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  3. Iconic images of contemporary history

Iconic images of contemporary history

Oct 17, 2022

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  • Ikonische Bilder der Zeitgeschichte RECORD DATE NOT STATED (31 Jan. 1961) --- Closeup view of the chimpanzee Ham , the live test subject for the Mercury-Redstone 2 (MR-2) test flight, following his successful recovery from the Atlantic. 1062_36_M_-855-

    Ikonische Bilder der Zeitgeschichte RECORD DATE NOT STATED (31 Jan. 1961) --- Closeup view of the chimpanzee Ham , the live test subject for the Mercury-Redstone 2 (MR-2) test flight, following his successful recovery from the Atlantic. 1062_36_M_-855-

  • Ikonische Bilder der Zeitgeschichte Ella Watson, Government Charwoman, half-length portrait with Broom and Mop, Washington, DC, USA, Gordon Parks, U.S. Office of War Information, August 1942 Copyright: xCircaxImagesx ghi-circa10118

    Ikonische Bilder der Zeitgeschichte Ella Watson, Government Charwoman, half-length portrait with Broom and Mop, Washington, DC, USA, Gordon Parks, U.S. Office of War Information, August 1942 Copyright: xCircaxImagesx ghi-circa10118

  • Ikonische Bilder der Zeitgeschichte August 31, 2021, Kabul, Afghanistan: Major General CHRIS DONAHUE, commander of the 82nd Airborne Division, XVIII Airborne Corps, boards an Air Force C-17 Globemaster III cargo plane as the last American soldier to leave Afghanistan at Hamid Karzai International Airport . Donahue is the final American service member to depart; his departure closes the U.S. mission to evacuate American citizens, Afghan Special Immigrant Visa applicants, and vulnerable Afghans. Kabul Afghanistan - ZUMAz03_ 20210831_swp_z03_062 Copyright: xU.S.xArmyx

    Ikonische Bilder der Zeitgeschichte August 31, 2021, Kabul, Afghanistan: Major General CHRIS DONAHUE, commander of the 82nd Airborne Division, XVIII Airborne Corps, boards an Air Force C-17 Globemaster III cargo plane as the last American soldier to leave Afghanistan at Hamid Karzai International Airport . Donahue is the final American service member to depart; his departure closes the U.S. mission to evacuate American citizens, Afghan Special Immigrant Visa applicants, and vulnerable Afghans. Kabul Afghanistan - ZUMAz03_ 20210831_swp_z03_062 Copyright: xU.S.xArmyx

  • Der Siegeskuss in New York City zur Feier der Kapitulation Japans im Zweiten Weltkrieg Foto Leutnant Victor Jorgensen Times Square, New York City, 14. August 1945 ACHTUNG AUFNAHMEDATUM GESCHÄTZT

    Der Siegeskuss in New York City zur Feier der Kapitulation Japans im Zweiten Weltkrieg Foto Leutnant Victor Jorgensen Times Square, New York City, 14. August 1945 ACHTUNG AUFNAHMEDATUM GESCHÄTZT

  • Jackson Copyright IMAGO Herfort Theme Michael Jackson in Berlin Lives in the Hotel Adlon Michael shows the fans in front of the hotel his child Copyright: xEventpressxHerrmannx

    Jackson Copyright IMAGO Herfort Theme Michael Jackson in Berlin Lives in the Hotel Adlon Michael shows the fans in front of the hotel his child Copyright: xEventpressxHerrmannx

  • Ikonische Bilder der Zeitgeschichte Operation Neptune s Spear, the mission against Osama bin Laden, May 1, 2011. President Obama, VP Biden and the national security team receive an update in the Situation Room. Seated, L-R: VP Joe Biden; The President; Brig. Gen. Marshall Webb, USAF, Join For usage credit please use; The White House PUBLICATIONXNOTxINxCANxCHNxFRAxITAxJPNxNORxPOLxRUSxESPxUKxUSA Copyright: xCourtesyxEverettxCollectionx HISL040 EC290

