British model Wenda Parkinson wears a satin Molyneaux evening gown while posing with a 1907 Rolls-Royce Silver Ghost for British Vogue in 1950. Wenda was one of Norman Parkinson's favorite subjects and a year after the pair's first assignment together, they got married. 

A young Italian boy holds a mirror up for an American GI as he slicks his hair back surrounded by locals in Eboli, Italy in 1943. This image was part of a series of photographs taken by George Rodger for Life Magazine documenting the War in Europe.

A group of men carries a traditional Bahay Kubo community house as part of a relocating effort on the Island of Mactan in 1953. The Bahay Kubo is an icon of Filipino culture and a representation of Bayanihan, which refers to a spirit of communal unity.

Ella Fitzgerald performs on Ken Nordine's show in Chicago in 1961. Often referred to as the First Lady of Song, Queen of Jazz, and Lady Ella, Fitzgerald was the first African American woman to win a Grammy Award and collected an astounding 14 over the course of her career.

John Birks "Dizzy" Gillespie is photographed playing the trumpet on Ken Nordine's jazz TV show in Chicago in 1961. Gillespie's combination of musicianship, showmanship, and wit made him a leading popularizer of the new music called bebop and one of the greatest jazz trumpeters of all time.

Duke Ellington is photographed playing the piano accompanied by other musicians during a Christmas party in Chicago, 1955. Ellington gained a national profile through his orchestra's appearances at the Cotton Club in Harlem and in the years following, cemented himself as one of the most significant composers of the genre.

Founders of The Jazztet, trumpet player Art Farmer and tenor saxophonist Benny Golson hold their instruments as they stand amongst the rubble. Williams took this picture as part of a photoshoot for the September 1960 cover of Jazz publication DownBeat magazine.

Jimi Hendrix is photographed performing on stage with The Experience in 1969. Adorned in his easily recognizable headscarf and vest, Hendrix was both a musical and style icon of the 1960s before his death at age 27. 

John Fogerty, lead singer and guitarist of Creedence Clearwater Revival, is photographed performing with the band at the Oakland Coliseum Arena in California in 1970. The show would be recorded and released as an album years later, becoming known as The Concert. 

Pete Townshend of The Who kneels on stage as he smashes his Sunburst Fender Stratocaster while performing My Generation at the Opera House in Peoria, Illinois in 1967. Townshend was known for destroying his guitars on stage. It is estimated he broke over 35 guitars in 1967 alone. 

Chuck Negron of American rock band Three Dog Night is photographed on stage in the early 1970s.  Ed Caraeff would form a tight relationship with the band and become their official tour photographer for many years.  

Grace Slick, frontwoman of Jefferson Airplane, performs with the band at Monterey Pop Festival in California in 1967. Slick was one of the earliest female rock stars alongside her close contemporary Janis Joplin and was a key figure in San Francisco's early psychedelic music scene in the mid-1960s.

Steve McQueen wears aviator sunglasses as he sits on his desk at his Hollywood office in 1969. McQueen's antihero persona, emphasized during the height of the counterculture of the 1960s, made him a top box-office draw for his films of the late 1950s, 1960s, and 1970s.

David Bowie is photographed crouched down and crooning onstage during his late American tour in 1976. Gone is the make-up, the glitter, and the outrageous clothes of previous tours, and in its place is a white-suited Gatsby look.

Lee Marvin smokes a cigarette on the set of Stuart Rosenberg's comedy western Pocket Money in Tucson, Arizona in 1971. The American Western buddy comedy sees Paul Newman, a cowboy who is down on his luck, team up with his old partner (Lee Marvin) to complete his latest job for a shifty businessman. 

Raquel Welch stands surrounded by a group of men on the set of the film The Beloved (aka Sin and Restless), written and directed by George P. Cosmatos, in Cyprus in 1970. The actress, along with her costar Richard Johnson, took no salary for the film, just expenses and a share of the profits. 

Sean Connery and Brigitte Bardot pause during a photoshoot of their own in Deauville, before the filming of 1968 movie Shalako. The movie, directed by Edward Dmytryk, was the first time that the two icons met and worked together. 

David Bailey demonstrates a pose as he gives instructions to model Moyra Swan.  Bailey was known for helping to create the "Swinging London" of the 1960s during his time working as a photographer at British Vogue.

David Bowie poses in a blazer, feather boa, and sunglasses beside his former wife Angie Bowie in a 1974 photoshoot. The legendary couple heavily influenced the glam rock culture and fashion of the 1970s.

Sharon Tate holds a teddy bear as she poses nude on a shag rug during a London photo shoot, 1968.  Tate and O'Neill worked together several times before her tragic death in 1969.

David Bowie is photographed in a waistcoat and suit pants during his 1976 concert at The Forum in Inglewood, California. The show was part of his Isolar Tour in support of the album Station to Station.