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Workers with the locomotive, Minør - at the Reykjavik harbour railway, near the capital city Reykjavik, Iceland - Kingdom of Denmark, c. 1913.

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Workers with the locomotive, Minør - at the Reykjavik harbour railway, near the capital city Reykjavik, Iceland - Kingdom of Denmark, c. 1913.

Titanic leaves port in 1912 .

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Titanic leaves port in 1912 .

German children read an anti-Jewish propaganda book for children titled The Poisonous Toadstool". The girl on the left holds a companion volume, the translated title of which is Trust No Fox in the Green Meadow and No Jew On His Oath. 1938

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German children read an anti-Jewish propaganda book for children titled The Poisonous Toadstool". The girl on the left holds a companion volume, the translated title of which is Trust No Fox in the Green Meadow and No Jew On His Oath. 1938

King Victor Emmanuel III of Italy with his children, 1925 ca

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King Victor Emmanuel III of Italy with his children, 1925 ca

Dismantling the Berlin Wall, 1989 .

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Dismantling the Berlin Wall, 1989 .

American soldier marking the 38 parallel line in dirt at the appointed place, Korea 1947

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American soldier marking the 38 parallel line in dirt at the appointed place, Korea 1947

Queen Elizabeth II wears a hardhat as she tours the Frood nickel mine in Sudbury, Ontario. Summer of 1959. This stop was part of a larger tour the Queen undertook of Canada which included opening the St. Lawrence Seaway with President Dwight Eisenhower.

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Queen Elizabeth II wears a hardhat as she tours the Frood nickel mine in Sudbury, Ontario. Summer of 1959. This stop was part of a larger tour the Queen undertook of Canada which included opening the St. Lawrence Seaway with President Dwight Eisenhower.

North Korean citizens in Pyongyang welcoming the Soviet army after liberation, 1946

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North Korean citizens in Pyongyang welcoming the Soviet army after liberation, 1946

Residents of the Riverside neighborhood in Fort Worth, Texas, demonstrating in front of the house of Lloyd G. Austin, an African American man who had recently moved in to the all-white neighborhood in 1956.

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Residents of the Riverside neighborhood in Fort Worth, Texas, demonstrating in front of the house of Lloyd G. Austin, an African American man who had recently moved in to the all-white neighborhood in 1956.

Haitian dictator Jean-Claude Duvalier and his wife Michèle flee to the airport amid nationwide demonstrations. They fled to France on 7 February 1986.

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Haitian dictator Jean-Claude Duvalier and his wife Michèle flee to the airport amid nationwide demonstrations. They fled to France on 7 February 1986.

(seated on the left) Prime Minister of Albania, Essad Toptani, with high-ranking Allied officers, looking at documents in a large tent - on the Salonika Front, c. 1916 - September 1918.

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(seated on the left) Prime Minister of Albania, Essad Toptani, with high-ranking Allied officers, looking at documents in a large tent - on the Salonika Front, c. 1916 - September 1918.

Renowned psychotherapist and Auschwitz survivor Dr Viktor Frankl in 1947, a few years after losing his wife, unborn child, parents, and brother in the Nazi camps

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Renowned psychotherapist and Auschwitz survivor Dr Viktor Frankl in 1947, a few years after losing his wife, unborn child, parents, and brother in the Nazi camps

Polish-Soviet War, Battle of Warsaw: Polish defences with a machine gun position near Miłosna, in the village of Janki, August 1920.

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Polish-Soviet War, Battle of Warsaw: Polish defences with a machine gun position near Miłosna, in the village of Janki, August 1920.

An elderly Welsh woman standing outside of her small home ‘Tŷ unnos’ – in rural Wales - United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, c. 1880.

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An elderly Welsh woman standing outside of her small home ‘Tŷ unnos’ – in rural Wales - United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, c. 1880.

The Defense of the Pioneers, Leningrad, 1937. Photographer Victor Bulla

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The Defense of the Pioneers, Leningrad, 1937. Photographer Victor Bulla

Wairere House in Whanganui, New Zealand after a suicide bombing in 1982. It was home to the National Law Enforcement System database.

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Wairere House in Whanganui, New Zealand after a suicide bombing in 1982. It was home to the National Law Enforcement System database.

Anthropologist Alexander K. Serzhputovsky and an Afro-Abkhaz family in Adzyubzha, Sukhumi okrug, Russian Empire. 1912

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Anthropologist Alexander K. Serzhputovsky and an Afro-Abkhaz family in Adzyubzha, Sukhumi okrug, Russian Empire. 1912

South Korean spy chief Kim Jae-Gyu and some of his collaborators reenacting his assassination of President Park Chung Hee, formerly one of his closest friends, as part of an investigation into the slaying, 1979. Kim and his co-conspirators would be executed the following year. (1200x779)

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South Korean spy chief Kim Jae-Gyu and some of his collaborators reenacting his assassination of President Park Chung Hee, formerly one of his closest friends, as part of an investigation into the slaying, 1979. Kim and his co-conspirators would be executed the following year. (1200x779)

Frank Halford, Frank Whittle, Geoffrey de Havilland, and Charles Clement Walker are standing next to Comet prototype, the only one with single main undercarriage wheels in 1949

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Frank Halford, Frank Whittle, Geoffrey de Havilland, and Charles Clement Walker are standing next to Comet prototype, the only one with single main undercarriage wheels in 1949

Early 1900's portrait of Mexican general, statesman & dictator Porfirio Diaz, who was president 3 times from 1876-1911, respectively, for 8 days, 46 months, & 26 years. Despite rising to power on promises of "no re-election," Diaz served 7 terms, later triggering the Mexican revolution (2274x1516)

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Early 1900's portrait of Mexican general, statesman & dictator Porfirio Diaz, who was president 3 times from 1876-1911, respectively, for 8 days, 46 months, & 26 years. Despite rising to power on promises of "no re-election," Diaz served 7 terms, later triggering the Mexican revolution (2274x1516)