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With her husband at war, Mom works on the car, 1944. (761×697)

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The second image of former Italian President Aldo Moro as a hostage of the Red Brigades. He was later murdered as a hostage. April 19, 1978

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Austro-Hungarian trench raiders near Caporetto, 1917.

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Josiah Harlan, Prince of Ghor an American born in Pennsylvania who travelled to Afghanistan with the intention of making himself a king. He failed. (1838-1845)

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Lion tamer and animal trainer Jack Bonavita poses with his lions. An esteemed circus performer in turn-of-the-century New York, Bonavita was eventually killed by one of his animals in 1917 — though it wasn't a lion, but instead a polar bear.

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Super Bowl I, January 15, 1967 - The Packers defeated the Chiefs 35-10 on a sunny 72 degree afternoon at the LA Coliseum. Ticket prices were a mere $12 and the event did not sell out.

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Swedish weightlifter rejoices after successfully lifting weights at the Olympic Games in Montreal, 1976 .

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Anti-apartheid sign in Karachi, (then British India). Circa 1940s (pre-partition)

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2500-year celebration of the Persian Empire. Persepolis, Iran. October 1971

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Pyramid of WWI German helmets in New York, 1919.

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Leftist woman handing out anti-shah manifesto. Tehran, iran, 1979. (688×473)

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Ho Chi Minh (President of the Democratic Republic of Vietnam), Josip Broz Tito (President of Yugoslavia) and Edvard Kardelj (Deputy Prime Minister of Yugoslavia) meeting in Belgrade, 1957.

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