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A photo of General Jacob Smith. During the Philippine-American War, he ordered his troops to kill all Filipinos after an ambush, stating "I wish you to kill and burn." When his subordinate requested an age limit, Smith replied "10 years." At least 2,000 civilians were killed, 1900 .

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Australian troops stationed near the pyramids in Egypt, 1914

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Marilyn Monroe and Jane Russell on the set of 1953's Gentlemen Prefer Blondes

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John L. Burns, the "old hero of Gettysburg," with musket and crutches, c. 1863 (630x807)

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Prime-Minister of Indian state Jammu and Kashmir, Bakshi Ghulam Mohammad, and Nikita Khrushchev during his visit to India in 1955. Mutual feeding, a Kashmiri hospitality custom. (900x643)

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An Inuit man warms up his wife’s feet in Greenland, c. 1898 (698 x 593 )

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Christmas packages destined for US soldiers who were killed or declared missing in action awaits”Return to Sender” stamps, 1944

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Firefighter wearing König's smoking helmet with water spray, Hamburg-Altona, Germany, 1900s

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Captured prisoners of the WWI from eight different nations at an unknown German prisoner of war camp. From left, Annamite (Vietnamese), Tunisian, Senegalese, Sudanese, Russian, American, Portuguese and British. 1917. (962×653)

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Eli Cohen, an Israeli spy, publicly hanged in Damascus, 1965. (NSFW)

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School children saying the Pledge of Allegiance, United States, 1930s.

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Albert Einstein and friend at the opening ceremony of the 1939 World’s Fair in New York

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