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Ignorance=Fear: Silence=Death by Keith Haring (1989)

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A mugshot of 11-year-old gangster Robert Sandifer. It is the only known photo of Sandifer, who killed a 14-year-old schoolgirl while shooting at rival gangsters, prior to his own murder by two teenage fellow gangsters. His short and violent life got national attention (Chicago, 1994) .

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Young lady posing for her double shot, Junction city, Kansas, 1917. glass negative

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Coffins of Communards following the suppression of the Paris Commune, 1871.

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Only known authentic photograph of Titanic's swimming pool 1912

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My grandpa George Clinton, backstage in the 70s 🖤

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A bridal party in the 70s

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January 31, 1990: The first McDonald's in the USSR opened in Moscow. Its opening was a real sensation: to get in, you had to wait in line for several hours.

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"Zionism is a weapon of imperialism!"—May day parade. USSR, 1972

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A man on the beach is fined for indecent clothing, Heemskerk, Netherlands, 1931

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Syrian president Bashar al assad with Egyptian leader hosni mubarak during his trip to Egypt, both would be overthrown because of the Arab spring (though bashar would take much longer) March 20th 2002 (1024×711)

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My great grandma Evelyn in 1938, age 21

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