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Adolf Hitler posing in lederhosen from an August 1927 portrait session with NSDAP photographer Heinrich Hoffmann

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Adolf Hitler posing in lederhosen from an August 1927 portrait session with NSDAP photographer Heinrich Hoffmann

The first wave of Marine landing craft head towards the beaches of Iwo Jima. 08:59, 19 February 1945.

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The first wave of Marine landing craft head towards the beaches of Iwo Jima. 08:59, 19 February 1945.

Freddie Mercury and Micheal Jackson in 1982

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Freddie Mercury and Micheal Jackson in 1982

The Zwi Migdal was a white slavery network that operated between 1906 and 1937 based in the city of Buenos Aires. It was made up of Jewish criminals. “Women's auctions” in the "Café Parisien”

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The Zwi Migdal was a white slavery network that operated between 1906 and 1937 based in the city of Buenos Aires. It was made up of Jewish criminals. “Women's auctions” in the "Café Parisien”

Large crowd looking at the burned body of Jesse Washington, an African American teenager lynched in Waco, Texas, May 15, 1916

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Large crowd looking at the burned body of Jesse Washington, an African American teenager lynched in Waco, Texas, May 15, 1916

Sharon Tate showing off the baby clothing she had bought in London, UK in 1969.

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Sharon Tate showing off the baby clothing she had bought in London, UK in 1969.

Italian engineer and inventor Guglielmo Marconi, with instruments used to receive the first transatlantic wireless transmission sent from Cornwall, England. Signal Hill, St. John’s, Newfoundland, Dec 1901.

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Italian engineer and inventor Guglielmo Marconi, with instruments used to receive the first transatlantic wireless transmission sent from Cornwall, England. Signal Hill, St. John’s, Newfoundland, Dec 1901.

A German soldier returns home only to find his family no longer there. Frankfurt, 1946.

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A German soldier returns home only to find his family no longer there. Frankfurt, 1946.

A woman in Bayeux looks out the window at the Allied military passing through town. A tricolor flag rises again, 1944 .

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A woman in Bayeux looks out the window at the Allied military passing through town. A tricolor flag rises again, 1944 .

View of Fremont Street with a car racing (Las Vegas, Nevada c1928)

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View of Fremont Street with a car racing (Las Vegas, Nevada c1928)

German soldiers and civilians give the Nazi salute as thousands of books smoulder during one of the mass book-burnings implemented throughout the country to destroy non-Aryan publications (Nazi Germany 1933)

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German soldiers and civilians give the Nazi salute as thousands of books smoulder during one of the mass book-burnings implemented throughout the country to destroy non-Aryan publications (Nazi Germany 1933)

Ben Carlin and Barry Hanley on their amphibious jeep in the port of Hong Kong. Ben Carlin has been the first (and only) person to circumnavigate the world in an amphibious vehicle. He travelled over 17,000 km by sea and 62,000 km by land during a 10-year journey (Hong Kong 1956)

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Ben Carlin and Barry Hanley on their amphibious jeep in the port of Hong Kong. Ben Carlin has been the first (and only) person to circumnavigate the world in an amphibious vehicle. He travelled over 17,000 km by sea and 62,000 km by land during a 10-year journey (Hong Kong 1956)

In this picture British soldiers are marching towards the Somme in 1916. They run into the unknown, many of them only found death in the end.

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In this picture British soldiers are marching towards the Somme in 1916. They run into the unknown, many of them only found death in the end.

A French man reacts to trying Coca-Cola for the first time 1950s.

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A French man reacts to trying Coca-Cola for the first time 1950s.

Commander of British land forces Sir Jeremy Moore accepts the surrender of Argentinian General Mario Menéndez in the Falklands, 1982

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Commander of British land forces Sir Jeremy Moore accepts the surrender of Argentinian General Mario Menéndez in the Falklands, 1982

Two moonshiners arrested by federal agents near St. Paul, Minnesota, 1921.

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Two moonshiners arrested by federal agents near St. Paul, Minnesota, 1921.

Singer/actor/activist Paul Robeson leads Oakland shipyard workers in The Star Spangled Banner, 1942

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Singer/actor/activist Paul Robeson leads Oakland shipyard workers in The Star Spangled Banner, 1942

Indigenous people dance at a potlatch hosted by Chief Roy Cranmer of the ʼNamgis First Nation. Alert Bay, British Columbia, Canada, 1990.

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Indigenous people dance at a potlatch hosted by Chief Roy Cranmer of the ʼNamgis First Nation. Alert Bay, British Columbia, Canada, 1990.

Edward, Prince of Wales (later King Edward VIII) during his Royal Tour of Japan in 1922. (1291x2047)

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Edward, Prince of Wales (later King Edward VIII) during his Royal Tour of Japan in 1922. (1291x2047)

The Baxwbakwalanuksiwe’ (“man-eater at the north end of the world”) mask and costume of the Kwakwakaʼwakw people, confiscated by the government for violating the potlatch ban. Alert Bay, British Columbia, Canada, 1922.

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The Baxwbakwalanuksiwe’ (“man-eater at the north end of the world”) mask and costume of the Kwakwakaʼwakw people, confiscated by the government for violating the potlatch ban. Alert Bay, British Columbia, Canada, 1922.