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Luis Marden

Photographed during the 1959 excavation, Edwin Link uses a hypodermic needle to withdraw the contents of an onion bottle (which may have contained wine), recovered from the underwater ruins of Port Royal, Jamaica.

Port Royal sits on the southeastern coast of Jamaica, prone to strong earthquakes. The 1692 event was so intense it triggered a devastating tsunami.

Three fisherman regard an antique mariners' compass off the coast of Amalfi, 1959.

In the port town of Positano, a man prepares to dine on zuppa di pesce – fish supper – he has caught, 1959.

Sunbathers relax beneath the buildings of 'vertical town' Positano, 1959. The glamour of Italy in the 1950s and 1960s transcended throughout the world, popularised by film and fashion, and leading to the period becoming known as Italy's 'Golden Age.'

Anchovy fishermen hold lamps by their boats as they cast off at night into the waters of the Amalfi coast, 1959.

Two appropriately-dressed participants at the Lobster Festival in Rockland, Maine, September 1952.

Two young women dressed as lobsters participate in the annual Lobster Festival in Rockland, Maine. The event was popular when this picture appeared in the September 1952 issue, and it's remained so. Some 30,000 people attend the festival every year.

Divers swim in the Indian Ocean as a part of one of Jacques Cousteau's expeditions in the 1950's. The water is coloured by a dye that will help the divers find their way back to the boat—Cousteau's famous Calypso.

Tonga's queen Salote Tupou III ruled the island of Tonga for almost 48 years until her death in 1965.