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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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Group of striking union miners & the families living in tents. Lick Creek, West Virginia during UMW General coal strike. April. 12, 1922 (1280x1035)

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Group of striking union miners & the families living in tents. Lick Creek, West Virginia during UMW General coal strike. April. 12, 1922 (1280×1035)

by Lez2diz

Group of striking union miners & the families living in tents. Lick Creek, West Virginia during UMW General coal strike....

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American young ladies by Mathew Brady (1863) [1200 × 1459]

by StephenMcGannon

American young ladies by Mathew Brady (1863)

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US Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld with troops in Afghanistan, December 2001 (2990 × 1960)

by Flan-Much

US Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld with troops in Afghanistan, December 2001 (2990 × 1960)

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Martin Luther King Jr. and Malcolm X at the Capitol listening to the Senate debate on the Civil Rights bill. The two met for only one minute. 1964 ( 1920×2104)

by junior_vorenus

Martin Luther King Jr. and Malcolm X at the Capitol listening to the Senate debate on the Civil Rights bill....

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One of the first of seven electric street lights installed in LA (ca. 1882). Each mast carries three carbon-arc lamps of three thousand candle-power. (800×1280)

by Behindthescenes10

One of the first electric street lights in LA. It stood at 150-feet carrying three carbon-arc lamps of three thousand...

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Harry Pointer (1822-1889), one of the first cat photographer and well known for a series of carte-de-visite photographs which featured his pet cats. Circa 1870-1884 [568 × 940]

by giuliomagnifico

Harry Pointer (1822-1889), one of the first cat photographer and well known for a series of carte-de-visite photographs which featured...

Caliph Abdülmecid II being officially informed by a delegation of his dethronment and the abolition of Caliphate. March 3, 1924. Turkey [800x533]

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Caliph Abdülmecid II being officially informed by a delegation of his dethronment and the abolition of Caliphate. March 3, 1924. Turkey [800×533]

by Johannes_P

Caliph Abdülmecid II being officially informed by a delegation of his dethronment and the abolition of Caliphate. March 3, 1924....

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GIs of the Seventh U.S. Army visit the former mountain retreat of Adolf Hitler in the Berchtesgaden on the first day of peace in Europe, May 1945 [2048×1710]

by Quick_Presentation11

GIs of the Seventh U.S. Army visit the former mountain retreat of Adolf Hitler in the Berchtesgaden on the first...

Aerial view of London, England, overlooking Westminster (Middlesex), Lambeth and Southwark (Surrey), 1909 [968x494]

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Aerial view of London, England, overlooking Westminster (Middlesex), Lambeth and Southwark (Surrey), 1909 [968×494]

by Kajafreur