In December 1924, a 19-year-old Greta Garbo traveled to Istanbul alongside renowned Swedish director Mauritz Stiller and co-star Einar Hanson to film The Odalisque from Smolna. Cinematographer Julius Jaenzon, who took this photo, was also part of the crew.

Traveling via the Orient Express, the group stayed at the historic Pera Palace Hotel for nearly 50 days. During their time in the city, they explored the historical peninsula, visited Hagia Sophia, and attended holiday receptions at the Swedish Embassy.

However, due to funding failures and production disputes, the film collapsed and was never completed. Shortly after leaving Istanbul, Garbo caught the attention of MGM's Louis B. Mayer, heading to Hollywood to become an icon. Today, her room at the Pera Palace is preserved as the "Greta Garbo Corner Room

The men are, L to R, S/Sgt. Gene McParland, 4712 59th Place, Woodside, L.I., N.Y.; T/Sgt. Walter F. Skora, 5423 S. Sawyer Ave., Chicago, Ill.; and Sgt. Kenneth L. Mueller, 5425 N. Richard St., Milwaukee, Wis., who are standing by the roadblock. Sindorf, Germany. 28 February, 1945.

Company H, 414th Infantry Regiment, 104th Infantry Division.

US Signal Corps photo and original caption.

Full caption: "Voters in Berlin-Dahlem line up to cast their ballots in the March 5, 1933, Reichstag election. Standing in the middle [Guy in the glasses and white moustache] is Alfred Hugenberg (1865-1951), a far-right media mogul and who, as leader of the German National People's Party [DNVP], formed a coalition with Hitler's NSDAP in 1933."

Photo by Leonard Fink (1930–1993). Part of the Leonard Fink Photographs Collection at the LGBT Community Center Archive in NYC, documenting 1970s street history and civil rights marches.

Captured by Josef Koudelka during the Prague Spring 1968