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Snyder Daily News, June 13th 1958, This is the whole story.

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Snyder Daily News, June 13th 1958, This is the whole story.

A trainload of expelled Germans from Czechoslovakia arrives in Bavaria, US occupied Germany, 1946 (1242x881)

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A trainload of expelled Germans from Czechoslovakia arrives in Bavaria, US occupied Germany, 1946 (1242x881)

Gary Sinise here. I was going through some old photos and found this treasure: my 6th-grade band, "The Beach Dwellers" (1966)

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Gary Sinise here. I was going through some old photos and found this treasure: my 6th-grade band, "The Beach Dwellers" (1966)

Death certificate for the Confederacy. United States, 1865

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Death certificate for the Confederacy. United States, 1865

Me in 1969….

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Me in 1969….

Slave laborer in his prison uniform, points out the guard who brutally beat prisoners, shortly after US 3rd Armored Division liberated the Mittelbrau-Dora Concentration Camp - April 11, 1945

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Slave laborer in his prison uniform, points out the guard who brutally beat prisoners, shortly after US 3rd Armored Division liberated the Mittelbrau-Dora Concentration Camp - April 11, 1945

My grandparents, aunt, uncle, and mom, approximately 1971. Blackfoot, Idaho.

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My grandparents, aunt, uncle, and mom, approximately 1971. Blackfoot, Idaho.

Young Bernie Sanders on the street campaigning for Mayor of Burlington Vermont, 1981. (900 x 595)

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Young Bernie Sanders on the street campaigning for Mayor of Burlington Vermont, 1981. (900 x 595)

National Party election poster, South Africa, 1990

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National Party election poster, South Africa, 1990

My grandparents on Halloween, 1965

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My grandparents on Halloween, 1965

Secret photo taken of Walter Kutschmann, a former German SS officer hiding in Argentina. Exposed by Argentine journalist Alfredo Serra. Kutschmann was responsible for ordering massacres of Jews and Polish teachers in Galicia during WW2. Died before being extradited to West Germany. (1975)(420x560)

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Secret photo taken of Walter Kutschmann, a former German SS officer hiding in Argentina. Exposed by Argentine journalist Alfredo Serra. Kutschmann was responsible for ordering massacres of Jews and Polish teachers in Galicia during WW2. Died before being extradited to West Germany. (1975)(420x560)

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Princess Diana hugging a young fan in Birmingham,1995

My great-great-grandfather, he was born in 1887 and died of Spanish flu in 1925

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My great-great-grandfather, he was born in 1887 and died of Spanish flu in 1925

I Am DEATH. Indiana State Board of Health (Indiana USA, 1912)

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I Am DEATH. Indiana State Board of Health (Indiana USA, 1912)

Iraqi prisoner of war comforting his 4-year-old son in Najaf, Iraq, March 31, 2003

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Iraqi prisoner of war comforting his 4-year-old son in Najaf, Iraq, March 31, 2003

My mom and grandpa - 1979

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My mom and grandpa - 1979

A young girl weaves a carpet. Iran, 1967

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A young girl weaves a carpet. Iran, 1967

Race mixing is communism! USA 1953

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Race mixing is communism! USA 1953

African American woman poses proudly with her Flour Sack dresses, Circa 1930s. She was wife of FSA (Farm Security Administration) client.

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African American woman poses proudly with her Flour Sack dresses, Circa 1930s. She was wife of FSA (Farm Security Administration) client.

THE STONE WALL AT FREDERICKSBURG Behind the deadly stone wall of Maryes Heights after Sedgwicks men had swept across it in the gallant charge of May 3, 1863. This was one of the strongest natural positions stormed during the war.

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THE STONE WALL AT FREDERICKSBURG Behind the deadly stone wall of Maryes Heights after Sedgwicks men had swept across it in the gallant charge of May 3, 1863. This was one of the strongest natural positions stormed during the war.