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A typical Serbian "zadruga" - an extended family that formed a single household, 1934, rural western Serbia, then Kingdom of Yugoslavia

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A typical Serbian "zadruga" - an extended family that formed a single household, 1934, rural western Serbia, then Kingdom of Yugoslavia

Canadian officers beam at the news of the signing of the Korean Armistices, July 1953

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Canadian officers beam at the news of the signing of the Korean Armistices, July 1953

Tanks and mounted troops advance to break up a Bonus Marchers’ camp of veterans protesting lost wages in Washington D.C., July 28, 1932.

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Tanks and mounted troops advance to break up a Bonus Marchers’ camp of veterans protesting lost wages in Washington D.C., July 28, 1932.

1947: The fuselage of the ‘Spruce Goose’ (Hughes H-4 Hercules) making its way to final assembly in California.

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1947: The fuselage of the ‘Spruce Goose’ (Hughes H-4 Hercules) making its way to final assembly in California.

French President François Mitterrand and General Maurice Schmitt visit the battlefield of Điện Biên Phủ, Vietnam, 1993.

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French President François Mitterrand and General Maurice Schmitt visit the battlefield of Điện Biên Phủ, Vietnam, 1993.

John H. Patterson poses with a lion he shot, one of a pair of Tsavo man-eaters. It was a pair of maneless males that attacked Indian railway builders in southern British Kenya. The exact number of people killed by the lions is unclear. Patterson claimed there were 135 victims. Dec 1898

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John H. Patterson poses with a lion he shot, one of a pair of Tsavo man-eaters. It was a pair of maneless males that attacked Indian railway builders in southern British Kenya. The exact number of people killed by the lions is unclear. Patterson claimed there were 135 victims. Dec 1898

Germany's 1936 Olympic boxing team.

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Germany's 1936 Olympic boxing team.

Germanic SS Norway parades in Oslo 3. juni 1944

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Germanic SS Norway parades in Oslo 3. juni 1944

German troops involved in street fighting in the destroyed streets of Stalingrad in 1943. 80 years ago.

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German troops involved in street fighting in the destroyed streets of Stalingrad in 1943. 80 years ago.

Fidel Castro and Agostinho Neto, leader of MPLA, July 1976. Cuba became the most important ally of MPLA in the Angolan civil war, sending up to 350,000 soldiers to fight the UNITA, backed by US and South Africa

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Fidel Castro and Agostinho Neto, leader of MPLA, July 1976. Cuba became the most important ally of MPLA in the Angolan civil war, sending up to 350,000 soldiers to fight the UNITA, backed by US and South Africa

88-year-old Otto Frank (1889-1980) inaugurating the Statue of Anne Frank, Amsterdam 1977

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88-year-old Otto Frank (1889-1980) inaugurating the Statue of Anne Frank, Amsterdam 1977

Portrait of Mormon polygamists in the Utah Penitentiary, 1889

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Portrait of Mormon polygamists in the Utah Penitentiary, 1889

Street in the mill district in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, 1941, Photo by Jack Delano.

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Street in the mill district in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, 1941, Photo by Jack Delano.

UNION CARBIDE'S FERRO ALLOY PLANT AT ALLOY, WV. (photo: Harry Schaefer) (1973)

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UNION CARBIDE'S FERRO ALLOY PLANT AT ALLOY, WV. (photo: Harry Schaefer) (1973)

Elisabeth Montgomery, on the set of "Bewitched" in 1967. .

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Elisabeth Montgomery, on the set of "Bewitched" in 1967. .

Peasant children lined up for food hand during the Great Chinese Famine of 1959-1961. The consensus is that around 30 million people died in the famine. The famine was caused by communist policies during the failed Great Leap Forward economic campaign and natural disasters.

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Peasant children lined up for food hand during the Great Chinese Famine of 1959-1961. The consensus is that around 30 million people died in the famine. The famine was caused by communist policies during the failed Great Leap Forward economic campaign and natural disasters.

Gaza in Ruins during the First World War (1917)

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Gaza in Ruins during the First World War (1917)

Sid Vicious and Nancy Spungen photographed by Steve Emberton, 1978. .

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Sid Vicious and Nancy Spungen photographed by Steve Emberton, 1978. .

Lunch Counter Workers - c.1940's

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Lunch Counter Workers - c.1940's

Prime Minister Winston Churchill at the controls of a BOAC Boeing 314A flying boat, 16 January 1942

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Prime Minister Winston Churchill at the controls of a BOAC Boeing 314A flying boat, 16 January 1942