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The Argentine national football team and several other people. Photo taken in La Paz, Bolivia in 1973.

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The Argentine national football team and several other people. Photo taken in La Paz, Bolivia in 1973.

General L. W. Colby holding Little Lost Bird, found tied to her dead mother's back in the snow covered Wounded Knee field four days after the army killed nearly 300 Lakota there. Nineteen medals of honor were awarded for the massacre. (1891)

Archive / 3702Added Dec 29, 2024

General L. W. Colby holding Little Lost Bird, found tied to her dead mother's back in the snow covered Wounded Knee field four days after the army killed nearly 300 Lakota there. Nineteen medals of honor were awarded for the massacre. (1891)

Christmas of 1912 at the McCoy home. Robert, William Jr., and James McCoy pose near the decorated Christmas tree with their new toys nearby, Knoxville, Tennessee.

Archive / 3703Added Dec 28, 2024

Christmas of 1912 at the McCoy home. Robert, William Jr., and James McCoy pose near the decorated Christmas tree with their new toys nearby, Knoxville, Tennessee.

1987 Marine Recruit sighting in at Parris Island with M-16A1, Drill Instructor is Calm

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1987 Marine Recruit sighting in at Parris Island with M-16A1, Drill Instructor is Calm

Excavations in Sultanahmet square, Istanbul/Constantinople, 1935

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Excavations in Sultanahmet square, Istanbul/Constantinople, 1935

The hand of a radiographer at the Royal London Hospital, circa 1900 - at that time the effects of long-term radiation exposure were not yet realised and devices were calibrated on their own skin.

Archive / 3706Added Dec 27, 2024

The hand of a radiographer at the Royal London Hospital, circa 1900 - at that time the effects of long-term radiation exposure were not yet realised and devices were calibrated on their own skin.

Very young German POWs in the Sauer River region during the Battle of the Bulge, January 1945

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Very young German POWs in the Sauer River region during the Battle of the Bulge, January 1945

Helen Keller visiting President JFK in the White House. Washington DC, 1961.

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Helen Keller visiting President JFK in the White House. Washington DC, 1961.

US Marines drinking coffee aboard USS Arthur Middleton (APA-25) after experiencing 2 days of heavy fighting on Eniewetok Atoll. Marshall Islands, February 19, 1944.

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US Marines drinking coffee aboard USS Arthur Middleton (APA-25) after experiencing 2 days of heavy fighting on Eniewetok Atoll. Marshall Islands, February 19, 1944.

Two Kashmiri guards along with American photographer James Ricalton at the Imperial Delhi Durbar in British India, 1903

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Two Kashmiri guards along with American photographer James Ricalton at the Imperial Delhi Durbar in British India, 1903

Martin Scorsese gives direction to Michael Jackson on the set of the short film "Bad". 1986

Archive / 3711Added Dec 24, 2024

Martin Scorsese gives direction to Michael Jackson on the set of the short film "Bad". 1986

A British soldier, taken prisoner during the Third Battle of Ypres, talking to his German captor
, 1917 (1290 x 941)

Archive / 3712Added Dec 24, 2024

A British soldier, taken prisoner during the Third Battle of Ypres, talking to his German captor , 1917 (1290 x 941)

Karl Glöckner, the last living veteran of The Franco-Prussian War (1870-1871) celebrates his 107th birthday in December 1952

Archive / 3713Added Dec 24, 2024

Karl Glöckner, the last living veteran of The Franco-Prussian War (1870-1871) celebrates his 107th birthday in December 1952

Pernkopf addressing the faculty at the University of Vienna Medical school. Vienna, Germany. April 6, 1938.

Archive / 3714Added Dec 23, 2024

Pernkopf addressing the faculty at the University of Vienna Medical school. Vienna, Germany. April 6, 1938.

A US Army medic administering first aid to a GI in the woods near Tittingen, Germany during the Battle of the Ardennes, 1944.

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A US Army medic administering first aid to a GI in the woods near Tittingen, Germany during the Battle of the Ardennes, 1944.

1946: Margret Zimmermann balancing on a tightrope over the ruins of Cologne in which was then in the British occupation zone in Germany

Archive / 3716Added Dec 22, 2024

1946: Margret Zimmermann balancing on a tightrope over the ruins of Cologne in which was then in the British occupation zone in Germany

Sergeant Dawson of the Grenadier Guards, wounded in the Crimean War (1856)

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Sergeant Dawson of the Grenadier Guards, wounded in the Crimean War (1856)

Croatian husband giving his wife homemade pistol for selfdefence during Serbian assault on their village in Slavonia in 1991.

Archive / 3718Added Dec 21, 2024

Croatian husband giving his wife homemade pistol for selfdefence during Serbian assault on their village in Slavonia in 1991.

Mugshot of a girl who shows signs of being tortured. One of the 20,000 inmates of S21. Tagged, photographed and documented at the prison, they were never seen again, likely forced to sign false confessions and then executed by the Khmer Rouge regime. Cambodia, 1976-1979 Exact date unknown

Archive / 3719Added Dec 21, 2024

Mugshot of a girl who shows signs of being tortured. One of the 20,000 inmates of S21. Tagged, photographed and documented at the prison, they were never seen again, likely forced to sign false confessions and then executed by the Khmer Rouge regime. Cambodia, 1976-1979 Exact date unknown

Australian soldiers flying Nazi flag in Afghan mountains, August 2007

Archive / 3720Added Dec 21, 2024

Australian soldiers flying Nazi flag in Afghan mountains, August 2007