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Smoking banned in Italy (Chappatte, 2005)

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Smoking banned in Italy (Chappatte, 2005)

Beulah Cordes reenacts the discovery of the cloth that allegedly sent “a feeling of paralysis” through her body, one of at least twenty reported encounters attributed to the Mad Gasser in Mattoon, 1944

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Beulah Cordes reenacts the discovery of the cloth that allegedly sent “a feeling of paralysis” through her body, one of at least twenty reported encounters attributed to the Mad Gasser in Mattoon, 1944

Viking Great Heathen Army charnel pit, Repton, Derbyshire, England, photographed 1980. Remains of 264 Norse warriors confirmed by DNA analysis as Scandinavian males, some of the most significant Viking genetic evidence found on British soil.

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Viking Great Heathen Army charnel pit, Repton, Derbyshire, England, photographed 1980. Remains of 264 Norse warriors confirmed by DNA analysis as Scandinavian males, some of the most significant Viking genetic evidence found on British soil.

Young lady shows off her dresses made of flour sacks, circa late 1930s.

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Young lady shows off her dresses made of flour sacks, circa late 1930s.

The corpse of a little boy laying in the street following the battle of Tampere, the bloodiest engagement of the Finnish civil war, 1918. In the aftermath, white army forces ruthlessly slaughtered much of the red army along with all of the Russians in the city, including women & children (2953x1728)

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The corpse of a little boy laying in the street following the battle of Tampere, the bloodiest engagement of the Finnish civil war, 1918. In the aftermath, white army forces ruthlessly slaughtered much of the red army along with all of the Russians in the city, including women & children (2953x1728)

The Berggren sisters from the band Ace of Base, 1993

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The Berggren sisters from the band Ace of Base, 1993

A tourist from Saudi Arabia prays at the North Pole against the background of a Soviet nuclear icebreaker, 1990.

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A tourist from Saudi Arabia prays at the North Pole against the background of a Soviet nuclear icebreaker, 1990.

Caricature of Chairman Mao Zedong as a Chair man, Gerald Scarfe, 1971

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Caricature of Chairman Mao Zedong as a Chair man, Gerald Scarfe, 1971

My Uncle on Board the USS Hornet in World War 2

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My Uncle on Board the USS Hornet in World War 2

Joseph Stalin wearing a traditional Mongolian deel, 1936.

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Joseph Stalin wearing a traditional Mongolian deel, 1936.

Five SS men are forced to walk past the corpses of prisoners exhumed from a mass grave near Nammering. They'd changed into civilian clothes in a failed attempt to evade capture. According to the photographer, the five men were all shot after this photo was taken (Germany, May 6, 1945) .

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Five SS men are forced to walk past the corpses of prisoners exhumed from a mass grave near Nammering. They'd changed into civilian clothes in a failed attempt to evade capture. According to the photographer, the five men were all shot after this photo was taken (Germany, May 6, 1945) .

Survivor of the bombing of Hiroshima, poses 2 years after the bombing, Hiroshima, Japan, 1947

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Survivor of the bombing of Hiroshima, poses 2 years after the bombing, Hiroshima, Japan, 1947

My aunt all smiles holding my brother on her lap, 1950

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My aunt all smiles holding my brother on her lap, 1950

British soldier and intelligence officer Thomas Edward Lawrence (Lawrence of Arabia) disguised as a Syrian Gypsy woman in enemy territory, C. 1918. (504x675)

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British soldier and intelligence officer Thomas Edward Lawrence (Lawrence of Arabia) disguised as a Syrian Gypsy woman in enemy territory, C. 1918. (504x675)

Thus of ould, Thus now. London, 1627

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Thus of ould, Thus now. London, 1627

Kurt Russell on set of Stargate (1994)

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Kurt Russell on set of Stargate (1994)

81 years ago today- war correspondent Lee Miller washes up in Hitler's bathtub, 30 April 1945

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81 years ago today- war correspondent Lee Miller washes up in Hitler's bathtub, 30 April 1945

Mother poses with her two children at the steps of her home, circa 1900.

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Mother poses with her two children at the steps of her home, circa 1900.

The Kent State shootings occurred on May 4, 1970, when the Ohio National Guard opened fire on university students protesting the U.S. invasion of Cambodia during the Vietnam War. In a span of 19 seconds, guardsman fired dozens of rounds, killing four students and wounding nine others.

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The Kent State shootings occurred on May 4, 1970, when the Ohio National Guard opened fire on university students protesting the U.S. invasion of Cambodia during the Vietnam War. In a span of 19 seconds, guardsman fired dozens of rounds, killing four students and wounding nine others.

Nazi-allied Finnish troops in a trench on the Leningrad front, the most destructive siege in human history, 1942.

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Nazi-allied Finnish troops in a trench on the Leningrad front, the most destructive siege in human history, 1942.