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My sweet grandma's passport pboto. Mid-1930s

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My sweet grandma's passport pboto. Mid-1930s

82 years ago today, last photo of Isoroku Yamamoto, saluting naval aviators at Rabaul, before his plane was shot down, April 18 1943.

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82 years ago today, last photo of Isoroku Yamamoto, saluting naval aviators at Rabaul, before his plane was shot down, April 18 1943.

"The international geophysical year" Punch (magazine),
United Kingdom 1956

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"The international geophysical year" Punch (magazine), United Kingdom 1956

The corpse of Mussolini, April 30, 1945

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The corpse of Mussolini, April 30, 1945

My beautiful grandmother on her wedding day in 1949 (Texas)

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My beautiful grandmother on her wedding day in 1949 (Texas)

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Demi Moore doing one-armed push-ups on 'Late Night with David Letterman' while she was in the middle of shooting 'G.I. Jane' back in 1996.

In the forest of Palmiry northwest of Warsaw, Polish intellectuals, jews, teachers and prisoners are brought to be executed. German soldiers stand near their hooded victims. Circa 1939-1940.

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In the forest of Palmiry northwest of Warsaw, Polish intellectuals, jews, teachers and prisoners are brought to be executed. German soldiers stand near their hooded victims. Circa 1939-1940.

“Communist Theory and Practice,” cartoon from a Dutch magazine, 1979

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“Communist Theory and Practice,” cartoon from a Dutch magazine, 1979

The menu from the Warner Bros. Studio Cafe in Burbank, California, February 17, 1941

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The menu from the Warner Bros. Studio Cafe in Burbank, California, February 17, 1941

Ronald DeFeo Jr. in custody for the murder of his six family members with a rifle as they slept in their beds at 112 Ocean Avenue, Amityville, New York. 1974. .

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Ronald DeFeo Jr. in custody for the murder of his six family members with a rifle as they slept in their beds at 112 Ocean Avenue, Amityville, New York. 1974. .

My best friend and me watching tv in our jammies while washing down powdered donuts with Hawaiian Punch. 1967

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My best friend and me watching tv in our jammies while washing down powdered donuts with Hawaiian Punch. 1967

"Universal and Complete DISARMAMENT" - Moscow (1962)

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"Universal and Complete DISARMAMENT" - Moscow (1962)

Women Smoking Hookahs in Cairo, 1945 (498×500)

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Women Smoking Hookahs in Cairo, 1945 (498×500)

My Nana and Papa on their wedding day, 1950

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My Nana and Papa on their wedding day, 1950

Sixteen-year-old Ronald Reagan in 1927 at his job as a lifeguard in Dixon, Illinois. Reagan worked as a lifeguard for seven summers starting in 1925 and saved 77 lives.

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Sixteen-year-old Ronald Reagan in 1927 at his job as a lifeguard in Dixon, Illinois. Reagan worked as a lifeguard for seven summers starting in 1925 and saved 77 lives.

My beautiful mother on her wedding day in the 1980’s ❤️

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My beautiful mother on her wedding day in the 1980’s ❤️

My beautiful mom in 1972. Probably starting a spaghetti sauce that wouldn’t be ready for another 8 hours. Andiamo!🇮🇹

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My beautiful mom in 1972. Probably starting a spaghetti sauce that wouldn’t be ready for another 8 hours. Andiamo!🇮🇹

“How They Lie” is a fragment of a Nazi pamphlet, 1940.

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“How They Lie” is a fragment of a Nazi pamphlet, 1940.

Billy Joel crowdsurfs at his show in Moscow, USSR, in 1987

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Billy Joel crowdsurfs at his show in Moscow, USSR, in 1987

She later became my mother, Asbury Park NJ, 1946

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She later became my mother, Asbury Park NJ, 1946