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Old Photos:Lenin Is Still Dead

I used to be better at remembering useless dates, I blame the atrophy of my memory on the iPhone. It’s the iPhone’s fault that I am posting this photo three days late. Vladimir Illyich Lenin died on January 21,1924.

People waiting in sub-zero weather to visit Mausoleum Tomb of Lenin & Stalin. ©Time Carl Mydans

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Old Photos:Feeling Pretty

When I was growing up® beauty salon employees were not dressing up as nurses any longer, although this seems to be a fancy establishment in 1956 Moscow.

A woman getting her hair curled.©Time Lisa Larsen

A woman getting a facial.©Time Lisa Larsen

Russian women having manicures.©Time Lisa Larsen

A woman getting a facial.©Time Lisa Larsen