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A construction worker tightens a bolt of the Empire State Building's steel framework during its construction. New York City, New York, USA. 1930.
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A stolen Army helicopter sits on the South Lawn of the White House. The daredevil pilot, identified as Army PFC Robert K. Preston, was forced down by a volley of shotgun blasts from federal police on the executive mansion grounds (Washington DC, USA 1974)
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Rifleman R.M. Douglas of The Royal Winnipeg Rifles with a group of Dutch women who are celebrating the liberation of Deventer, Netherlands. April 1945.
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Woodward and Bernstein watch Nixon’s first TV speech on Watergate in 1973. The two journalists did much of the initial reporting that brought the presidential scandal to light.
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Two children wearing masks of Hitler and Charlie Chaplin, London, c. 1940.
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A photo of Father Hans Schmidt, a Catholic priest who emigrated from Germany due to scandals. In 1913, he gained international notoriety after murdering a woman and drinking her blood. For this, he became the first and only Catholic priest to be executed in the United States .
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On this day, February 14th 1942, various Polish resistance movements merged in order to establish the “Home Army”.
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A cage in the buildings for your baby to get some air/sun in 1937 (640 x 826)
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Portuguese Air Force paratrooper and nurse, Aura Teles (she was handling a MG3) at an airfield: in the Portuguese colonial territory of Guinea, during the Guinea-Bissau War of Independence, c. 1963 - 1974.
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