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African American young lady takes class by TV due the on going Integration fight in Little Rock, Arkansas, September of 1954

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African American young lady takes class by TV due the on going Integration fight in Little Rock, Arkansas, September of 1954

A Ukrainian woman from the village of Yabluniv, 1899.

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A Ukrainian woman from the village of Yabluniv, 1899.

Michael Durant’s Black Hawk helicopter (Super64) heading out over Mogadishu - it was the second helicopter to be shot down during the Battle of Mogadishu, on October 3rd, 1993.

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Michael Durant’s Black Hawk helicopter (Super64) heading out over Mogadishu - it was the second helicopter to be shot down during the Battle of Mogadishu, on October 3rd, 1993.

The propaganda poster "Housewives! Save Waste Fats for Explosives!", 1943.

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The propaganda poster "Housewives! Save Waste Fats for Explosives!", 1943.

My grandparents at their 25th wedding anniversary, Bucks County PA, 1961

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My grandparents at their 25th wedding anniversary, Bucks County PA, 1961

German air force officer allows a boy to take a drag of a cigarette, Italy, 1940-1943

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German air force officer allows a boy to take a drag of a cigarette, Italy, 1940-1943

Anti integration mob shakes and screams at African American family pasing by in their car, Clinton, Tennessee, 1956

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Anti integration mob shakes and screams at African American family pasing by in their car, Clinton, Tennessee, 1956

Me, eleven months old, in the kitchen with my dad, as his dutiful assistant, as he gives artificial Easter coloring to hard-boiled eggs, Corona, California, April 1976.

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Me, eleven months old, in the kitchen with my dad, as his dutiful assistant, as he gives artificial Easter coloring to hard-boiled eggs, Corona, California, April 1976.

The assembly line for the SR-71 'Blackbird' at Lockheed Martin's Advanced Development Program, aka "SkunkWorks," in 1965.

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The assembly line for the SR-71 'Blackbird' at Lockheed Martin's Advanced Development Program, aka "SkunkWorks," in 1965.

German generals captured near Stalingrad by a Soviet patrol at the end of January 1943. From left to right: Otto Korfes, Gerhard Dissel, Max Pfeffer, Walther von Seydlitz-Kurzbach, Johannes Crome. Photograph by Georgi Zelma.

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German generals captured near Stalingrad by a Soviet patrol at the end of January 1943. From left to right: Otto Korfes, Gerhard Dissel, Max Pfeffer, Walther von Seydlitz-Kurzbach, Johannes Crome. Photograph by Georgi Zelma.

German propaganda poster (1940) denouncing the British press for the influence Jewish people had over it

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German propaganda poster (1940) denouncing the British press for the influence Jewish people had over it

My grandparents on their wedding day in South Korea 1940

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My grandparents on their wedding day in South Korea 1940

My lovely Native Grandmother

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My lovely Native Grandmother

Holocaust survivor Martin Hecht at Kloster Indersdorf, Germany, October 1945

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Holocaust survivor Martin Hecht at Kloster Indersdorf, Germany, October 1945

Photographer, Hugo Fisher-Ribarić captures the moment when over twenty captured German soldiers are executed by Yugoslav partisans on a hill near Rijeka, Croatia, April 20, 1945.

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Photographer, Hugo Fisher-Ribarić captures the moment when over twenty captured German soldiers are executed by Yugoslav partisans on a hill near Rijeka, Croatia, April 20, 1945.

Solomos Solomou, a Greek Cypriot protestor attempting to remove the Turkish flag from It's pole during an anti-occupation protest, moments before he was shot and killed by a Turkish soldier. August 14th 1996

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Solomos Solomou, a Greek Cypriot protestor attempting to remove the Turkish flag from It's pole during an anti-occupation protest, moments before he was shot and killed by a Turkish soldier. August 14th 1996

My Mum, in her youth, c. late 1950s

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My Mum, in her youth, c. late 1950s

Two Ukrainian youths dine on watermelon at the buffet at Zaporizhzhya station, Ukrainian SSR, 1950

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Two Ukrainian youths dine on watermelon at the buffet at Zaporizhzhya station, Ukrainian SSR, 1950

"Happy New Year!" — a cartoon by Herluf Bidstrup. Denmark, 1961.

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"Happy New Year!" — a cartoon by Herluf Bidstrup. Denmark, 1961.

Homeless boys huffing glue, Bucharest 1998.

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Homeless boys huffing glue, Bucharest 1998.