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A fashionable young Maori couple attend a dance
in Wellington, New Zealand, in the 1950s.

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An integral part of the city's famous skyline, Brooklyn Bridge is
photographed by Arthur Leipzig, in New York, USA, in 1946.

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Photographed by Philip Jones Griffiths; a Vietcong soldier lies in the
mud after being captured by American forces in Cambodia, in 1970.

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Three of film-maker Mack Sennett's famous bathing beauties
pose as nymphs on a rock off the coast of the USA, in 1922.

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Typical of Edwardian-era English suburbia, Barlow Moor
Road in West Didsbury, Manchester, UK, in 1908.

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Photographed by Charles Corbet; a young girl and her mother pose
for an early colour 'autochrome' portrait, in Belgium, c. 1910.

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Developed by Bell Aerosystems, passenger William Burns and pilot Gordon Yaeger
test the 'Bell Pogo' rocket transport near Buffalo, New York, USA, 4th July 1967.

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Photographed by Mary Ellen Mark; Sean Penn sits in his dressing room for
the Broadway play 'Slab Boys', in Manhattan, New York, USA, in 1983.

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Famous as a piper, singer and folk-song collector, Seamus Ennis poses
with his uilleann pipes for a photographer in Ireland, in the 1950s.

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US President Calvin Coolidge meets with the Sioux Indian Republican Club of the
Rosebud Reservation, on the White House lawn in Washington DC, USA, in 1925.

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American athlete Wilma Rudolph wins the Women's 100-Metres sprint
event at the Olympic Games in Rome, Italy, 2nd September 1960.

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Photographed by Russell Lee; couples attend a square dance in
a rural home in McIntosh County, Oklahoma, USA, in 1939.

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Dressed formally, an unidentified young woman poses for a
photographer in Amherstburg, Ontario, Canada, in the 1870s.

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Photographed by Harold Chapman; journalists and fashion designers
relax in the 'Beat Hotel' at 9 Rue Gît-le-Cœur in Paris, France, in 1960.

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Photographed by Alfred Eisenstaedt; a sailor and a nurse celebrate the surrender
of Japan in WWII, on V-J Day in Times Square, New York, USA, 15th August 1945.

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Two young boys work as fruit vendors in a local
market in Indianapolis, Indiana, USA, in 1908.

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Central to the 1914 - 1916 polar expedition led by Ernest Shackleton,
the ship 'Endurance' lies frozen in the ice of the Antarctic, in 1915.

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Members of the Alpha Delta Phi fraternity attend a party in the Great
Hall at Cornell University, in Ithaca, New York, USA, in the 1970s.

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Child star Shirley Temple marries Sgt. John Agar at Wilshire Methodist
Church in Los Angeles, California, USA, 19th September 1945.

Long time no see...

Well, here I am again, after many months, once more attempting to re-start posting on a regular basis. Let's hope it works this time, huh?

Wish me luck...

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Celebrating the coronation of King George VI, the residents of Beaufort
Road enjoy a street party in St Thomas, Exeter, UK, in 1937.

History repeats itself...

Hello!

Once again, I must apologise for my neglecting to post regularly - please forgive me. Thank you for your lovely comments, but rest assured, the drama of my life is not life-threatening or horrible, merely massively inconvenient. Thank you all for your comments voicing concern, I appreciate it!!

Kind regards and best wishes,
Louie Gee

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Photographed by Robert Capa; novelist Ernest Hemingway and his son
Gregory relax during a hunting trip in Sun Valley, Idaho, USA, in 1941.

Problems, Problems...

Oh dear, please forgive me for once again allowing my updates to fall by the wayside... I apologize most sincerely! I hope you can appreciate that sometimes, the more mundane activities of everyday life must take precedence.

I hope you've all been keeping well!
Louie Gee

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Displaying their athletic prowess for onlookers, two men throw dancer

Peggy Wilson between them on a beach in California, USA, c. 1934.

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Employees stand inside a newly-opened Peoples Drug

Store in Washington D.C, USA, in the early 1920s.

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Members of Iowa Wesleyan College's first Women's Basketball Team (1902-1903),

pose for a group portrait in their campus gym in Mt. Pleasant, Iowa, USA in 1902.

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Codenamed 'Castle Bravo', a 15-megaton hydrogen bomb is test detonated by

the U.S. military at Bikini Atoll, in the Marshall Islands, 1st March 1954.

Hi everyone!

I am finally (and after many false re-starts) back!! I cannot tell you how much I've missed being able to post here, so I'm thrilled to be able to get back to it!

