One of Marilyn's Very First Movies: 12 Rare Pics of Marilyn Monroe in 'Dangerous Years' (1947)

Dangerous Years is a 1947 American drama film produced by Sol M. Wurtzel, directed by Arthur Pierson. Marilyn Monroe makes her first on screen appearance as Evie, the waitress in the restaurant scene.

Actually, her voice previously appeared in the film The Shocking Miss Pilgrim, which was released months earlier, as an uncredited voice as a telephone operator.

These rare pictures captured Monroe in some scenes of Dangerous Years, and during her acting lessons with coach Helena Sorell to prepare for her role in this film.

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Uncovered After 150 Years: Here Are Two Known Portraits of Phineas Gage, Neuroscience’s Most Famous Patient

Phineas Gage was a railroad construction worker from New Hampshire and is known for his incredible survival after an explosives accident in 1848. The explosion propelled an iron rod (shown being held above) traveling at high speed to enter the side of Gage's face, pass behind his left eye, and then exit at the top of his skull. The iron rod was recovered some 30 yards away, smeared with blood and brain. Gage recovered from the accident and retained full possession of his reason, but his wife and other people close to him soon began to notice dramatic changes in his personality. This is possibly the first recorded case suggesting that damage to specific regions of the brain might affect personality and behavior.

Two daguerreotype portraits of Gage, identi­fied in 2009 and 2010, are the only like­nes­ses​​ of him known other than a life mask taken for Bigelow in late 1849 (and now in the Warren Museum along with Gage's skull and tamping iron).

The first shows a "disfigured yet still-handsome" Gage with left eye closed and scars clearly visible, "well dressed and confident, even proud" and holding his iron, on which portions of its inscription can be made out. (For decades the portrait's owners had believed that it depicted an injured whaler with his harpoon.)

Gage and his "constant companion"—‌his inscribed tamping iron—‌sometime after 1849, seen in the portrait (identified 2009) which "exploded the common image of Gage as a dirty, disheveled misfit".

The second, copies of which are in the possession of two branches of the Gage family, shows Gage in a somewhat different pose wearing the same waistcoat and possibly the same jacket, but with a different shirt and tie.

The second portrait of Gage identified (2010)

Authenticity was confirmed by photo-overlaying the inscription on the tamping iron, as seen in the portraits, against that on the actual tamping iron, and matching the subject's injuries to those preserved in the life mask. However, about when, where, and by whom the portraits were taken nothing is known, except that they were created no earlier than January 1850 (when the inscription was added to the tamping iron), on different occasions, and are likely by different photographers.

The portraits support other evidence that Gage's most serious mental changes were temporary. "That [Gage] was any form of vagrant following his injury is belied by these remarkable images", wrote Van Horn et al. "Although just one picture," Kean commented in reference to the first image discovered, "it exploded the common image of Gage as a dirty, disheveled misfit. This Phineas was proud, well-dressed, and disarmingly handsome."

Phineas Gage's brain was not subjected to any medical examination at that time, but seven years later his body was exhumed so his skull could be studied. Today Gage's skull, and the tamping iron that passed through it, are on display at the Warren Anatomical Museum in Boston, Mass.

Frontispiece, showing multiple views of the exhumed skull, and tamping iron, of brain injury survivor Phineas Gage, 1870. (A Descriptive Catalog of the Warren Anatomical Museum)

David Bowie With Goggles and Motorcycle, Photographed by Steve Schapiro in Los Angeles, 1974

Photographer Steve Schapiro was invited to photograph David Bowie in a photoshoot in 1974, he recalled: “It's 4 a.m. in the morning and I am just finishing up this day's shoot with Bowie on his bike lit by the headlights of a car. He seems to be creating another character for his repertoire.”

60 Vintage Photographs Capture Everyday Life in the U.K During the 1960s

These fascinating were taken by photographer David Ayres that documented everyday life of England from the 1960s.

Southsea Beach, 1964

Shop window  at Plymouth shopping centre, 1965

The Cenotaph, December 1965

 Torpoint Ferry, June 1965

Bond's, Preston, 1966

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Victory Rolls: The Hairstyle That Defined the 1940s Women's Hairdo

One of the most iconic and recognisable vintage hairstyles has to be Victory Rolls. It's a women's hairstyle popular in the 1940s.

