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Hungarian revolution of 1956, a woman holding a old bolt action M91/30 rifle and the massive Soviet ISU-152s knocked out by her group.(355 × 482)

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Hungarian revolution of 1956, a woman holding a old bolt action M91/30 rifle and the massive Soviet ISU-152s knocked out by her group.(355 × 482)

A US Army Air Forces Consolidated B-24 Liberator during a bombing run over Salamaua, New Guinea. 13 August 1943

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A US Army Air Forces Consolidated B-24 Liberator during a bombing run over Salamaua, New Guinea. 13 August 1943

French neurologist Guillaume-Benjamin-Amand Duchenne (right) carries out an experiment in electrophysiology by triggering a subject's muscles with electrical probes in order to produce a given facial expression, circa 1862.

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French neurologist Guillaume-Benjamin-Amand Duchenne (right) carries out an experiment in electrophysiology by triggering a subject's muscles with electrical probes in order to produce a given facial expression, circa 1862.

Greek Cypriot refugee Solomos Solomou while trying to climb a flagpole in order to remove a Turkish flag from its mast in the United Nations Buffer Zone in Cyprus. He was then shot and killed by a Turkish officer (Deryneia, Cyprus 1996)

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Greek Cypriot refugee Solomos Solomou while trying to climb a flagpole in order to remove a Turkish flag from its mast in the United Nations Buffer Zone in Cyprus. He was then shot and killed by a Turkish officer (Deryneia, Cyprus 1996)

St. Maximillian Kolbe the ‘Martyr of Auschwitz’, Polish priest who voluntarily took the place of a stranger who was condemned to forced starvation. (1936)

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St. Maximillian Kolbe the ‘Martyr of Auschwitz’, Polish priest who voluntarily took the place of a stranger who was condemned to forced starvation. (1936)

Prisoner 4100: George Davey was sentenced to one month's hard labour in Wandsworth Prison in 1872 for stealing two rabbits. He was ten years old

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Prisoner 4100: George Davey was sentenced to one month's hard labour in Wandsworth Prison in 1872 for stealing two rabbits. He was ten years old

Trial of the military Junta for crimes against humanity, torture, extrajudicial murder and systematic forced disappearances, Argentina, 1985

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Trial of the military Junta for crimes against humanity, torture, extrajudicial murder and systematic forced disappearances, Argentina, 1985

A modified V-2 rocket caring a rhesus macaque named "Albert II" into space becoming the first mammal to leave earth, New Mexico 1949 {384x480}

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A modified V-2 rocket caring a rhesus macaque named "Albert II" into space becoming the first mammal to leave earth, New Mexico 1949 {384x480}

Drag Girl Barbara Roufs, 1970s.

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Drag Girl Barbara Roufs, 1970s.

A local Korean man looks at the Seoul skyline (1905

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A local Korean man looks at the Seoul skyline (1905

USSR army recruitment, 1930

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USSR army recruitment, 1930

Brandenburger Tor, Berlin 1964

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Brandenburger Tor, Berlin 1964

Boulevard du Temple, 1837-1838, first photo taken showing Paris and is also the first photo taken with a human in it, 2 in fact, a man and a shoeshiner shining his shoe

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Boulevard du Temple, 1837-1838, first photo taken showing Paris and is also the first photo taken with a human in it, 2 in fact, a man and a shoeshiner shining his shoe

Soviet T35/85 sits in front of the Brandenburg gate in Berlin, 1945. Note the "bedspring armor"

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Soviet T35/85 sits in front of the Brandenburg gate in Berlin, 1945. Note the "bedspring armor"

Lady Florence Norman, a suffragette, on her motor-scooter in 1916, travelling to work at offices in London where she was a supervisor. The scooter was a birthday present from her husband, the journalist and Liberal politician Sir Henry Norman.

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Lady Florence Norman, a suffragette, on her motor-scooter in 1916, travelling to work at offices in London where she was a supervisor. The scooter was a birthday present from her husband, the journalist and Liberal politician Sir Henry Norman.

Target Tokyo- a formation Of Boeing B-29 Superfortresses en route from Guam, May 1945.

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Target Tokyo- a formation Of Boeing B-29 Superfortresses en route from Guam, May 1945.

Customers of the restaurant at the Hotel de Normandie in Paris, France, 1908

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Customers of the restaurant at the Hotel de Normandie in Paris, France, 1908

Italian dictator Benito Mussolini visiting a wounded soldier during WW2. The photo was censored because of the soldier's terrified look. 1941

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Italian dictator Benito Mussolini visiting a wounded soldier during WW2. The photo was censored because of the soldier's terrified look. 1941

Princeton University students after a snowball fight in 1893. Before the turn of the century, the snowball fight was a common tradition at the school — and many students packed their snowballs with rocks.

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Princeton University students after a snowball fight in 1893. Before the turn of the century, the snowball fight was a common tradition at the school — and many students packed their snowballs with rocks.

A Japanese family moved back to the spot where their house stood before the devastation created by the atomic bomb blast that was unleashed on Nagasaki on 9 August 1945. Casualty estimates for immediate deaths range from 22k to 75k. Only 150 Japanese soldiers were killed (Japan 1945)

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A Japanese family moved back to the spot where their house stood before the devastation created by the atomic bomb blast that was unleashed on Nagasaki on 9 August 1945. Casualty estimates for immediate deaths range from 22k to 75k. Only 150 Japanese soldiers were killed (Japan 1945)