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Explore fresh reads on battles, biographies, culture and lesser‑known moments from history.

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Pablo Picasso in his studio in Cannes, France, 1956. (1080x1310)

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The only photo ever taken of a "Sicilian Wolf" a subspecies of gray wolf native to the Island of Sicily, late 1800's. The species is thought to have gone extinct in the 1920s, though supposed sightings were reported into the 1970's (929x661)

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Fall of Saddam, 2014

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A young lady and her ice cream cone circa 1960s. A found photo from the Anonymous Project

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A 23 year old Orson Welles poses for NY Daily News cameras in early November 1938, a few days after his infamous War of the Worlds broadcast on CBS.

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1850's portrait of Thomas Lincoln, father of US President Abraham Lincoln. (2561x1920)

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My great grandparents Finnish immigrants taken around 1910-1912. She died in 1922 during child birth and he disappeared creating a family mystery of who he was and where he came from and where he went. Last name Lilja.

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Average American family, Detroit, Michigan, 1954. All this on a Ford factory worker’s wages!

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George Carlin's mugshot after being arrested in Milwaukee following his performance of "Seven Words You Can't Say on Television", 1972. (460x311)

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Soviet cartoon from the Second World War (1942) showing a concerned Goebbels inspecting soldiers at the front while holding a propaganda image of a cheery soldier behind his back. Artist: Kukryniksy.

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The last photo of former U.S president Dwight Eisenhower,alongside Richard Nixon in the hospital in 1969(815x519)

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Some old parenting tips from a found photo

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