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Richard and Mildred Loving (1965), by Life photographer Grey Villet.
Exiled from their native Virginia for violating the state’s anti-miscegenation laws, the couple were the appellants in the landmark Supreme Court case Loving v. Virginia (1967). The Lovings’ story is told here. More on the Life magazine photos here and here.
Copley Square from the roof of the Boston Public Library, ca. 1910 (Boston Public Library, via Park & Tremont)
Photo by Carl Mydans. (Life Magazine)
San Francisco after the earthquake and fire of April 18, 1906 (via Shorpy).
The Flatiron Building under construction, ca. 1902. (Via Library of Congress.)