    Ikonische Bilder der Zeitgeschichte Operation Neptune s Spear, the mission against Osama bin Laden, May 1, 2011. President Obama, VP Biden and the national security team receive an update in the Situation Room. Seated, L-R: VP Joe Biden; The President; Brig. Gen. Marshall Webb, USAF, Join For usage credit please use; The White House PUBLICATIONXNOTxINxCANxCHNxFRAxITAxJPNxNORxPOLxRUSxESPxUKxUSA Copyright: xCourtesyxEverettxCollectionx HISL040 EC290

  • Ikonische Bilder der Zeitgeschichte President Eisenhower with Helen Keller and her aide Polly Thompson. November 3, 1953. Patty Duke played Helen Keller in THE MIRACLE WORKER, a 1962 film about Keller s the early education. - (BSLOC_2014_16_168) For usage credit please use; PUBLICATIONXNOTxINxCANxCHNxFRAxITAxJPNxNORxPOLxRUSxESPxUKxUSA Copyright: xCourtesyxEverettxCollectionx HISL038 EC979

    Ikonische Bilder der Zeitgeschichte President Eisenhower with Helen Keller and her aide Polly Thompson. November 3, 1953. Patty Duke played Helen Keller in THE MIRACLE WORKER, a 1962 film about Keller s the early education. - (BSLOC_2014_16_168) For usage credit please use; PUBLICATIONXNOTxINxCANxCHNxFRAxITAxJPNxNORxPOLxRUSxESPxUKxUSA Copyright: xCourtesyxEverettxCollectionx HISL038 EC979

  • Ikonische Bilder der Zeitgeschichte Sadie Pfeifer, 48 inches high, Lancaster Mills, Lancaster, South Carolina, USA, Lewis Hine for National Child Labor Committee, November 1908 Copyright: CircaxImages ghi-circa04185

    Ikonische Bilder der Zeitgeschichte Sadie Pfeifer, 48 inches high, Lancaster Mills, Lancaster, South Carolina, USA, Lewis Hine for National Child Labor Committee, November 1908 Copyright: CircaxImages ghi-circa04185

  • Ikonische Bilder der Zeitgeschichte Warsaw ghetto: Jews being arrested Warsaw ghetto: Jews being arrested during the insurrection. From left to right: Hanka Lamet (backgroud), Matylda Lamet Goldfinger (background), Chana Zeilinwarger (foreground), Leo Kartuzinsky (background), Artek Siemontek or Tsvi Nussbaum or Issrael Rondel or Levi Zeilinwarger (boy raising hands), Josef Blösche (second from right) 1943 Poland, Second World War war Centre de documentation juive Copyright: xPhoto12 ArchivesxSnarkx DFS09A03194

    Ikonische Bilder der Zeitgeschichte Warsaw ghetto: Jews being arrested Warsaw ghetto: Jews being arrested during the insurrection. From left to right: Hanka Lamet (backgroud), Matylda Lamet Goldfinger (background), Chana Zeilinwarger (foreground), Leo Kartuzinsky (background), Artek Siemontek or Tsvi Nussbaum or Issrael Rondel or Levi Zeilinwarger (boy raising hands), Josef Blösche (second from right) 1943 Poland, Second World War war Centre de documentation juive Copyright: xPhoto12 ArchivesxSnarkx DFS09A03194

  • Ikonische Bilder der Zeitgeschichte Flag raising on Iwo Jima. Flag raising on Iwo Jima. Left to right: Pvt 1st class Ira H. Hayes; Pvt 1st class Franklin Sousley, (KIA); Sgt Michael Stank, (KIA), Pharmacist Mate 2 c John H Bradley; Pvt 1st class Rene A. Gagnon and Cpl Harlon H Block, (KIA). Copyright: xPhoto12 AnnxRonanxPicturexLibraryx ARP17A02313

