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Nikola Tesla’s radio-controlled boat “telautomaton”, first public demonstration of wireless remote control, Madison Square Garden, New York, 1898

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Nikola Tesla’s radio-controlled boat “telautomaton”, first public demonstration of wireless remote control, Madison Square Garden, New York, 1898

Social Democratic Party election poster for the 1932 German federal elections, depicting Germany as a graveyard if the Nazis take power.

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Social Democratic Party election poster for the 1932 German federal elections, depicting Germany as a graveyard if the Nazis take power.

Polish actress Ewa Krasnodębska (b. 1925) - oldest living actress in Poland as of 2026. She survived being struck by lightning, belladonna poisoning and being struck by a motorcycle, which caused a stroke and a clinical death. Still from movie Tarpany, 1962.

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Polish actress Ewa Krasnodębska (b. 1925) - oldest living actress in Poland as of 2026. She survived being struck by lightning, belladonna poisoning and being struck by a motorcycle, which caused a stroke and a clinical death. Still from movie Tarpany, 1962.

My grandfather and his parents 1910

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My grandfather and his parents 1910

Berlin residents, waiting to vote in the last multi-party Reichstag elections, line up next to Nazi Party stormtroopers and their DNVP coalition partners, March 1933.

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Berlin residents, waiting to vote in the last multi-party Reichstag elections, line up next to Nazi Party stormtroopers and their DNVP coalition partners, March 1933.

Mélanie Berger, French resistance fighter, on the Canebière. Marseille, Bouches-du-Rhône, France. April 1946

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Mélanie Berger, French resistance fighter, on the Canebière. Marseille, Bouches-du-Rhône, France. April 1946

Polish Franciscan monks, their students and local teachers at the monastery in Nagasaki, Japan. Sitting in the middle is Father Maksymilian Maria Kolbe (1894-1941) who was later killed in Auschwitz German death camp. Nagasaki, 1934.

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Polish Franciscan monks, their students and local teachers at the monastery in Nagasaki, Japan. Sitting in the middle is Father Maksymilian Maria Kolbe (1894-1941) who was later killed in Auschwitz German death camp. Nagasaki, 1934.

Four women in San Ysidro, San Diego, California in 1983 Credit to Merrick Morton

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Four women in San Ysidro, San Diego, California in 1983 Credit to Merrick Morton

An attendee on her bicycle by a police barricade during the Gay Pride March in New York City, 1974.

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An attendee on her bicycle by a police barricade during the Gay Pride March in New York City, 1974.

Is beauty for you, or for everyone? // Soviet Union // 1986

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Is beauty for you, or for everyone? // Soviet Union // 1986

circa 1970s. Little Wrestling Fan is in Awe with Meeting 'Andre the Giant'

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circa 1970s. Little Wrestling Fan is in Awe with Meeting 'Andre the Giant'

"No dog biscuits today", London, 1939

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"No dog biscuits today", London, 1939

Me, my dad and his dad, 1965

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Me, my dad and his dad, 1965

Benito Mussolini (second to the left) was among the executed fascists on public display in 1945

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Benito Mussolini (second to the left) was among the executed fascists on public display in 1945

U.S. Marine Corporal Peter S. Munizza of A Company, 1st Battalion, 1st Marines, wearing a hat made from a C-ration carton, south of Da Nang, Vietnam War, November 7, 1968

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U.S. Marine Corporal Peter S. Munizza of A Company, 1st Battalion, 1st Marines, wearing a hat made from a C-ration carton, south of Da Nang, Vietnam War, November 7, 1968

Me and my dad on my grandmother's porch (my mom's mom). Around 1960.

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Me and my dad on my grandmother's porch (my mom's mom). Around 1960.

The Cliff House in San Francisco, CA (1902)

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The Cliff House in San Francisco, CA (1902)

"I wish I had eaten more wisely", poster issued as part of the US Army Conservation Program to be displayed in military mess halls, intended to promote mindful eating and minimize food waste among servicemen, 1943

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"I wish I had eaten more wisely", poster issued as part of the US Army Conservation Program to be displayed in military mess halls, intended to promote mindful eating and minimize food waste among servicemen, 1943

US soldiers preparing to leave Vietnam to return to the US during the Vietnam War. (1973)

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US soldiers preparing to leave Vietnam to return to the US during the Vietnam War. (1973)

Kids in 1949 were asked to draw their fathers from memory

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Kids in 1949 were asked to draw their fathers from memory