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Unknown woman visiting the Cyclorama at Gettysburg National Military Park- July 14, 1931

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Unknown woman visiting the Cyclorama at Gettysburg National Military Park- July 14, 1931

The first international Chinese detachment of the Red Army before being sent to suppress the Yaroslavl uprising, Russia, 1918

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The first international Chinese detachment of the Red Army before being sent to suppress the Yaroslavl uprising, Russia, 1918

Three scout girls collect peach pits, which were processed to make gas mask filters during WWI, 1918

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Three scout girls collect peach pits, which were processed to make gas mask filters during WWI, 1918

Che Guevara and Chairman Mao in Zhongnanhai (November 1960)

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Che Guevara and Chairman Mao in Zhongnanhai (November 1960)

Danish zookeeper watering the Emperor Penguins on a hot summer day in 1957.

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Danish zookeeper watering the Emperor Penguins on a hot summer day in 1957.

Carhop Julie Black taking a gentleman’s order at Colonel Jim’s Tasty Thrill on the 79th St. Causeway in Miami Beach. (Photo by John Walther, Miami Herald, May 18, 1954)

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Carhop Julie Black taking a gentleman’s order at Colonel Jim’s Tasty Thrill on the 79th St. Causeway in Miami Beach. (Photo by John Walther, Miami Herald, May 18, 1954)

Two Baylor University students study in their dorm room, 1890s.

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Two Baylor University students study in their dorm room, 1890s.

Photo of U.S. Army men having breakfast, with one on horseback jumping over table, 1909

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Photo of U.S. Army men having breakfast, with one on horseback jumping over table, 1909

Last known photo of Giacomo Matteotti (C). He was an Italian politician. On 30 May 1924, he spoke in the Italian Parliament alleging the Fascists committed fraud in the general election, and denounced their violence. 11 days later, he was kidnapped and killed by Fascists (Italy 1924)

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Last known photo of Giacomo Matteotti (C). He was an Italian politician. On 30 May 1924, he spoke in the Italian Parliament alleging the Fascists committed fraud in the general election, and denounced their violence. 11 days later, he was kidnapped and killed by Fascists (Italy 1924)

Pro-Yeltsin forces take aim the Supreme Soviet building in Moscow during the October Coup, 1993

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Pro-Yeltsin forces take aim the Supreme Soviet building in Moscow during the October Coup, 1993

Pilot from the 332nd Guards Transport-Combat Helicopter Regiment, of the Soviet Armed Forces, with a wreck of a former Luftwaffe Ju 87 Stuka - Murmansk Oblast, Soviet Union, c. 1970s.

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Pilot from the 332nd Guards Transport-Combat Helicopter Regiment, of the Soviet Armed Forces, with a wreck of a former Luftwaffe Ju 87 Stuka - Murmansk Oblast, Soviet Union, c. 1970s.

Vietnamese troops on a captured M113 near Angkor Wat, Cambodia , 1989 near the end of the Cambodian - Vietnamese war

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Vietnamese troops on a captured M113 near Angkor Wat, Cambodia , 1989 near the end of the Cambodian - Vietnamese war

Fg Off Eugene Tobin (CA), Plt Off Vernon Keough (NJ) and Flt Lt Andrew Mamedoff (CT) at Church Fenton, Yorkshire, October 1940. These 3 men would travel to England to serve in the RAF in the Battle of Britain

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Fg Off Eugene Tobin (CA), Plt Off Vernon Keough (NJ) and Flt Lt Andrew Mamedoff (CT) at Church Fenton, Yorkshire, October 1940. These 3 men would travel to England to serve in the RAF in the Battle of Britain

Pavilion of Israel and Palestine at the International Exhibition in Paris, 1937 (2018х2410)

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Pavilion of Israel and Palestine at the International Exhibition in Paris, 1937 (2018х2410)

Cleaning Women Washing A Crucifix, 1938

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Cleaning Women Washing A Crucifix, 1938

Soviet soldiers and tanks of the Urals Volunteer Tank Corps en route to the front during World War 2, circa 1943.

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Soviet soldiers and tanks of the Urals Volunteer Tank Corps en route to the front during World War 2, circa 1943.

Facing the camera from left to right, Robert Trout, Ned Calmer, Major George Fielding Eliot, and William L. Shirer at the New York CBS news headquarters at 485 Madison Avenue on D-Day, June 6th, 1944. The men were exhausted, having been broadcasting all night.

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Facing the camera from left to right, Robert Trout, Ned Calmer, Major George Fielding Eliot, and William L. Shirer at the New York CBS news headquarters at 485 Madison Avenue on D-Day, June 6th, 1944. The men were exhausted, having been broadcasting all night.

Photograph of an outsized carving knife and fork made by Beaver Falls Cutlery Works. The knife measured 9 feet 7 inches long. The handles were each made from a whole elephant's tusk, and were carved. Centennial International Exhibition of 1876, Philadelphia.

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Photograph of an outsized carving knife and fork made by Beaver Falls Cutlery Works. The knife measured 9 feet 7 inches long. The handles were each made from a whole elephant's tusk, and were carved. Centennial International Exhibition of 1876, Philadelphia.

Photograph of an unidentified family standing in front of their house, Oakdale, Morgan County, Tennessee, 1910. The house was destroyed by a flood in 1929. (Source Tennessee State Library and Archives)

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Photograph of an unidentified family standing in front of their house, Oakdale, Morgan County, Tennessee, 1910. The house was destroyed by a flood in 1929. (Source Tennessee State Library and Archives)

A US Marine kneels at the grave of a fallen comrade as the flag is lowered at sunset in a U.S. Marine Corps cemetery on Okinawa, June 1945

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A US Marine kneels at the grave of a fallen comrade as the flag is lowered at sunset in a U.S. Marine Corps cemetery on Okinawa, June 1945