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Iranian soldier Hassan Jangju during the Iran–Iraq War 1980, ( 13 years old ), He was declared missing in action in 1984, and his body was returned to Iran in 2017.

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Me with my first dog, Tippy, 1957

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The remains of astronaut Vladimir Komarov, who perished during a space mission, 1967. Soviet military officials view the remains of cosmonaut Vladimir Komarov.

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"Surpass the UK within fifteen years" (China, 1958)

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This is the first-ever photograph of a surgery, taken in 1847 in Boston

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Dad and an Air Force friend around 1949-1950

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Magda Goebbels, wife of Reichminister of Propaganda Joseph Goebbels, and her 6 children, 1942. All 6 would be murdered by their parents on 1 May 1945 as Soviet troops closed in on the Führerbunker in Berlin.

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August 24, 1997 a week before her death. Princess Diana.

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Selfie of a Yugoslav Partisan couple, still in uniform, on their wedding day, April 1945 (1200x750)

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Irish family posing with their 7 children, Father smiles proud, 8 of March 1908, glass negative

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Anti-PSNI poster. Falls Road area of Belfast, Northern Ireland, 2022.

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Dora: The Largest Calibre Rifled Weapon. 19 March 1943 (1200 x 927)

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