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My mom, on her honeymoon in Florida, in December, 1963.

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My mom, on her honeymoon in Florida, in December, 1963.

Phillipe De Gaulle, son of the leader of Free France, reading the order of the day while serving the 2nd armored division, Normandy, 1944.

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Phillipe De Gaulle, son of the leader of Free France, reading the order of the day while serving the 2nd armored division, Normandy, 1944.

Workers change speed limit signage due to the National Maximum Speed Law signed into law by Richard Nixon, 1974

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Workers change speed limit signage due to the National Maximum Speed Law signed into law by Richard Nixon, 1974

My Tunisian grandmother discovering snow in Montreal. Mid-80s

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My Tunisian grandmother discovering snow in Montreal. Mid-80s

The severed head and arm of Diéry Dior Ndella Fall displayed by a French colonial administrator in Thiès, Senegal, April 1904

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The severed head and arm of Diéry Dior Ndella Fall displayed by a French colonial administrator in Thiès, Senegal, April 1904

Das Firmenschild (The Company Sign)— Hitler emphasising different words depending on the audience, poster by Jacobus Belsen, 1931

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Das Firmenschild (The Company Sign)— Hitler emphasising different words depending on the audience, poster by Jacobus Belsen, 1931

Mata Hari, a professional exotic dancer, and courtesan who spied for France in WW1 (640x961)

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Mata Hari, a professional exotic dancer, and courtesan who spied for France in WW1 (640x961)

School photo of Soviet Union leader Joseph Stalin at the age of 10, taken in the late 1880s.

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School photo of Soviet Union leader Joseph Stalin at the age of 10, taken in the late 1880s.

Family poses with their children for their professional studio photo, circa 1913. Glass negative

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Family poses with their children for their professional studio photo, circa 1913. Glass negative

Chi Chi Rodriguez and caddy Alfred Dyer at The 1975 Masters Tournament

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Chi Chi Rodriguez and caddy Alfred Dyer at The 1975 Masters Tournament

Man poses for a photo in-front of Soyuz rocket, Baikonur, Kazakh SSR, 1980s.

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Man poses for a photo in-front of Soyuz rocket, Baikonur, Kazakh SSR, 1980s.

Inejirō Asanuma, Secretary-General of the Japan Socialist Party, participates in a public blood donation campaign in Tokyo to help wounded UN soldiers during the Korean War. 28 September 1950. (644x1000)

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Inejirō Asanuma, Secretary-General of the Japan Socialist Party, participates in a public blood donation campaign in Tokyo to help wounded UN soldiers during the Korean War. 28 September 1950. (644x1000)

Today we lay my father-in-law to rest. He served in Vietnam on the USS America.

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Today we lay my father-in-law to rest. He served in Vietnam on the USS America.

The Majority is Not Silent. The Administration is Deaf. 1969, Anti-Nixon

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The Majority is Not Silent. The Administration is Deaf. 1969, Anti-Nixon

Hanns Martin Schleyer, a German business executive and former SS officer after being kidnapped by the far-left militant group “Red Army Faction” in 1977.

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Hanns Martin Schleyer, a German business executive and former SS officer after being kidnapped by the far-left militant group “Red Army Faction” in 1977.

Sailors Saluting A War Veteran, Leningrad 1989.

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Sailors Saluting A War Veteran, Leningrad 1989.

Family poses together at backyard. Daughters using twin dresses with the little chubby toddler being held by sister and father, 1970s.

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Family poses together at backyard. Daughters using twin dresses with the little chubby toddler being held by sister and father, 1970s.

From the 1930s, when Nepal’s king Juddha Shumsher went on a hunting expedition.

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From the 1930s, when Nepal’s king Juddha Shumsher went on a hunting expedition.

Queen Genepil, The Last Queen Of Mongolia, 1920.

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Queen Genepil, The Last Queen Of Mongolia, 1920.

Great great grandpa raised 5 kids alone after his wife went back to Italy with another man-1910’s

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Great great grandpa raised 5 kids alone after his wife went back to Italy with another man-1910’s