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I lost my eye to cancer when I was about 5. This is me on my first picture day (1998).
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Kodachrome photo of 4 girls at at birthday party, 1951. Love the little candy baskets
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Rae Carruth, a wide receiver for the Carolina Panthers, is arrested for murder of his pregnant girlfriend, whom he had killed for refusing to get an abortion, in Western Tennessee. Along with OJ Simpson and Aaron Hernandez, Carruth is one of the NFL's most notorious figures, 1999 .
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Farrokh Bulsara, born on the island of Zanzibar, pictured with his nanny in 1947. He is also known by the name, Freddie Mercury, lead singer of the rock group, Queen. (500x526)
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Before the tourists, before the surfers: Fishermen's wives working on the beach in Nazaré, Portugal, early 1960s
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“Saddam Hussein has a group called the Nuclear Mujahideen. Iraq (...) could be just one year away from having an atomic bomb.” G.W. Bush (USA, 2003)
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Babe Heffron and Bill Guarnere of “Band of Brothers” fame visit the grave of a fallen comrade, 1950s
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Ah-Weh-Eyu (Pretty Flower) of the Seneca Nation, 1908. (Photo by J.L. Blessing, published by The Blessing Studio, Salamanca, New York)
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US President Ulysses S. Grant in 1860. Behind him is a posture brace to help prevent movement during a photo session. Any sudden movements would cause blurring in the photo due to the long exposure time. (1080x1073)
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American policies remain the same, only their faces change - Iran, 2018. (845×1162)
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