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Morning Inspection at the Piggly Wiggly in the '50s

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Morning Inspection at the Piggly Wiggly in the '50s

An ethnic German girl in a transit camp before being deported from Czechoslovakia during postwar expulsions, August 1946 (2457x2013)

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An ethnic German girl in a transit camp before being deported from Czechoslovakia during postwar expulsions, August 1946 (2457x2013)

1950s cool - my mom

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1950s cool - my mom

Photo of Total Solar Eclipse on July 11th, 1991 - Chiapas, Mexico (1179 x 799)

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Photo of Total Solar Eclipse on July 11th, 1991 - Chiapas, Mexico (1179 x 799)

A drunk man in London, 1934

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A drunk man in London, 1934

"Poland - first to fight" - Polish Government in exile WWII Poster - 1940

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"Poland - first to fight" - Polish Government in exile WWII Poster - 1940

The dead bodies of Leipzig Deputy Mayor Ernst Lisso, his wife Renate & their daughter Regina after committing suicide by cyanide in his office to avoid capture by US troops. April 18, 1945 (2813x1875)

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The dead bodies of Leipzig Deputy Mayor Ernst Lisso, his wife Renate & their daughter Regina after committing suicide by cyanide in his office to avoid capture by US troops. April 18, 1945 (2813x1875)

Known as the "Naked Gunner", this U.S. Navy crewman rescued an injured pilot from the water while under enemy fire and returned to man his gun blister during a mission to save U.S. airmen downed over Japanese waters. Papua New Guinea, 1944

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Known as the "Naked Gunner", this U.S. Navy crewman rescued an injured pilot from the water while under enemy fire and returned to man his gun blister during a mission to save U.S. airmen downed over Japanese waters. Papua New Guinea, 1944

A young boy named Denton Crocker, nicknamed Mogie, plays with a toy pistol in his parents' front yard in Saratoga Springs, NY, circa 1951. Crocker would be killed in Vietnam on June 4, 1966, one day after his 19th birthday.

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A young boy named Denton Crocker, nicknamed Mogie, plays with a toy pistol in his parents' front yard in Saratoga Springs, NY, circa 1951. Crocker would be killed in Vietnam on June 4, 1966, one day after his 19th birthday.

John McCain dragged from Trúc Bạch Lake by North Vietnamese militia and civilians after being shot down. Hanoi, October 26, 1967. .

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John McCain dragged from Trúc Bạch Lake by North Vietnamese militia and civilians after being shot down. Hanoi, October 26, 1967. .

Deployed in Labrador by a nazi U-Boat in 1943, the weather station Kurt will remains here until being finally discovered by Canadians in 1981 (640x465)

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Deployed in Labrador by a nazi U-Boat in 1943, the weather station Kurt will remains here until being finally discovered by Canadians in 1981 (640x465)

"Quick history: who did it?" 2020 US Republican poster accusing Democrats of being racists.

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"Quick history: who did it?" 2020 US Republican poster accusing Democrats of being racists.

Linda Hamilton and her identical twin sister, Leslie Hamilton, attending the premiere of Terminator 2, 1991

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Linda Hamilton and her identical twin sister, Leslie Hamilton, attending the premiere of Terminator 2, 1991

My mom on her way to the kindergarten. 1965

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My mom on her way to the kindergarten. 1965

Antifa HQ and KPD office at the Karl Liebknecht Haus (colorized) - Berlin, 1933 - 768x402

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Antifa HQ and KPD office at the Karl Liebknecht Haus (colorized) - Berlin, 1933 - 768x402

A 40 year old Vladimir Putin carrying bags for St Petersburg mayor Anatoly Sobchak during his tenure as Committee head for External Relations for the city, 1992. Despite his relatively minor role in Russian politics, within a decade Putin would become the most powerful man in the country (1600x1094)

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A 40 year old Vladimir Putin carrying bags for St Petersburg mayor Anatoly Sobchak during his tenure as Committee head for External Relations for the city, 1992. Despite his relatively minor role in Russian politics, within a decade Putin would become the most powerful man in the country (1600x1094)

Watch me pull a rabbit out of my hair 1960s

Archive / 2297Added Sep 22, 2025

Watch me pull a rabbit out of my hair 1960s

A Russian police officer armed with an AKS-74U 'Krinkov' carbine, as he stood guard over prostitutes which were arrested in an anti-vice/anti-organized crime operation in Moscow, c. 1990s.

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A Russian police officer armed with an AKS-74U 'Krinkov' carbine, as he stood guard over prostitutes which were arrested in an anti-vice/anti-organized crime operation in Moscow, c. 1990s.

The ISIS temptation (Chappate, 2015)

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The ISIS temptation (Chappate, 2015)

A bomb squad removes a pipe bomb left at the Times Square Paramount theater left by serial bomber George Metesky who terrorized New York for 17 years, December 1956.

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A bomb squad removes a pipe bomb left at the Times Square Paramount theater left by serial bomber George Metesky who terrorized New York for 17 years, December 1956.