1. Posted on 17 April, 2012

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    life: Well, er, happy tax day? Eisenstaedt’s candid shots of taxpayers, taken with a telephoto lens from around 40 feet away from his subjects at an Internal Revenue information center in 1944 New York, reaffirm the old adage that the more things change, the more they remain — for better or for worse — very much the same. See more photos here. (Alfred Eisenstaedt—Time & Life Pictures/Getty Images)

    life:

    Well, er, happy tax day?

    Eisenstaedt’s candid shots of taxpayers, taken with a telephoto lens from around 40 feet away from his subjects at an Internal Revenue information center in 1944 New York, reaffirm the old adage that the more things change, the more they remain — for better or for worse — very much the same.

    See more photos here.

    (Alfred Eisenstaedt—Time & Life Pictures/Getty Images)