Gunhild Larkin Swedish Olympic High-Jumper, Melbourne Games 1956

Olympic Games In Melbourne
Swedish beauty Gunhild Larking, 20, Sweden's entry for the high jump, nervously awaiting her turn to compete at the Olympic Games.
Location: Melbourne, Australia
Date taken: December 1956
Photographer: George Silk
Size: 946 x 1280 pixels (13.1 x 17.8 inches)
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Triple Nazi Suicide Leipzig, Germany 13 April 1945 Photo By Margaret Bourke-White

Nazi Suicides
Asst. Mayor of Leipzig Dr. Kurt Lisso, loyal Hiterlite & Nazi party member, w. his party card at his elbow, after drinking cyanide w. his wife & daughter who lie dead on couch in his office after victorious American soldiers entered the city.
Location: Leipzig, Germany
Date taken: April 13, 1945
Photographer: Margaret Bourke-White
Size: 1280 x 895 pixels (17.8 x 12.4 inches)

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Alfred Eisenstaedt (C) On Assignment Kyoto, Japan 1946

Two geisha women praying for good luck at the Shinto Shrine in the garden of Ichi Riki, the geishaya that is their home & place of employment.
Location: Kyoto, Japan
Date taken: February 28, 1946
Photographer: Alfred Eisenstaedt
Size: 1062 x 1280 pixels (14.8 x 17.8 inches)

Photographer, Alfred Eisenstaedt, posing for picture w. three geisha girls. Labels:
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Location: Kyoto, Japan
Date taken: February 28, 1946
Photographer: Alfred Eisenstaedt
Size: 1005 x 1280 pixels (14.0 x 17.8 inches)

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