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Three days from his promotion to Generalfeldmarschall, Hermann Göring and Polish president Ignacy Mościcki on a hunting trip, 26 February 1938. In a year and a half, Germany would invade Poland and ignite the fuse of WWII.

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Three days from his promotion to Generalfeldmarschall, Hermann Göring and Polish president Ignacy Mościcki on a hunting trip, 26 February 1938. In a year and a half, Germany would invade Poland and ignite the fuse of WWII.

A Llama Sightseeing In Times Square, 1957, New York,

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A Llama Sightseeing In Times Square, 1957, New York,

Yugoslavian war. Words behind soldier: "God, if I die young, send me to heaven because I was already in hell." (around 1993)

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Yugoslavian war. Words behind soldier: "God, if I die young, send me to heaven because I was already in hell." (around 1993)

Departure of a Red Cross train going to Switzerland, Budapest, Hungary, 1947

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Departure of a Red Cross train going to Switzerland, Budapest, Hungary, 1947

Adolf Hitler inspecting a Mercedes-Benz W154 Grand Prix model racing car, 1938.

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Adolf Hitler inspecting a Mercedes-Benz W154 Grand Prix model racing car, 1938.

Acrobats in Japan. ca. 1900.

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Acrobats in Japan. ca. 1900.

The Louvre Pyramid under construction 1988. Workers built the pyramid before the supporting underground structure because they feared that if the Socialists lost their election in 1986 (they did) that conservatives would upend the entire project & wanted the designs to be irreversible.

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The Louvre Pyramid under construction 1988. Workers built the pyramid before the supporting underground structure because they feared that if the Socialists lost their election in 1986 (they did) that conservatives would upend the entire project & wanted the designs to be irreversible.

Aerial Photo of the Enormous Hughes H-4 Hercules Wooden Aircraft being Built - Playa Vista, California - February 1947

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Aerial Photo of the Enormous Hughes H-4 Hercules Wooden Aircraft being Built - Playa Vista, California - February 1947

Kearsarge-class pre-dreadnought battleship USS Kentucky (BB-6) shows off her unusual stacked turrets layout, 1900.

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Kearsarge-class pre-dreadnought battleship USS Kentucky (BB-6) shows off her unusual stacked turrets layout, 1900.

Fighters in the Lebanese civil war - 1980s (720x1280)

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Fighters in the Lebanese civil war - 1980s (720x1280)

A U.S. Air Force F-117 Nighthawk flies over the Persian Gulf. 14 April 2003

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A U.S. Air Force F-117 Nighthawk flies over the Persian Gulf. 14 April 2003

Staff Sgt. Russell Brion, U.S. Army (left), helps Russian Sgt. Helen Viliulina with her parachute gear at Eagle Base, Tuzla, Bosnia and Herzegovina, on Sept. 28, 1998.

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Staff Sgt. Russell Brion, U.S. Army (left), helps Russian Sgt. Helen Viliulina with her parachute gear at Eagle Base, Tuzla, Bosnia and Herzegovina, on Sept. 28, 1998.

Two U.S. Marine Corps M1 Abrams tanks patrol the streets of Baghdad, Iraq. 14 April 2003.

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Two U.S. Marine Corps M1 Abrams tanks patrol the streets of Baghdad, Iraq. 14 April 2003.

Delancey Street traffic jam, c. 1920, NYC

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Delancey Street traffic jam, c. 1920, NYC

People protest against capital punishment outside Toronto’s Don Jail on the night of December 10, 1962. .

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People protest against capital punishment outside Toronto’s Don Jail on the night of December 10, 1962. .

Building the RMS Titanic, 1909.

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Building the RMS Titanic, 1909.

A Chimpanzee Feeding a Leopard Cub, 1971, Southam Park Zoo,

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A Chimpanzee Feeding a Leopard Cub, 1971, Southam Park Zoo,

A U.S. Marine provides a steady arm for rescued U.S. Prisoner of War (POW) Shoshana Johnson of the U.S. Army 507th Maintenance Battalion, after arrival at Kuwait City. 13 April 2003

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A U.S. Marine provides a steady arm for rescued U.S. Prisoner of War (POW) Shoshana Johnson of the U.S. Army 507th Maintenance Battalion, after arrival at Kuwait City. 13 April 2003

A little Parisian girl is trying to understand the extraordinary news printed in the newspaper: a man is in space. On 12 April 1961 Yuri Gagarin took off at Baikonur Cosmodrome on board the spacecraft Vostok 1 for the first manned flight to space (Paris, France 1961)

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A little Parisian girl is trying to understand the extraordinary news printed in the newspaper: a man is in space. On 12 April 1961 Yuri Gagarin took off at Baikonur Cosmodrome on board the spacecraft Vostok 1 for the first manned flight to space (Paris, France 1961)

A photo of a man standing on the lap of a statue of Ramesses in Egypt, 1856.

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A photo of a man standing on the lap of a statue of Ramesses in Egypt, 1856.