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The car of Bonnie Parker and Clyde Barrow was found to have weapons and ammunition upon their demise in 1934 .
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Eleven-year-old Joe Roach is chained to his bed in his home in Houston. The boy said that he'd spent the night before sleeping in the doghouse in his backyard rather than going into the house to be mistreated. His parents appeared in court. 27 August 1954
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Footage that is thought to be of Taliban founder Mullah Omar (4th from left) taken surreptitiously by the BBC in 1996. If authentic, it would constitute only the fourth known image of Omar ever captured. (2048x1536)
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Ernest Hemingway on safari in Kenya with his 4th wife Mary in 1953. Soon after this the two would survive a pair of plane crashes in the span of just 2 days. (1280x1267)
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John Howard Griffin posing as a black man in the Deep South as part of an experiment to see life and segregation from the other side of the colour line. He later published a book about it titled Black Like Me, 1959
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Joseph Goebbels glares at Jewish photographer Alfred Eisenstaedt, 1933.
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The Mercury Seven - the first generation of American astronauts - having a discussion with Dr. Wernher von Braun (on the right). circa late 1959. .
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Canadian Army soldier Patrick Cloutier and Ojibwe activist Brad Larocque staring each other down during the Oka Crisis. Sept 1st, 1990.
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An American serviceman shares his rations with two Japanese children on the island of Okinawa, 1945.
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Man protesting against the sale of dresses that fail to cover the knees when seated - 1962
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The Michelin band performs at the opening of the Michelin Hour radio program, April 17, 1928.
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The war correspondent Jean Marin observes the corpses of Belgian civilians killed by the Waffen-SS at the Legaye, at Stavelot. 1944 (1387 × 928)
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