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Sarah Michelle Gellar, Seth Green and Alyson Hannigan filming ‘The Prom’ episode of Buffy in 1999.

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Sarah Michelle Gellar, Seth Green and Alyson Hannigan filming ‘The Prom’ episode of Buffy in 1999.

Between 1900 and 1930, a seed pedlar took more than 5000 photographs of daily life in an isolated valley to the south of the Alps. They were rediscovered long after his death and this is my favourite. (1080x816)

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Between 1900 and 1930, a seed pedlar took more than 5000 photographs of daily life in an isolated valley to the south of the Alps. They were rediscovered long after his death and this is my favourite. (1080x816)

Stop! Or You'll Be Late For Your Confirmation Hearing, Clarence Thomas Executioner, 1991, Art by Kevin "Kal" Lallaugher for the Baltimore Sun

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Stop! Or You'll Be Late For Your Confirmation Hearing, Clarence Thomas Executioner, 1991, Art by Kevin "Kal" Lallaugher for the Baltimore Sun

Chinese and Malayan girls forcibly taken from Penang by the Japanese to work as 'comfort girls' for the troops, 1939-1945.

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Chinese and Malayan girls forcibly taken from Penang by the Japanese to work as 'comfort girls' for the troops, 1939-1945.

Tuskegee Syphilis Study participants with a nurse, Alabama 1932, for 40 years the US government secretly withheld Syphilis treatment from 399 Black men to study the disease’s natural progression (600 × 440 pixels)

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Tuskegee Syphilis Study participants with a nurse, Alabama 1932, for 40 years the US government secretly withheld Syphilis treatment from 399 Black men to study the disease’s natural progression (600 × 440 pixels)

My Grandma in 1973 ❤️

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My Grandma in 1973 ❤️

Aktion T4, Nazi Germany’s secret euthanasia program that murdered over 70.000 disabled and mentally ill people between 1939-1941. The gas chambers were first tested on them before the Holocaust

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Aktion T4, Nazi Germany’s secret euthanasia program that murdered over 70.000 disabled and mentally ill people between 1939-1941. The gas chambers were first tested on them before the Holocaust

Queuing for alcohol in the late Soviet Union, 1991.

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Queuing for alcohol in the late Soviet Union, 1991.

Playboy bunnies on strike, Chicago 1975

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Playboy bunnies on strike, Chicago 1975

Anthropocene, 1991

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Anthropocene, 1991

A Palestinian girl wearing traditional attire of the town of Ramallah, 1932

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A Palestinian girl wearing traditional attire of the town of Ramallah, 1932

Someone in a Seinfeld sub claimed, no one actually had that Elaine hair do back in 1990. Well. I did. School pic from 9th grade in 1990.

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Someone in a Seinfeld sub claimed, no one actually had that Elaine hair do back in 1990. Well. I did. School pic from 9th grade in 1990.

A striking photo of one of the first GIs from the 4th Infantry Division to fall on Utah Beach on D-Day, June 6, 1944

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A striking photo of one of the first GIs from the 4th Infantry Division to fall on Utah Beach on D-Day, June 6, 1944

The whole family together. Everyone adopted. Early 1960s.

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The whole family together. Everyone adopted. Early 1960s.

66 families participate in a lottery to divvy up a 12-acre plot of sand dunes, establishing the city of Tel Aviv, April 11 1909. (640x499)

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66 families participate in a lottery to divvy up a 12-acre plot of sand dunes, establishing the city of Tel Aviv, April 11 1909. (640x499)

Renty, a slave, looks into the camera for a daguerreotype (early photograph) in Columbia, South Carolina. c. 1850.

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Renty, a slave, looks into the camera for a daguerreotype (early photograph) in Columbia, South Carolina. c. 1850.

“Shadow on the World Cup” American cartoon criticizing FIFA and Qatar over human rights abuses ahead of the 2022 World Cup, created by Pat Bagely (November 2022)

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“Shadow on the World Cup” American cartoon criticizing FIFA and Qatar over human rights abuses ahead of the 2022 World Cup, created by Pat Bagely (November 2022)

June 11, 1963: A 67 year old Vietnamese Mahayana Buddhist monk named Thich Quang Duc died by self-immolation at a busy intersection in downtown Saigon. He took this ultimate step to protest persecution and discriminatory policies targeting Buddhists by the Catholic led government.

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June 11, 1963: A 67 year old Vietnamese Mahayana Buddhist monk named Thich Quang Duc died by self-immolation at a busy intersection in downtown Saigon. He took this ultimate step to protest persecution and discriminatory policies targeting Buddhists by the Catholic led government.

Lake Winnipeg, Manitoba, Summer 1914

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Lake Winnipeg, Manitoba, Summer 1914

A Nepalese Gurkha rifleman sharpening his khukuri on Salisbury Plain, England, 1962 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿

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A Nepalese Gurkha rifleman sharpening his khukuri on Salisbury Plain, England, 1962 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