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The moment a mortar shell exploded next to an American soldier in Italy, 24 April 1944 [3600 × 2906]
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Captain Edwin "Bill" Fisher, 377th Fighter Squadron stands on the noseof his P47D Thunderbolt "Shirley Jane III" in Normandy, 1944. He would be credited with 7 kills and 3 V-1 flying bombs. He was killed in a training accident at Andrews Field, Maryland on the 28th March 1947 [730x1091]
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4/26/1995: Courtney Love reportedly turns down $1 million to pose nude for Playboy magazine.
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Jack Benny, Mary Livingstone, Edgar Bergen, Don Wilson, Phil Harris, and Dennis Day at a Rehearsal for Benny's Radio Program — 10/13/1946 [960 x 732]
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My late father at age 18 in the end of the 70s. Can anyone who knows cars tell me what this one is?
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"Don't let her grow up without hearing the TRUTH!" - Leaflet for Radio Free Europe, 1959
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Château de Maintenon, vallée de la Loire, France
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A Chinese lady whose feet were bound from childhood. Late 1800s. [937x967]
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Château de Chambord, France
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Steven Van Zandt, Pee-wee Herman and "Weird" Al out bowling in the 80s
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Alignments de Lagatjar (Brittany, France)
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Hirohito, 124th emperor of Japan, signing the guestbook of the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) in Geneva in 1971. In the back, ICRC President Marcel Naville, his wife, and Empress of Japan Kôjun. Photo: ASL Actualités Suisses Lausanne (1954-1999)/Swiss National Museum [934 × 1150]
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^Asia^ Soldiers of the Czechoslovak legion/corps at the obelisk on the Europe-Asia border (Russia 1919 [Russia Civil War 1917-1922] [1354x2000]
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Photo of Hu Xiansu, 1940s. He was the founder of plant taxonomy in China and a pioneer in modern botany in the country. He passed away during the Cultural Revolution due to torture for being an "intellectual". [548 × 909]
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Nanjing road, downtown Shanghai during the Cultural Revolution, December 1967. The giant neon banner on the right reads "wishing a long life for Chairman Mao" [1280x1780]
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On this day in 1986, the world's worst nuclear disaster: 4th reactor at Chernobyl nuclear power station in USSR exploded. This is the only known photo taken of reactor number 4 on the day of the explosion. [1242 x 1239]
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A delegation of military attaches from Finland, Romania, Italy and Germany during a visit to Japanese occupied Dutch East Indies - March 25, 1942 [640x393]
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My mom looking cool af in the 90s
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"By condemning the previous, we could have prevented the following"- Poster on the conmmemoration 100th of the armenian genocide. (2015)
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Surrender of German troops, Courland (May 9-10, 1945) [581x891]
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An American soldier at Saddam Hussein's palace (Iraq) in 2003 [752X560]
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Canadian soldiers swimming and relaxing nude on the Ottawa River, 1916 [1063 x 830]
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Oliver Reed drunk in the late 80s. The man once drank 126 pints in 24 hours. He once arrived at Galway airport lying drunk on a baggage conveyor.
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Berlepsch Castle, Germany 🇩🇪
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^Europe^ Soldiers of the Czechoslovak legion/corps at the obelisk on the Europe-Asia border (Russia 1919 [Russia Civil War 1917-1922] [1065x1680]
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Invitation card to the Viceroy’s Darbar (1890)
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George Luz and Bill Guarnere, with Red Wright and Leo Boyle at the 1982 Easy Company, 101st Airborne Division “Band of Brothers” reunion.
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