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Strategy Session: 1966
Submitted by Dave on Wed, 05/15/2013 - 12:34pm.
Gotham City in 1966. Batman and Robin (Adam West and Burt Ward) in an unguarded moment in the Bat-Cave (or perhaps on the Bat-Set) with the Bat-Mug. Photo by Richard Hewett for Look magazine. View full size.
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Kidde Kokoon: 1955
Submitted by Dave on Tue, 05/14/2013 - 9:36pm.
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1955. "H-bomb hideaway. Family seated in a Kidde Kokoon, an underground fallout shelter manufactured by Walter Kidde Nuclear Laboratories of Garden City, Long Island." United Press photo. View full size.
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Orange and Blue: 1968
Submitted by Dave on Tue, 05/14/2013 - 1:17pm.
June 8, 1968. "Funeral cortege of Robert F. Kennedy." More of the mourners who lined the route of RFK's funeral train as it made its way from New York to Washington. The mood may have been blue, but the Popsicles were not. Photos by Paul Fusco and Thomas Koeniges for Look magazine. View full size.
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Steeplejacks: 1929
Submitted by Dave on Tue, 05/14/2013 - 12:56pm.
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Summer 1929. Washington, D.C. "Workers on building under construction." Harris & Ewing Collection glass negative. View full size.
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R.F.K., R.I.P.: 1968
Submitted by Dave on Mon, 05/13/2013 - 10:48pm.
June 8, 1968. "Funeral cortege of Robert F. Kennedy." Thousands of people lined the tracks as the train carrying RFK's casket made the eight-hour journey from his funeral in New York to Washington, D.C. 35mm Kodachrome transparency. From photos by Paul Fusco and Thomas Koeniges for Look magazine. View full size.
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How to Marry a Millionaire: 1952
Submitted by Dave on Mon, 05/13/2013 - 1:55pm.
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1952. Marilyn Monroe, Lauren Bacall and Betty Grable in a publicity still for the movie "How to Marry a Millionaire." Photo by Earl Theisen. View full size.
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Beatnik JFK: 1957
Submitted by Dave on Mon, 05/13/2013 - 11:51am.
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September 1957. "John F. Kennedy wearing sunglasses." Is that you behind those Foster Grants, future Mr. President? Photo by Toni Frissell. View full size.
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