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Soviet soldiers drink with Americans for Victory, May 1945.

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Soviet soldiers drink with Americans for Victory, May 1945.

My Grandpa Looking through the Photo Album That I'm Digitizing

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My Grandpa Looking through the Photo Album That I'm Digitizing

The aftermath of the Tiananmen Square massacre 1989, taken and smuggled out of the country by Hong Kong photographer Kan Tai Wong.

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The aftermath of the Tiananmen Square massacre 1989, taken and smuggled out of the country by Hong Kong photographer Kan Tai Wong.

Human remains from Spanish Reconcentración camps in Cuba during the Cuban War of Independence, 1898.

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Human remains from Spanish Reconcentración camps in Cuba during the Cuban War of Independence, 1898.

"Anger Transference" (Richard Sargent, 1954)

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"Anger Transference" (Richard Sargent, 1954)

Stalin's son Yakov Dzhugashvili in German captivity, 1941. He was later killed in a prison camp.

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Stalin's son Yakov Dzhugashvili in German captivity, 1941. He was later killed in a prison camp.

My grandparents first date at the local milkshake bar. Circa 1949, NSW Australia.

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My grandparents first date at the local milkshake bar. Circa 1949, NSW Australia.

A radiologist checks a miner's stomach for swallowed diamonds, Kimberley, South Africa, 1954

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A radiologist checks a miner's stomach for swallowed diamonds, Kimberley, South Africa, 1954

Site of the execution of the Russian imperial family at the Ipatiev House in Yekaterinburg, photographed in 1919, one year after the murders.

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Site of the execution of the Russian imperial family at the Ipatiev House in Yekaterinburg, photographed in 1919, one year after the murders.

Macaulay Culkin and Joe Pesci, 1991.

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Macaulay Culkin and Joe Pesci, 1991.

My grandfather holding my mom, 1971

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My grandfather holding my mom, 1971

Hotel owner pouring acid into swimming pool while black patrons swim, St. Augustine, Florida 1964

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Hotel owner pouring acid into swimming pool while black patrons swim, St. Augustine, Florida 1964

"Jesus did not choose non white apostles" Protest against Harold Perry, first openly African- American Catholic bishop 1966

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"Jesus did not choose non white apostles" Protest against Harold Perry, first openly African- American Catholic bishop 1966

Empire State Building before the city grew skyscrapers, 1930s

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Empire State Building before the city grew skyscrapers, 1930s

My dad looking dapper for school picture day. (late 1950s) He would have been 83-years-old today.

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My dad looking dapper for school picture day. (late 1950s) He would have been 83-years-old today.

1179 captured participants in the Bay of Pigs Invasion stand trial for treason. Among those captured were 100 plantation owners, 67 landlords of apartment houses, 35 factory owners, 112 businessmen, 179 lived off unearned income, and 194 ex-soldiers of Batista (Cuba, 1962) .

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1179 captured participants in the Bay of Pigs Invasion stand trial for treason. Among those captured were 100 plantation owners, 67 landlords of apartment houses, 35 factory owners, 112 businessmen, 179 lived off unearned income, and 194 ex-soldiers of Batista (Cuba, 1962) .

Hitler inspects the Schwerer Gustav gun weighing more than 1,350 tons, 1941

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Hitler inspects the Schwerer Gustav gun weighing more than 1,350 tons, 1941

The face of a fallen empire, Nuremberg 1946

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The face of a fallen empire, Nuremberg 1946

Man laughs as he is chased by a lady with a stick to jam his pennyfarthing, 1900. Glass negative shot with some blurr.

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Man laughs as he is chased by a lady with a stick to jam his pennyfarthing, 1900. Glass negative shot with some blurr.

In 1978, Bob Dylan wanted something different and fired all his backup singers and half the band, including singer songwriter Katey Sagal before she moved into acting

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In 1978, Bob Dylan wanted something different and fired all his backup singers and half the band, including singer songwriter Katey Sagal before she moved into acting