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My mother and my oldest brother (October 1955)

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My mother and my oldest brother (October 1955)

Aftermath of the Largest Banzai Charge of WW2, Where Over 4,3000 Japanese Soldiers Charged the US Army During the Battle of Saipan, 7 July 1944. Three US Army Soldiers were Posthumously Awarded the Medal of Honor for their Lone Man Stands, Stories in Caption

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Aftermath of the Largest Banzai Charge of WW2, Where Over 4,3000 Japanese Soldiers Charged the US Army During the Battle of Saipan, 7 July 1944. Three US Army Soldiers were Posthumously Awarded the Medal of Honor for their Lone Man Stands, Stories in Caption

Well... Um... I Guess That's Progress (Sidewalk Bubblegum, US, 1997)

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Well... Um... I Guess That's Progress (Sidewalk Bubblegum, US, 1997)

Hattie McDaniel. The first person of color to win an Oscar. 1940

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Hattie McDaniel. The first person of color to win an Oscar. 1940

Photobooth shot of a young lady with sweater, 1950s.

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Photobooth shot of a young lady with sweater, 1950s.

A group of Danish Jews aboard a fishing boat fleeing to Sweden across the Øresund Strait. These citizen-organized evacuation efforts saved around 7,000 Jews (1943)

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A group of Danish Jews aboard a fishing boat fleeing to Sweden across the Øresund Strait. These citizen-organized evacuation efforts saved around 7,000 Jews (1943)

Moloch of War. Photo of a Soviet war veteran near the Eternal Flame on the anniversary of Victory Day, 1966.

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Moloch of War. Photo of a Soviet war veteran near the Eternal Flame on the anniversary of Victory Day, 1966.

Photograph from the My Lai massacre taken by Ronald L. Haeberle. His reflection, with camera, can be seen as he photographs the corpse of an old man who had been killed by a US soldier. "They told me they threw him down there to poison the water supply." 16 March 1968.

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Photograph from the My Lai massacre taken by Ronald L. Haeberle. His reflection, with camera, can be seen as he photographs the corpse of an old man who had been killed by a US soldier. "They told me they threw him down there to poison the water supply." 16 March 1968.

World population in 30 years (Baltimore Sun, 1994)

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World population in 30 years (Baltimore Sun, 1994)

Fourth of July Bike Parade, 1980s

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Fourth of July Bike Parade, 1980s

Carrie Fisher 1975

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Carrie Fisher 1975

"A Dutch potatoes diggers having a meal on the field". Photo: Charles Breijer (1914 - 2011).The Netherlands - near Groningen, 1940

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"A Dutch potatoes diggers having a meal on the field". Photo: Charles Breijer (1914 - 2011).The Netherlands - near Groningen, 1940

Russian special forces storm Beslan School No. 1 after Chechen extremists seized more than 1,100 hostages inside, while injured hostages take cover nearby. Explosions, fire, and the ensuing firefight killed 334 hostages, including 186 children. Beslan, North Ossetia. September 3, 2004.

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Russian special forces storm Beslan School No. 1 after Chechen extremists seized more than 1,100 hostages inside, while injured hostages take cover nearby. Explosions, fire, and the ensuing firefight killed 334 hostages, including 186 children. Beslan, North Ossetia. September 3, 2004.

Wedding Fight 1968

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Wedding Fight 1968

The body of Jewish prisoner Menachem Taffel, his identification tattoo still visible on his forearm, after he was murdered at the Natzweiler-Struthof concentration camp. His body was subsequently transported to the Strasbourg University Anatomical Institute, December 1944.

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The body of Jewish prisoner Menachem Taffel, his identification tattoo still visible on his forearm, after he was murdered at the Natzweiler-Struthof concentration camp. His body was subsequently transported to the Strasbourg University Anatomical Institute, December 1944.

Asian Americans gather in Detroit to protest the racially motivated murder of Vincent Chin, after his killers got probation. May 9th, 1983

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Asian Americans gather in Detroit to protest the racially motivated murder of Vincent Chin, after his killers got probation. May 9th, 1983

Soviet propaganda unintentionally making hippies look cool, 1974

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Soviet propaganda unintentionally making hippies look cool, 1974

Students from Fairfax High School in Los Angeles, CA in 1975

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Students from Fairfax High School in Los Angeles, CA in 1975

East German Stasi costume party where they dressed up as people they were monitoring. 1970s/80s.

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East German Stasi costume party where they dressed up as people they were monitoring. 1970s/80s.

Two Soviet soldiers pose for a photograph; comrades in arms, 1970.

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Two Soviet soldiers pose for a photograph; comrades in arms, 1970.