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U.S. Army soldiers in a photo booth in California, 1946

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U.S. Army soldiers in a photo booth in California, 1946

Summer tourists on the Acropolis in Athens. 1980s

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Summer tourists on the Acropolis in Athens. 1980s

A penguin stands next to a British soldier during the Falklands War, 1982

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A penguin stands next to a British soldier during the Falklands War, 1982

A man carries the body of his wife past the deserted Union Carbide factory, where the Bhopal Gas Tragedy unfolded. It is considered the world's worst industrial accident. Bhopal, Madhya Pradesh, India. December 1984.

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A man carries the body of his wife past the deserted Union Carbide factory, where the Bhopal Gas Tragedy unfolded. It is considered the world's worst industrial accident. Bhopal, Madhya Pradesh, India. December 1984.

A mural of Marx, Engels, and Lenin on a wall in Ethiopia, late 1970s

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A mural of Marx, Engels, and Lenin on a wall in Ethiopia, late 1970s

A woman using a public pay phone on City Island, The Bronx, New York, 1980. Photo by Ron Terner

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A woman using a public pay phone on City Island, The Bronx, New York, 1980. Photo by Ron Terner

The last photo ever taken of former Chinese Emperor Puyi living as a citizen in Maoist China, 1967. At the age of 2, Puyi was appointed to reign over more than 400,000,000 people, by the time of his death, he was a powerless commoner who worked as a gardener (677x501)

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The last photo ever taken of former Chinese Emperor Puyi living as a citizen in Maoist China, 1967. At the age of 2, Puyi was appointed to reign over more than 400,000,000 people, by the time of his death, he was a powerless commoner who worked as a gardener (677x501)

The dog tags of 58,307 US soldiers killed during the Vietnam War at the Harold Washington Library Center, Chicago, from the exhibit called Above and Beyond. 2001 (980 × 552 )

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The dog tags of 58,307 US soldiers killed during the Vietnam War at the Harold Washington Library Center, Chicago, from the exhibit called Above and Beyond. 2001 (980 × 552 )

Survivors of the Hiroshima Atomic Bomb Attack, 1945.

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Survivors of the Hiroshima Atomic Bomb Attack, 1945.

A Norwegian man and his cat - 1967

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A Norwegian man and his cat - 1967

A German cavalryman gazes upon an early airplane in 1910

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A German cavalryman gazes upon an early airplane in 1910

A young Turkish boy raises up a hammer during a solidarity rally for the 42,000 miners on strike in the Zonguldak coal fields, 1990.

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A young Turkish boy raises up a hammer during a solidarity rally for the 42,000 miners on strike in the Zonguldak coal fields, 1990.

Editorial Cartoon by Steve Sack for the Minneapolis Star Tribune: May 20th 2002

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Editorial Cartoon by Steve Sack for the Minneapolis Star Tribune: May 20th 2002

In 1916, Mary, a circus elephant in Tennessee, killed her trainer after he reportedly struck her with a hook. An autopsy revealed infection. Dubbed “Murderous Mary,” she was publicly hanged to protect the circus’s reputation, making it one of history’s most infamous animal executions (921 × 1248).

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In 1916, Mary, a circus elephant in Tennessee, killed her trainer after he reportedly struck her with a hook. An autopsy revealed infection. Dubbed “Murderous Mary,” she was publicly hanged to protect the circus’s reputation, making it one of history’s most infamous animal executions (921 × 1248).

Little baby girl gives a nice smile while posing with her snoopy plush, 1975.

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Little baby girl gives a nice smile while posing with her snoopy plush, 1975.

Easy Company paratrooper Forrest Guth at the Marmion Farm in Normandy in June 1944. 65 years later, Guth posed again with his captured German helmet as he did in 1944. (900 × 887)

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Easy Company paratrooper Forrest Guth at the Marmion Farm in Normandy in June 1944. 65 years later, Guth posed again with his captured German helmet as he did in 1944. (900 × 887)

My Italian Grandmother and English Grandfather’s wedding day in London, 1955.

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My Italian Grandmother and English Grandfather’s wedding day in London, 1955.

The bodies of children with AIDS in the morgue of the Virology and Infectious Diseases Hospital in Constanta are often unclaimed, Romania January 1990. Children were victims of Ceausescu policies on abortion and were later called Ceausescu’s children.

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The bodies of children with AIDS in the morgue of the Virology and Infectious Diseases Hospital in Constanta are often unclaimed, Romania January 1990. Children were victims of Ceausescu policies on abortion and were later called Ceausescu’s children.

“Vote Leave." Pro-Brexit campaign, United Kingdom, 2016.

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“Vote Leave." Pro-Brexit campaign, United Kingdom, 2016.

Copper mine shaft-and-rock house in Michigan’s Copper Country, c. 1900

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Copper mine shaft-and-rock house in Michigan’s Copper Country, c. 1900