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Mississippi's First Interracial Couple August 3, 1970

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Mississippi's First Interracial Couple August 3, 1970

Ugandan AIDS awareness poster published by the Ministry of Health (1990)

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Ugandan AIDS awareness poster published by the Ministry of Health (1990)

70s kids fashion was out of sight. (1974)

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70s kids fashion was out of sight. (1974)

Freed Ottoman soldiers who were tortured and mutilated during the 1877-1878 Russo-Turkish War (the 10th Russo-Turkish War since 1676) and the French newspaper Le Monde Illustre who published the photograph. Photographer is Basile Kargopoulo.

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Freed Ottoman soldiers who were tortured and mutilated during the 1877-1878 Russo-Turkish War (the 10th Russo-Turkish War since 1676) and the French newspaper Le Monde Illustre who published the photograph. Photographer is Basile Kargopoulo.

A 116-year-old U.S. Civil War veteran on his deathbed with a cigar in his teeth. Houston, Texas, 1959.

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A 116-year-old U.S. Civil War veteran on his deathbed with a cigar in his teeth. Houston, Texas, 1959.

Today we have been married 40 years. This is our engagement photo, note the perms and my porn mustache.

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Today we have been married 40 years. This is our engagement photo, note the perms and my porn mustache.

Drunk Soviet worker tries to ride on hippo (Novokuznetsk, in Kemerovo, 1982)

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Drunk Soviet worker tries to ride on hippo (Novokuznetsk, in Kemerovo, 1982)

This is Yuri Valentinovich Knorozov, the Soviet ethnographer who deciphered the Mayan writing system, 1980.

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This is Yuri Valentinovich Knorozov, the Soviet ethnographer who deciphered the Mayan writing system, 1980.

2008: Marx, Engels, Lenin, Stalin and Mao from the Shadows of Mao series, by Huang Zhong Yang.

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2008: Marx, Engels, Lenin, Stalin and Mao from the Shadows of Mao series, by Huang Zhong Yang.

Groom and bride smile at a wedding in South California, 1956. Kodachrome slide.

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Groom and bride smile at a wedding in South California, 1956. Kodachrome slide.

U.S. Soldier picking up the corpse of a dead Viet Cong soldier, 1960s

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U.S. Soldier picking up the corpse of a dead Viet Cong soldier, 1960s

German soldiers hang teenagers suspected of aiding Soviet soldiers, 1942

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German soldiers hang teenagers suspected of aiding Soviet soldiers, 1942

This is Yuri Valentinovich Knorozov, the Soviet ethnographer who deciphered the Mayan writing system, 1980.

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This is Yuri Valentinovich Knorozov, the Soviet ethnographer who deciphered the Mayan writing system, 1980.

Vaudeville comedian Egbert Austin, or "Bert" Williams with and without blackface make-up, 1921

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Vaudeville comedian Egbert Austin, or "Bert" Williams with and without blackface make-up, 1921

My grandma and her grandma at Disneyland in 1959

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My grandma and her grandma at Disneyland in 1959

American Catholic cartoon (1959) showing Mary destroying communism with the two bolts of ‘Our Penances’ and ‘Our Prayers’.

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American Catholic cartoon (1959) showing Mary destroying communism with the two bolts of ‘Our Penances’ and ‘Our Prayers’.

Auschwitz officer Irma Grese on trial for war crimes at only 22 years old, September 1945

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Auschwitz officer Irma Grese on trial for war crimes at only 22 years old, September 1945

Lovers' lane overlooking Manhattan, New Jersey, 1983

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Lovers' lane overlooking Manhattan, New Jersey, 1983

Me 1980, Germany. During Punk / New Wave Era

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Me 1980, Germany. During Punk / New Wave Era

American Nazi Party, 1961, 425x345

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American Nazi Party, 1961, 425x345