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A Dead U.S. soldier is found alongside a trail near Fort Thomas, Arizona, after an attack by Apache warriors, 1882.

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A Dead U.S. soldier is found alongside a trail near Fort Thomas, Arizona, after an attack by Apache warriors, 1882.

An Inuit girl carries her husky on her shoulders, 1920s

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An Inuit girl carries her husky on her shoulders, 1920s

Verkehrspolizistin (traffic police officer) from the East German Volkspolizei - as she was applying lipstick in Leipzig - in the German Democratic Republic (DDR), c. 1966.

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Verkehrspolizistin (traffic police officer) from the East German Volkspolizei - as she was applying lipstick in Leipzig - in the German Democratic Republic (DDR), c. 1966.

Shannen Doherty, 1993

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Shannen Doherty, 1993

Woman cutting her birthday cake in Iran 1973, 5 years before the Islamic Revolution

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Woman cutting her birthday cake in Iran 1973, 5 years before the Islamic Revolution

My great Great grandma at 30 years Old in 1935

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My great Great grandma at 30 years Old in 1935

"Hello mudda, hello fadda, here i am at camp Grenada" (1983)

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"Hello mudda, hello fadda, here i am at camp Grenada" (1983)

Actor and martial arts star Jackie Chan at the benefit concert in Hong Kong, in support of Tiananmen Square protesters - 1989

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Actor and martial arts star Jackie Chan at the benefit concert in Hong Kong, in support of Tiananmen Square protesters - 1989

Here's a truly chilling image from a civil rights protest on March 29, 1968, just a few days before Martin Luther King Jr.'s assassination. This protest happened on Beale Street in Memphis, Tennessee, where many famous protests have happened since then. (1280x720)

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Here's a truly chilling image from a civil rights protest on March 29, 1968, just a few days before Martin Luther King Jr.'s assassination. This protest happened on Beale Street in Memphis, Tennessee, where many famous protests have happened since then. (1280x720)

Mother watches her over her little sleeping baby. Photo has not been colorized, this is an autochrome. circa 1910.

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Mother watches her over her little sleeping baby. Photo has not been colorized, this is an autochrome. circa 1910.

Christopher McCandless near Bus 142 on Alaska’s Stampede Trail, Alaska, 1992

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Christopher McCandless near Bus 142 on Alaska’s Stampede Trail, Alaska, 1992

106-year-old Jack Riddle and his wife, Rosie, both former slaves, seated in front of a group of Klansmen (including one dressed as Santa Claus), flanking a radio the group had reportedly given to the couple as a gift (1948) (960x1280)

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106-year-old Jack Riddle and his wife, Rosie, both former slaves, seated in front of a group of Klansmen (including one dressed as Santa Claus), flanking a radio the group had reportedly given to the couple as a gift (1948) (960x1280)

Anti-capitalist poster "I didn't go to work today" (1987)

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Anti-capitalist poster "I didn't go to work today" (1987)

Janeane Garofalo, 1990s

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Janeane Garofalo, 1990s

Panama City Beach in 1982

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Panama City Beach in 1982

Emperor Hirohito walking through the ruined streets of Tokyo after an American firebombing raid on the city (10 March, 1945)

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Emperor Hirohito walking through the ruined streets of Tokyo after an American firebombing raid on the city (10 March, 1945)

Ellie Nesler, 41, leaves court after being convicted of manslaughter for murdering 35-year-old Daniel Mark Driver, a convicted child molester and camp counselor who raped her 6-year-old son at a Christian camp (California, 1993) .

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Ellie Nesler, 41, leaves court after being convicted of manslaughter for murdering 35-year-old Daniel Mark Driver, a convicted child molester and camp counselor who raped her 6-year-old son at a Christian camp (California, 1993) .

Germans collecting church bells to melt down for the war effort. Libeň Bridge, Prague, July 1942

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Germans collecting church bells to melt down for the war effort. Libeň Bridge, Prague, July 1942

My fabulous French mom when she was 19 in 1946. When she was only 17, the Nazis deported her to Berlin to work in a factory. She survived the bombing and fall of the city and it was there she met my father, a First Sargent in the US Army occupation.

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My fabulous French mom when she was 19 in 1946. When she was only 17, the Nazis deported her to Berlin to work in a factory. She survived the bombing and fall of the city and it was there she met my father, a First Sargent in the US Army occupation.

The Lynching of Thomas Shipp and Abram Smith, August 7th 1930 in Marion, Indiana

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The Lynching of Thomas Shipp and Abram Smith, August 7th 1930 in Marion, Indiana