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My great grandma walking with my grandma in downtown Houston, Tx 1945

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My great grandma walking with my grandma in downtown Houston, Tx 1945

A 1925 photograph that might show the last wild Barbary lion before its extinction. It was taken by the French photographer Marcelin Flandrin while he was aboard a flight on the Casablanca-Dakar air route

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A 1925 photograph that might show the last wild Barbary lion before its extinction. It was taken by the French photographer Marcelin Flandrin while he was aboard a flight on the Casablanca-Dakar air route

Japanese soldiers bury Chinese POWs alive. Sino-Japanese War, 1937.

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Japanese soldiers bury Chinese POWs alive. Sino-Japanese War, 1937.

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Video taken on the Jurassic Park ride at Universal Studios Hollywood in 1997

My dad in 1979 age 12

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My dad in 1979 age 12

“The graveyard of empires” (2021)

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“The graveyard of empires” (2021)

Colonel Sanders visiting his cousin Sim Reed. Moose Jaw, Saskatchewan, 1970s.

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Colonel Sanders visiting his cousin Sim Reed. Moose Jaw, Saskatchewan, 1970s.

A picture taken of my German grandfather during WW1 - 1915 - posing with a British dud shell during the battle of loos (1131 x 1553)

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A picture taken of my German grandfather during WW1 - 1915 - posing with a British dud shell during the battle of loos (1131 x 1553)

Colorful Flames… Popular Science Magazine, 1951

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Colorful Flames… Popular Science Magazine, 1951

Children sit on a whites-only bench along the waterfront in Durban, South Africa. May 27, 1960.

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Children sit on a whites-only bench along the waterfront in Durban, South Africa. May 27, 1960.

This photograph was taken by Lawrence Beutler in 1930. Two black men were hanged after being falsely accused of raping a white girl.

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This photograph was taken by Lawrence Beutler in 1930. Two black men were hanged after being falsely accused of raping a white girl.

Don't let them take your cigarettes (Luckovich, 1996)

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Don't let them take your cigarettes (Luckovich, 1996)

Passengers aboard an Eastern Airlines flight from the UK to Australia, 1935. Flight took 11 days (with stops).

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Passengers aboard an Eastern Airlines flight from the UK to Australia, 1935. Flight took 11 days (with stops).

Jacques Biederer, an erotic photography pioneer, hard at work in Paris, 1928. (648x481)

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Jacques Biederer, an erotic photography pioneer, hard at work in Paris, 1928. (648x481)

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Kurt Cobain eating brownie SNL! 1993! Charles Barkley hosts!

Soldier in an Italian home spraying a mixture of DDT and kerosene to control malaria, 1945.

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Soldier in an Italian home spraying a mixture of DDT and kerosene to control malaria, 1945.

'Endurance' stuck in the ice 1915, Trapped and crushed by Antarctic pack ice, the crew of the Endurance survived nearly 500 days, the expedition was an attempt to make the first land crossing of the Antarctica

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'Endurance' stuck in the ice 1915, Trapped and crushed by Antarctic pack ice, the crew of the Endurance survived nearly 500 days, the expedition was an attempt to make the first land crossing of the Antarctica

a girl and her pet toad, venice beach, California, 1936

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a girl and her pet toad, venice beach, California, 1936

U.S. Air Force lieutenant captured by a young North Vietnamese female soldier, Vietnam, 1967.

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U.S. Air Force lieutenant captured by a young North Vietnamese female soldier, Vietnam, 1967.

Ron Cobb (1975)

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Ron Cobb (1975)