★ : John Lennon Backstage During The Beatles Christmas Show | 30 December 1963

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"Dear Cyn,

I love you I love you I love you I love you I love you I love u lllllove U i love you LIKE MAD I do I do love you YES YES YES I do love you CYN you I love I love you Cynthia Powell. John Winston loves C. Powell Cynthia Cynthia Cynthia I love you I love you I love you forever and ever isn't it great? I love you like guitars I love you like anything lovely lovely lovely lovely cyn I love lovely Cynthia Cynthia I love you. You are wonderful I adore you I want you I need you. I need you don't go I love you Happy Christmas merry chrimbo I love you I love you I love you Cynthia cyn cyn cyn cyn cyn cyn cyn is loved by John John John John John I love you

Love John xxxxxx" — John in a letter to Cynthia

We have all seen these photos many times. So, they appeared on June 29, 1967, when Beatles fan magazine photographer Leslie Bryce held a photo shoot with John Lennon at his home in Kenwood.

★ : John Lennon after performing at The Seattle Coliseum | August 1966

John Lennon during the recording of the From Us To You radio show at the BBC Paris Studio in London, England | 17 July 1964 © David Magnus

★ Cynthia in Austria, 1965 photographed by Henry Grossman

The Beatles at Peter Kaye Studio, Liverpool in January 1963

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John Lennon at the South Australian Hotel in Adelaide, Australia | 12 June 1964

[…] The picture of John Lennon was lying on the floor when some clumsy fool stood on it," Mr Findlay said. "The glass smashed, leaving a scar on John's face." […] "I told John (Lennon) the story of what had happened to his painting and he said 'I rather like the idea of getting a footprint on my cheek'. ~ Peter Findlay

Artist Peter Findlay recalls the day he painted The Beatles’ portraits in Adelaide The Advertiser | 8 June 2014

★ : The Beatles recording From me to you, Thank you girl and One after 909 | 5 March 1963

★ : John at the Tokyo Hilton Hotel in Japan | July 1966