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"Mobot" (MObile roBOT) made by Hughes Aircraft Electronic Labs dressing a woman in California, 1961.

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"Mobot" (MObile roBOT) made by Hughes Aircraft Electronic Labs dressing a woman in California, 1961.

Three Sioux veterans of the Battle of Little Bighorn attend a ceremony in South Dakota in 1948. They had witnessed “Custer’s Last Stand” in 1876, where Gen. George Custer’s unit was surrounded & annihilated. They are from left to right, Iron Hawk (98), Dewey Beard (88), & High Eagle (87), (1144x918)

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Three Sioux veterans of the Battle of Little Bighorn attend a ceremony in South Dakota in 1948. They had witnessed “Custer’s Last Stand” in 1876, where Gen. George Custer’s unit was surrounded & annihilated. They are from left to right, Iron Hawk (98), Dewey Beard (88), & High Eagle (87), (1144x918)

Adolf Hitler meeting Herbert Hoover in Germany,1938. 745x956

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Adolf Hitler meeting Herbert Hoover in Germany,1938. 745x956

Yossi Ghinsberg, the day he was found, having been lost alone in the Amazon for three weeks. 1981

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Yossi Ghinsberg, the day he was found, having been lost alone in the Amazon for three weeks. 1981

Human Statue of Liberty made with 18,000 men, Camp Dodge, Des Moines, Iowa, 1918

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Human Statue of Liberty made with 18,000 men, Camp Dodge, Des Moines, Iowa, 1918

A 45,000lb mine explodes underneath the German lines at Hawthorn Ridge Redoubt on the first day of the Battle of the Somme, 1 July 1916. (Colourized)

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A 45,000lb mine explodes underneath the German lines at Hawthorn Ridge Redoubt on the first day of the Battle of the Somme, 1 July 1916. (Colourized)

The Damned 1975 at the World Trade Center (410 x 610) colorized by palette.fm

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The Damned 1975 at the World Trade Center (410 x 610) colorized by palette.fm

Nazis marching with torches in Berlin to celebrate Hitler's appointment as Chancellor of Germany on January 30th, 1933

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Nazis marching with torches in Berlin to celebrate Hitler's appointment as Chancellor of Germany on January 30th, 1933

A fisherman hunting a seal pup during a seal hunt. Northumberland Strait, Canada, 1969.

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A fisherman hunting a seal pup during a seal hunt. Northumberland Strait, Canada, 1969.

Japanese serial rapist, serial killer, Navy veteran, and self-confessed war criminal Yoshio Kodaira, whose face is concealed with a straw hat, is escorted into court. In addition to killing several Japanese women, Kodaira said he committed various war crimes while in China, 1947 .

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Japanese serial rapist, serial killer, Navy veteran, and self-confessed war criminal Yoshio Kodaira, whose face is concealed with a straw hat, is escorted into court. In addition to killing several Japanese women, Kodaira said he committed various war crimes while in China, 1947 .

Department store in Tokyo, Japan, 1963. Photo by Frank Horvat.

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Department store in Tokyo, Japan, 1963. Photo by Frank Horvat.

Soldier of the communist 8th Route Army eating a meal during the Second Sino-Japanese War, 1944

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Soldier of the communist 8th Route Army eating a meal during the Second Sino-Japanese War, 1944

Winston Churchill in 1898

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Winston Churchill in 1898

Subcomandante Marcos, the spokesman of the Ejército Zapatista de Liberación Nacional, striking a pose while smoking a pipe atop a horse in Chiapas, Mexico, 1996.

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Subcomandante Marcos, the spokesman of the Ejército Zapatista de Liberación Nacional, striking a pose while smoking a pipe atop a horse in Chiapas, Mexico, 1996.

British Prime Minister Boris Johnson at age 22, March of 1986 (1209x743)

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British Prime Minister Boris Johnson at age 22, March of 1986 (1209x743)

A prototype spacesuit for the moon designed by the Republic Aviation Corporation, March 16, 1960.

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A prototype spacesuit for the moon designed by the Republic Aviation Corporation, March 16, 1960.

British soldier captures German tank crewman during the Second Battle of El Alamein, Egypt. Circa October/November, 1942

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British soldier captures German tank crewman during the Second Battle of El Alamein, Egypt. Circa October/November, 1942

Removing a Nazi flag from the German consulate in San Francisco, January 19, 1941

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Removing a Nazi flag from the German consulate in San Francisco, January 19, 1941

Homecoming — a British soldier with his 8 month old daughter as he arrives at the docks from overseas, 1945.

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Homecoming — a British soldier with his 8 month old daughter as he arrives at the docks from overseas, 1945.

14 year-old George Junius Stinney Jr. being lead to the execution chamber where he was executed by electric chair at South Carolina Penitentiary. The youngest person executed in the USA. June 16, 1944 (220x211)

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14 year-old George Junius Stinney Jr. being lead to the execution chamber where he was executed by electric chair at South Carolina Penitentiary. The youngest person executed in the USA. June 16, 1944 (220x211)