    Ikonische Bilder der Zeitgeschichte Flag raising on Iwo Jima. Flag raising on Iwo Jima. Left to right: Pvt 1st class Ira H. Hayes; Pvt 1st class Franklin Sousley, (KIA); Sgt Michael Stank, (KIA), Pharmacist Mate 2 c John H Bradley; Pvt 1st class Rene A. Gagnon and Cpl Harlon H Block, (KIA). Copyright: xPhoto12 AnnxRonanxPicturexLibraryx ARP17A02313

  • Ikonische Bilder der Zeitgeschichte US Astronaut Buzz Aldrin, walking on the Moon July 20 1969. Taken during the first Lunar landing of the Apollo 11 space mission by NASA. World History Archive Copyright: xPhoto12 AnnxRonanxPicturexLibraryx ARP10A01348

    Ikonische Bilder der Zeitgeschichte US Astronaut Buzz Aldrin, walking on the Moon July 20 1969. Taken during the first Lunar landing of the Apollo 11 space mission by NASA. World History Archive Copyright: xPhoto12 AnnxRonanxPicturexLibraryx ARP10A01348

  • Ikonische Bilder der Zeitgeschichte December 21, 1968 - Space - This photo of Earthrise over the lunar horizon was taken by the Apollo 8 crew in December 1968, showing Earth for the first time as it appears from deep space. Astronauts Frank Borman, Jim Lovell and William Anders had become the first humans to leave Earth orbit, entering lunar orbit on Christmas Eve. In a historic live broadcast that night, the crew took turns reading from the Book of Genesis, closing with a holiday wish from Commander Borman: We close with good night, good luck, a Merry Christmas, and God bless all of you, all of you on the good Earth. Space - ZUMAz03_ 19681221_shk_z03_537 Copyright: xNASAx

    Ikonische Bilder der Zeitgeschichte December 21, 1968 - Space - This photo of Earthrise over the lunar horizon was taken by the Apollo 8 crew in December 1968, showing Earth for the first time as it appears from deep space. Astronauts Frank Borman, Jim Lovell and William Anders had become the first humans to leave Earth orbit, entering lunar orbit on Christmas Eve. In a historic live broadcast that night, the crew took turns reading from the Book of Genesis, closing with a holiday wish from Commander Borman: We close with good night, good luck, a Merry Christmas, and God bless all of you, all of you on the good Earth. Space - ZUMAz03_ 19681221_shk_z03_537 Copyright: xNASAx

  • Ikonische Bilder der Zeitgeschichte Workers at lunch on a girder , high above the street . November 1932, United States Copyright: Topfoto !ACHTUNG AUFNAHMEDATUM GESCHÄTZT! UnitedArchivesEU032528

    Ikonische Bilder der Zeitgeschichte Workers at lunch on a girder , high above the street . November 1932, United States Copyright: Topfoto !ACHTUNG AUFNAHMEDATUM GESCHÄTZT! UnitedArchivesEU032528

  • Ikonische Bilder der Zeitgeschichte The Scourged Back - The furrowed and scarred back of Gordon, a slave who escaped from his master in Mississippi and made his way to a Union Army encampment in Baton Rouge, Louisiana during the American Civil War, from the New York Public Library, 1863. 1023_05_64653final

    Ikonische Bilder der Zeitgeschichte The Scourged Back - The furrowed and scarred back of Gordon, a slave who escaped from his master in Mississippi and made his way to a Union Army encampment in Baton Rouge, Louisiana during the American Civil War, from the New York Public Library, 1863. 1023_05_64653final

  • Ikonische Bilder der Zeitgeschichte Adolf Hitler in Paris, France, June 1940. 1005_001

    Ikonische Bilder der Zeitgeschichte Adolf Hitler in Paris, France, June 1940. 1005_001

  • Ikonische Bilder der Zeitgeschichte Mexican painter Frida Kahlo, October16, 1932 Photo by Guillermo Kahlo Copyright: xGuillermoxKahlox 1003_601THA

