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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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British-built Vosper Mk V class frigate, Sahand, of the Islamic Republic of Iran Navy — sinking and burning after struck by bombs from aircraft of the U.S. Navy Carrier Air Wing 11, in the Persian Gulf – Operation Praying Mantis, on April 18th, 1988. [800 x 584]

by _Tegan_Quin

British-built Vosper Mk V class frigate, Sahand, of the Islamic Republic of Iran Navy — sinking and burning after struck...

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Michelin Tire Man, 1926 (1200×630)

by Alidaboss42

Michelin Tire Man, 1926 (1200x630)

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Tenant family with six children who are rural rehabilitation clients of the Farm Security Administration. Greene County, Georgia, 1937. (photo by Dorothea Lange) [864×1129]

by Quick_Presentation11

Tenant family with six children who are rural rehabilitation clients of the Farm Security Administration. Greene County, Georgia, 1937. (photo...

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Troops of Company C, 23rd Armored Infantry Battalion, 7th Armored Division on the lookout for snipers in the littered streets of St. Vith, Luxembourg, December, 1944 [2048×1643]

by Quick_Presentation11

Troops of Company C, 23rd Armored Infantry Battalion, 7th Armored Division on the lookout for snipers in the littered streets...

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Former authoritarian Filipino president Rodrigo Duterte holding a rifle at a crime scene, 1997. At this point he was Mayor of Davao city, and he later confessed that during his mayoral career he used to ride around the city looking for criminals to kill personally. (1920×1318)

by Matewan1998

Former authoritarian Filipino president Rodrigo Duterte holding a rifle at a crime scene, 1997. At this point he was Mayor...

Soldier taking a photograph with a camera attached to a periscope (c1915) [2242x2867]

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Soldier taking a photograph with a camera attached to a periscope (c1915) [2242×2867]

by SteO153

Soldier taking a photograph with a camera attached to a periscope (c1915)

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“I am going to die a good Catholic and a soldier of the Irish Republic. Lord Jesus give me courage in my last moments. If I had only got told of my sentence, I would have been well prepared before now. Oh mother if I could only see you.” James Fisher(18). First of 81 executions Nov.17,1922 (217×338)

by Lez2diz

“I am going to die a good Catholic and a soldier of the Irish Republic. Lord Jesus give me courage...

A B-17G Flying Fortress at an English base getting prepped for a bombing mission over Germany, 1944. (Original color photo) [724x960]

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A B-17G Flying Fortress at an English base getting prepped for a bombing mission over Germany, 1944. (Original color photo) [724×960]

by Quick_Presentation11

A B-17G Flying Fortress at an English base getting prepped for a bombing mission over Germany, 1944. (Original color photo)

Chateau Marmont in Los Angeles, June 1988. [1565x1037]

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Chateau Marmont in Los Angeles, June 1988. [1565×1037]

by Snoo_90160

Chateau Marmont in Los Angeles, June 1988.

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Detention of suspect after the attack by dissident commandos supplied by Libya in Gafsa, Tunisia. 48 people died in several days of fighting. 1 February 1980 [700×467]

by Xi_JinpingXIV

Detention of suspect after the attack by dissident commandos supplied by Libya in Gafsa, Tunisia. 48 people died in several...

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Actors Humphrey Bogart and Agnes Moorehead on the set of Dark Passage, 1947 [2025 x 2300]

by TheWallBreakers2017

Actors Humphrey Bogart and Agnes Moorehead on the set of Dark Passage, 1947

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1998 Meeting of Fethullah Gülen and Pope John Paul II [399×385]

by Xi_JinpingXIV