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Lady Diana Falling Asleep During An Official Royal Engagement, 1981. She was actually pregnant with Prince William at the time, but her pregnancy had yet to be announced.

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Lady Diana Falling Asleep During An Official Royal Engagement, 1981. She was actually pregnant with Prince William at the time, but her pregnancy had yet to be announced.

Reluctantly meeting a tapir while wearing matching muumuus with my mom, 1961

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Reluctantly meeting a tapir while wearing matching muumuus with my mom, 1961

National Parks worker James Hudson uses a cloth-wrapped pole to clean Lincoln's ear at the Lincoln Memorial in 1987 - Bettmann / Getty

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National Parks worker James Hudson uses a cloth-wrapped pole to clean Lincoln's ear at the Lincoln Memorial in 1987 - Bettmann / Getty

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"We don't expect to return alive" | Farewell ceremony in Tokyo for Students going to War (1943) in Color

80 years ago today, on May 28, 1945, British fascist William Joyce ("Lord Haw Haw") was captured in Flensburg. He later became the last person to be executed for treason in the United Kingdom.

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80 years ago today, on May 28, 1945, British fascist William Joyce ("Lord Haw Haw") was captured in Flensburg. He later became the last person to be executed for treason in the United Kingdom.

Group of high schoolers walk to prom (or similar formal event) with their dates, Brenham, Texas, May of 1962.

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Group of high schoolers walk to prom (or similar formal event) with their dates, Brenham, Texas, May of 1962.

Racial education class at a school for German girls, 1943

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Racial education class at a school for German girls, 1943

Child Mill Worker maimed in accident 1912

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Child Mill Worker maimed in accident 1912

A Dayak man gnaws on the severed leg of a killed Madurese settler, near Singkawang, Kalimantan, Indonesian Borneo. March, 1999.

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A Dayak man gnaws on the severed leg of a killed Madurese settler, near Singkawang, Kalimantan, Indonesian Borneo. March, 1999.

Swedish Sámi Family in front of their traditional dwelling in Skansen. 29th August 1910

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Swedish Sámi Family in front of their traditional dwelling in Skansen. 29th August 1910

Family is surprise while they carve a turkey in the kitchen, December of 1959. Kodachrome shot.

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Family is surprise while they carve a turkey in the kitchen, December of 1959. Kodachrome shot.

Jerzy Andziak was a Holocaust survivor and a convicted murderer. He was 14 when he became a slave laborer in 1943, 16 when he was freed in 1945, 20 when he killed a man in a botched burglary in 1948, and 21 when he was executed in 1949. In a plea for clemency, he wrote about what he saw .

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Jerzy Andziak was a Holocaust survivor and a convicted murderer. He was 14 when he became a slave laborer in 1943, 16 when he was freed in 1945, 20 when he killed a man in a botched burglary in 1948, and 21 when he was executed in 1949. In a plea for clemency, he wrote about what he saw .

My mother graduating from nursing school in 1979. She just retired after 47 years as a nurse.

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My mother graduating from nursing school in 1979. She just retired after 47 years as a nurse.

The Lincoln Memorial in 1920.

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The Lincoln Memorial in 1920.

In 1921, Ada Blackjack joined an Arctic expedition team consisting of four men. She spent two years surviving alone on Wrangel Island and was the only member of the team to make it back alive.(320x213)

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In 1921, Ada Blackjack joined an Arctic expedition team consisting of four men. She spent two years surviving alone on Wrangel Island and was the only member of the team to make it back alive.(320x213)

Ejnar Mikkelsen, a Danish explorer, was photographed in 1912 after surviving two and a half years stranded in Greenland with fellow explorer Iver Iversen. They endured extreme isolation, hunger, and hallucinations while awaiting rescue.

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Ejnar Mikkelsen, a Danish explorer, was photographed in 1912 after surviving two and a half years stranded in Greenland with fellow explorer Iver Iversen. They endured extreme isolation, hunger, and hallucinations while awaiting rescue.

Adolf Hitler blowing his nose backstage at a Nazi rally, 1935. (1124x736)

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Adolf Hitler blowing his nose backstage at a Nazi rally, 1935. (1124x736)

Einstein sitting outside a small wooden cottage near Cromer in Norfolk, England. He was the guest of Commander Oliver Locker-Lampson, who sits on the ground next to the professor carrying a shotgun. Oliver had offered refuge to Einstein to help him avoid persecution by the Nazis. 1933.

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Einstein sitting outside a small wooden cottage near Cromer in Norfolk, England. He was the guest of Commander Oliver Locker-Lampson, who sits on the ground next to the professor carrying a shotgun. Oliver had offered refuge to Einstein to help him avoid persecution by the Nazis. 1933.

A quite rare to find 1997 painting of leader Kim jong il driving a car with soldiers in the back watching him

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A quite rare to find 1997 painting of leader Kim jong il driving a car with soldiers in the back watching him

Getting her hair done 1960s

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Getting her hair done 1960s