Actor Robert Mitchum, center right, and actress Lila Leeds, left, are sentenced to 60 days injail on charges of conspiracy to possess marijuana cigarettes in Los Angeles, February 9, 
1949.

The paradox of the American Dream: The best cities to get ahead are often the most expensive places to live, and the most affordable places to live can be the worst cities to get ahead.

Dwight D. Eisenhower walking past a destroyed German Tiger Tank after the battle of Chambois, France 1944

NY, Coney Island, 1940

here are some people still alive today who were present at the last public execution in France. Actor Christopher Lee, for instance. In the early morning of 17 June 1939, Eugène Weidmann bowed down before the blade of the guillotine, the last person to do so publicly

This is another great picture of the D-Day invasion at Normandy. You can get a feel for the magnitude of the operation.

Kim Phuc “napalm girl” being sprayed with water shortly after the iconic Nick Ut photograph, Vietnam War, June 8, 1972

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