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Conwy in North Wales is home to Conwy Castle, a fortification. Between 1283 and 1287, Edward I, King of England, constructed it as part of his conquest of Wales. The combined defenses, which were built as part of a larger project to build the walled town of Conwy
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The Wellington Battalion takes Chunuk Bair. 8th August 1915.
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March 18, 2003: Denmark's Prime Minister Anders Fogh Rasmussen, after being doused in red paint due to Denmark's participation in the Iraq War (1240x826)
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Christina Applegate and Brad Pitt, 1989
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Young Chechen expressing his opinion about the Russian army. Grozny, 1995 [1200x787]
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Eltz Castle, Wierschem, Germany
A 12th century masterpiece of a stronghold, perched on a towering rock formation. It's still owned by the family that built it — 850 years ago.
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British aircraft carrier HMS Hermes (R12) en route to the Falkland Islands, 17 April 1982 [4015x2655]
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Belogradchik Fortress, Bulgaria
An ancient fortress that uses a Balkan Mountains rock formation to its advantage. It was originally a Roman outpost, but since expanded by the Bulgarians and the Ottomans.
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From a series of photographs taken by the doorman of The Catacombs, a sleazy club on the docks in Cape Town. 25 January 1968 (1200x796)
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'Western Hemisphere 1941' — Anti-American postcard from the Second World War (1941) showing Uncle Sam strangling South America.
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A remarkable three-person motorcycle was handmade in Poland in 1949 by Stanisław Skura, using salvaged parts from a crashed aircraft, a destroyed tank, and a damaged military truck. The vehicle's engine was crafted from two cylinders cut off from a Me-109 aircraft. (1949) [926x587]
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Australian Infantry of C Company, 2/48th Battalion moving past a Matilda of C Squadron, 2/9th Armoured Regiment on Tarakan, Dutch East Indies, 6th May 1945 [639x479]
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General L. W. Colby holding Little Lost Bird, found tied to her dead mother's back in the snow covered Wounded Knee field four days after the army killed nearly 300 Lakota there. Nineteen medals of honor were awarded for the massacre. (1891) [580x696]
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Dolly Parton's Playboy cover (October 1978)
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Fishernan and fisherwoman from Hel in Gdynia, Poland, 1930. [612x960]
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Linus Torvalds (creator of Linux), in the center, in discussion with Dennis Ritchie (creator of C and Unix), on the right. 1997 [469x310]
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U.S. President John F. Kennedy with Somali Prime Minister Abdirashid Ali Sharmake in Washington D.C, Both men would be assassinated in the 1960s, November 27 1962 [1000X790]
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A Chechen woman holding a rifle, January 1995 [2048x1365][x-post /r/ThirtyYearsAgo]
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1900 Hunt Meet, The Mall Waterford, Ireland @timelesscolours
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Victorian lady cracking a smile, 1890s
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Michelle Pfeiffer with her red mustang, 1970
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American pilot Andrew Turner in the cockpit of his P-51 Mustang fighter in Italy 8/8/1944. he flew 69 combat missions and was killed in a air crash in England in 1947 1200x898
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Workers heading out through gates of a shipyard for lunchtime break – behind them a ship under construction surrounded by timber scaffolding and cranes - Glasgow, Lanarkshire, Scotland, United Kingdom, c. 1944. [775 x 800]
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Me on the Nintendo 64 launch day. (1996)
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British soldiers enjoying some tea outside of their Mk VI. December 31st, 1940. North Africa [Colorized] [1600x1388]
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Commemorative Pin made for the 1996 Olympics
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Legends etched in steel, echoing through the centuries... Captured this at the Mehrangarh Fort Museum in Jodhpur, Rajasthan.. Details in Comment.
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Sharpshooter and folk heroine Annie Oakley shoots a gun over her shoulder using a hand mirror, 1890s
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Olivia Hussey, star of Franco Zeffirelli’s 1968 Romeo and Juliet. She died today at the age of 73.
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