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A Bomb containing around 1,000 pounds (450 kg) of dynamite at Harvey's Resort Hotel in Stateline, Nevada, being examined by Nevada State Fire Marshal Thomas J. Huddleston. 26 August 1980 [1125 × 1443]
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Imperial Russia. Smolny Institute for Education of Noble Maidens, ca. 1913. Photo by Karl Bulla
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Sniper of the Bosnian army during the first days of the siege of Sarajevo (June 1992) (800x828)
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With men on one side, and women and children on the other, the selection process of who will live and who will be sent to the gas chambers begins. In the background can be seen the main gate of the Auschwitz II–Birkenau camp. May 27, 1944. [1200 x 882]
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"Thanks for loafing, pal!" - American WW2 poster showing Hitler giving a medal to a worker wasting time.
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Resistance fighter Lauritz Sand, dubbed the "hardest tortured person in Norway", convalescing in hospital in May 1945 [831 x 592]. Arrested in 1941, the 60+ year old Sand spent years as a Nazi prisoner. His execution was finally scheduled for May 17, 1945. The Nazis surrendered on the 8th.
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Night view of shelling on the Western Front, taken 1916-1918
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Photos of Oliver Cromwell's head, from a 1911. The head was cut off after death, impaled on January 1661 and buried on March 25, 1960 [420×301]
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The death of Stalin; his funeral procession viewed from the balcony of the US embassy, 1953 [1600x1043]
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HMS Edinburgh, one of the two units of the Colossus class ironclad battleships of the Royal Navy in the late 19th century. The class became the first RN warships to carry large rifled breech-loading main guns, the BL 12 inch naval gun Mk I (304.8 mm) (1417x1001)
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Joseph Mikulec, Croatian globetrotter who traveled 100K miles across 6 continents on foot, collected 50,000 autographs of famous people (1908-22), including 6 US Presidents and many world leaders. Link to his 60-pound 'Largest Autograph Album & Travel Log Ever Assembled' in comments. [838x1024]
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1/350 scale diorama of the Russian cruiser Varyag, 1899. By Tobiiro2 in X (1251x967)
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Will Ferrell in High School 1986
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Female munitions workers in England get to see what they are making in action.
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A Makeshift Hospital In The Vietnam War, 1970 [980x1238]
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A factory girl holds a box of 'Chikin Ramen', the first ever instant noodle, at a Nisshin Shokuhin factory. The instant noodle was invented by Momofuku Ando as a way to feed the population using the wheat flour that was supplied by the US. It was marketed on 25 August 1958 (Japan 1960s) [2196x2867]
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"Transvestite Certificate" issued by the German Sexologist Magnus Hirschfeld of the Institut für Sexualwissenschaft to Eva Katter (1928-11-23) [1000 x 649]
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Don't know if this counts but building Ikea furniture left us with a lot of cardboard which became a castle for the cats.
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President George W. Bush Is Sitting on a Pony Wearing a Cowboy Outfit in the Late 1940s. [637x1000]
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USS Iowa (BB-61) fires a full broadside of her nine 16″/50 and six 5″/38 guns during a target exercise near Vieques Island, Puerto Rico, 1 July 1984 [2560×2014]
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U.S. President Franklin D. Roosevelt, Canadian Prime Minister Mackenzie King, and U.K. Prime Minister Winston Churchill at the Quebec Conference. 24 August 1943 [3000 × 2386]
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Old photo of a married child couple in their wedding outfits. Korea, 1910. Taken in Seoul by E.G. Stillman [2400x3120]
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Page from a Persian bestiary depicting a Simurgh. From Maragheh, Iran; Ilkhanate era; 1297-98 or 1299-1300 CE. [730x900]
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USS Boxer (LHD 4) returns to San Diego following an initial sea trial period after refit. Aug. 22, 2023 [4350 x 2895]
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Germanicus Before the Remains of the Legions of Varus at the forest of Teutoburg in 15 AD, 6 years after the Romans were destroyed by Arminius. Germanicus avenged them by waging successful campaigns in Germania, crushing Arminius at the battles of Idistaviso and the Angrivarian Wall. By Lionel Royer
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How babies used to travel on airplanes in the 1950s. [2160x1620]
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Lauren Bacall and Marilyn Monroe (1953)
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A very dapper secretary of the Embassy of Japan. Taketomi Toshihiko, seated with his wife. Washington D.C. October 24, 1922
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Marilyn Monroe visiting injured troops in Japan. This soldier had a broken back but it didn't stop Marilyn. (1954) [1065x979]
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"Don't desecrate nature!" - Soviet anti-littering poster from the 1960s.
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