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My mom showing my parents first living room furniture. I now have the “cog” table. 1976.

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My mom showing my parents first living room furniture. I now have the “cog” table. 1976.

Georgia Tann with an unknown toddler, circa 1945. Tann owned and operated the unlicensed Tennessee Children's Home Society adoption agency which between the mid-1920s and 1950 trafficked over 5,000 children in a black market baby adoption scheme.

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Georgia Tann with an unknown toddler, circa 1945. Tann owned and operated the unlicensed Tennessee Children's Home Society adoption agency which between the mid-1920s and 1950 trafficked over 5,000 children in a black market baby adoption scheme.

Gary Sinise here. Here's me getting my first guitar in 4th grade back in the early 1960s

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Gary Sinise here. Here's me getting my first guitar in 4th grade back in the early 1960s

"You Deserved It" Far Right Anti American 9/11 Poster - (early 2010s)

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"You Deserved It" Far Right Anti American 9/11 Poster - (early 2010s)

Marianne Bachmeier in 1981 after she shot the Rapist/Murderer of her young daughter during his trial, inside the courtroom. 6 out of 7 shots hit the guy, double tap in the head.

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Marianne Bachmeier in 1981 after she shot the Rapist/Murderer of her young daughter during his trial, inside the courtroom. 6 out of 7 shots hit the guy, double tap in the head.

17 year old anti-fascist resistance fighter Albina Mali-Hočevar in 1942.

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17 year old anti-fascist resistance fighter Albina Mali-Hočevar in 1942.

2 friends have some fun inside the photobooth, circa 1950s.

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2 friends have some fun inside the photobooth, circa 1950s.

Ho Chi Minh, revolutionary and North Vietnamese leader, poses with German sailors aboard a ship in Straslund harbor, during a visit to East Germany. July 27, 1957.

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Ho Chi Minh, revolutionary and North Vietnamese leader, poses with German sailors aboard a ship in Straslund harbor, during a visit to East Germany. July 27, 1957.

A young girl with her toy stroller in Odessa, Ukraine(1985)

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A young girl with her toy stroller in Odessa, Ukraine(1985)

Me at the age of 3 years old in 1973

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Me at the age of 3 years old in 1973

Political cartoon by David Horsey, Los Angeles Times, Circa 2017.

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Political cartoon by David Horsey, Los Angeles Times, Circa 2017.

Pacific War veteran Howard Auld, 25, sits between two cops shortly after his arrest for murder. He'd went after a waitress after dancing with her at a V-J Day party. When she spurned his advances, Auld beat her unconscious, raped her, and left her to die in a cistern (New Jersey, 1945) .

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Pacific War veteran Howard Auld, 25, sits between two cops shortly after his arrest for murder. He'd went after a waitress after dancing with her at a V-J Day party. When she spurned his advances, Auld beat her unconscious, raped her, and left her to die in a cistern (New Jersey, 1945) .

Raquel Welch on the set of One Million Years B.C. - 1966

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Raquel Welch on the set of One Million Years B.C. - 1966

Captured around 5:00 pm, nine hours after the Hiroshima detonation, a Japanese wounded police man, his head wrapped in bandages, is seen distributing rice ration certificates to atomic bomb survivors. August 6, 1945.

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Captured around 5:00 pm, nine hours after the Hiroshima detonation, a Japanese wounded police man, his head wrapped in bandages, is seen distributing rice ration certificates to atomic bomb survivors. August 6, 1945.

My grandmother and my mom in 1958

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My grandmother and my mom in 1958

28 January 1986. Onlookers witnessing the Challenger explosion shortly after take off.

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28 January 1986. Onlookers witnessing the Challenger explosion shortly after take off.

People scaring sparrows during China’s Four Pests Campaign (1958–1962), which targeted rats, flies, mosquitoes, and sparrows—and later contributed to ecological imbalance and famine.

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People scaring sparrows during China’s Four Pests Campaign (1958–1962), which targeted rats, flies, mosquitoes, and sparrows—and later contributed to ecological imbalance and famine.

Hitler looking at a model of Linz in the Reich Chancellery Basement in Berlin, February 9 1945

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Hitler looking at a model of Linz in the Reich Chancellery Basement in Berlin, February 9 1945

By Graeme MacKay, 2022.

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By Graeme MacKay, 2022.

My mother laughing as she tosses her wedding bouquet to her sister, 1947

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My mother laughing as she tosses her wedding bouquet to her sister, 1947