplet babies after wife gave birth. (Before ultrasound was invented)

Somewhere In Kabul, Afghanistan, 1972 (c).

© Kenneth Porter

Monday Is National Bluesky Repost Day.
You know me—beauty is skin deep. I love the way you love me. Just be yourself. I’ve been praying for this one. Te adoro.
Te: (teh) Adoro: (ah-DOH-roh) You know me.

A Great Depression Christmas dinner in home of Earl Pauley, near Smithfield, Iowa, 1936. The dinner consisted of potatoes, cabbage and pie, 1936.⁣

Life in Paris, France 🇫🇷 1890s - tag someone that would have hated having to dress up all the time