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1940s Nazi officials use calipers to measure an ethnic German's

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Osaka Castle overlooking Nippon Life Stadium, 1960.

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The oldest known photo in Texas history. Taken in 1849, the Alamo Mission as it appeared 13 years after the infamous battle that saw the deaths of James Bowie, Davy Crockett and William Travis.

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A couple takes cover under a bridge during the Tiananmen Square Massacre (June 4, 1989]

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My parents wedding photo 10/1/1948

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Swat Them All! Anti-Discrimination, 1945, Art by Eric Godal

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Man in chicken suit, 1910.

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My parents on their wedding day - 1990

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German battleship Tirpitz anchored in Ås Fjord, Norway. March, 1942. .

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Young women spending time at the lake during the summer in the 1970s

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Marilyn Monroe assembling drones in 1944 for Operation Aphrodite during World War II. Today is her 100th birthday.

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2-year-old Rahima Banu, the last variola major natural case in the world. Kuralia, Bangladesh. October 1975

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