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General view as Georges Andre lends the Olympic Oath during the opening ceremonies of the VIII Olympic Games (Paris, France 1924)
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WW1 photo of German friends in a trench bunker. Photos on the wall and one being a photo of a woman. Exact date unknown
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Whitney Houston performs the national anthem at Super Bowl XXV, Tampa, Florida, 27 January 1991
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11 Feb 1911: Melbourne Zoo's lion, Wallace, rented by a magician performing at the Melbourne Opera House, walked offstage and out of the theatre. He took shelter in the T&G Buildings, 400 metres from the theatre. After two hours he was coaxed into a cage and returned to the zoo.
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Princess Diana on the log flume with her sons William and Harry at Thorpe Park. She made the princes queue with everyone else that day in 1993 (460 x 295).
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Kids posing with largest log cabin. It was built in 1905 and later burned down In 1964. (640×930)
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French General Henri Dumesnil toasts Charles Sweeny, an American mercenary, before his departure to Morocco to fight in the Rif War. Sweeny was the leader of a 17-man squadron of Americans who bombed Moroccan villages and cities for the "cause of the white man's civilization", 1925 .
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In june 1980 during the military dicatorship in Chile artist Alfredo Jaar asked the Chileans a simple question: "Es usted feliz?" (Are you happy?)
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