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It’s No Longer Possible To See This, As Buildings Outside Block The Sun. Grand Central, NYC, 1929 Photo By Louis Faurer. (700 x 538)

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It’s No Longer Possible To See This, As Buildings Outside Block The Sun. Grand Central, NYC, 1929 Photo By Louis Faurer. (700 x 538)

A Black U.S. Soldier Reads A Message Left By The Việt Cộng During The Vietnam War, The Message Reads: "U.S. Negro Armymen, You Are Committing The Same Ignominious Crimes In South Vietnam That The Kkk Clique Is Perpetrating Against Your Family At Home.", 1970. (700 x 469)

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A Black U.S. Soldier Reads A Message Left By The Việt Cộng During The Vietnam War, The Message Reads: "U.S. Negro Armymen, You Are Committing The Same Ignominious Crimes In South Vietnam That The Kkk Clique Is Perpetrating Against Your Family At Home.", 1970. (700 x 469)

Newly appointed Chancellor Adolf Hitler greets President von Hindenburg at a memorial service. Berlin, 1933.(649 x 473)

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Newly appointed Chancellor Adolf Hitler greets President von Hindenburg at a memorial service. Berlin, 1933.(649 x 473)

Motel Manager James Brock Forces Out Black Protesters In The Monson Motor Lodge Swimming Pool By Pouring Muriatic Acid, June 18, 1964. (750 x 898)

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Motel Manager James Brock Forces Out Black Protesters In The Monson Motor Lodge Swimming Pool By Pouring Muriatic Acid, June 18, 1964. (750 x 898)

A baseball team of death-row inmates. Their executions were delayed only as long as they kept winning.Date 1910

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A baseball team of death-row inmates. Their executions were delayed only as long as they kept winning.Date 1910

Lance Corporal John Auguste Emile Harris in 1915, the year of his enlistment and death.

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Lance Corporal John Auguste Emile Harris in 1915, the year of his enlistment and death.

Hitler reacts to kiss from excited American woman at the Berlin Olympics, 1936. (1000x 697)

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Hitler reacts to kiss from excited American woman at the Berlin Olympics, 1936. (1000x 697)

An undercover police officer on duty in the 78th Precinct in Brooklyn, New York. 1 July, 1969.

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An undercover police officer on duty in the 78th Precinct in Brooklyn, New York. 1 July, 1969.

One the few existing photographs of Frederic Chopin, taken in 1849, a few months before his death.

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One the few existing photographs of Frederic Chopin, taken in 1849, a few months before his death.

In segregated Tennessee of the 1950's, the Memphis Zoo allowed only 'colored people' to enter on Thursday of each week. (640x582)

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In segregated Tennessee of the 1950's, the Memphis Zoo allowed only 'colored people' to enter on Thursday of each week. (640x582)

Czechoslovak President Václav Havel with the British band Rolling Stones, shortly after the fall of communism in Czechoslovakia. It was a symbol of freedom. Around 110,000 people came to their concert in Prague. (18.August 1990)

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Czechoslovak President Václav Havel with the British band Rolling Stones, shortly after the fall of communism in Czechoslovakia. It was a symbol of freedom. Around 110,000 people came to their concert in Prague. (18.August 1990)

Eskimo father and child, King Island, Alaska 1938

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Eskimo father and child, King Island, Alaska 1938

Rudolf Höss, the longest serving commandant of the Auschwitz concentration camp, about to be hanged next to the crematorium of the camp in 1947.

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Rudolf Höss, the longest serving commandant of the Auschwitz concentration camp, about to be hanged next to the crematorium of the camp in 1947.

Fred Rogers being awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom by President George W. Bush. The event was held on Fred and Joanne Rogers' 50th Wedding Anniversary on July 9, 2002. (2002)

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Fred Rogers being awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom by President George W. Bush. The event was held on Fred and Joanne Rogers' 50th Wedding Anniversary on July 9, 2002. (2002)

20 year old Nancy Pelosi with 43 year old John F Kennedy in 1960.

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20 year old Nancy Pelosi with 43 year old John F Kennedy in 1960.

Testing prototype space suit intended for use in NASA's Apollo moon landing program, Mojave Desert, California 1962

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Testing prototype space suit intended for use in NASA's Apollo moon landing program, Mojave Desert, California 1962

A Cathedral Of Light Rally In Nuremberg, Germany, 1937. (750 x 858)

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A Cathedral Of Light Rally In Nuremberg, Germany, 1937. (750 x 858)

A twin in a Russian street, Soviet Union, 1968

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A twin in a Russian street, Soviet Union, 1968

The mask alleged to have been worn by sex offender Edward Paisnel aka "The Beast Of Jersey" when he committed a number of sex crimes on Jersey, 25th November 1971.

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The mask alleged to have been worn by sex offender Edward Paisnel aka "The Beast Of Jersey" when he committed a number of sex crimes on Jersey, 25th November 1971.

July 1, 1894 archaeologists uncovered a near-perfectly preserved, still-upright statue of Antinous. (828x890)

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July 1, 1894 archaeologists uncovered a near-perfectly preserved, still-upright statue of Antinous. (828x890)