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My Beautiful Great-Aunt and Grandmother, Portland, Oregon 1944ish.

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My Beautiful Great-Aunt and Grandmother, Portland, Oregon 1944ish.

Joe Arridy, the "happiest prisoner on death row", gives away his train before being executed, 1939

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Joe Arridy, the "happiest prisoner on death row", gives away his train before being executed, 1939

Ernst Röhm and Adolf Hitler inspecting the Sturmabteilung in 1933, Röhm is considered to be the first widely recognized gay political figure in the world.

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Ernst Röhm and Adolf Hitler inspecting the Sturmabteilung in 1933, Röhm is considered to be the first widely recognized gay political figure in the world.

Family picnic in France, 1969. Photo taken with Kodachrome.

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Family picnic in France, 1969. Photo taken with Kodachrome.

$\America First by Dr Seuss/ (1941)$

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\America First by Dr Seuss/ (1941)

3 girls strolling past two British soldiers keeping watch for snipers after a spate of rioting in Belfast, Northern Ireland. (1981)

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3 girls strolling past two British soldiers keeping watch for snipers after a spate of rioting in Belfast, Northern Ireland. (1981)

In 1946, soviet children gifted a carved great seal replica to the us ambassador, unknowingly hiding a listening device called ‘the thing.’ It was found in 1952 during a counter-surveillance sweep.

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In 1946, soviet children gifted a carved great seal replica to the us ambassador, unknowingly hiding a listening device called ‘the thing.’ It was found in 1952 during a counter-surveillance sweep.

Jaques Biederer, the first photographer in history specializing in erotic photos. This photo was taken in Paris in 1928.

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Jaques Biederer, the first photographer in history specializing in erotic photos. This photo was taken in Paris in 1928.

My beautiful gramma, who risked her life to save Jewish people, and ended up marrying one.

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My beautiful gramma, who risked her life to save Jewish people, and ended up marrying one.

Pant Removing ceremony of the Pakistani Army after their humiliating defeat against India (1971)

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Pant Removing ceremony of the Pakistani Army after their humiliating defeat against India (1971)

A car dealer on the harbour front in Vladivostok Russia 1993.

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A car dealer on the harbour front in Vladivostok Russia 1993.

"Parasitic Capitalist Class" May - 1938

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"Parasitic Capitalist Class" May - 1938

My Parents in 1950

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My Parents in 1950

in 1991 Bernie Sanders delivered a speech to an empty U.S congress, advising against military intervention in the Gulf War.

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in 1991 Bernie Sanders delivered a speech to an empty U.S congress, advising against military intervention in the Gulf War.

Hugh Thompson, the hero who stopped a massacre committed by US troops in the Vietnamese village of My Lai by landing his helicopter in the line of fire, 1968.

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Hugh Thompson, the hero who stopped a massacre committed by US troops in the Vietnamese village of My Lai by landing his helicopter in the line of fire, 1968.

Mother waits on the street with her little sleeping baby on one arm and her little girl besides her, St. Thomas, Virgin Islands, December of 1941

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Mother waits on the street with her little sleeping baby on one arm and her little girl besides her, St. Thomas, Virgin Islands, December of 1941

In segregated Tennessee of the 1950's, the Memphis Zoo allowed only 'colored people' to enter on Thursday of each week. Photo credit: Earnest Withers (966x724)

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In segregated Tennessee of the 1950's, the Memphis Zoo allowed only 'colored people' to enter on Thursday of each week. Photo credit: Earnest Withers (966x724)

«Incurable disease» Chinese (China Daily) cartoon of NATO, 2022

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«Incurable disease» Chinese (China Daily) cartoon of NATO, 2022

Baseball player Old Hoss Radbourn (photographed in 1886) in what is apparently the first known photograph of someone flipping the bird

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Baseball player Old Hoss Radbourn (photographed in 1886) in what is apparently the first known photograph of someone flipping the bird

in 1991 Bernie Sanders delivered a speech to an empty U.S congress, advising against military intervention in the Gulf War.

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in 1991 Bernie Sanders delivered a speech to an empty U.S congress, advising against military intervention in the Gulf War.