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Actress Dolores Reed poses during a portrait session in Los Angeles, 1956. Colorized. .

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Actress Dolores Reed poses during a portrait session in Los Angeles, 1956. Colorized. .

Iraqi child remains after shelter exploded under US bombing that killed 408 civilians. Baghdad, Iraq. 13 February 1991

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Iraqi child remains after shelter exploded under US bombing that killed 408 civilians. Baghdad, Iraq. 13 February 1991

Bodies after the bombing of Dresden, Germany in February 1945

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Bodies after the bombing of Dresden, Germany in February 1945

Chechen Kids after their shelter came under Russian rocket fire. Grozny, Chechnya, January 10, 1995.

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Chechen Kids after their shelter came under Russian rocket fire. Grozny, Chechnya, January 10, 1995.

Horace Watson recording the songs of Fanny Cochrane Smith, considered to be the last fluent speaker of any Tasmanian language, using an Edison phonograph. 1903

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Horace Watson recording the songs of Fanny Cochrane Smith, considered to be the last fluent speaker of any Tasmanian language, using an Edison phonograph. 1903

(Holocaust) Moments before a young child is executed into a mass grave. Massacre carried out by Germans and Ukrainians in Miropol, Ukraine, on October 13, 1941.

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(Holocaust) Moments before a young child is executed into a mass grave. Massacre carried out by Germans and Ukrainians in Miropol, Ukraine, on October 13, 1941.

Chechen children after their shelter exploded under Russian rocket fire. Grozny, Chechnya, January 10, 1995.

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Chechen children after their shelter exploded under Russian rocket fire. Grozny, Chechnya, January 10, 1995.

The creation of 14th Waffen-SS division "Galician". Nazi officials and first batch of Ukrainian volunteers. Sanok, Galicia(Poland), May 1943

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The creation of 14th Waffen-SS division "Galician". Nazi officials and first batch of Ukrainian volunteers. Sanok, Galicia(Poland), May 1943

A sled dog listens to a gramophone. circa 1911.

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A sled dog listens to a gramophone. circa 1911.

Soviet tankers giving some canned milk to local polar bears. circa 1950.

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Soviet tankers giving some canned milk to local polar bears. circa 1950.

Only one of two photographs in existence of the US Supreme Court in session. Cameras are forbidden in the Supreme Court, but this photograph was taken by a young woman who concealed her small camera in her handbag, cutting a hole through which the lens peeped, 1937.

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Only one of two photographs in existence of the US Supreme Court in session. Cameras are forbidden in the Supreme Court, but this photograph was taken by a young woman who concealed her small camera in her handbag, cutting a hole through which the lens peeped, 1937.

Chairman Mao Zedong signs U.S. civil rights leader Robert F. Williams’ copy of the ‘Little Red Book’ at the National Day celebrations, October 1, 1966.

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Chairman Mao Zedong signs U.S. civil rights leader Robert F. Williams’ copy of the ‘Little Red Book’ at the National Day celebrations, October 1, 1966.

Young girl murdered in Miropol, Ukraine. October 13th 1941. 250 Jews were killed in the municipal park by Nazis and Ukrainian collaborators.

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Young girl murdered in Miropol, Ukraine. October 13th 1941. 250 Jews were killed in the municipal park by Nazis and Ukrainian collaborators.

Queen Elena of Italy with her children, 1918

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Queen Elena of Italy with her children, 1918

German SS guards, exhausted from their forced labour clearing the bodies of the dead at Bergen-Belsen, are allowed a brief rest by British soldiers but are forced to take it by lying face down in one of the empty mass graves, 1945

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German SS guards, exhausted from their forced labour clearing the bodies of the dead at Bergen-Belsen, are allowed a brief rest by British soldiers but are forced to take it by lying face down in one of the empty mass graves, 1945

Kentucky Fried Chicken/KFC founder Colonel Sanders lays in state at Southern Seminary's Alumni Memorial Chapel in Louisville, Kentucky. Sanders was buried in his signature white suit and black western string tie. An estimated 1,000 mourners attended his funeral. December 20, 1980.

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Kentucky Fried Chicken/KFC founder Colonel Sanders lays in state at Southern Seminary's Alumni Memorial Chapel in Louisville, Kentucky. Sanders was buried in his signature white suit and black western string tie. An estimated 1,000 mourners attended his funeral. December 20, 1980.

Libyan College Student ,Sadiq Hamed Shwehdi, Begs and Pleads the Libyan Court For His Life After Being Accused in Participating in Protests Against Gaddafi. Minutes Later He Would Be Hung In the Very Same Basketball Court in A Botched Execution Broadcasted on National TV. Libya, 1984

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Libyan College Student ,Sadiq Hamed Shwehdi, Begs and Pleads the Libyan Court For His Life After Being Accused in Participating in Protests Against Gaddafi. Minutes Later He Would Be Hung In the Very Same Basketball Court in A Botched Execution Broadcasted on National TV. Libya, 1984

Police in Dili, East Timor, assault a civilian who had urged them to intervene to stop a violent confrontation between a government-backed militia and pro-independence supporters, August 26, 1999. Immediately after this photo was taken by J. Stanmeyer, the officers shot and killed the man.

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Police in Dili, East Timor, assault a civilian who had urged them to intervene to stop a violent confrontation between a government-backed militia and pro-independence supporters, August 26, 1999. Immediately after this photo was taken by J. Stanmeyer, the officers shot and killed the man.

The landscape after the Allies captured Omaha Beach in Normandy. Some time after June 6, 1944.

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The landscape after the Allies captured Omaha Beach in Normandy. Some time after June 6, 1944.

Queen Victora on her deathbed. Late Janurary 1901.

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Queen Victora on her deathbed. Late Janurary 1901.