Characterized by voluminous curls of hair that frame the face, the style is named for the aerobatic maneuver and World War II support efforts in general, and as a reminder of the strength and determination of women during the 1940s.

Victory rolls are closely associated with the pin-up look and achieved using hairspray and various back-combing, rolling, pinning, and curling techniques.

Take a look at these photos to see what this women's hairstyle looked like from the 1940s.

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‘Killed’ in Vietnam and Buried With Comrades, This Marine Came Back to His Family 5 Years After He Died

He was 17 when he signed up with the Marines in 1967. He was 18 when he was captured, 19 when his funeral was held and 23 when he was released from prison in 1973.

A 1973 photograph of Ridgeway after his return to the United States. (Matthew Busch for The Washington Post)

Ronald L. Ridgeway was “killed” in Vietnam on Feb. 25, 1968. The 18-year-old Marine Corps private first class fell with a bullet to the shoulder during a savage firefight with the enemy outside Khe Sanh.

The Battle of Khe Sanh began when the North Vietnamese attacked one of America’s northernmost garrisons near the border between Vietnam and Laos. When the North Vietnamese attacked on Jan. 21, 1968, it quickly became clear that the preparations weren’t enough. According to the Stars and Stripes, 6,000 troops were attacked by an enemy force that would eventually grow to an estimated 20,000 to 40,000 enemies, and the carefully hoarded supply of artillery and mortar rounds were 90 percent destroyed by an enemy artillery attack that hit the ammo dump.

Khe Sanh, South Vietnam. March, 1968: US Marines scramble for cover as another volley of Viet Cong shells lands on the besieged base at Khe Sanh. (Photographed by John Olson for Stars and Stripes)

Back home, his family received word that Ridgeway had died on the battlefield. Mildred, the Marine’s mother, even received a folded American flag in his honor after his burial at a national cemetery in St. Louis, Mo., on Sept. 10, 1968.

After his disappearance, Ridgeway’s name was etched onto a tombstone in a St. Louis cemetery, along with those of eight fellow Marines who went missing in the 1968 ambush. (Fred Waters/Associated Press)

But as his comrades and family mourned, Ron Ridgeway sat in harsh North Vietnamese prisons for five years, often in solitary confinement, mentally at war with his captors and fighting for a life that was technically over. At the hands of the enemy, Ridgeway said he contracted malaria, developed lice and lost about 50 pounds. He was certain the soldiers were going to kill him.

Ridgeway was eventually released from Hanoi Hilton prison in March 1973 after the U.S. and Vietnam had agreed on a peace agreement before withdrawing American troops from the country. What Ridgeway took with him was his freedom, the pink-and-gray striped prisoner’s pajamas and his rubber sandals he wore.

Marine Sargent Ronald L. Ridgeway upon his arrival at a Houston airport. (BETTMANN/BETTMANN ARCHIVE)

After his release, Ridgeway got married, went to school and even visited his tombstone. A new memorial was later raised with Ridgeway’s name removed.

“I came back in basically one piece,” he said. “I came back able to live my life,” he told The Washington Post. “We went over with a job to do. We did it to the best of our ability. We were lucky enough to come back.”

Retired Marine Ronald Ridgeway poses for a portrait at his home in Hallettsville, TX on Thursday, June 8, 2017. (Matthew Busch for The Washington Post)

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These Incredible Haunting Photographs Are of Convicted Criminals in Newcastle Between 1871-1873

These images provided by Tyne & Wear Archives & Museums show those who were convicted of crimes in Newcastle, England between 1871-1873.

Margaret Cosh was convicted of stealing a coat, she had no previous convictions and served 2 months with hard labour.

Catherine Cain King was convicted of stealing a pocket watch, she had previously served 7 days for drunken conduct, on this occasion she served 3 months with hard labour.

John Mullen was convicted of stealing a watch and served 4 months with hard labour. This was his longest consecutive sentence having previously served time on 9 separate occasions totaling 3 months.

Isabella Hindmarch was convicted of stealing money, she had no previous convictions and served 1 month with hard labour.

John Park was convicted of stealing a violin, he had no previous convictions and served 1 month with hard labour.

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