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Four ladies posing for a photo in 1968.

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Oldest aerial photograph, This Boston area photo is the oldest aerial photograph in existence. Furthermore, it was taken in October 1860.

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Dr. Hunter S Thompson on his porch in Woody Creek, Colorado. July 1983. (2500 X 1973)

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USAF TSgt Leonard Matlovich, a decorated veteran of the Vietnam War, appears in his Air Force uniform on the cover of Time magazine with the headline 'I Am A Homosexual'. Matlovich was the first named openly gay person to appear on the cover of a US newsmagazine (United States 1975)

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Deposed Ugandan dictator Idi Amin on his deathbed, August 2003. Overthrown in 1979, Amin lived the majority of the rest of his life in relative obscurity in Saudi Arabia. (1920 X 1080)

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Three of Africa's most notorious dictators, Mobutu Sese Seko of the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Idi Amin of Uganda, and Jean-Bedel Bokassa of the Central African Republic meeting in 1976. (637 X 483)

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Gene Jantzen with wife Pat and 11-month-old son Kent (1947).

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The tiny platinum bullet which killed BBC broadcaster Georgi Markov, who had defected from Bulgaria in 1969. The pellet measured 1.7 mm/1/16 in, and contained ricin, a deadly poison. It was injected into Markov's leg using an umbrella, while he was waiting to take a bus (London, UK 1978)

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King Chulalongkorn (Rama V) of Siam visit to Russia's Alexander Palace - Front row from left Grand Duchess Olga Alexandrovna of Russia (Tsar's Sister), King Chulalongkorn, Dowager Empress Marie (Tsar's Mother), Tsar Nicholas II & Crown Prince Vajiravudh (Chulalongkorn's Son) - 1897

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1954 Press Photo Decorated street in Tokyo, Japan during Tanabata Festival

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A Native American, Belonging To The Ojibwe People, Spear Fishing In A Lake Somewhere In Minnesota, 1908

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Queen Street in Brisbane, Australia during the 1893 Brisbane floods

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