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Irish family from Carraroe, County Galway, starving during the Great Famine (1845-52)

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Irish family from Carraroe, County Galway, starving during the Great Famine (1845-52)

Germans set fire to a Serbian village. 1941 (355 × 480)

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Germans set fire to a Serbian village. 1941 (355 × 480)

Leader of anti-yakuza protesters reading a recommendation of dissolution in front of the Kyokuryu-kai boss's house during the 6th Okinawa Yakuza War. (1990)

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Leader of anti-yakuza protesters reading a recommendation of dissolution in front of the Kyokuryu-kai boss's house during the 6th Okinawa Yakuza War. (1990)

An American infantry camp in Russia during the Siberian Expedition. The troops were part of the Allied intervention on the side of the Whites during the Russian Civil War, Siberia, December 1918 .

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An American infantry camp in Russia during the Siberian Expedition. The troops were part of the Allied intervention on the side of the Whites during the Russian Civil War, Siberia, December 1918 .

Shell shocked marine, battle of Hue, 1968 by Donald McCullin (1024x788)

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Shell shocked marine, battle of Hue, 1968 by Donald McCullin (1024x788)

One year after end of communist rule, a Polish man leaning on his small car, selling shoes at a public market, in the capital city Warsaw, Poland, c. 1992.

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One year after end of communist rule, a Polish man leaning on his small car, selling shoes at a public market, in the capital city Warsaw, Poland, c. 1992.

Ronald Reagan eating a forkful of jambalaya, a traditional Cajun dish (New Orleans, Louisiana 1980)

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Ronald Reagan eating a forkful of jambalaya, a traditional Cajun dish (New Orleans, Louisiana 1980)

Judy Garland and her daughter Liza Minnelli in London, ca 1964

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Judy Garland and her daughter Liza Minnelli in London, ca 1964

J. Robert Oppenheimer and Brigadier General Leslie R. Groves Jr. at Ground Zero, c. September 1945

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J. Robert Oppenheimer and Brigadier General Leslie R. Groves Jr. at Ground Zero, c. September 1945

Native Americans from southeast Idaho, c. 1897

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Native Americans from southeast Idaho, c. 1897

A milk delivery man in 1950.

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A milk delivery man in 1950.

August 1951. Segovia (Spain). Women cleaning it's loundry in the river. Alcázar can be seen in the background

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August 1951. Segovia (Spain). Women cleaning it's loundry in the river. Alcázar can be seen in the background

Vapor trails from dogfighting over St Paul's Cathedral in London during the Battle of Britain, 1940.

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Vapor trails from dogfighting over St Paul's Cathedral in London during the Battle of Britain, 1940.

The Saturn V and the Space Shuttle Enterprise parked next to each other outside of the VAB at Kennedy Space Center (1985)

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The Saturn V and the Space Shuttle Enterprise parked next to each other outside of the VAB at Kennedy Space Center (1985)

Charles de Gaulle & Winston Churchill near Maîche, at Château Montalembert, 13 November 1944

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Charles de Gaulle & Winston Churchill near Maîche, at Château Montalembert, 13 November 1944

N*zi Germany-Turkey Treaty of Friendship and Non-Aggression 18th of June 1941.

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N*zi Germany-Turkey Treaty of Friendship and Non-Aggression 18th of June 1941.

A man named Lot Long who worked as a Wiltshire thatcher, Shaftesbury. Whitsuntide 1892, photo popularized on Led Zeppelin IV album cover, photographer Ernest Howard Farmer

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A man named Lot Long who worked as a Wiltshire thatcher, Shaftesbury. Whitsuntide 1892, photo popularized on Led Zeppelin IV album cover, photographer Ernest Howard Farmer

Six Tongan youths who, as teenagers, had run away from school, stole a boat and spent 15 months shipwrecked on the Ata island. One of them holds a guitar made on the island. Their adventure lasted from June 1965 to September 1966, but the photo was taken several years after their rescue.

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Six Tongan youths who, as teenagers, had run away from school, stole a boat and spent 15 months shipwrecked on the Ata island. One of them holds a guitar made on the island. Their adventure lasted from June 1965 to September 1966, but the photo was taken several years after their rescue.

Boris Yeltsin visits a grocery store in Houston, Texas with an official Soviet delegation (1990)

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Boris Yeltsin visits a grocery store in Houston, Texas with an official Soviet delegation (1990)

Cuba 1963: A man selling posters of Lenin and Castro in front of the University of Havana

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Cuba 1963: A man selling posters of Lenin and Castro in front of the University of Havana