Julia Child was an American spy during WWII for the Office of Strategic Services (precursor to CIA). #WWII #History

iloveretro: “ Gala and Salvador Dalí in a photo booth She was Salvador Dalí’s most famous muse, the love of his life, his manager and mentor. When Gala passed in 1982, Dalí no longer would continue...

John Leslie "Jackie" Coogan (October 26, 1914 – March 1, 1984), enlisted in the United States Army in March, 1941. After the attack on Pearl Harbor, he requested a transfer to United States Army Air Forces as a glider pilot because of his civilian flying experience. He volunteered for hazardous duty with and flew British troops, landing them at night in a small jungle clearing 100 miles behind Japanese lines. Yes, Uncle Fester was actually an American hero!

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Grace Jones by Jean-Paul Goude, self confidence is a nice suit to wear

George Bernard Shaw (July 26, 1856 - 1950), the eminent Irish playwright, is the only person to have been awarded both the Nobel Prize for Literature (1925) and an Oscar (1938), for his contributions to literature and for his work on the film Pygmalion, respectively. “The reasonable man adapts himself to the world: the unreasonable one persists to adapt the world to himself. Therefore all progress depends on the unreasonable man.” ― GBS, Man & Superman Photo by Sir Emery Walker, 1888.

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Julian Lennon and Dhani Harrison -- Wow they look like their Dads.

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. ACAPULCO Vogue January 1970, by Cecil Beaton In an age of swans, she may have been thought of as the Black Swan or-maybe a Shark. Regardless of her reputation-and there is much to consider-but that is another story- another day. For the moment, I'm looking at her black and white stripe banquette. Never accuse Gloria Guinness of being tame-she was all about LESS is MORE. Think about the year-1966- when this photograph was taken by Cecil Beaton. Over fifty years old and still everything is…

Emma Goldman, anarchist and activist -- "If I can't dance, I don't want to be part of your revolution." Her life, from 1869-1940, spanned great movements of two centuries. She was an early advocate of free speech, birth control, women’s equality, and union organization. Deported from the USin 1919, she participated in great social and political movements of her age, including the Russian Revolution and the Spanish Civil War.