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“Israeli Traveling Frog.” Artist V.I. Fomichev. USSR. Around the 1950s.

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“Israeli Traveling Frog.” Artist V.I. Fomichev. USSR. Around the 1950s.

Today is the 49th anniversary of the Soweto Uprising in South Africa. The photo that changed SA’s history: Hector Pieterson, a 12 year old who was shot and killed by police on 16 June 1976.

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Today is the 49th anniversary of the Soweto Uprising in South Africa. The photo that changed SA’s history: Hector Pieterson, a 12 year old who was shot and killed by police on 16 June 1976.

Tatiana and Maria, two of Tsar Nicholas II’s daughters, photographed in 1906

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Tatiana and Maria, two of Tsar Nicholas II’s daughters, photographed in 1906

My folks getting hitched, mid 1960s. My father's been gone for 30 years, but he was a good dad. Happy father's day to all of you good dads out there.

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My folks getting hitched, mid 1960s. My father's been gone for 30 years, but he was a good dad. Happy father's day to all of you good dads out there.

An East German Stasi officer was knocked to the ground by a US Army reconnaissance vehicle outside the Stasi’s East Berlin headquarters — 1988

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An East German Stasi officer was knocked to the ground by a US Army reconnaissance vehicle outside the Stasi’s East Berlin headquarters — 1988

2010s Iranian Duginist poster showing Khomeinism outliving communism, fascism and Nazism, and potentially outliving capitalism.

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2010s Iranian Duginist poster showing Khomeinism outliving communism, fascism and Nazism, and potentially outliving capitalism.

Kurdish bodybuilder Ali Malla circa 1960

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Kurdish bodybuilder Ali Malla circa 1960

My uncle R (left) and his partner M in the mid-80s

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My uncle R (left) and his partner M in the mid-80s

Gorgeous Streamlined Truck delivered the beer in 1930s

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Gorgeous Streamlined Truck delivered the beer in 1930s

Thirty years ago today, OJ Simpson told the jury that the gloves used to murder Nicole Brown "don't fit" - June 15, 1995

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Thirty years ago today, OJ Simpson told the jury that the gloves used to murder Nicole Brown "don't fit" - June 15, 1995

Thomas K. Yallup, chief of the Yakama tribe of Washington State, visits his son, training in an M48 Patton at the Yakima Firing Center, 1954

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Thomas K. Yallup, chief of the Yakama tribe of Washington State, visits his son, training in an M48 Patton at the Yakima Firing Center, 1954

Lunch Hour in '50s NYC

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Lunch Hour in '50s NYC

The Nuremberg trials. "Did you stand for fascism? You did! Do you sit here for fascism? You do! Now you have to hang for fascism.", USSR, 1945

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The Nuremberg trials. "Did you stand for fascism? You did! Do you sit here for fascism? You do! Now you have to hang for fascism.", USSR, 1945

Rachmaninoff plays piano for his granddaughter Sophie in 1927, New York

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Rachmaninoff plays piano for his granddaughter Sophie in 1927, New York

Photo of a footbridge connecting two walled off Jewish living areas in the Warsaw Ghetto, German occupied Poland, June 1942 (800x513)

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Photo of a footbridge connecting two walled off Jewish living areas in the Warsaw Ghetto, German occupied Poland, June 1942 (800x513)

Salvatore Gravano, a hitman for John Gotti, prepares to testify in court. Despite being responsible for at least 19 murders, he would serve less than five years in prison. This came after Gravano agreed to become a key witness against Gotti and others in the Mafia, New York, 1993 .

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Salvatore Gravano, a hitman for John Gotti, prepares to testify in court. Despite being responsible for at least 19 murders, he would serve less than five years in prison. This came after Gravano agreed to become a key witness against Gotti and others in the Mafia, New York, 1993 .

U.S. Marine Colonel Francis Fenton conducting the funeral of his son Private First Class Mike Fenton near Shuri, Okinawa - June 14, 1945

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U.S. Marine Colonel Francis Fenton conducting the funeral of his son Private First Class Mike Fenton near Shuri, Okinawa - June 14, 1945

Illustration depicting the reunification of Germany published on the cover of The Spectator magazine, 24 February 1990

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Illustration depicting the reunification of Germany published on the cover of The Spectator magazine, 24 February 1990

My mom and her date to junior prom, circa 1974

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My mom and her date to junior prom, circa 1974

A young Lucy Liu, '90s

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A young Lucy Liu, '90s