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.
9. Elvis Presley being sworn into his compulsory army service. Arkansas, 1958.
10. John Lennon attempting to retrieve his guitar pick while in India, 1968.
