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Irish family posing with their 7 children, Father smiles proud, 8 of March 1908, glass negative

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Irish family posing with their 7 children, Father smiles proud, 8 of March 1908, glass negative

Anti-PSNI poster. Falls Road area of Belfast, Northern Ireland, 2022.

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Anti-PSNI poster. Falls Road area of Belfast, Northern Ireland, 2022.

Dora: The Largest Calibre Rifled Weapon. 19 March 1943 (1200 x 927)

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Dora: The Largest Calibre Rifled Weapon. 19 March 1943 (1200 x 927)

Parents pose with their daughter on her prom dress, November of 1958. Kodachrome shot.

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Parents pose with their daughter on her prom dress, November of 1958. Kodachrome shot.

In November 1961, the promising young ethnographer Michael Rockefeller vanished along the southern coast of New Guinea.

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In November 1961, the promising young ethnographer Michael Rockefeller vanished along the southern coast of New Guinea.

Veterans of Gallipoli, Australian Leonard Hall and Turkish Adil Şahin 75 years later they are where they fought, 1990

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Veterans of Gallipoli, Australian Leonard Hall and Turkish Adil Şahin 75 years later they are where they fought, 1990

Sleeping on the fire escape to stay cool on a hot summer night New York, 1948

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Sleeping on the fire escape to stay cool on a hot summer night New York, 1948

Great grandparents 1950s, Coney Island, NY

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Great grandparents 1950s, Coney Island, NY

60 years of NATO (International Herald Tribune, 2009)

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60 years of NATO (International Herald Tribune, 2009)

The first ever confirmed photo of a Nazi Gas Van. Einsatzgruppen 7a, pictured in this photo, participated in the murders of approximately 134k Belarusian Jews. This vehicle was one of their tools. ~1941

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The first ever confirmed photo of a Nazi Gas Van. Einsatzgruppen 7a, pictured in this photo, participated in the murders of approximately 134k Belarusian Jews. This vehicle was one of their tools. ~1941

Larry Davis surrenders following a 17-day manhunt after he shot six NYPD officers raiding his sister's apartment. His defense team, led by William Kunstler, contended that the cops were corrupt and the raid was a pretense to murder Davis for knowing about their crimes, The Bronx, 1986 .

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Larry Davis surrenders following a 17-day manhunt after he shot six NYPD officers raiding his sister's apartment. His defense team, led by William Kunstler, contended that the cops were corrupt and the raid was a pretense to murder Davis for knowing about their crimes, The Bronx, 1986 .

1929 Mother & Daughter in their Kitchen in Manitoba

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1929 Mother & Daughter in their Kitchen in Manitoba

A German student taking part in a racial education class, Nazi Germany, 1943 (1600x1594)

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A German student taking part in a racial education class, Nazi Germany, 1943 (1600x1594)

Gourgen Yanikian, a 77-year-old Armenian genocide survivor who lost 26 family members, is arrested after killing two Turkish consuls, both whom were too young to have been involved. Yanikian's lawyers would portray him as a broken man who'd lost touch with reality, California, 1973 .

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Gourgen Yanikian, a 77-year-old Armenian genocide survivor who lost 26 family members, is arrested after killing two Turkish consuls, both whom were too young to have been involved. Yanikian's lawyers would portray him as a broken man who'd lost touch with reality, California, 1973 .

'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.'

Autochrome shot of a mother looking dow her baby while they sleep, 1910. Note: Not a memento mori photo, the baby is alive

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Autochrome shot of a mother looking dow her baby while they sleep, 1910. Note: Not a memento mori photo, the baby is alive

A US Air Force Douglas A-1E Skyraider drops a white phosphorus bomb on Viet Cong positions in South Vietnam in 1966.

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A US Air Force Douglas A-1E Skyraider drops a white phosphorus bomb on Viet Cong positions in South Vietnam in 1966.

IKEA catalog from the 1970s.

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IKEA catalog from the 1970s.

A Polish woman holding a photo of her killed husband at the opening of a Katyn Massacre Memorial in London, 1976 (459x640)

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A Polish woman holding a photo of her killed husband at the opening of a Katyn Massacre Memorial in London, 1976 (459x640)

From my glass negative collection, this early 1900s Michigan photo shows a toddler in a long white gown drinking from a long-tube feeding bottle, sometimes called a “murder bottle” because of the health risks these hard-to-clean bottles posed.

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From my glass negative collection, this early 1900s Michigan photo shows a toddler in a long white gown drinking from a long-tube feeding bottle, sometimes called a “murder bottle” because of the health risks these hard-to-clean bottles posed.