    Ikonische Bilder der Zeitgeschichte Mexican painter Frida Kahlo, October16, 1932 Photo by Guillermo Kahlo Copyright: xGuillermoxKahlox 1003_601THA

  • IMAGO ICONS: Anne Frank Ikonische Bilder der Zeitgeschichte Anne Frank s (1929-1945) world famous diary charts two years of her life from 1942 to 1944, when her family were hiding in Amsterdam from German Nazis. The diary begins just before the family retreated into their Secret Annexe . WHA !ACHTUNG AUFNAHMEDATUM GESCHÄTZT! Copyright: WHA UnitedArchives012173

    IMAGO ICONS: Anne Frank Ikonische Bilder der Zeitgeschichte Anne Frank s (1929-1945) world famous diary charts two years of her life from 1942 to 1944, when her family were hiding in Amsterdam from German Nazis. The diary begins just before the family retreated into their Secret Annexe . WHA !ACHTUNG AUFNAHMEDATUM GESCHÄTZT! Copyright: WHA UnitedArchives012173

  • Ikonische Bilder der Zeitgeschichte March 14, 1951 - Princeton, NJ, U.S. - ALBERT EINSTEIN showing his tongue to the photographers on his 72nd birthday. Theoretical physicist EINSTEIN who s one of the greatest physicists of all time, produced much of his remarkable work during his stay at the Patent Office and in his spare time. While best known for the Theory of Relativity, he was awarded the 1921 Nobel Prize for Physics. Princeton U.S. - ZUMAk09

    Ikonische Bilder der Zeitgeschichte March 14, 1951 - Princeton, NJ, U.S. - ALBERT EINSTEIN showing his tongue to the photographers on his 72nd birthday. Theoretical physicist EINSTEIN who s one of the greatest physicists of all time, produced much of his remarkable work during his stay at the Patent Office and in his spare time. While best known for the Theory of Relativity, he was awarded the 1921 Nobel Prize for Physics. Princeton U.S. - ZUMAk09

  • Ikonische Bilder der Zeitgeschichte Ellen DeGeneres takes a selfie for the ages from the front row during the 86th Academy Awards held at the Hollywood and Highland Cwenter in the Hollywood section of Los Angeles on March 2, 2014. Not only has Ellen DeGeneres set the record for most retweeted tweet of all-time, but she s also the first user to top 1 million retweets for a single Twitter post. Surpassing 1,300,000 retweets in less than an hour, @TheEllenShow posted the record-breaker while hosting the Oscars tonight. The mega-selfie featured, among others, Jennifer Lawrence, Meryl Streep, Julia Roberts, Brad Pitt, Kevin Spacey and Bradley Cooper, who snapped the shot. LAP201403022000

    Ikonische Bilder der Zeitgeschichte Ellen DeGeneres takes a selfie for the ages from the front row during the 86th Academy Awards held at the Hollywood and Highland Cwenter in the Hollywood section of Los Angeles on March 2, 2014. Not only has Ellen DeGeneres set the record for most retweeted tweet of all-time, but she s also the first user to top 1 million retweets for a single Twitter post. Surpassing 1,300,000 retweets in less than an hour, @TheEllenShow posted the record-breaker while hosting the Oscars tonight. The mega-selfie featured, among others, Jennifer Lawrence, Meryl Streep, Julia Roberts, Brad Pitt, Kevin Spacey and Bradley Cooper, who snapped the shot. LAP201403022000

  • Ikonische Bilder der Zeitgeschichte New York: Making a series of scenes for the new film Seven Year Itch in Downtown Manhattan, New York, Marilyn Monroe is caught in the draught from this playful but naughty breeze from a subway grating. She tries hard to keep the skirt down but it seems to have be designed to co-operate with subway gratings and the general effect is very artistic. 16 September 1954 UnitedArchives01028130

    Ikonische Bilder der Zeitgeschichte New York: Making a series of scenes for the new film Seven Year Itch in Downtown Manhattan, New York, Marilyn Monroe is caught in the draught from this playful but naughty breeze from a subway grating. She tries hard to keep the skirt down but it seems to have be designed to co-operate with subway gratings and the general effect is very artistic. 16 September 1954 UnitedArchives01028130

