Ruth Lee, a Chinese-American woman, flying the flag of China while at the beach to avoid being mistaken for Japanese, Miami, USA, WW2, December 15, 1941
Gustaf Håkansson, the 'Steel Grandpa', in a 1764 kilometer-long bicycle race at 66 years old, Sweden, 1951
Ahmet Ali Celikten, one of the first Black fighter pilots, Istanbul, Ottoman Empire, WW1, possibly 1914 or 1915?
Dutch sailor 'displaying' the Belgian method (not an actual method) of disposing of sea mines, 1939/1940?
Yuri Knorozov, Soviet linguist who was instrumental in decoding Mayan script, holding his co-author, Asya, 1980s?
Joseph Douglass, director of the Department of Music at Howard University with his grandfather Frederick, 1894
Comandante William Morgan and Olga María Rodríguez Farinas, anti-Batista revolutionaries in support of Fidel Castro, Cuba, ~1958