Beirut, Lebanon, August 1982: Although fighting between Israel and the PLO had torn much of the fabric of Beirut’s civilization, the owner of this pharmacy in the city’s eastern section wanted potential customers to know that it was business as usual despite the chaos and resulting sandbags.
Marrakesh, Morocco, February 1960: Among the prime photographic targets for tourists visiting colorful Marrakesh were these water sellers with tasseled hats, kilt-like garb and strings of brass cups.
Germany, Oct. 30, 1990: Rusty barbed wire and a deserted watch tower at the former East-West border near Bad Hersfeld.
Joe Biden was leaving a college class. The Soviet ambassador was in a dentist’s chair. Fidel Castro was at lunch. Kennedy’s death 60 years ago shocked them all.
Rhein-Main Airport, Germany, June 3, 1959: Actor Jack Lemmon (left) and director, writer and producer Billy Wilder chat as they wait to board a plane.
Berlin, October 1961: American airmen from the RAF Wethersfield football team toe a line marking the border between East and West as they view the Berlin Wall from the Friedrichstrasse.
Heidelberg, Germany, June 1964: Attorney General Robert Kennedy greets some admirers at the Heidelberg University auditorium.
Duhnen, West Germany, May 1960: A seagoing wagon train heads across shallow water for the island of Neuwerk, about six miles out to sea in northwestern Germany.
Fifty-two Americans, spending their first day in freedom after a 14½-month ordeal of captivity in Iran, were paid a visit by former President Jimmy Carter.
London, England, July 29, 1981: The Prince and Princess of Wales return by carriage from their wedding ceremony at St. Paul's Cathedral.