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A group of hippies recovering bags of marijuana from the frozen Lower Merced Pass Lake in Yosemite National Park, which fell from a crashed smuggler's plane. January 1977.

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A wounded German prisoner of war (POW) is given a drink of water at a U.S. medical center in Altavilla, Italy. 20 September, 1943

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Madame Marzella and her trained parrots - performing on the Tivoli Circuit in Sydney, Australia, circa 1890.

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A rescue dog takes a needed break as FEMA's Urban Search and Rescue teams search for survivors amongst the wreckage of the World Trade Center. September 21, 2001

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Grand Duchesses Olga, Tatiana, Maria & Anastasia Nikolaevna Romanov of Russia posing for their last Formal Photo Session - 1916

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Two young resistance fighters in Josip Tito’s partisan army during the Second World War. The girl on the left is 15 year old Fana Kočovska, the youngest recipient of Yugoslavia’s Order of the National Hero (1943) (662 x 800)

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The breach in the Aurelian Walls (R), near Porta Pia (L), opened by the Italian artillery fire during the capture of Rome. On 20 September 1870, the capture of Rome by the Italian Army brought an end to the Papal States, which had existed since 756 (Rome, Italy 1870)

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U.S. Army mules are tied in a long picket line at the docks in Palermo, Sicily, before being loaded on a boat for the invasion of Italy. 20 September, 1943

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Saladin Citadel, Cairo 1870

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Preparing and printing the New York Times, 1942.

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Seven riders on horseback and a dog trek across Canyon de Chelly, Arizona. Photo by Edward S. Curtis, 1904

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Russian animal rights activists protest outside McDonald’s in Moscow, 1992 .

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