A pornographer posing as a fashion photographer sets up a photoshoot with an unsuspecting model, in the hope of getting some illicit footage. He suggests she try wearing something a little more suggestive. (Photo by Pryor/Three Lions/Getty Images). Circa 1955...
Members of the Communist New Fourth Army on parade. Note how the modern equipment contrasts with the shoeless soldiers in the foreground. (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images). 6th July 1946...
Model Amanda Kaspor of Highland, Michigan poses with the CT&T e-Zone Plus electric car is displayed during the press preview for the world automotive media North American International Auto Show at the Cobo Center January 12, 2010 in Detroit, Michigan. (Photo by Bryan Mitchell/Getty Images)...
A zeppelin flies over the Parthenon on the eve of Athens 2004 Olympic Games during the festivities for the Athens 2004 Summer Olympic Games Opening Ceremony on August 13, 2004 in Athens, Greece. (Photo by Daniel Berehulak/Getty Images)...
British born leading lady Elizabeth Taylor feeds the pigeons in Trafalgar Square, London. (Photo by Chris Ware/Keystone/Getty Images). November 1948...
A lighting bolt flashes in the sky as U.S. Army M1A1 Abram tanks roll through the desert December 9, 2002 near the Iraqi border in Kuwait. (Photo by Joe Raedle/Getty Images)...
A high-kicking Parisian can-can dancer. (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images). 1895...
Film technicians at Pinewood Studios set up a miniature air crash sequence for the Jack Gold film [The Medusa Touch], using scale models of a Boeing 747 and a skyscraper. (Photo by Alan F. Davis/Keystone/Getty Images). 9th August 1977...
Lucie Clayton instructs pupils in the art of correct posture by balancing a glass and book on their heads at her finishing school in Old Cavendish Street, London. (Photo by William Vanderson/Fox Photos/Getty Images). 25th November 1936...
The Dynasphere, an electrically-driven wheel, invented by Mr. J. A. Purves of Taunton and his son. It had 2.5 horse power and once attained a speed of 25 mph. (Photo by Fox Photos/Getty Images). 1932...