1965
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The Fab Four in Fog Masks: The Beatles Face Manchester’s Notorious Smog in 1965
Caught in a brutal December fog on their final UK tour, The Beatles pose with Daily Express smog masks backstage at Manchester’s ABC Ardwick in 1965.
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Facing the Crowd: Dignity and Derision in a 1965 Civil Rights Photograph
In this striking 1965 photograph, two female civil rights activists maintain quiet dignity while a crowd of white onlookers taunts and mocks them, capturing the deep human divide of the American civil rights era.
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Drawing the Sunrise in Orbit: The Story Behind Alexei Leonov’s 1965 Space Sketch
A photograph captures cosmonaut Alexei Leonov aboard Voskhod-2 in March 1965 holding the first colored drawing ever created in space, made moments after his historic walk in the open cosmos.
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The Surrealist and the Muse: Salvador Dalí Paints Raquel Welch in 1965
In a 1965 studio portrait, an intense Salvador Dalí leans over his canvas to capture the striking features of a young Raquel Welch, freezing a moment where mid-century Hollywood stardom collided with the eccentric world of surrealism.