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theniftyfifties:

A cockatil party for Playboy, 1957.

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fyeah-history:

Queen Elizabeth II (left) with US First Lady Pat Nixon, 1970; President Nixon is hidden from view, next to British Prime Minister Edward Heath, behind Elizabeth



notean:

Elizabeth went off mysteriously with Jimmy each evening, and none of us could figure out where they went. They would arrive for dinner together. She would sit in the balcony next to him during rushes and then they would slip away for what seemed like most of the night.

- Carroll Baker

probly doing gay stuff

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inothernews:

President Barack Obama’s shadow is reflected on the Vietnam Veterans Memorial in Washington, D.C. on Monday.  (Photo: Jonathan Ernst / Reuters via The Telegraph)

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theniftyfifties:

Anne St Marie wearing Oleg Cassini in New York City, 1950s. Photo by William Helburn.

And when at last you find someone to whom you feel you can pour out your soul, you stop in shock at the words you utter— they are so rusty, so ugly, so meaningless and feeble from being kept in the small cramped dark inside you so long. Sylvia Plath, The Unabridged Journals of Sylvia Plath (via notahhuman)
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gayeek:

‘Osiria’ Rose…

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fuckyeahhistorycrushes:

George Llewelyn Davies (named after George Darling in peter pan) or the Llewelyn Davies boys(they were inspiration for peter pan)… they were all pretty handsome. (if anyone hasn’t submitted them already…)

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nickdrake:

Salvador Dali


iloveeddieredmayne:

les miserables 2012

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publius-report:

Reference guide to North American European powers c. 1800.
A reminder why many Americans during the early administrations legitimately believed a war with Great Britain, France, and Spain was imminent and (historically proven to be) inevitable.


fckyeaharthistory:

Jacques Louis David - The Death of Socrates, 1787. Oil on canvas 

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