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Actress Lucille Ball (1942)
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UNION CARBIDE'S FERRO ALLOY PLANT AT ALLOY, WV. (photo: Harry Schaefer) (1973) [3000 x 2023]
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Rockfort - Tiruchirappalli, Tamil Nadu, South India - 1700's Illustration
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Gaza in Ruins during the First World War (1917) [2638 x 1932]
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Ali Maow Maalin, the last known person in the world with smallpox. He was diagnosed with the disease in October 1977 and made a full recovery (Merca, Somalia 1977) [1940x2867]
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May 5, 1955. New York, NY by Vivian Maier
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Lunch Counter Workers - c.1940's [3692x4735]
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China's Foreign Minister Qiao Guanhua (L) and UN representative Huang Hua (R) laugh as they take their seats at the UN General Assembly for the first time. On 25 Oct 1971, the motion to recognize the PRC as the sole legal China was passed as GA Resolution 2758 (New York City, NY 1971) [2867x2172]
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One of four known photographs of Franklin D. Roosevelt in a wheelchair. Taken at Hyde Park, New York, with Ruthie Bie and dog Fala, February 1941 [4500x5460]
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Aftermath of the Black Hawk Down Incident 1993 [1420×957]
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Florence Cathedral in the 1860s. Even though the building was built in the golden age of Florence, the façade was not completed at that time. In 1864, a competition was announced for the design of the completion of the building, and the iconic façade was completed in 1887. [1405×1064]
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German battleship Scharnhorst at Wilhelmshaven on January 6th 1938 a day before she was commissioned [1700x1020]
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Brazilian aeronaut Alberto Santos-Dumont flies the fixed-wing 14-bis 'Oiseau de Proie II' in the first heavier-than-air flight in Europe. The plane lifted off and flew for 60 metres, without taking advantage of headwinds, ramps, catapults, slopes, or other devices (Paris, France 1906) [2867x1824]
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Joe "The Boss" Masseria - 1922
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My Armenian mom and my Mississippian dad in Tehran in the mid-70's.
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Elisabeth Montgomery, on the set of "Bewitched" in 1967. [1600x1600].
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Sid Vicious and Nancy Spungen photographed by Steve Emberton, 1978. [962x1498].
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Francisco Franco few hours before his death, 1975 [1366x768]
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Sgt. Rinaldo J. Martini of the C Company, 27th Marine Regiment, 5th Marine Division takes aim with an M1 rifle while seated on Japanese mortar crates. This photograph was taken after he earned the Silver Star on the first day of the Battle of Iwo Jima, 1945. [640x532]
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Massacre of Hazaras by the Afghan Army during the Battle of Uruzgan 1893
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Fairuza Balk helps trim the hairdresser budget by trimming Ethan Suplee's hair on the set of 'American History X' in 1998
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"Paying respects to the defenders of our nation…" People's Republic of China (1957)
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"As you worked, so you have earned." Soviet, 1964
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My bedroom in the 90’s. Was a dork, still am.
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Gustaf Håkansson, an unofficial competitor in the cycling race around Sweden (1764 km), who was not allowed to start due to his age of 66, but outclassed his rivals by over a day because he did not take the required sleep breaks. 1951 He rode a bike until he was 100 years old. [1000x630]
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1945 mug shots of war criminals Albert Speer and Rudolf Hess. They were among the seven high ranking Nazis who were held in Spandau Prison in Berlin after their trial in Nuremberg. [1000 x 1019]
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Actress Leslie Brooks (circa 1940s)
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