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German Soldiers Marching through the streets of one of the British Channel Islands. 1940 (1200x800)

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The Five Sullivan Brothers, all serving on the USS Juneau, were KIA on November 13, 1942 when their ship was torpedoed and sunk off of Guadalcanal. Their deaths were the greatest combat-related loss of life for a single family in American military history.

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Photographer Per Elis Edhlund with his daughter, Tyra Edhlund, photographed in c. 1910, Sweden

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Ethnic German settlers are shown their new property in annexed Poland after the German invasion. Part of the “Heim ins Reich” policy. (November 1939)(795x555)

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Jesse Owens upon his return to the US after winning four gold medals at the 1936 Olympic Games.

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"Russians, Go Home!" Hungary 1956

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First photo of a government official in the world, 6th President of the United States John Quincy Adams. Year 1843.

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My third generation Japanese-American (Sansei) grandmother in her wedding gown (1950s)

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Teacher John T. Scopes stands in the courtroom during his trial for teaching Darwin’s theory of evolution in his high school science class. 1925 (750x500)

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The Georgia Tech football team in 1893

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Harlem NYC, 1971 PHOTO: Jack Garofalo

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"During rush hour in the Moscow metro." Cartoon from the British magazine Punch dated July 15, 1936

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