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A lone gas lamp, titled "Hôtel de la Marine", taken by Charles Marville circa 1864–1870 (1568x2400)

Archive / 4021Added Sep 24, 2024

A lone gas lamp, titled "Hôtel de la Marine", taken by Charles Marville circa 1864–1870 (1568x2400)

American writer Ernest Hemingway having drinks with two young women in Havana, 1957. (2000x1683)

Archive / 4022Added Sep 24, 2024

American writer Ernest Hemingway having drinks with two young women in Havana, 1957. (2000x1683)

The Prime Minister of Singapore Lee Kuan Yew crying on national television while announcing the separation of Singapore from Malaysia, 1965. (2000x1128)

Archive / 4023Added Sep 24, 2024

The Prime Minister of Singapore Lee Kuan Yew crying on national television while announcing the separation of Singapore from Malaysia, 1965. (2000x1128)

Polish fighters executed by German troops during the Warsaw Uprising. 23 September 1944

Archive / 4024Added Sep 24, 2024

Polish fighters executed by German troops during the Warsaw Uprising. 23 September 1944

The end of a 600-year era, as the last Ottoman sultan, Vahidettin, leaves the country. November 17 1922.

Archive / 4025Added Sep 24, 2024

The end of a 600-year era, as the last Ottoman sultan, Vahidettin, leaves the country. November 17 1922.

Keith Richards ( Rolling Stones ) with His Mum Doris in 1945.

Archive / 4026Added Sep 23, 2024

Keith Richards ( Rolling Stones ) with His Mum Doris in 1945.

This photo of Queen Victoria and Napoleon III taken in 1855. It’s the only known photo of a British Monarch and a French Monarch together.

Archive / 4027Added Sep 23, 2024

This photo of Queen Victoria and Napoleon III taken in 1855. It’s the only known photo of a British Monarch and a French Monarch together.

High Ranking Iranian Officers begging the Shah to not leave Iran. Iran, 1979

Archive / 4028Added Sep 23, 2024

High Ranking Iranian Officers begging the Shah to not leave Iran. Iran, 1979

Emperor Hirohito playing shogi with his son, Prince Akihito. Japan, 1955

Archive / 4029Added Sep 23, 2024

Emperor Hirohito playing shogi with his son, Prince Akihito. Japan, 1955

Honor ceremony for French paratroops killed in a 1984 terrorist bombing in Beirut, Lebanon

Archive / 4030Added Sep 22, 2024

Honor ceremony for French paratroops killed in a 1984 terrorist bombing in Beirut, Lebanon

80 Years ago: The Liberation of Hoensbroek Castle's Orphans by the U.S. 30th Infantry and 2nd armoured division, Hoensbroek, Netherlands. 18 September 1944 to March 1945.

Archive / 4031Added Sep 22, 2024

80 Years ago: The Liberation of Hoensbroek Castle's Orphans by the U.S. 30th Infantry and 2nd armoured division, Hoensbroek, Netherlands. 18 September 1944 to March 1945.

An officer of the German Afrika Korps is interrogated by French troops at a prisoner of war camp near Maktar, Tunisia in April 1943.

Archive / 4032Added Sep 22, 2024

An officer of the German Afrika Korps is interrogated by French troops at a prisoner of war camp near Maktar, Tunisia in April 1943.

Cliff Palace that was built by the ancestral Puebloans in Mesa Verde - southwestern Colorado, USA - photo by Finnish-Swedish scholar Gustaf Nordenskiöld, c. 1891.

Archive / 4033Added Sep 22, 2024

Cliff Palace that was built by the ancestral Puebloans in Mesa Verde - southwestern Colorado, USA - photo by Finnish-Swedish scholar Gustaf Nordenskiöld, c. 1891.

Aerial view of an attack of U.S. Army Air Force Martin B-26 Marauders on the barracks at Bitburg, Germany. 1944

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Aerial view of an attack of U.S. Army Air Force Martin B-26 Marauders on the barracks at Bitburg, Germany. 1944

HM Troopship QUEEN MARY in Sydney Harbour, May 1940.

Archive / 4035Added Sep 21, 2024

HM Troopship QUEEN MARY in Sydney Harbour, May 1940.

US and Soviet Soldiers Hug Each Other After Meeting on the Elbe River - 25. April 1945

Archive / 4036Added Sep 21, 2024

US and Soviet Soldiers Hug Each Other After Meeting on the Elbe River - 25. April 1945

Tina Turner on the Eiffel Tower, 1989.

Archive / 4037Added Sep 21, 2024

Tina Turner on the Eiffel Tower, 1989.

The YouTube.com domain being registered, 2005

Archive / 4038Added Sep 21, 2024

The YouTube.com domain being registered, 2005

Master butcher Török Sándor with two of his sons, and prize 420 kilogram Mangalica pig. Törökszentmiklós, Hungary, 1922

Archive / 4039Added Sep 20, 2024

Master butcher Török Sándor with two of his sons, and prize 420 kilogram Mangalica pig. Törökszentmiklós, Hungary, 1922

Christopher Tolkien and John Ronald Reuel Tolkien, 1945.

Archive / 4040Added Sep 20, 2024

Christopher Tolkien and John Ronald Reuel Tolkien, 1945.