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70's yearbook showcases a student's extra-curricular activities

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70's yearbook showcases a student's extra-curricular activities

In 1987, West German Navy sailors visiting Seoul, South Korea, cover their noses to avoid tear gas fired during a protest

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In 1987, West German Navy sailors visiting Seoul, South Korea, cover their noses to avoid tear gas fired during a protest

''Greetings...'' - American cartoon (''The Denver Post'', artist: Patrick Oliphant) commenting on the Vietnam War, April 17, 1972

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''Greetings...'' - American cartoon (''The Denver Post'', artist: Patrick Oliphant) commenting on the Vietnam War, April 17, 1972

Wooden Leg Photographed at Northern Cheyenne Reservation, Montana (1927)

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Wooden Leg Photographed at Northern Cheyenne Reservation, Montana (1927)

The body of a female student who died after being caught up in the attempted assassination of the president during the 1974 Korean Independence Day ceremony

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The body of a female student who died after being caught up in the attempted assassination of the president during the 1974 Korean Independence Day ceremony

This is me and my grandma. She was 47 years old.

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This is me and my grandma. She was 47 years old.

Favorite picture of my grandparents, 1970s

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Favorite picture of my grandparents, 1970s

Picture found in Honkawa Elementary School in 2013 of the Hiroshima atom bomb cloud, said to have been taken about 20 to 30 minutes after detonation of about 10 km (6 miles) east of the epicenter. (610 × 857)

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Picture found in Honkawa Elementary School in 2013 of the Hiroshima atom bomb cloud, said to have been taken about 20 to 30 minutes after detonation of about 10 km (6 miles) east of the epicenter. (610 × 857)

When the Old Erie Canal officially closed in 1917, hundreds of boats from Albany to Buffalo were abandoned to decay and sink in place. Frankfort, NY, 1922.

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When the Old Erie Canal officially closed in 1917, hundreds of boats from Albany to Buffalo were abandoned to decay and sink in place. Frankfort, NY, 1922.

Freedom Fighters (2002)

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Freedom Fighters (2002)

Cleaning out my Papa’s house after he died and found a bunch of really cool old photos. Here’s my dad in the 70s.

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Cleaning out my Papa’s house after he died and found a bunch of really cool old photos. Here’s my dad in the 70s.

Balbina Szymańska with her twin boys who were born during the Siege of Warsaw. The boys were later killed during Warsaw Uprising on their 5th birthday by a German artillery strike, while their mother was out looking for food. Św. Warsaw, Poland, 9 September 1939. Photo by Julien Bryan.

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Balbina Szymańska with her twin boys who were born during the Siege of Warsaw. The boys were later killed during Warsaw Uprising on their 5th birthday by a German artillery strike, while their mother was out looking for food. Św. Warsaw, Poland, 9 September 1939. Photo by Julien Bryan.

Jack ruby’s assassination of Lee Harvey Oswald , November 25 , 1963

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Jack ruby’s assassination of Lee Harvey Oswald , November 25 , 1963

Young couple smiling for their photo together, 1972.

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Young couple smiling for their photo together, 1972.

Orville, the surviving Wright brother, climbs aboard a Lockheed Constellation for his final flight on April 19, 1944. The plane was piloted by Howard Hughes and Jack Frye who picked Orville up at Wright Field in Ohio.

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Orville, the surviving Wright brother, climbs aboard a Lockheed Constellation for his final flight on April 19, 1944. The plane was piloted by Howard Hughes and Jack Frye who picked Orville up at Wright Field in Ohio.

Late night pose for my boyfriend while my parents are gone, 1976

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Late night pose for my boyfriend while my parents are gone, 1976

Red Army soldiers in a trench near the corpse of a German soldier, still wearing an Iron Cross, 1942 (1591×1256)

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Red Army soldiers in a trench near the corpse of a German soldier, still wearing an Iron Cross, 1942 (1591×1256)

2009 editorial cartoon by Mike Lester for The Rome News-Tribune

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2009 editorial cartoon by Mike Lester for The Rome News-Tribune

Pvt Wallace F. Burket, a bazooka man with the 80th Infantry Division reuniting with his brother, Sergeant William C. Burket, in Braunau, Austria, on May 9, 1945. Sergeant Burket had been missing and held as a prisoner of war for over two years after being shot down over North Africa.

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Pvt Wallace F. Burket, a bazooka man with the 80th Infantry Division reuniting with his brother, Sergeant William C. Burket, in Braunau, Austria, on May 9, 1945. Sergeant Burket had been missing and held as a prisoner of war for over two years after being shot down over North Africa.

Boy with straw hat and kitten - Japan 1956.

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Boy with straw hat and kitten - Japan 1956.