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My father with his mother, probably in the early 1950s

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My father with his mother, probably in the early 1950s

Ottoman officer with his children and their dog, Istanbul, 1910s 🇹🇷(1024x1024)

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Ottoman officer with his children and their dog, Istanbul, 1910s 🇹🇷(1024x1024)

"Racism tears Britain apart." - 2002 NUS/UJS Poster

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"Racism tears Britain apart." - 2002 NUS/UJS Poster

Chernobyl cleanup"Liquidators" cleaning off debris from the roof of the Chernobyl Nuclear power station,1986. Note the streaks on the photo film due to radiation exposure.

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Chernobyl cleanup"Liquidators" cleaning off debris from the roof of the Chernobyl Nuclear power station,1986. Note the streaks on the photo film due to radiation exposure.

During nighttime training, Australian troops were practicing a landing at the edge of a dam. To make the maneuver more realistic, explosives were used to simulate battlefield conditions. The drill took an unexpected turn when a charge of gelignite detonated under their boat. June 1942.

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During nighttime training, Australian troops were practicing a landing at the edge of a dam. To make the maneuver more realistic, explosives were used to simulate battlefield conditions. The drill took an unexpected turn when a charge of gelignite detonated under their boat. June 1942.

My (now) wife on her way to high school, 1984

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My (now) wife on her way to high school, 1984

Ariel view of the Normandy Landings on June 6, 1945

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Ariel view of the Normandy Landings on June 6, 1945

The dead bodies of the Dalton Gang following their demise in the shootout during the 1892 Coffeyville bank robbery.

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The dead bodies of the Dalton Gang following their demise in the shootout during the 1892 Coffeyville bank robbery.

An Interracial couple in the 1960s

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An Interracial couple in the 1960s

Lyndon B. Johnson yelling at the pilots of a nearby plane to cut their engines so that John F. Kennedy could speak as Kennedy is seen trying to calm him down. Taken during the 1960 presidential campaign in Amarillo, Texas.

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Lyndon B. Johnson yelling at the pilots of a nearby plane to cut their engines so that John F. Kennedy could speak as Kennedy is seen trying to calm him down. Taken during the 1960 presidential campaign in Amarillo, Texas.

Steve Greenberg (2010)

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Steve Greenberg (2010)

Carrie Fisher, 1980

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Carrie Fisher, 1980

A bride who received a gift from her U.S. Marine fiancé containing the skull of a Japanese soldier he had killed writes him a letter of gratitude in response. The photo was published in Life magazine on May 22, 1944.

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A bride who received a gift from her U.S. Marine fiancé containing the skull of a Japanese soldier he had killed writes him a letter of gratitude in response. The photo was published in Life magazine on May 22, 1944.

Japanese high school students playing mahjong and injecting methamphetamine (Hiropon, ヒロポン) (ca. 1950)

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Japanese high school students playing mahjong and injecting methamphetamine (Hiropon, ヒロポン) (ca. 1950)

My grandmother (on the left) and a friend after her release from a tuberculosis sanatorium in 1953

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My grandmother (on the left) and a friend after her release from a tuberculosis sanatorium in 1953

A French boy meets Indian soldiers who have just arrived in France to fight alongside French and British troops, Marseille, September 30, 1914.

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A French boy meets Indian soldiers who have just arrived in France to fight alongside French and British troops, Marseille, September 30, 1914.

A U.S. Army lieutenant fires a flaming arrow at a bamboo hut. Vietnam, 1967.

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A U.S. Army lieutenant fires a flaming arrow at a bamboo hut. Vietnam, 1967.

Steve Greenberg (2005)

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Steve Greenberg (2005)

Enterprising Young Lad Lemonade Stand Seller Colorado 1971

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Enterprising Young Lad Lemonade Stand Seller Colorado 1971

As her public defender looks on, Tammy Middlebrooks, 19, pleads guilty for her role in the lynching of Kerrick Majors, a 14-year-old black boy, in Nashville. Tammy and two other white drifters tortured and murdered Majors after he accidentally broke a $2 vase (Tennessee, 1989) .

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As her public defender looks on, Tammy Middlebrooks, 19, pleads guilty for her role in the lynching of Kerrick Majors, a 14-year-old black boy, in Nashville. Tammy and two other white drifters tortured and murdered Majors after he accidentally broke a $2 vase (Tennessee, 1989) .