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My mother in 1991

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My mother in 1991

My grandparents looking like cats that ate the canary. Port-au-Prince, Haiti, 1929

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My grandparents looking like cats that ate the canary. Port-au-Prince, Haiti, 1929

Iraqi dictator Saddam Hussein fires an AK-47 while visiting troops fighting in the Iran-Iraq war, 1987 (1200x897)

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Iraqi dictator Saddam Hussein fires an AK-47 while visiting troops fighting in the Iran-Iraq war, 1987 (1200x897)

"SWAT THEM ALL"1965

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"SWAT THEM ALL"1965

My grandmother in Japan 1970

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My grandmother in Japan 1970

“Let’s establish Soviet power on the territory of western Belarus!” Soviet rally celebrating annexing eastern Poland into the Soviet Union (November 1939)(1680x1313)

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“Let’s establish Soviet power on the territory of western Belarus!” Soviet rally celebrating annexing eastern Poland into the Soviet Union (November 1939)(1680x1313)

Monument to executed schoolchildren, Ohrid, 1930s

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Monument to executed schoolchildren, Ohrid, 1930s

My grandma Leora was a farm girl diva! Michigan circa 1940.

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My grandma Leora was a farm girl diva! Michigan circa 1940.

A 1930 German representation of what France would be like in 100 years.

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A 1930 German representation of what France would be like in 100 years.

Lee Miller, a female American combat photographer, taking a bath in Hitler's Munich apartment - April 30, 1945

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Lee Miller, a female American combat photographer, taking a bath in Hitler's Munich apartment - April 30, 1945

Young girl with a portrait of George Washington, daguerreotype by Southworth & Hawes ca. 1850 (464×600)

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Young girl with a portrait of George Washington, daguerreotype by Southworth & Hawes ca. 1850 (464×600)

My granny..

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My granny..

With Uncle Sam's support, being a killer is no problem! USSR 1982

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With Uncle Sam's support, being a killer is no problem! USSR 1982

Dr Ribeiro, a Goan Physician riding his Zebra on the streets of Nairobi in the early 1900's, he played a key role in containing the plague outbreaks in 1905 and 1906

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Dr Ribeiro, a Goan Physician riding his Zebra on the streets of Nairobi in the early 1900's, he played a key role in containing the plague outbreaks in 1905 and 1906

Robert and Georgina Ellis on their wartime wedding day, 1942. Her suit was made from bleached and dyed dusters. He was killed in Italy six days before VE Day.

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Robert and Georgina Ellis on their wartime wedding day, 1942. Her suit was made from bleached and dyed dusters. He was killed in Italy six days before VE Day.

Allied soldiers mock Adolf Hitler on his famous balcony at the Reich Chancellery in Berlin after the conclusion of the war in Europe on July 6, 1945.

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Allied soldiers mock Adolf Hitler on his famous balcony at the Reich Chancellery in Berlin after the conclusion of the war in Europe on July 6, 1945.

A young lady in her dorm room at the University of Georgia in the late 1980s

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A young lady in her dorm room at the University of Georgia in the late 1980s

"What were you doing on 9/11?!" (Chappate, 2001)

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"What were you doing on 9/11?!" (Chappate, 2001)

U.S. Marines battle for control of a ridge near Naha, Okinawa, in May 1945.

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U.S. Marines battle for control of a ridge near Naha, Okinawa, in May 1945.

my dad made sure I never had to miss out on frilly dresses or recitals despite growing up without a mom, 1994

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my dad made sure I never had to miss out on frilly dresses or recitals despite growing up without a mom, 1994