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Two barefoot young students walk on their way to school in Claiborne County, Tennessee, 1940. The girl is carrying a small lunch pail, while the boy holds his schoolbooks by his side.

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Two barefoot young students walk on their way to school in Claiborne County, Tennessee, 1940. The girl is carrying a small lunch pail, while the boy holds his schoolbooks by his side.

'The Procession of the Dead' under the Arc de Triomphe during the Paris Victory Parade July 14, 1919 by the French painter Georges Scott (1934)

Archive / 1822Added Dec 20, 2025

'The Procession of the Dead' under the Arc de Triomphe during the Paris Victory Parade July 14, 1919 by the French painter Georges Scott (1934)

Mother smiles with her onesie while her cowboy photobombs her shot, circa mid 1950s. Kodachrome shot

Archive / 1823Added Dec 20, 2025

Mother smiles with her onesie while her cowboy photobombs her shot, circa mid 1950s. Kodachrome shot

An Khe Army base, aka 'the Golf Course', the helipad of the 1st Cavalry Division, central Vietnam, 1965. Photo taken by Larry Burrows

Archive / 1824Added Dec 20, 2025

An Khe Army base, aka 'the Golf Course', the helipad of the 1st Cavalry Division, central Vietnam, 1965. Photo taken by Larry Burrows

Major General Smedley Butler, 2 time Medal of Honor recipient and veteran of the Spanish American war, Phillipine American war, Banana Wars, Boxer Rebellion, battle of Vera Cruz and Caco War, 1922

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Major General Smedley Butler, 2 time Medal of Honor recipient and veteran of the Spanish American war, Phillipine American war, Banana Wars, Boxer Rebellion, battle of Vera Cruz and Caco War, 1922

I rode hard

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I rode hard

I wasn’t very cool as a kid, but in 1986 I had a pet raccoon.

Archive / 1827Added Dec 20, 2025

I wasn’t very cool as a kid, but in 1986 I had a pet raccoon.

Mug shot of Australian criminal Sydney Skukerman, arrested for having "obtained goods from warehousemen by falsely representing that he is in business" (1924)

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Mug shot of Australian criminal Sydney Skukerman, arrested for having "obtained goods from warehousemen by falsely representing that he is in business" (1924)

Sure, it's cold and snowy, but, not 1978 snowy. Photo from the blizzard of 1978 in Cortland, New York

Archive / 1829Added Dec 19, 2025

Sure, it's cold and snowy, but, not 1978 snowy. Photo from the blizzard of 1978 in Cortland, New York

1915 British “Daddy what did you do in the Great War ?”

Archive / 1830Added Dec 19, 2025

1915 British “Daddy what did you do in the Great War ?”

June, 1966: Women use compact mirrors in packed crowd to catch sight of the queen in London, England.

Archive / 1831Added Dec 19, 2025

June, 1966: Women use compact mirrors in packed crowd to catch sight of the queen in London, England.

13-year-old Iranian child soldier Hassan Janju crawls through a marsh during combat with Iraqi forces. Hassan would die four years later at the age of 16. Southern Iran, 1980.

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13-year-old Iranian child soldier Hassan Janju crawls through a marsh during combat with Iraqi forces. Hassan would die four years later at the age of 16. Southern Iran, 1980.

Crown Prince Wilhelm of Germany (1882-1951) and his daughter Princess Alexandrine. Princess Alexandrine was born with Down syndrome. (1916)

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Crown Prince Wilhelm of Germany (1882-1951) and his daughter Princess Alexandrine. Princess Alexandrine was born with Down syndrome. (1916)

Young lady giving a smile 70 years ago, December of 1955.

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Young lady giving a smile 70 years ago, December of 1955.

81 years ago today- The Malmedy Massacre during the Battle of the Bulge, December 17, 1944. Waffen SS troops under the command of Joachim Peiper murdered 84 U.S. Army POWs who had surrendered in the opening stages of the German offensive.

Archive / 1835Added Dec 18, 2025

81 years ago today- The Malmedy Massacre during the Battle of the Bulge, December 17, 1944. Waffen SS troops under the command of Joachim Peiper murdered 84 U.S. Army POWs who had surrendered in the opening stages of the German offensive.

Polaroid of Steve Buscemi in drag on the set of Somebody to Love (1994)

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Polaroid of Steve Buscemi in drag on the set of Somebody to Love (1994)

A woman in the USSR has equal rights with a man! USSR 1946

Archive / 1837Added Dec 18, 2025

A woman in the USSR has equal rights with a man! USSR 1946

Spymaster Brigadier Yasub Dogar from Pakistan's ISI enjoying qahwa (tea) on a mountain top in Gardez, Afghanistan whilst the Soviet ammunition depots are being destroyed in the background. Soviet-Afghan war, early 1980s,

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Spymaster Brigadier Yasub Dogar from Pakistan's ISI enjoying qahwa (tea) on a mountain top in Gardez, Afghanistan whilst the Soviet ammunition depots are being destroyed in the background. Soviet-Afghan war, early 1980s,

Fred Flintstone punching bag , 1968

Archive / 1839Added Dec 17, 2025

Fred Flintstone punching bag , 1968

Three of the seven linked forts in the Thames Estuary which guarded British shipping lanes against mines and mine laying aeroplanes, 29th September 1945.

Archive / 1840Added Dec 17, 2025

Three of the seven linked forts in the Thames Estuary which guarded British shipping lanes against mines and mine laying aeroplanes, 29th September 1945.