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Mrs. Faro Caudill packing up kitchen equipment for moving to new dugout nearer the well. Notice the pressure cooker. These homesteaders say that the pressure cooker should be put on the national flag for they think it's saving the farm folks for America. Pie Town, New Mexico, 1940. (855×750)

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Mrs. Faro Caudill packing up kitchen equipment for moving to new dugout nearer the well. Notice the pressure cooker. These homesteaders say that the pressure cooker should be put on the national flag for they think it's saving the farm folks for America. Pie Town, New Mexico, 1940. (855×750)

Duma, 1990. Member of Parliament, V. A. Marychev, discusses legal regulations during a parliamentary session.

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Duma, 1990. Member of Parliament, V. A. Marychev, discusses legal regulations during a parliamentary session.

American civil rights & community activist Ann Atwater with former KKK member and segregationist (turned civil rights activist & trade union organiser) C. P. Ellis. Following a 10-day integration forum & mutual enmity, Atwater & Ellis formed a lifelong friendship and partnership, 1971.

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American civil rights & community activist Ann Atwater with former KKK member and segregationist (turned civil rights activist & trade union organiser) C. P. Ellis. Following a 10-day integration forum & mutual enmity, Atwater & Ellis formed a lifelong friendship and partnership, 1971.

1925 photo of Adolf Josef Langz, Austrian monk and occult white supremacist who was one of the earliest figures in the history of Aryan fascism. He founded the first white supremacist group to use the Swastika as a symbol and eventually described Hitler as being of "inferior racial stock." (620x620)

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1925 photo of Adolf Josef Langz, Austrian monk and occult white supremacist who was one of the earliest figures in the history of Aryan fascism. He founded the first white supremacist group to use the Swastika as a symbol and eventually described Hitler as being of "inferior racial stock." (620x620)

The Statue of Liberty photographed in Paris just before it was disassembled and shipped to New York, 1884. (1080x1328)

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The Statue of Liberty photographed in Paris just before it was disassembled and shipped to New York, 1884. (1080x1328)

Fidel Castro and his men during the Cuban Revolution, 2nd of December 1956

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Fidel Castro and his men during the Cuban Revolution, 2nd of December 1956

A New York iron worker walks along a girder high above the city streets 1950.

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A New York iron worker walks along a girder high above the city streets 1950.

Tricycle Gang in Brooklyn, New York City, 1930s. (1079×792)

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Tricycle Gang in Brooklyn, New York City, 1930s. (1079×792)

View of the opposing German and Soviet Pavilions at the 1937 International Exposition in Paris. In four years, the two powers would find themselves embroiled in the deadliest war in history.

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View of the opposing German and Soviet Pavilions at the 1937 International Exposition in Paris. In four years, the two powers would find themselves embroiled in the deadliest war in history.

Russian woman, with the background of the burnt out Parliament building, and a BTR APC - Moscow, Russia – aftermath of the constitutional crisis, c. October 1993.

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Russian woman, with the background of the burnt out Parliament building, and a BTR APC - Moscow, Russia – aftermath of the constitutional crisis, c. October 1993.

A photograph of unidentified My Lai Massacre victims moments before being killed by American GIs. Taken by Ronald L. Haeberle on the 16th March 1968.

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A photograph of unidentified My Lai Massacre victims moments before being killed by American GIs. Taken by Ronald L. Haeberle on the 16th March 1968.

German Field Marshal Friedrich Paulus surrendering at the Battle of Stalingrad, January 31, 1943

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German Field Marshal Friedrich Paulus surrendering at the Battle of Stalingrad, January 31, 1943

Boris Yeltsin (the future first president of Russia) with the student women's volleyball team, which he coached. 1953 .

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Boris Yeltsin (the future first president of Russia) with the student women's volleyball team, which he coached. 1953 .

The Crawling Order. Two days later, the Jallianwala Bagh Massacre would occur. Unknown photographer, 1919.

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The Crawling Order. Two days later, the Jallianwala Bagh Massacre would occur. Unknown photographer, 1919.

Shoichi Yokoi, the Japanese soldier who hid in the jungle in Guam for 27 years to avoid capture, weeps upon his return to Japan in February 1972

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Shoichi Yokoi, the Japanese soldier who hid in the jungle in Guam for 27 years to avoid capture, weeps upon his return to Japan in February 1972

Palestinian boy confronts Israeli tank in Dheisheh refugee camp (Palestinian West Bank), 2 July 2002.

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Palestinian boy confronts Israeli tank in Dheisheh refugee camp (Palestinian West Bank), 2 July 2002.

Soviet soldiers harass a woman in Leipzig in 1945.

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Soviet soldiers harass a woman in Leipzig in 1945.

Charles De Gaulle with his daughter, Anne De Gaulle, France 1933

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Charles De Gaulle with his daughter, Anne De Gaulle, France 1933

Members of the Fat Men's Club of New York gather at a meeting, circa 1930

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Members of the Fat Men's Club of New York gather at a meeting, circa 1930

Part of an astronaut helmet found by a farmer in a field in Texas – after the Space Shuttle Columbia disintegrated during reentry (due to damage to the left wing's edge by debris from the external tank during launch), February 1st, 2003.

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Part of an astronaut helmet found by a farmer in a field in Texas – after the Space Shuttle Columbia disintegrated during reentry (due to damage to the left wing's edge by debris from the external tank during launch), February 1st, 2003.