Marilyn Monroe, 1961. Photograph by Douglas Kirkland.

Ella Fitzgerald (right) in a Texas jail cell after she and Dizzy Gillespie were arrested for "throwing dice" in her dressing room. 1955.

Marlon Brando doing a wardrobe test for 'A Streetcar Named Desire,' 1951.

Leonardo DiCaprio, Johnny Depp, and Juliette Lewis on the set of 'What’s Eating Gilbert Grape', 1993.

Natalie Wood, June 1955. Photographed by Earl Leaf.

Chris Farley, Adam Sandler, Chris Rock and David Spade, 1994.

Electric taxis in New York City, 1898.

Hugh Hefner at the Chicago Playboy Club, 1960.

Young people gather at a coffee shop on Kensington High Street, London, September 24, 1955. Photo: Bert Hardy. No WiFi, no Instagram, and no Smartphones - what a pleasure.

George Lincoln Rockwell flanked by members of the American Nazi Party at Black Muslim meeting, 1961.

Eleventh Avenue, New York City, 1909.

Lou Costello and Bud Abbott in a publicity photo for "Buck Privates", 1941.

Billie Holiday, New York City, 1949. Photo: Herman Leonard.

Ingrid Bergman smoking cigarette in the film 'Arch of Triumph,' 1946. Photo: Peter Stackpole-LIFE.

The Titanic leaving port for the first time, 1912.

Couple in the sunshine from a window at Michigan Central Station, Detroit, December 1944.

Anna Haining Swan was born in Nova Scotia in 1846, by the age of 17 she was 7 feet 11.5 inches tall. She married Martin van Buren Bates, who was also around 8 foot tall, in 1871. They had the largest newborn ever recorded at 23 lbs and 12 oz, and 30 inches long.