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My grandfather in the late 1940s. He was half Cherokee and half Irish.
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The Ugandan light-heavyweight champion (left) during a boxing match in the late 1950's. The only boxer Muhammad Ali ever refused to face, though this was for diplomatic reasons. That man, Idi Amin, had become the dictator of Uganda by the early 1970's. (480 X 381)
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Chinese Jews in Kaifeng in 1938. The Kaifeng Jews were a centuries-old Jewish community that settled in China, possibly as early as the 12th century.
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Opening session of the Second Vatican Council. The council was opened on 11 October 1962 by pope John XXIII and was closed on 8 December 1965 by pope Paul VI. It is considered the most significant event in the history of Catholicism since the Protestant Reformation (Vatican City 1962) [2772x2772]
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A couple poses near their home on their wedding day in East Beirut, Lebanon 1989. Photo by Joseph Barrak. [960x637]
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"Victory Parade at Bremerhaven- 12th May 1945."
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Guys,, happy Gandhi jayanti /s
https://youtu.be/I1wGlOij1z0?si=4HBU_OzjVPIX_ysY
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Halloween party, late 1940s. [3264x2448].
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Movie star Anthony Quinn converses with King Hussein of Jordan on the set of “Lawrence of Arabia”. The King was a huge supporter of the production, loaning an entire brigade of his own troops to work as extras in the film. 1962 [848 x 636]
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Castlerigg Stone Circle, English Lake District [OC]
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The Cockpit stone circle, Pooley Bridge, England [OC]
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Children in shoolroom in the Lower East Side, New York, 1886. [799x646]
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Castle of Gjirokastra, Albania 🇦🇱
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Arab propaganda poster from the first Arab-Israeli War (1948)
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American Pickers: 1943 by Marjory Collins
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Soviet propaganda poster about religion from 1965 (translation available)
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A caricature of the Arab-Israeli conflict, 2008.
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Fish seller selling fish on the street. Hel, Poland, July 1932. [1080x1625]
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Devin Castle, Slovakia, dating from the 9th Century, overlooks the confluence of the Danube and Morava Rivers
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Colorized thumbnail used for Beatles Funny Moments video ...
https://youtu.be/701nyC15YkI
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Former heavyweight-champion Muhammad Ali and boxing promoter Don King meet with the dictator of Zaire, Mobutu Sese Seko, in 1974. Mobutu hosted the famous "Rumble in the Jungle" fight between Ali and Foreman, putting up the $10,000,000 purse for the fight personally. (1200 X 863)
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Muscovites taking a stroll outside while the House of Soviets of Russia burns, 4th of October 1993. 1494x1144.
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A woman her bike while balancing two buckets of milk. Netherlands, mid-1940s. [1458x1523]
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Tail gunner in a USAAF B-17 Flying Fortress, 1943. [1024x1280] (Original color photo)
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The battleship HMS King George V at sea. The first of a new generation of capital ship for the Royal Navy, the photo is only slightly spoiled by the presence of a UP launcher on 'B' turrer rather than the designed octuple pom pom! [1270 x 1800]
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Photo from JFK’s motorcade, 1963 (colored) [760x786]
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'No Japan' — American cartoon (1945) showing a Japanese soldier standing defiantly with a sign reading 'No Surrender!' while a skull-faced atom bomb flies towards him.
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July 1942. "Hayti, Missouri. Cotton Carnival picnic.
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A grim reminder of the horrors of war- The beach on Guadalcanal in 1951 (LIFE Magazine Archives, photo by Howard Sochurek) [1440x1448]
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