I've given up on the idea of posting the photos under the dates I had originally planned to post them on (far too time consuming to change them all), so I'll just begin posting them from the present date. Sound Ok?

So glad to be back!! And many, many thanks for all your lovely comments!
Louie Gee

Hi everyone!

Sorry i've had to take another really long break - just when I thought I would finally have the time to catch up with posting!

Still, I am back now! And I will try to catch up with the photos. I've had so many really lovely comments from people, that I just want to say 'thank you!' for.

All the best,
Louie Gee

Hi everyone!

Due to unforeseen circumstances I've had to take an unscheduled break from posting - but now I'm back! I'll be posting the photos I had intended to post (under the dates I had originally intended to post them) and I hope to catch up soon.

Thanks for all your lovely comments about the photographs!
I'll try to reply to you all, I promise,

All the best!
Louie Gee

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Acclaimed British actor Terence Stamp poses for photographer

Terence Donovan at his studio in London, UK, in 1967.

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Passengers crowd the platform at Frankton Junction railway

station near Hamilton, in Waikato, New Zealand, in the 1930s.

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Photographed by Marion Post Wolcott; a young family sit outside their house on

Bayou Bourbeau plantation near Natchitoches, Louisiana, USA, August 1940.

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Promoting the Republican Party radio stations set up for his U.S. Presidential

bid, Calvin Coolidge poses with his car radio in Washington D.C, USA, in 1924.

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British racing driver Stirling Moss lines up 4th on the starting grid for the Formula

One Grand Prix at the Nürburgring in Nürburg, Germany, 5th August 1956.

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Photographed by Ian Berry; tourists and residents spend a Sunday afternoon on
the hill overlooking the harbour in Whitby, North Yorkshire, UK, Summer 1974.

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Amateur inventor Yasutaro Mitsui poses with

his 'Steel Humanoid' in Tokyo, Japan, in 1932.

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Dressed in their best, five boys pose for a portrait during Chinese New

Year celebrations in Chinatown, New York, USA, 30th January 1911.

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Director Vincente Minnelli talks to actress Judy Garland on the set of 'Meet

Me in St. Louis' at the MGM Studios in Culver City, California, USA, in 1944.

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Enjoying the fine Spring weather, local residents sit on

the beach at Felixstowe, Suffolk, UK, in the 1890s.

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On a day-off from their jobs as coal miners, members of the Kibblesworth

Colliery Band pose together in County Durham, UK, in the early 1900s.

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Photographed by Josef Koudelka; local residents let off rockets

as part of a town festival in Guadix, Andalucía, Spain, in 1971.

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American author and abolitionist Harriet Beecher Stowe sits with her

family in front of their home in Mandarin, Florida, USA, in the 1870s.

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Photographed by Eve Arnold; actors Marilyn Monroe & Montgomery Clift

rest briefly between takes of filming 'The Misfits' in Nevada, USA, in 1961.

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Calling for a Communist revolution, anti-Tsarist protesters gather

outside the Winter Palace in Petrograd, Russia, February 1917.

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Photographed by Ben Mancuso; Elvis Presley presses his nose against a mirror

in the lobby of the Warwick Hotel in Manhattan, New York, USA, in 1957.

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Going to extreme lenghts to watch a baseball game, dedicated sports fans climb

a telegraph pole at Forbes Field in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA, October 1909.

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Photographed by Charles C. Zoller; children pose in their costumes as part of the

Independence Day celebrations in Rochester, New York, USA, 4th July 1929.

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Photographed by E.O. Hoppé; a sudden downpour leaves
the streets unusually quiet in London, UK, in the 1930s.

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Photographed by Margaret Bourke-White; Indian independence movement leader

Mohandas K. Gandhi reads by his spinning wheel at his home in India, in 1946.

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Photographed by Arthur Leipzig; a group of boys play on a street

covered with their chalk games in New York, USA, Summer 1950.

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As part of a campaign to promote his latest film, seven of director Mack Sennett's

famous 'bathing beauties' pose for photographs in Washington D.C, USA, in 1919.

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Awaiting the next connection to New Jersey, passengers sit in the waiting room

of the Erie Railroad Ferry Terminal on Chambers Street in New York, USA, c. 1940.

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Photographed by Charles W. Cushman; intrigued children throng the street after

a fire alarm sounds in Victoria, British Columbia, Canada, 17th September 1938.

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Posing for Cecil Beaton; Mrs John Wyndham, Lady Cranborne & Lady Roderic

Pratt mimic John Singer Sargent's 1899 painting 'The Wyndham Sisters' in 1950.