Advertising.

We are bombarded by advertisements all the time and I am as sick of them as the rest of you. However, every now and then there is some memorable ones worth a second look. And if you have to look a second time that means they did their job.

Land Rover, Kit Kat, Raid, Fed Ex, and Porsche were my favorites. Let me know which ones stood out for you in the comments below.

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Abraham Lincoln.

Abraham Lincoln was a little-known one-term Illinois Congressman with national aspirations when he arrived in New York City in February 1860 to speak at the Cooper Union.

The speech had to be perfect, but Lincoln also knew the importance of image. Before taking to the podium, he stopped at the Broadway photography studio of Mathew B. Brady.

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Joe Rosenthal’s Iconic Iwo Jima Flag Raising Photo: History and Impact.

It is but a speck of an island 760 miles south of Tokyo. It is a volcanic pile that blocked the Allies’ march toward Japan. The Americans needed Iwo Jima as an air base, but the Japanese had dug in. U.S. troops landed on February 19, 1945. This began a month of fighting. The conflict claimed the lives of 6,800 Americans and 21,000 Japanese.

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A brothers love is forever.