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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]

by HeStoleMyBalloons

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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1930-е. Вид С Москворецкого моста

by redofhair

1930-е. Вид С Москворецкого моста

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August 1910: The steamship Princess May after running aground on rocks in the Lynn Canal, Alaska. The passengers, crew and cargo were all evacuated safely. Photo by UIG. [1406X1051]

by morganmonroe81

August 1910: The steamship Princess May after running aground on rocks in the Lynn Canal, Alaska. The passengers, crew and...

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Москва 1955

by redofhair

Москва 1955

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A watering machine on a street in Tirana, 1935. The building in the background is the Suleiman Pasha Mosque, demolished in the 1960s by the communist authorities. [532×800]

by Xi_JinpingXIV

A watering machine on a street in Tirana, 1935. The building in the background is the Suleiman Pasha Mosque, demolished...

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Nightlife near the Berlin Zoo, probably late 1930’s. Interesting Note: Notice the swastika banners to the left.

by redofhair

Nightlife near the Berlin Zoo, probably late 1930's. Interesting Note: Notice the swastika banners to the left.

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Stanisław “Szlomo” Szmajzner as partisan, shortly after his escape from Sobibor. 16-year-old Szmajzner was one of several hundred prisoners of the Sobibór extermination camp who rebelled and escaped to the forest, and one of several dozen fugitives who survived the war. Autumn 1943 [2566×3543]

by Xi_JinpingXIV

Stanisław "Szlomo" Szmajzner as partisan, shortly after his escape from Sobibor. 16-year-old Szmajzner was one of several hundred prisoners of...

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Historical castle used by St. Jean knights. Bodrum/Turkey

by Exiled_N0mad

Historical castle used by St. Jean knights. Bodrum/Turkey

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Orson Welles As MacBeth, 1947 [2792 × 2230]

by TheWallBreakers2017

Orson Welles As MacBeth, 1947

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Saatli camii(clocked mosque), originaly built as a church by greek population with the name:Agai İanni. It was later concerted to mosque after population exchange between Greece and Turkey (location:Ayvalık/Turkey)

by Exiled_N0mad

Saatli camii(clocked mosque), originaly built as a church by greek population with the name:Agai İanni. It was later concerted to...

Streaming Live from Times Square - VE-Day 8 May 1945 [1080x847]

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Streaming Live from Times Square – VE-Day 8 May 1945 [1080×847]

by Dagius

Streaming Live from Times Square - VE-Day 8 May 1945

Jubilant Sandinista rebels ride a small tank in the main square of Managua in the summer of 1979. [1024x676]

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Jubilant Sandinista rebels ride a small tank in the main square of Managua in the summer of 1979. [1024×676]

by Tony_Tanna78