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The Royal Navy sloop HMS Magpie (U82) returns to Liverpool after a successful escort patrol in the North Atlantic, 25 February 1944 [1772 × 2373]

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Cover of The New York Daily News, Sunday 03/18/1956 showing comedian Fred Allen having passed away of a heart attack in the street. Allen collapsed in front of 171 West 57th Street just before midnight. [2000 x 2579]

General Benedicto Lucas Garcia, Guatemalan army chief of staff, in a helicopter, 1980’s. Garcia was one of the most prominent perpetrators of the 36 year Guatemalan genocide, (1960-96) & is thought to be responsible for thousands of indigenous Mayan deaths & crimes against humanity (1928×1285)

The original waist gunners of the B-17 bomber ‘Memphis Belle’, left waist gunner Clarence Wichell and right waist gunner Casmir Nastral, at their battle stations, ca 1943 [1000×1024]

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Polish poet Leopold Staff (left) talking with sculptor Alfons Karny. Warsaw, Poland, 1950s. [1396x1492]

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Polish poet Leopold Staff (left) talking with sculptor Alfons Karny. Warsaw, Poland, 1950s. [1396×1492]

by Snoo_90160

Polish poet Leopold Staff (left) talking with sculptor Alfons Karny. Warsaw, Poland, 1950s.

Owner and employees of Bizenya, a traditional candy store. Okazaki, Japan, 1912 [1703x1939]

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Owner and employees of Bizenya, a traditional candy store. Okazaki, Japan, 1912 [1703×1939]

by MunakataSennin

Owner and employees of Bizenya, a traditional candy store. Okazaki, Japan, 1912

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Noor Inayat Khan. 1943 [602×456]

by ShodyLoko

On Sep 13, 1944, a princess from India lay dead at Dachau concentration camp. She had been tortured by the...

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Newly freed prisoners of war celebrate as their C-141A aircraft lifts off from Hanoi, North Vietnam, on Feb. 12, 1973, during Operation Homecoming. The mission included 54 C-141 flights that brought 591 POWs home to the US. [1594×1080]

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Newly freed prisoners of war celebrate as their C-141A aircraft lifts off from Hanoi, North Vietnam, on Feb. 12, 1973,...

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Orson Welles and H.G. Wells while discussing the state of the world, October 28th, 1940. [1200 x 913]

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Orson Welles and H.G. Wells while discussing the state of the world, October 28th, 1940.

Ojibwe Woman, Ponemah, Minnesota, Photograph taken by Roland W. Reed c.1908 [640x747]

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Ojibwe Woman, Ponemah, Minnesota, Photograph taken by Roland W. Reed c.1908 [640×747]

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Ojibwe Woman, Ponemah, Minnesota, Photograph taken by Roland W. Reed c.1908

A businessman and secretary working in a pool during a heatwave in Berlin, Germany 1926. [2159x1480]

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A businessman and secretary working in a pool during a heatwave in Berlin, Germany 1926. [2159×1480]

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A businessman and secretary working in a pool during a heatwave in Berlin, Germany 1926.

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Manuel N. Flores House, Seguin, Texas

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Manuel N. Flores House, Seguin, Texas

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11-12-year-old Isaac Allal, the only survivor of the plane crash in Hurum, Norway. On 20 November 1949, a Douglas DC-3 carrying 28 Jewish children from Tunisia to Israel crashed into a mountainside during fog. [1067×1300]

by Xi_JinpingXIV

11-12-year-old Isaac Allal, the only survivor of the plane crash in Hurum, Norway. On 20 November 1949, a Douglas DC-3...

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19 th century Bangalore

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19 th century Bangalore

British soldiers questioning a group of Cypriot boys during the Cyprus Uprising (1950s, B&W). [1200x720]

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British soldiers questioning a group of Cypriot boys during the Cyprus Uprising (1950s, B&W). [1200×720]

by CaesarsGladius

British soldiers questioning a group of Cypriot boys during the Cyprus Uprising (1950s, B&W).

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Seoul; date unknown

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