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Street pavers, St. Louis, Missouri, 1906

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Street pavers, St. Louis, Missouri, 1906

Iranian-Marxist woman outside of US embassy after forced takeover, 1979.

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Iranian-Marxist woman outside of US embassy after forced takeover, 1979.

A War Veteran Looks at the Painting “Traces of War.” (1964), Moscow, Russian SFSR. Photograph: Sergey Lidov

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A War Veteran Looks at the Painting “Traces of War.” (1964), Moscow, Russian SFSR. Photograph: Sergey Lidov

Women vote for the first time after ratification of the Nineteenth Amendment, New York City, November 1920

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Women vote for the first time after ratification of the Nineteenth Amendment, New York City, November 1920

Ceremonial return of HMS Invincible after the Falklands War. Lined up on deck are Sea King helicopters from 820 Naval Air Squadron and Sea Harrier FRS1 aircraft from 800 Naval Air Squadron. 17 September 1982

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Ceremonial return of HMS Invincible after the Falklands War. Lined up on deck are Sea King helicopters from 820 Naval Air Squadron and Sea Harrier FRS1 aircraft from 800 Naval Air Squadron. 17 September 1982

Nuclear weapon test "Seminole" on Enewetak Atoll, Marshall Islands. Operation Redwing, 6 June 1956

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Nuclear weapon test "Seminole" on Enewetak Atoll, Marshall Islands. Operation Redwing, 6 June 1956

Photo of Dina Sanichar, a feral boy discovered in a wolf's cave in India, 1867.

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Photo of Dina Sanichar, a feral boy discovered in a wolf's cave in India, 1867.

Bosnian troops in a trench south of Cebrow/Tsebriv in Galicia, June 9 1916.

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Bosnian troops in a trench south of Cebrow/Tsebriv in Galicia, June 9 1916.

Bruce Lee doing his famous one finger push-ups on the set of Game of Death, 1972. .

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Bruce Lee doing his famous one finger push-ups on the set of Game of Death, 1972. .

Daguerreotype of Andrew Jackson - 7th President of the United States - taken on April of 1845, just months before his death

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Daguerreotype of Andrew Jackson - 7th President of the United States - taken on April of 1845, just months before his death

Nazi anthropologist Eva Justin examines the eyes of a young Roma woman, 1936

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Nazi anthropologist Eva Justin examines the eyes of a young Roma woman, 1936

Incomplete prototype of the Messerschmitt P.1101 jet fighter, discovered by a U.S. Army infantry unit - at the Oberammergau complex in Bavaria, Germany, c. late April - May 1945.

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Incomplete prototype of the Messerschmitt P.1101 jet fighter, discovered by a U.S. Army infantry unit - at the Oberammergau complex in Bavaria, Germany, c. late April - May 1945.

20 years old Jocelyne Khoueiry, a Maronite Christian, defending a building in Beirut against Palestinian fighters during the Lebanese Civil War (Mai, 1976)

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20 years old Jocelyne Khoueiry, a Maronite Christian, defending a building in Beirut against Palestinian fighters during the Lebanese Civil War (Mai, 1976)

Interior of the Boeing 747 that served as Japan Airlines Flight 123 after the oxygen masks deployed due to depressurization, August 12th, 1985

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Interior of the Boeing 747 that served as Japan Airlines Flight 123 after the oxygen masks deployed due to depressurization, August 12th, 1985

Marilyn Monroe sings autographs at the premiere of "How to marry a millionare", 4 of November of 1953

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Marilyn Monroe sings autographs at the premiere of "How to marry a millionare", 4 of November of 1953

Photo of the Edmund Fitzgerald shipwreck taken during a dive in 1995 to recover the ship's bell

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Photo of the Edmund Fitzgerald shipwreck taken during a dive in 1995 to recover the ship's bell

A poor family from Alabama who were presented as "celebrities" due to escaping the effects of hookworm disease, which was brought upon by geophagia. (clay eating) 1913 (1338x804)

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A poor family from Alabama who were presented as "celebrities" due to escaping the effects of hookworm disease, which was brought upon by geophagia. (clay eating) 1913 (1338x804)

Unity Valkyrie Mitfort was a British socialite who became infatuated with Adolf Hitler and stalked him until they became close friends. Hitler, struck by her name's connection to Germanic mythology, saw her as "prime example of Aryan womanhood" and thought the encounter was destined. 1935

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Unity Valkyrie Mitfort was a British socialite who became infatuated with Adolf Hitler and stalked him until they became close friends. Hitler, struck by her name's connection to Germanic mythology, saw her as "prime example of Aryan womanhood" and thought the encounter was destined. 1935

A surprised French soldier is embraced by his mother, according to the caption ''a tank sergeant who left France two years ago and who finds his mother by chance in a cheering crowd". Liberation of Alsace 1944

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A surprised French soldier is embraced by his mother, according to the caption ''a tank sergeant who left France two years ago and who finds his mother by chance in a cheering crowd". Liberation of Alsace 1944

This photograph, taken by Aron Ralston in 2003, shows him just an hour after he had amputated his own arm, having been trapped in a ravine with his hand pinned by a boulder for over five days

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This photograph, taken by Aron Ralston in 2003, shows him just an hour after he had amputated his own arm, having been trapped in a ravine with his hand pinned by a boulder for over five days