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London's first black police officer, PC Norwell Roberts, on point duty near Charing Cross Station, 1968. [932x1200]
https://redd.it/170ir4e
Illustration to commemorate the centenary of Brazilian Independence, Ilustração Portuguesa, 1922
https://redd.it/170scoc
"Never a Slave" Independent State of Croatia, 1943.
https://redd.it/1707ahm
East Berlin policemen watching a photographer in West Berlin, 1961. [889 x 640]
https://redd.it/16zkot1
French Schoolchildren learn German in Champagne, German-occupied France during the First World War (1917-03) [2744 x 1998]
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Sicilian-American crime boss "Don" Carlo Gambino - 1930s
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Nagasaki Mayor Hitoshi Motoshima is treated after being shot by a right-wing extremist. One year earlier, he had stated that Emperor Hirohito bore some responsibility for WW2. He received death threats afterwards, & was cut off by his party for refusing to retract his statement, 1990 (1144x747)
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FMLN Guerilla raiding the Sheraton Hotel in San Salvador with a "surprised guest". November 1989. 771 x 512.
https://redd.it/16xysjp
What is now the fully developed Las Vegas strip, 1955. [494 x 492]
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The stand-off between police and rioters in Carandiru Penitentiary. On 2 October 1992, military police stormed the penitentiary following a prison riot. By the end of the day, 111 prisoners were dead, and 37 more were injured. No policemen were injured (São Paulo, Brazil 1992) [2000x1312]
https://redd.it/16xo7h6
Soldier stands besides his M60 machine gun, which is mounted on the steps of the U.S. Capitol to deter rioters from entering the building during the Martin Luther King Jr. assassination riots in Washington D.C. (April 1968) [800 x 1157]
https://redd.it/16wzhpr
Frank Sinatra, Elvis, Johnny Cash, Jimi Hendrix, Jim Morrison, David Bowie, Mick Jagger, Janis Joplin and Kurt Cobain (1930s-90s)
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"Don't be alarmed, the Post Office Rifles are on guard at Cuckfield." - British WW1 Postcard, 1915.
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Burlesque dancer Lili St Cyr, 1950s. [736x866].
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World Trade Center Before 9/11
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Kim Jong Il with famous South Korean actress Choi Eun-hee and her husband, director Shin Jeong-gyun, who were kidnapped in 1978 on his orders and were forced to make North Korean films. In two years they made 17 films, some of them were well-received outside North Korea (3984x2241)
https://redd.it/16zrpe6
A German soldier, soviet soldier and a Finnish soldier sit together and talk about their interest for photography. 1941, Finland(660x465)
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Rita Hayworth - Gilda (1946)
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The Tlatelolco (Mexico) massacre against students, October 2, 1968 [560 x 420]
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Michael Ancher, another of Skagen painters, known primarily for his depiction of the Danish fishing community, fishermen, the straits, and the North Sea, ca. 1910-1920
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A group of young Somalis chant anti American slogans while sitting atop the burned out hulk of a US Black Hawk helicopter. On 3 October 1993, an American attack against a warlord in Mogadishu fails. 18 US soldiers and over 350 Somalis, including civilians, died (Mogadishu, Somalia 1993) [992x558]
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Anne Baxter photographed by John Engstead, circa late 1950s
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Dr. (Sir) Ian Wilmut poses for a magazine cover with Dolly the Sheep in 1997 [800 x 500]. Dr. Wilmut, who was lead researcher of the group responsible for creating Dolly, passed away last month from complications of Parkinsons disease.
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At 4:31 AM, an unauthorized photo taken of Stalin inside of the Kremlin shows the very moment he was informed that Germany had began their invasion of the Soviet Union. It was taken by Komsomolskaya Pravda, editor in chief. He was ordered to destroy it, but instead saved it. June 22, 1941.[720x1003]
https://redd.it/16xsvo3
The Titanic at the docks of Southampton 10 April. 1912. 2000 x 1257 pixels
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"The Living Skeleton" vs "The Fat Man" - 1897
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Cuban women soldiers at the training camp of Punda, near Luanda, Angola, in January 1989. (Photo by Pascal Guyot / AFP) [900x600]
https://redd.it/16wo1d3
A Very Handsome Ox Late '50s ~ Early '60s
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