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"This is the way Lenin would have wanted it" (Ohman, 1985)

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"This is the way Lenin would have wanted it" (Ohman, 1985)

Officials attempt to drag Kathrine Switzer off the course during the Boston Marathon, April 19th 1967. At the time, women were not allowed to run in marathons (2048x1668)

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Officials attempt to drag Kathrine Switzer off the course during the Boston Marathon, April 19th 1967. At the time, women were not allowed to run in marathons (2048x1668)

Young lady laughing at her garden, England 1919. Autochrome, not colorized.

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Young lady laughing at her garden, England 1919. Autochrome, not colorized.

Remembering Robin Williams, he died on this day in 2014. Here he is with his old roommate from The Julliard School, Christopher Reeve, photographed circa 1977. These guys had such a gorgeous friendship that lasted until Reeve died in 2004.

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Remembering Robin Williams, he died on this day in 2014. Here he is with his old roommate from The Julliard School, Christopher Reeve, photographed circa 1977. These guys had such a gorgeous friendship that lasted until Reeve died in 2004.

When flour mill owners found out in 1939 that poor mothers were using flour sacks to make clothes for their children, they began printing them with beautiful, cheerful patterns (650x838)

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When flour mill owners found out in 1939 that poor mothers were using flour sacks to make clothes for their children, they began printing them with beautiful, cheerful patterns (650x838)

US Army soldier next to a pile of Yugoslavian Zastava M48 bolt-action rifles, which belonged to the Saddam era Iraqi Army - all the rifles were destroyed – photo taken in the aftermath of the U.S.-led invasion of Iraq, c. 2003.

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US Army soldier next to a pile of Yugoslavian Zastava M48 bolt-action rifles, which belonged to the Saddam era Iraqi Army - all the rifles were destroyed – photo taken in the aftermath of the U.S.-led invasion of Iraq, c. 2003.

Father and daughter, 1940s

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Father and daughter, 1940s

The Shell of the White House during the Renovation. The gutted interior of the White House on May 17, 1950.

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The Shell of the White House during the Renovation. The gutted interior of the White House on May 17, 1950.

Black Panther cartoon (1967) comparing racism in Nazi Germany with racism in the US.

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Black Panther cartoon (1967) comparing racism in Nazi Germany with racism in the US.

A German woman shields her son's eyes as they walk past the bodies of 57 Eastern European forced laborers in the town of Suttrop, May, 1945. The victims were shot by German troops six weeks before the arrival of U.S. troops. .

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A German woman shields her son's eyes as they walk past the bodies of 57 Eastern European forced laborers in the town of Suttrop, May, 1945. The victims were shot by German troops six weeks before the arrival of U.S. troops. .

Unknown war couple having a kiss, 1940s.

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Unknown war couple having a kiss, 1940s.

A man guards his family from the cannibals during the Madras famine of 1877 at the time of British Raj, India

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A man guards his family from the cannibals during the Madras famine of 1877 at the time of British Raj, India

My Dad - Sometime in the mid 1980s

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My Dad - Sometime in the mid 1980s

Members of the Christian Universal Ministry basketball team before a game in 1980

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Members of the Christian Universal Ministry basketball team before a game in 1980

The iceberg suspected of sinking the RMS Titanic , photographed on the morning of April 15, 1912 , by the chief steward of the liner Prinz Adalbert , He noted a prominent smear of red paint along the base of the ice , completely unaware of the disaster that had occurred hours earlier

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The iceberg suspected of sinking the RMS Titanic , photographed on the morning of April 15, 1912 , by the chief steward of the liner Prinz Adalbert , He noted a prominent smear of red paint along the base of the ice , completely unaware of the disaster that had occurred hours earlier

My Grandpa (around 1927)

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My Grandpa (around 1927)

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Ba'athist Iraqi TV broadcast of the interrogation of Shoshana Johnson, a US Army Specialist of the 507th Maintenance Company captured on March 23, 2003 (Battle of Nasiriyah)

Lakers star Kobe Bryant clasps hands with his wife as he talks about allegations that he raped a woman in Colorado. Bryant denied raping the alleged victim, but apologized to her for his "behavior that night" (Los Angeles, 2003) .

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Lakers star Kobe Bryant clasps hands with his wife as he talks about allegations that he raped a woman in Colorado. Bryant denied raping the alleged victim, but apologized to her for his "behavior that night" (Los Angeles, 2003) .

Union Pacific railroad employee William Thompson showing his scarred head after he had been scalped and left for dead by Cheyenne Warriors in August of 1867. Thompson was able to retrieve his separated scalp, gave it to his Doctor, R.C. Moore, who then donated it to the Omaha library.

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Union Pacific railroad employee William Thompson showing his scarred head after he had been scalped and left for dead by Cheyenne Warriors in August of 1867. Thompson was able to retrieve his separated scalp, gave it to his Doctor, R.C. Moore, who then donated it to the Omaha library.

Our cat Hank was particularly curious about bubble baths, 1983

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Our cat Hank was particularly curious about bubble baths, 1983