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Egyptian police arrested 52 men on charges of homosexuality, The case was known as “Queen Boat” which is the name of the floating gay nightclub & the name “Cairo 52” , Cairo, 2001 [536 x 402]
https://redd.it/168vzgj
British soldiers smile at a defaced 'Viva Il Duce' slogan on a wall in Reggio, Italy, 3 September 1943. [800 × 785]
https://redd.it/168qw3m
In 1912, Floyd Allen, the patriarch of a family of wealthy landowners, was sentenced a year in prison after being convicted of assault. Rather than go to prison, Allen and his family pulled out guns in the court, killing the Judge, the sheriff, the prosecutor, and two others, Virginia [960 x 1186].
https://redd.it/1687fae
Adult Star and model Mary Millington, 1975. Colorized. [1011x1500].
https://redd.it/167enj2
May 1943. Baltimore, Maryland. "Electric welders"
https://redd.it/167qc86
Ronald Reagan poses at the University of Southern California in 1940. He was chosen as an example of the ideal male body by the school's fine arts department. [923x649]
https://redd.it/166j4mv
"To boldly go where no one has... What kept you?" A political caricature of Obama's visit to Cuba, 2016.
https://redd.it/1672338
New York, May 1943. "Policeman" by Gordon Parks
https://redd.it/15xpbrf
Marilyn Monroe in line to buy a hot dog, NYC,1957. [1291x1595]
https://redd.it/1668z99
Recently found a photo of my grandfather (in the suit) from the late 40s with some friends. Cooler than I will ever be.
https://redd.it/165wldt
Tura Satana in Faster, Pussycat! Kill! Kill! (1965). Colorized. [736x916].
https://redd.it/165ii57
Royal Danish Navy coastal defence ship HDMS Niels Juel under attack from German aircraft during a failed escape attempt to Swedish waters. 29 August 1943 [2578 × 1919]
https://redd.it/164c49t
George Strait playing my aunt's wedding in 1976. He and the band were paid $500.
https://redd.it/164oovu
"Boris! John! I missed you since the Cold War". A political caricature of the confrontation between Russia and the United States in Syria, 2014.
https://redd.it/168x8rs
Disneyland’s employee cafeteria 1961. [1636x1620]
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András Toma, the last WW2 POW, being released. Toma was captured in 1945, and locked up in insane asylum for speaking gibberish. In 2000, he was accidentally discovered by a Slovak, who recognized he's speaking hungarian. Toma was successfully identified and returned home. He died in 2004. [800x989]
https://redd.it/1687up9
Kost Castle 🏰 Libošovice, Czechia
https://redd.it/1682072
Tennessee migrant in Sacramento, California, 1937
https://redd.it/167gkvc
Consuelo Vanderbilt, Duchess of Marlborough, August 9, 1902. [3600×4800]
https://redd.it/167jrcw
The colonel and head of the Libyan state Muammar Gaddafi greets the crowd for the first time since he had overthrown the Libyan monarchy. On 1 September 1969, a group of about 70 young army officers gained control of the government and abolished the Libyan monarchy (Libya 1969) [2867x1826]
https://redd.it/166yen3
Removing the forward tripod from USS Arizona, May 1942.[2400x1692]
https://redd.it/166moka
South Carolina, USA circa 1950 | Restored and colorized
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Fanny Kaplan. She was an Ukrainian Jewish woman, Socialist-Revolutionary, and early Soviet dissident. She was arrested for the attempted assassination of Vladimir Lenin on 30 August 1918 and was executed by the Cheka few days later (Moscow, Russia 1918) [2445x2867]
https://redd.it/1655yhw
Yamaha DX-7 Factory in 1987. [1041x1585]
https://redd.it/165j2lu
A picture of Osama Bin Laden in The Independent Newspaper. This publication was released on 6th December 1993, in the United Kingdom. [602x402]
https://redd.it/165lclz
The Dead Body of Italian Prime Minister and Fascist Dictator Benito Mussolini (second from left) next to his Mistress Claretta Petacci and other Executed Fascists on display in Piazzale Loreto - Milan, Italy - 1945 [2044x1389]
https://redd.it/16546il
Kaiser Wilhelm II with his close friend and advisor, Philipp zu Eulenburg, in 1890 [1024 x 1137]
https://redd.it/164gq7y
Cartoon from a Ukrainian nationalist newspaper, 1956. "Moscow's Aid to Underdeveloped Countries." In the illustration - Khrushchev and Bulganin
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