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When The Beatles met Muhammad Ali in Miami, 1964.

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When The Beatles met Muhammad Ali in Miami, 1964.

Female Indian telephone switchboard operator - "Helen of Many Glacier Hotel.", 26 June 1925

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Female Indian telephone switchboard operator - "Helen of Many Glacier Hotel.", 26 June 1925

Serbian and British soldiers during the last day of the war in the province of Kosovo, Federal Republic of Yugoslavia, 1999.

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Serbian and British soldiers during the last day of the war in the province of Kosovo, Federal Republic of Yugoslavia, 1999.

German SS guards exhausted from their forced labour clearing the bodies of the dead at Bergen-Belsen are allowed a brief rest by British soldiers but are forced to take it by lying face down in one of the empty mass graves 1945

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German SS guards exhausted from their forced labour clearing the bodies of the dead at Bergen-Belsen are allowed a brief rest by British soldiers but are forced to take it by lying face down in one of the empty mass graves 1945

The Supremes, Martha and the Vandellas, The Temptations, and Smokey Robinson and the Miracles, 1965.

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The Supremes, Martha and the Vandellas, The Temptations, and Smokey Robinson and the Miracles, 1965.

Wake of INLA member Patsy O'Hara, who died on hunger strike after 61 days. May, 1981

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Wake of INLA member Patsy O'Hara, who died on hunger strike after 61 days. May, 1981

Spanish Egyptologist Eduardo Toda y Güell, who discovered and opened the intact tomb of Sennedjem standing next to the ancient Egyptian mummies in the Bulak Museum. Filmed in 1885.

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Spanish Egyptologist Eduardo Toda y Güell, who discovered and opened the intact tomb of Sennedjem standing next to the ancient Egyptian mummies in the Bulak Museum. Filmed in 1885.

A German and a Soviet officer shaking hands at the end of the Invasion of Poland, October 1939, 2000x1496

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A German and a Soviet officer shaking hands at the end of the Invasion of Poland, October 1939, 2000x1496

Korean traditional shaman (or mudang) calling out spirits of the dead at a beach. Pohang, 1981.

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Korean traditional shaman (or mudang) calling out spirits of the dead at a beach. Pohang, 1981.

Members of the "Naftali Botwin" company raising their flag (between 1937-1939). This was a Jewish company of volunteers for the International Brigades in the Spanish Civil War. The flag is emblazoned with the words "For your freedom and ours" in Yiddish and Polish.

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Members of the "Naftali Botwin" company raising their flag (between 1937-1939). This was a Jewish company of volunteers for the International Brigades in the Spanish Civil War. The flag is emblazoned with the words "For your freedom and ours" in Yiddish and Polish.

Mongolian men selling hawks in Beijing. China, around 1900

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Mongolian men selling hawks in Beijing. China, around 1900

Enver Pasha tries the new Mauser C96 semi-automatic pistol for the first time, 1912

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Enver Pasha tries the new Mauser C96 semi-automatic pistol for the first time, 1912

Family members arrive at the New York City morgue to identify the bodies of victims of the Triangle Shirtwaist Company Fire that killed 146 factory workers, mainly young immigrant women. 1911

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Family members arrive at the New York City morgue to identify the bodies of victims of the Triangle Shirtwaist Company Fire that killed 146 factory workers, mainly young immigrant women. 1911

Aftermath of 1997 Central European Flood in Kłodzko, Poland. July, 1997.

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Aftermath of 1997 Central European Flood in Kłodzko, Poland. July, 1997.

On this day 70 years ago, Marilyn Monroe stood over the subway grate (1954)

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On this day 70 years ago, Marilyn Monroe stood over the subway grate (1954)

Posessions of a captured North Korean spy confistigated by South Korean police, photographed by the press. Seoul, 1969.

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Posessions of a captured North Korean spy confistigated by South Korean police, photographed by the press. Seoul, 1969.

A teacher teaching Hebrew to a class of Ethiopian Jews, 1979.

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A teacher teaching Hebrew to a class of Ethiopian Jews, 1979.

UN soldiers help N. Korean soldier read an issue of "Time" outside armistice conference hall. Korea, 1951.

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UN soldiers help N. Korean soldier read an issue of "Time" outside armistice conference hall. Korea, 1951.

What is left of the south tower of the World Trade Center in New York City. Ground Zero. 14 September 2001

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What is left of the south tower of the World Trade Center in New York City. Ground Zero. 14 September 2001

Lone Swedish police constable Kalle Johansson drawing his sabre at crowd of rioters trying to attack a nazi rally. Linköping 5th of September 1943.

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Lone Swedish police constable Kalle Johansson drawing his sabre at crowd of rioters trying to attack a nazi rally. Linköping 5th of September 1943.