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Frank Sinatra, pictured alongside the men hired to promote his concert, Bob and Harvey Weinstein. October 4th 1974

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Sammy Davis, Jr. embraces President Richard Nixon during Nixon's 1972 reelection campaign.

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American marines pose with the flag of Nicaraguan leader Augusto Sandino, who led a guerrilla war against the American occupation that had been going on since 1912. (1932)

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A British farmer paints stripes on her cow to increase its visibility at night and prevent car accidents if it wanders onto the road during blackout caused by intense bombing during WWII (1939)

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Betty Grable, 1943. This photo became the most requested for G.I's serving in WW2.

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Aleje Jerozolimskie in Warsaw, Poland in 1956. Photo by Zbyszko Siemaszko.

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Lt Edwin King examines his P-47 after returning from a mission in Northern Italy where his engine had been hit by German flak causing a massive oil leak... January 12, 1945.

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Yoshihiro Hattori in San Francisco. He was a Japanese student on an exchange program to the US. On 17 October 1992, he was shot to death in Baton Rouge when, on his way to a Halloween party, he went to the wrong house by mistake. The killer was acquitted (San Francisco, California 1992)

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George Blind, French maquisard caught and taken prisonner, this is a mock execution meant to scare the victim into disclosing their information, George Blind simply laught and smile at this entertainment, prison of Belfort 1944 (1050x533)

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a picture of Red army soldiers charging over the ice, attacking the anarchist rebels in Kronstad, March, 1921, gulf of Finland (literally)

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The bodies of 9 members of the pro-Nazi Iron Guard are openly displayed after their summary executions. The men were responsible for killing Prime Minister Armand Călinescu. The poster in the back reads "From now on, this shall be the fate of those who betray the country", Romania, 1939 .

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Henry Kissinger (L) receiving his Nobel Peace Prize from Thomas Byrne, US Ambassador to Norway. Kissinger shared the 1973 Noble Peace Prize with Lê Đức Thọ, North Vietnam's negotiator, 'for jointly having negotiated a cease fire in Vietnam in 1973'. Thọ refused the award (London, UK)

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