2 Showgirls pose for a promo picture for Mike Todd's revue called "Michael Todd's Peep Show" in Las Vegas, US in 1950. The big shows were becoming huge as Las Vegas was growing. From big name entertainers to pretty girls in dance numbers, each show had to entertain. The girls sometimes worked topless or nude, and were in high demand. However, it is sometimes forgotten how difficult some of the numbers can be as in many shows the girls had to be pristine dancers to make it into the show.

Chinese prisoners of war are marched to a holding area by female Vietnamese militia during the very brief Sino-Vietnamese War in 1979. The war lasted less than 4 weeks, and yet anywhere from 30,000-50,000 people were killed. The Chinese withdrew after their quick advance met heavier resistance, leaving no change it territory or benefit from the war for either country. This also allowed both sides to claim victory. Vietnam had invaded and occupied Cambodia 3 years prior, and this was a key factor that triggered the war. After the Vietnam War, the 2 countries had major issues with one another, and this was the catalyst to their already strained relationship. Interesting note, the Vietnamese invaded Cambodia and removed the Khmer Rouge from control of the country, ending their genocide against their own that cost the lives of 1 million people.

A family living in their 1 room slum apartment in NYC, US in 1890.

A Japanese soldier gives water to a dying horse that was hit by a mortar during WWII somewhere in China in 1942.

Hunters and their pet cheetahs pose for a picture somewhere in India in 1895. Cheetahs were used to hunt the same way North Americans would use dogs.

A family of milk sellers head to a local market in Brussels, Belgium sometime in the 1890s. Apparently in parts of Europe, it was common as recently as the very early 1900s to see a dog pulling carts. If you look up "milk sellers in Brussels," you will see a number of similar pictures of dogs pulling milk carts.

Children stand on makeshift barriers made by the local residents to protect a playground set for demolition in Copenhagen, Denmark in 1980. The area was considered a slum, and few public areas like the playground existed for the residents. The city ignored some 80% of the residents requesting to keep the playground, and set it for demolition. The residents responded with barriers and large crowds to halt incoming city work vehicles. The Copenhagen officials had to send in 800 policemen to clear the area to proceed. Small fights broke out with police causing a few injuries, with numerous people arrested.

German (Nazi) soldiers have an all out snowball fight while waiting deployment in France in 1942.

A women poses for a picture for photographer Kaveh Golestan in Tehran, Iran in 1975. This women is in fact a prostitute, and works in the red light district in the city. Golestan spent 2 years from 1975-1977 documenting these various peoples lives in the area. The Iranian Revolution of 1979 changed everything, and most of these women fled, rather than face the new heavily religious public's retaliation for their profession.

Motorists round the block waiting in line for gas in Jackson, Mississippi, US during the oil shortage crisis in 1973. The crisis began as an embargo from oil rich Arab nations against any country that supported Israel during the Yom Kippur War. Many nations were affected as barrels of oil prices quadrupled overnight. Eventually, many gas stations in many countries simply ran out of gas. The gas crisis lasted nearly 6 months, before the US negotiated an end to the embargo.

Rioters create barricades to occupy an area of Paris, France during the riots of 1968. The riots lasted 3 weeks, and started with student protests. It turned into full occupation of key buildings, Universities, and a near complete halt to the entire French economy, with many workers joining in. Despite 3 weeks of unrest, I have no sources of anyone being killed or numbers of those hurt during the struggle.

Continuing with the previous picture: French president Charles de Gaulle sent in armed riot police such as these to quell the unrest. It had the opposite effect. Full on clashes arose, with organized defenses like the above picture being created to prevent the police from securing areas. Charles de Gaulle even left the country briefly for fear of a full on revolution. Instead, he eliminated the national assembly that was responding with his authority against the unrest, and held new elections. These actions virtually ended the violence overnight. Funny thing, Charles de Gaulle's party won most of the elections handily and emerged even more powerful than before.

A fashion model in the Soviet Union shows off the new style in St. Petersburg, USSR (now Russia) in 1968. The USSR tended to copy Western fashions when they could, but most styles were not available to most of the public.

Mexican police beat civilians during the Tlatelolco Massacre in Mexico City, Mexico in 1968. Large groups of people gathered and began protesting after the Mexican government spent $150 million on the upcoming Olympic Games in 1968 (equivalent to $1 Billion today). This unnecessary spending on an event instead of on the people who had major needs caused significant backlash against Mexican president Gustavo Díaz Ordaz. When some 10,000 people gathered in the Plaza de las Tres Culturas in the Tlatelolco section of Mexico City, the police and army moved in to remove them. They opened fire and killed up to 400 people, many of whom were workers and students, and arrested another 1,300. The official death toll was 44, and the government claimed the civilians were armed and had snipers fire on the soldiers. Around the year 2000, it came out there were indeed snipers, however they were employed by the government and used to cover their soldiers. However, they instead used them as a faint assault to justify force against the protesters. This all happened 10 days before the Olympic Games opened in Mexico City, and few nations even spoke out against the massacre.

Russian soldiers teaching a captured German soldier the Cossack Dance somewhere on the Eastern Front in 1915.

A fearless worker grabs the gun of a soldier during clashes between the Serra Pelada gold mine workers and military police in Brazil in 1986. The military seized the mine, and had all the workers removed. This was actually done because the workers were being exploited by the owners, as basic necessities were being sold to the workers at 5 times normal prices. However the government wouldn't keep the mine running after it took it over, but instead shut it down, causing all the thousands of workers to be unemployed.

Children pose for an advertisement for a YMCA camp in Wisconsin, US in 1942. At the time, it was white children only. And, yes- the sign in the middle picture says what you think it says.