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''Have you seen my shiny new status symbol? Now I can starve in dignity!'' - American cartoon (''The Louisville Courier-Journal'', artist: Hugh Haynie) published after the first Indian nuclear test at the Pokhran Test Range, May 21, 1974
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Michelle Obama as a young student at Princeton University in the early 1980s
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Castello di Gradara 🏰 Marche, Italy 🏰 [05.26]
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A woman drinking chicha. Cusco, Peru, 1931. Photo by Martín Chambi. [2444x3408]
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USS Vermont (1927) [1080x866]
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Turkish Air Force personnel between 1937 and 1938. Among them is Sabiha Gökçen, Atatürk's adopted daughter and the first female military pilot in the world. The photo was taken during the suppression of the rebellion in Dersim, where TAF gas bombed rebel villages. [800×600]
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Luftwaffe ground crew and Junkers Ju87 Stuka Dive Bomber, ca 1943 [800x778]
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"The Nympho Torture Girls of Jap 'Camp Brutal'", by Earl Norem for "True Men Stories" magazine (July 1962)
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"This Man May Die If You Talk Too Much", US Second World War poster, 1943.
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The crew of the 11th Doolittle Raider "Hari Kari-er on the deck of the USS Hornet whilst transiting the Pacific Ocean, April 1942. The crew of the B-25 bailed out over the border of Anhui and Zheijang provinces and were assisted by Chinese forces. [2785x2210]
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To celebrate the last day of school in my town here’s a bunch of happy kids kicking off the summer of 1977 [1079x658]
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Mila Jovovich at the premiere of the Fifth Element, 1997
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Johnny Cash, high as a kite eating cake (1971)
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"Well fought and well done" Japanese Empire, distributed in the Phillipines, 1942
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A WWI US Navy veteran of Japanese descent arrives at a Japanese internment camp, April 1942 (1280x998)
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Actress Ann Sheridan - photo shoot 1940
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Moms in the 80's watching their kids open Christmas presents
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The last picture of Vladimir Lenin before he died in Gorki on May 15, 1923. Beside him are his sister and one of his doctors.
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The Santa Monica Pier, Los Angeles County, California, USA, during the summer months - c. 1979. [1080 x 720]
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Noseart of B-17 Flying Fortress “Daddy’s Delight” ca 1944 [480x641]
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One of the last official portraits of Queen Margherita of Italy, next to her son King Victor Emmanuel III, 1925 [960×1200]
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British mine employees from the Dolcoath copper and tin mine - Camborne, Cornwall, England, United Kingdom - Victorian era, c. 1895. [800 x 637]
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Trinidad and Tobago soldiers on the roof of the Guardian Media building during the 1990 coup attempt led by the local islamist organization Jamaat al Muslimeen, supported by Gaddafi. [1749x1162]
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Execution of leaders of Rumburk mutiny. Soldiers returning from Russia tried to stop the war. After realizing their plan failed, they surrendered to prevent bloodshed. 2 fell during the rebellion, 10 were executed. Rest were either imprisoned or sent to the frontline. Czechia, 29th May 1918[800x472]
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"Taxis to Hell – and Back – Into the Jaws of Death" — Photo taken by Robert F. Sargent, a chief photographer's mate, US Coast Guard during Operation Overlord at Normandy Beach, France — June 6, 1944 — Audio of First Eye Witness Account on D-Day from 4:15AM Below [2963 × 2385]
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Zeppelin Crashes in France After Air Raid, 1917
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FsXxv-tgu0A
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Warsaw Insurgents at the barricade on Żelazna Street, August 1944. Photo by Sylwester "Kris" Braun. [1418x955]
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USN aviator and fighter ace Alexander Vraciu showing six kills during the Battle of the Philippine Sea aka Great Marianas Turkey Shoot on 19 June 1944. He shot down six Yokosuka D4Y Suisei dive bombers in eight minutes. [1024x853]
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