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People used to dress up when they flew (1982)

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People used to dress up when they flew (1982)

Archduke Franz Ferdinand of Austria posing as a mummy while in Cairo in 1896

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Archduke Franz Ferdinand of Austria posing as a mummy while in Cairo in 1896

Emperor Hirohito and American General Douglas MacArthur (September 27 1945)

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Emperor Hirohito and American General Douglas MacArthur (September 27 1945)

U.S. Marine scout Ronnie Potts of the 1st Reconnaissance Battalion aboard a helicopter en route to a landing zone northwest of Chu Lai, Vietnam War, June 7, 1967

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U.S. Marine scout Ronnie Potts of the 1st Reconnaissance Battalion aboard a helicopter en route to a landing zone northwest of Chu Lai, Vietnam War, June 7, 1967

A Big Difference! (1968)

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A Big Difference! (1968)

1946, my great grandmother giving my grandma a garden hose, and her immediately choosing violence against my great grandfather taking the photos

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1946, my great grandmother giving my grandma a garden hose, and her immediately choosing violence against my great grandfather taking the photos

Czechoslovakian Engineer Miroslav Rybář Holding His Most Well Known Design the VZ 61 Submachine Gun. 1960

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Czechoslovakian Engineer Miroslav Rybář Holding His Most Well Known Design the VZ 61 Submachine Gun. 1960

World War II German POWs working on an Iowa farm, 1940s (exact date unknown). An often-forgotten part of the war today, over 400,000 enemy soldiers were interned in camps across the United States, with over 25,000 of them being held in Iowa alone.

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World War II German POWs working on an Iowa farm, 1940s (exact date unknown). An often-forgotten part of the war today, over 400,000 enemy soldiers were interned in camps across the United States, with over 25,000 of them being held in Iowa alone.

Young couple smile and pose on their living room for their photos together, January of 1969.

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Young couple smile and pose on their living room for their photos together, January of 1969.

Fidel Castro and Augusto Pinochet in Santiago, Chile, during Castro's state visit in 1971. (700×368)

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Fidel Castro and Augusto Pinochet in Santiago, Chile, during Castro's state visit in 1971. (700×368)

Sigourney Weaver and Winona Ryder, 1997.

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Sigourney Weaver and Winona Ryder, 1997.

President Lyndon B. Johnson meeting with presidential candidate Richard Nixon at the White House. Johnson wanted Nixon to support his efforts to negotiate peace during the Vietnam War, but Nixon's campaign was secretly working to undermine these negotiations. (1968)

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President Lyndon B. Johnson meeting with presidential candidate Richard Nixon at the White House. Johnson wanted Nixon to support his efforts to negotiate peace during the Vietnam War, but Nixon's campaign was secretly working to undermine these negotiations. (1968)

Protect yourself from this menace' — Anti-KKK poster issued by the Industrial Workers of the World, ca. 1921. 'The Ku-Klux-Klan is anti-Jew, anti-negro, anti-Catholic, anti-foreigner AND anti-labor. Organize industrially. Line up! Join the I.W.W.'

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Protect yourself from this menace' — Anti-KKK poster issued by the Industrial Workers of the World, ca. 1921. 'The Ku-Klux-Klan is anti-Jew, anti-negro, anti-Catholic, anti-foreigner AND anti-labor. Organize industrially. Line up! Join the I.W.W.'

Yukio Mishima, one of the most acclaimed novelists of the 20th century, posing as St. Sebastian (1966)

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Yukio Mishima, one of the most acclaimed novelists of the 20th century, posing as St. Sebastian (1966)

At my desk hardly working, 1977

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At my desk hardly working, 1977

East German soldier Hans Conrad Schumann leaps over the barbed wire which separates East Berlin and West Berlin before the construction of the Berlin Wall and defects to West Germany, August 15, 1961, just two days after the construction of the Berlin Wall began. (1,467 × 865)

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East German soldier Hans Conrad Schumann leaps over the barbed wire which separates East Berlin and West Berlin before the construction of the Berlin Wall and defects to West Germany, August 15, 1961, just two days after the construction of the Berlin Wall began. (1,467 × 865)

Former USAAF pilot Charles "Charlie" Brown meeting former Luftwaffe ace Franz Stigler in person 47 years after Stigler had spared and escorted Brown's badly-damaged B-17 bomber out of German territory rather than shoot it down. (June 21st, 1990)

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Former USAAF pilot Charles "Charlie" Brown meeting former Luftwaffe ace Franz Stigler in person 47 years after Stigler had spared and escorted Brown's badly-damaged B-17 bomber out of German territory rather than shoot it down. (June 21st, 1990)

Two men on Fire Island, 1948.

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Two men on Fire Island, 1948.

Young Child Dressed in a KKK Robe Touches His Reflection in a Riot Shield of a Georgia State Patrol Trooper (09-05-1992)

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Young Child Dressed in a KKK Robe Touches His Reflection in a Riot Shield of a Georgia State Patrol Trooper (09-05-1992)

Heliostats drawing a hammer and sickle at Dunhuang Solar Power Plant, Gansu Provine, China, 2021.

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Heliostats drawing a hammer and sickle at Dunhuang Solar Power Plant, Gansu Provine, China, 2021.