Gloomy Sunday

30, Zsuzsi. Maryland. Lawyer (J.D. 2020) with a bachelors degree in history with a focus on 20th century conflict and a certificate in Holocaust studies. I like history and photos that catch my eye. Ask me something 🙌🏻

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Drive-in movie theater

(Allan Grant. 1948)

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A damaged American F4U-1A Corsair fighter (Chance Vought F4U Corsair) from Marine Aircraft Squadron 216 (VMF-216). The aircraft, piloted by Lieutenant Robert Marshall, was damaged by Japanese A6M Zero fighters during a raid on Rabaul.

The wounded pilot returned safely to the airfield at Cape Torokina. December 13, 1943

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12-year-old Christopher Walken making pie crust in his father’s bakery, 1955

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German U Boats make a risky rendezvous on the surface - date and location unknown

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US Marines exhausted after months of action on Guadalcanal take the opportunity to get some rest - Aug 1942 to Feb 1943

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Untitled (Red Jackson), Harlem, New York, Photo by Gordon Parks, 1948⁠

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From th Bus, Photo by Robert Frank, 1958

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Tickertape, New York City, Photo by Robert Frank, 1951

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Doll/New York City, Photo by Robert Frank, 1949

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Bar, New York City, Photo by Robert Frank, 1955

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From the Bus, New York, Photo by Robert Frank, 1958

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“Smallest news & post card stand in New Orleans, 103 Royal Street“, 1908.  From the Detroit Publishing Company collection. 

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German soldiers prepare a Goliath remote controlled demolition vehicle - Warsaw, Poland 1944

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Man in a Derby, New York, Photo by Paul Strand, 1916

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In 1938 there were still stables in Brooklyn.

Photo: Sol Prom (Solomon Fabricant) via American Photography Archives Group

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A paratrooper from the US 17th Airborne Division carries an injured colleague to get medical treatment, whose parachute has got tangled up in overhead telegraph cables - Germany, March 1945

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Soviet soldiers target a German tank - Stalingrad, Aug 1942