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My mother, 20, posing in her white satin gown on her wedding day. 1947
The ‘Sea Greyhound’ that couldn’t turn: The French cruiser Jurien de la Gravière. Built in 1899 to be the ultimate predator, she had a 2km turning circle and vibrated so much she nearly shook herself apart.
My great grandfather and his daughters Texas 1930s
A victim recovered after the sinking of the RMS Titanic, 1912.
Future WWII hero & French president Charles De Gaulle with his daughter Anne in the 1930’s. Anne was born with down syndrome but was never institutionalized, as was common at the time, & lived with her family until the end of her life. She died of pneumonia in 1948 at the age of 20 (1310×900)
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Coal miner’s child in grade school. Lejunior, Harlan County, Kentucky, 1946. National Archives, Russell Lee photographer
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