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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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New York Public Library Main Branch, Marble on the library building is about three feet thick, and the building is Vermont marble and brick all the way through 1897–1911

New York Public Library Main Branch, Marble on the library building is about three feet thick, and the building is...

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JonBenét Ramsey seen here with her mother Patsy Ramsey in one of her last photos. Dec 25,1996. She would be found dead the following day on Dec 26,1996 in a case that remains unsolved to this day.[576×753]

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In the early morning hours of December 26, 1996, John and Patsy Ramsey awoke to find their six-year-old daughter JonBenét...

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1683 vienna

1683 vienna

Powerhouse Mechanic (United States 1920) [2867x2214]

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Powerhouse Mechanic (United States 1920) [2867×2214]

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Powerhouse Mechanic (United States 1920)

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breslau 1890

breslau 1890

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Theodore Roosevelt Sr, father of President Theodore Roosevelt & paternal grandfather of first lady Eleanor Roosevelt, 1878. He was a strong supporter of the Union during the civil war & helped found The Children’s Aid Society, a hospital, The Met & The American Museum of Natural History (933×1373)

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Theodore Roosevelt Sr, father of President Theodore Roosevelt & paternal grandfather of first lady Eleanor Roosevelt, 1878. He was a...

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babasaki gate street tokyo

babasaki gate street tokyo

Palace of the Ministry of Revenues and Treasury in Warsaw, Poland, c. 1915. [1251x774]

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Palace of the Ministry of Revenues and Treasury in Warsaw, Poland, c. 1915. [1251×774]

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Palace of the Ministry of Revenues and Treasury in Warsaw, Poland, c. 1915.

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nurnberg before ww2

nurnberg before ww2

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(From L-R) John Salter, a sociology teacher and students Joan Trumpauer and Anne Moody stage a sit-in demonstration challenging racial segregation at a Woolworth’s lunch counter in Jackson, Mississippi on May 28,1963 [700×571]

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In May 1963, John Salter, a sociology teacher from the historically black Tougaloo College and NAACP youth adviser, joined black...

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General view of the Louisiana Purchase Exposition at St. Louis, photographed from the top of Festival Hall. Crowell-Collier Publishing Company, 1904. Panoramic Photographs. Prints & Photographs Division

General view of the Louisiana Purchase Exposition at St. Louis, photographed from the top of Festival Hall. Crowell-Collier Publishing Company,...

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German war criminals laugh at a translation mistake during the Nuremberg Trials, 1945. (962 x 709)

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