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Book smuggler (knygnešys), Vincas Juska. 1868 (638x1176) More info about Lithuanian book smugglers in the comments.
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Recovering British soldiers playing basketball with W.A.A.C.s in France. (1918)
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Sean Connery signing a coconut for a young fan on the set of Dr. No in Jamaica, 1961.
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Mugshot — Beverly Ball, April 18, 1943 [640 x 372]
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Vietnamese soldiers waving goodbye to Cambodian villagers during the withdrawal of the Vietnamese army from Cambodia, the end of the Cambodian-Vietnamese War 1989 [1000x656]
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Heinrich Himmler at the funeral of Reinhard Heydrich, an architect of the Holocaust who was assasinated by two Czech parachuters on May 27th and died in hospital from the infection transmitted by his Maybach's horse hair components in the blast to his vital organs on June 4th. June 9, 1942.[954x646]
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Rocky Marciano - The only heavyweight champion to have finished his career undefeated - 1953
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Maynard James Keenan passes the mic to Zach de la Rocha. Lollapalooza (1993)
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Departure of a Red Cross train going to Switzerland, Budapest, Hungary, 1947 [1134x1280]
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Playing video games in New York City, early 80's
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Rheinstein Castle. Germany.
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The Louvre Pyramid under construction 1988. Workers built the pyramid before the supporting underground structure because they feared that if the Socialists lost their election in 1986 (they did) that conservatives would upend the entire project & wanted the designs to be irreversible. [2500x1610]
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Kearsarge-class pre-dreadnought battleship USS Kentucky (BB-6) shows off her unusual stacked turrets layout, 1900.[4978 × 3984]
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Future USS Enterprise taking shape! [2048x1365]
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Pamela Anderson, on the set of sitcom Home Improvement in 1991
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On this day in 1955, Albert Einstein died. This was his desk as he left it, photographed just hours after his death. Armed with his camera and a case of scotch (to open doors and loosen tongues), Life photographer Ralph Morse captured images that lay hidden away for 50 years. (1010x1000)
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Nina Burakova, a nurse, with a wounded soldier. Marines of the Northern Fleet. 1943
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[570 x 800]SMS Bayern, accompanied by a Zeppelin on scouting duties, en route for Saarema (Osel) Island, October 1917
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Kilchurn Castle, Scotland.
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1996, The oldest person ever documented Jeanne Calment celebrating her 121st birthday by releasing a rap record titled Maîtresse du Temps (Mistress of Time) [1240×744]
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Excavations at the Cour Napoléon, the Louvre's main courtyard in 1985. Archeologists found walls dating to the Hundred Years' War, the central tower of the 12th century medieval Louvre, Gallo-Roman artifacts, Celtic graves & fragments of human activity from 4,000 BC. [1600x1076]
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Spiro Mounds in Oklahoma - not just a hill.
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Hohenzollern Castle, Germany
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"For Anti-Imperialist Solidarity, Peace and Friendship!" - North Korea (DPRK), 1989
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Me and the second most beautiful woman I've seen in person (1990)
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Heading out to my girlfriend’s (now wife) Junior Prom. Circa 1991.
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Acrobats in Japan. ca. 1900. [2044x1595]
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Start of the inaugural Monaco Grand Prix. Crowds watch as the cars speed along the street, led by the Bugatti driven by Marcel Lehoux. The first Monaco Grand Prix was staged on 14 April 1929, and was won by Grover-Williams in a Bugatti (Monaco 1929) [2867x2080]
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