Here are this week’s interesting historical photos. For part 86, click here.
1. A rare look behind the clockface of the Big Ben, ca. 1920.
2. “The Friendship kiss” – Russian and US soldier – Germany 1945.
3. Women employees working on the nose assemblies of Douglas “Havoc” A-20 attack bombers, 1942.
4. British Embassy in Ottoman Empire, 1880.
5. Aerail view of residential district in Tokyo after firebombing, 10 september 1945.
6. A picture-perfect Marilyn Monroe with Joe DiMaggio in 1953.
7. Young Helen Mirren in “Troilus and Cressida” at the Royal Shakespeare Theatre – 1968.
8. Americans on Okinawa listen impassively to reports of Victory in Europe on May 8, 1945.
Japan would not give in until September.