  • Ikonische Bilder der Zeitgeschichte Film star and pin up Betty Grable in 1942. UnitedArchives00935087

    Ikonische Bilder der Zeitgeschichte Film star and pin up Betty Grable in 1942. UnitedArchives00935087

  • Ikonische Bilder der Zeitgeschichte Hindenburg bursts into flames as it lands at Lakehurst, New Jersey. 6th May 1937 UnitedArchives00278759

    Ikonische Bilder der Zeitgeschichte Hindenburg bursts into flames as it lands at Lakehurst, New Jersey. 6th May 1937 UnitedArchives00278759

  • Ikonische Bilder der Zeitgeschichte Conrad Schumann (li.) mit Peter Leibing 03 86 ru Der Hamburger Fotograf Peter Leibing (re.) schenkt im März 1986 dem Ex-DDR-Volkspolizisten Conrad Schumann ein Poster der Aufnahme, die er am 15. August 1961 an der Berliner Mauer, Ecke Bernauer Straße Ruppiner Straße von Schumanns Flucht fotografierte Deutschland Einheit deutsche DDR Deutsche Demokratische Republik Hauptstadt geteilt geteilte Stadt Ostberlin Berlin Ost Sozialismus VoPo Mauerflüchtling Flüchtling Flucht Soldat Polizist ehemalig ehemaliger geflüchtet Foto historisch historisches Kalter Krieg Mauerbau Volkspolizist german former gdr policeman photographer wall germany quer ganz stehend neutral Geschenk schenken Foto Abzug Poster Mauer exklusiv exklusiver Fototermin sw

    Ikonische Bilder der Zeitgeschichte Conrad Schumann (li.) mit Peter Leibing 03 86 ru Der Hamburger Fotograf Peter Leibing (re.) schenkt im März 1986 dem Ex-DDR-Volkspolizisten Conrad Schumann ein Poster der Aufnahme, die er am 15. August 1961 an der Berliner Mauer, Ecke Bernauer Straße Ruppiner Straße von Schumanns Flucht fotografierte Deutschland Einheit deutsche DDR Deutsche Demokratische Republik Hauptstadt geteilt geteilte Stadt Ostberlin Berlin Ost Sozialismus VoPo Mauerflüchtling Flüchtling Flucht Soldat Polizist ehemalig ehemaliger geflüchtet Foto historisch historisches Kalter Krieg Mauerbau Volkspolizist german former gdr policeman photographer wall germany quer ganz stehend neutral Geschenk schenken Foto Abzug Poster Mauer exklusiv exklusiver Fototermin sw

  • Ikonische Bilder der Zeitgeschichte Alfred Hitchcock (Regisseur) 04 85 teu Mann Film Kino England Regie Regisseur Halbglatze seriös Anzug Jackett Hemd Krawatte Portrait hoch Halbprofil Repro

    Ikonische Bilder der Zeitgeschichte Alfred Hitchcock (Regisseur) 04 85 teu Mann Film Kino England Regie Regisseur Halbglatze seriös Anzug Jackett Hemd Krawatte Portrait hoch Halbprofil Repro

  • Ikonische Bilder der Zeitgeschichte Phyllis Siegel, 76, right, kisses her wife Connie Kopelov, 84, after exchanging vows at the Manhattan City Clerk s office with New York City Council Speaker Christine C. Quinn in attendance, back left, on the first day New York State s Marriage Equality Act goes into effect on Sunday, July 24, 2011. (Michael Appleton for The New York Times)

    Ikonische Bilder der Zeitgeschichte Phyllis Siegel, 76, right, kisses her wife Connie Kopelov, 84, after exchanging vows at the Manhattan City Clerk s office with New York City Council Speaker Christine C. Quinn in attendance, back left, on the first day New York State s Marriage Equality Act goes into effect on Sunday, July 24, 2011. (Michael Appleton for The New York Times)

