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"Russia is here forever!" Kherson, Ukraine, 2022
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1892, A family poses in front of 1341 year old Sequoia tree nicknamed ‘Mark Twain’ that was felled in 1892 after a team of two men spent 13 days sawing it. The giant tree was 331 feet tall (100 meters) and had a diameter of 16 feet (4.9 meters).
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A dead US Paratrooper of the 17th Airborne Division suspended from his parachute in a tree near Wesel, Germany during Operation Varsity - March 24, 1945
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an Ottoman lady lay with her head resting on the tombstone of her daughter (İstanbul, 1880)
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First Supreme leader of North korea kim il sung meets with soviet leader konstantin chernenko (1980s) this is one of the rare photos that shows the large calcium deposit that grew on the back of il sung's head which caused north Korea to only allow photos of him at a certain angle (582×758)
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Soldier guarding confiscated grain from Ukrainian peasants, Kharkiv 1933.
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Photograph of a barricade during the Paris Commune, April 1871; the blurred figures are a result of the long exposure times required by early cameras.
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Twins Celebrating Their 35th Birthday in 1967, Each Holding Their Newborn Daughters
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