1944 Pulitzer Prize for Photography winner, dead soldiers at a destroyed pillbox following the Battle of Tarawa (Gilbert Islands). 11-Nov-1943. Photo: Frank Filan - History Education Network

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In 1946 Marilyn Monroe worked as a pin-up girl and charged $10 an hour to be photographed as reference for images that were turned into paintings. This is an example of one of the more ‘safe for work’ images. (1080×960)

Soviet Politician Lavrentiy Beria with Joseph Stalin’s daughter Svetlana Alliluyeva, USSR, 1930s (767×1000)

Volcanologist David A. Johnston, pictured 13 hours before he lost his life during the 1980 eruption of Mount St. Helens. He was the first to report the eruption from an observation post 6 miles away, transmitting ‘Vancouver! Vancouver! This is it!’ before being overtaken by the blast

Car Sharing is a ‘Must’! 1942.

Hampton Lee, 24, Hugh Evans, 22, and Willis Evans, 18, are taken into custody for harassing a woman returning home from a party late at night, beating her male friend unconscious for trying to intervene, then kidnapping, robbing, and gang-raping her (South Carolina, September 22, 1940) .

1944 Pulitzer Prize for Photography winner, dead soldiers at a destroyed pillbox following the Battle of Tarawa (Gilbert Islands). 11-Nov-1943. Photo: Frank Filan

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