  • IMAGO History, Juri Gagarin wird der erste Mensch im Weltraum: 1961 Ikonische Bilder der Zeitgeschichte Moscow region. The Yuri Gagarin Cosmonauts Training Center. Soviet cosmonaut Yuri Gagarin. Reproduction. TASS_1208581

    IMAGO History, Juri Gagarin wird der erste Mensch im Weltraum: 1961 Ikonische Bilder der Zeitgeschichte Moscow region. The Yuri Gagarin Cosmonauts Training Center. Soviet cosmonaut Yuri Gagarin. Reproduction. TASS_1208581

  • Ikonische Bilder der Zeitgeschichte ... dann war mein Leben nicht umsonst - Martin Luther King (1970 71) Martin Luther King - Attentat ohne Mörder: Am 4. April 1968 tötet eine Kugel den Bürgerrechtler und Friedensnobelpreisträger Martin Luther King (FOTO!). Eine Kugel, deren Herkunft bis heute Rätsel aufgibt. Und das, obwohl der vermeintliche - und mittlerweile gestorbene - Täter James Earl Ray gefaßt war und jahrzehntelang in Haft saß. 18KPAARDEXW UnitedArchives02767

    Ikonische Bilder der Zeitgeschichte ... dann war mein Leben nicht umsonst - Martin Luther King (1970 71) Martin Luther King - Attentat ohne Mörder: Am 4. April 1968 tötet eine Kugel den Bürgerrechtler und Friedensnobelpreisträger Martin Luther King (FOTO!). Eine Kugel, deren Herkunft bis heute Rätsel aufgibt. Und das, obwohl der vermeintliche - und mittlerweile gestorbene - Täter James Earl Ray gefaßt war und jahrzehntelang in Haft saß. 18KPAARDEXW UnitedArchives02767

  • Ikonische Bilder der Zeitgeschichte Germany. The Victory Banner was raised on the Reichstag. TASS_464669

    Ikonische Bilder der Zeitgeschichte Germany. The Victory Banner was raised on the Reichstag. TASS_464669

  • Ikonische Bilder der Zeitgeschichte Aug 09, 1976; Amsterdan, Holland; (File Photo: Exact Date Unknown) Beatle JOHN LENNON and his bride YOKO ONO in bed during a press conference held in their hotel in Amsterdan. John and Yoko were married six days before in Gibraltar. Amsterdan The Netherlands - ZUMAk09

    Ikonische Bilder der Zeitgeschichte Aug 09, 1976; Amsterdan, Holland; (File Photo: Exact Date Unknown) Beatle JOHN LENNON and his bride YOKO ONO in bed during a press conference held in their hotel in Amsterdan. John and Yoko were married six days before in Gibraltar. Amsterdan The Netherlands - ZUMAk09

  • Ikonische Bilder der Zeitgeschichte Staatsratsvorsitzender Erich Honecker (re., GDR Generalsekretär Zentralkomitee der SED) und Leonid Iljitsch Breschnew (URS Generalsekretär KPDSU) begrüßen sich mit einem Bruderkuss anlässlich Breschnews Teilnahme an den Feiern zum 30. Geburtstag der DDR in Ost-Berlin

    Ikonische Bilder der Zeitgeschichte Staatsratsvorsitzender Erich Honecker (re., GDR Generalsekretär Zentralkomitee der SED) und Leonid Iljitsch Breschnew (URS Generalsekretär KPDSU) begrüßen sich mit einem Bruderkuss anlässlich Breschnews Teilnahme an den Feiern zum 30. Geburtstag der DDR in Ost-Berlin

  • Ikonische Bilder der Zeitgeschichte Menschenmassen auf und vor der Berliner Mauer am Brandenburger Tor während des Mauerfalls iblnmi00182056

    Ikonische Bilder der Zeitgeschichte Menschenmassen auf und vor der Berliner Mauer am Brandenburger Tor während des Mauerfalls iblnmi00182056

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