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Pentagon memo (Mikhaela Reid, 2004)

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Pentagon memo (Mikhaela Reid, 2004)

My sister and I in Italy, 1977. It looks like a Caravaggio painting, but we were just waiting for dinner.

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My sister and I in Italy, 1977. It looks like a Caravaggio painting, but we were just waiting for dinner.

My parents on their wedding day July 10th, 1965.

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My parents on their wedding day July 10th, 1965.

Leon Trotsky and Frida Kahlo, 1937

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Leon Trotsky and Frida Kahlo, 1937

Child gives another child a picked dandelion in Auschwitz, 1944

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Child gives another child a picked dandelion in Auschwitz, 1944

The Endurance ship stuck in the ice taken by crew photographer Frank Hurley in 1915

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The Endurance ship stuck in the ice taken by crew photographer Frank Hurley in 1915

My grandfather a.k.a. the South Bend Shovel Slayer - 1984

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My grandfather a.k.a. the South Bend Shovel Slayer - 1984

French woman beating a captured German soldier, September 1944. (491x600)

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French woman beating a captured German soldier, September 1944. (491x600)

War is Abortion at a Later Date, Art by George A. Beyer, 1960-1970

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War is Abortion at a Later Date, Art by George A. Beyer, 1960-1970

Funeral of Ruhollah Khomeini, Supreme Leader of Iran (1989)

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Funeral of Ruhollah Khomeini, Supreme Leader of Iran (1989)

My Grandpa (MacDaddy) posing for a family photo c. 1975

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My Grandpa (MacDaddy) posing for a family photo c. 1975

(colorized) - Princess Victoria Louise of Prussia in the uniform of the Life-Hussars cavalry Regiment Nr.2 (Empress Friedrich) - on the occasion of the handover of command of the regiment to the princess, c. October 1909.

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(colorized) - Princess Victoria Louise of Prussia in the uniform of the Life-Hussars cavalry Regiment Nr.2 (Empress Friedrich) - on the occasion of the handover of command of the regiment to the princess, c. October 1909.

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Ryan Gosling at a dance recital back in 1992

March 25th, 1911, bystanders look up at the burning Triangle Shirtwaist Factory next to the bodies of those who jumped to escape the flames .

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March 25th, 1911, bystanders look up at the burning Triangle Shirtwaist Factory next to the bodies of those who jumped to escape the flames .

Young lady hold a spear size icecle at the door of her apartment, Schenectady, New York, 1956

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Young lady hold a spear size icecle at the door of her apartment, Schenectady, New York, 1956

Victims of the "Great Slaughter" in the northern Syrian city of Aleppo, shown in a photo from 1919 during the Armenian Genocide.

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Victims of the "Great Slaughter" in the northern Syrian city of Aleppo, shown in a photo from 1919 during the Armenian Genocide.

"Russia is here forever!" Kherson, Ukraine, 2022

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"Russia is here forever!" Kherson, Ukraine, 2022

1892, A family poses in front of 1341 year old Sequoia tree nicknamed ‘Mark Twain’ that was felled in 1892 after a team of two men spent 13 days sawing it. The giant tree was 331 feet tall (100 meters) and had a diameter of 16 feet (4.9 meters).

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1892, A family poses in front of 1341 year old Sequoia tree nicknamed ‘Mark Twain’ that was felled in 1892 after a team of two men spent 13 days sawing it. The giant tree was 331 feet tall (100 meters) and had a diameter of 16 feet (4.9 meters).

A dead US Paratrooper of the 17th Airborne Division suspended from his parachute in a tree near Wesel, Germany during Operation Varsity - March 24, 1945

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A dead US Paratrooper of the 17th Airborne Division suspended from his parachute in a tree near Wesel, Germany during Operation Varsity - March 24, 1945

Produce bigger than the baby

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Produce bigger than the baby