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Early 2000s brazilian PSA against child abuse

A group of teenagers in Osaka, Japan in 1985

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A group of teenagers in Osaka, Japan in 1985

Pioneer British mountaineer George Mallory climbing Everest like a spider during the 1921 reconnaissance expedition.

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Pioneer British mountaineer George Mallory climbing Everest like a spider during the 1921 reconnaissance expedition.

Female guards at Bergen-Belsen concentration camp, 1945

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Female guards at Bergen-Belsen concentration camp, 1945

Baby with a thick head of hair poses for his photo, 1974.

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Baby with a thick head of hair poses for his photo, 1974.

Armenian troops forcing an Azerbaijani civilian to dig his own grave, 1992

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Armenian troops forcing an Azerbaijani civilian to dig his own grave, 1992

Young Bill Clinton, then 16, shakes hands with President John F. Kennedy on July 24, 1963

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Young Bill Clinton, then 16, shakes hands with President John F. Kennedy on July 24, 1963

Nuance (Chip Bok, 2004)

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Nuance (Chip Bok, 2004)

My uncle “fly” on opening day of his record store, mid 1980s

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My uncle “fly” on opening day of his record store, mid 1980s

"The last party" at the North Tower, (september 5, 2001)

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"The last party" at the North Tower, (september 5, 2001)

Young lady poses with her birthday party cake and party set up, 1950s.

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Young lady poses with her birthday party cake and party set up, 1950s.

A woman looking up at the Twin Towers of the World Trade Center in Manhattan, photographed just months after the complex was officially completed in April 1973.

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A woman looking up at the Twin Towers of the World Trade Center in Manhattan, photographed just months after the complex was officially completed in April 1973.

A post-WWII sign amidst the ruins featuring a quote from Hitler: “Gebt mir fünf Jahre und ihr werdet Deutschland nicht wieder erkennen” (“Give me five years and you will not recognize Germany again”) in 1945.

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A post-WWII sign amidst the ruins featuring a quote from Hitler: “Gebt mir fünf Jahre und ihr werdet Deutschland nicht wieder erkennen” (“Give me five years and you will not recognize Germany again”) in 1945.

My Grandpa and Me - 1963

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My Grandpa and Me - 1963

The site after the 1979 assassination of the South Korean president, the president’s body has already been moved, and the body of the presidential chief of security is left abandoned in the upper right

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The site after the 1979 assassination of the South Korean president, the president’s body has already been moved, and the body of the presidential chief of security is left abandoned in the upper right

"Drug addiction is suicide" - Soviet Ukrainian poster, 1987

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"Drug addiction is suicide" - Soviet Ukrainian poster, 1987

The Queen Mother (then the Duchess of York) with her husband, King George VI (then the Duke of York), with their daughter Princess Elizabeth, the future Queen Elizabeth II at her christening in May 1926.

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The Queen Mother (then the Duchess of York) with her husband, King George VI (then the Duke of York), with their daughter Princess Elizabeth, the future Queen Elizabeth II at her christening in May 1926.

Friendly neighborhood mail carrier (circa 1970)

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Friendly neighborhood mail carrier (circa 1970)

My French great great grandfather who was a runner in circa 1880-90

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My French great great grandfather who was a runner in circa 1880-90

IRA (Irish Republican Army) members Tommy O'Reilly and Leo Fox relaxing in one of their cells in Kilmainham Gaol, Dublin in 1921 during the Irish War of Independence

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IRA (Irish Republican Army) members Tommy O'Reilly and Leo Fox relaxing in one of their cells in Kilmainham Gaol, Dublin in 1921 during the Irish War of Independence