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Pedro II "The Magnanimous," last Emperor of Brazil, in exile in 1889. Serving for 58 years from age 5, he reversed Brazil's economic decline, won 3 wars, ended slavery, established civil rights, & was considered an intellectual savant. He is widely regarded as the greatest Brazilian ever (2200x2964)
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A rebuttal of the “Aryan Race” (1940s)
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1960s Hot Wheels assembly line. [1230x1591]
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A family in front of their new house, 123 years ago. 1900 (1080×681)
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Tom Hurndall, British photography student, being carried unconscious by two local youth after he was shot in the head in the Gaza Strip by a (IDF) sniper, Taysir Hayb while attempting to rescue a child who had been pinned down by gunfire on 11 April 2003. (2003) [1200x900]
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The upper chamber of the Supreme Soviet in its final session, voting the USSR out of existence, 26 December 1991 [1,024 × 699]
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At least the war is over for him- German POW in a church in Colleville-sur-Mer Normandy, France, 1944. [1440x1440]
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In 1958, car seat safety was rudimentary, with seats not being equipped with any straps. Instead, these seats depended on the mother extending her arm to prevent the baby from toppling forward.
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That’s a pretty risqué joke for the 1940s!
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Actress Lana Turner -- 1941
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The Planters: 1941 by Jack Delano
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Russian woman, with the background of the burnt out Parliament building, and a BTR APC - Moscow, Russia – aftermath of the constitutional crisis, c. October 1993. [960 x 648]
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A photograph of unidentified My Lai Massacre victims moments before being killed by American GIs. Taken by Ronald L. Haeberle on the 16th March 1968. [400 × 600]
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Tricycle Gang in Brooklyn, New York City, 1930s. (1079×792)
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Elizabeth Short unsolved murder Jan 15 1947
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Chief John Smith was an Ojibwe (Chippewa) Indian who lived in the area of Cass Lake, Minnesota. He died in 1922 at the (alleged) ripe old age of 137.
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A New York iron worker walks along a girder high above the city streets 1950. [1301x1592]
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London secretary showing off the latest fashions, 1966
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Alfredo Stroessner, Paraguay's 35-year CIA-backed dictator, days after his overthrow, 1989. A pedophile who murdered & tortured thousands of dissidents & harbored Nazis like Josef Mengele, he ruled longer than any Latin-American dictator beside Castro. He died at 94 years old a free man. (2048x1930)
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Shark mouth on a German Bf-109, ca 1943 (Original color photo) [500x470]
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More of a political cartoon on neocolonialism - 1998
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