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The Baxwbakwalanuksiwe’ (“man-eater at the north end of the world”) mask and costume of the Kwakwakaʼwakw people, confiscated by the government for violating the potlatch ban. Alert Bay, British Columbia, Canada, 1922.
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President Theodore Roosevelt (right, standing on turret) addresses the crew of USS Connecticut, on February 22, 1909, during the final week of his presidency.
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The big Berta was the first miracle weapon of the German military, the 42 caliber mortar gun was presented to Willhelm II in 1915. It was used in WW1 against Belgium and France.
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Terry Fox, a Canadian athlete and a cancer survivor, during his Marathon of Hope across Canada to raise public awareness of cancer. Ontario, 1980.
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U.S. Marines provide security as members of the Royal Canadian Mounted Police Forensics Team investigate a mass grave in a village in Kosovo. July 1, 1999.
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Willard Scott as the creator and original performer of McDonald's mascot clown Ronald McDonald, 1963.
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Lou Gehrig with his friend Babe Ruth at his retirement ceremony,Yankee Stadium 1939 July 4(471X600)
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One of the first tanks which the british used against the germans on the west front in 1916, they hoped to get through the barbed wire of the germans and give the infantry cover. But that didn't work everywhere because of the muddy ground. In the end they only played a supporting role.
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Danish Artic explorer Peter Freuchen and his wife, Vogue fashion illustrator, Dagmar Cohn, 1947. Photo by Irving Penn.
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Jews in Jerusalem listen to the trial of former SS officer Adolf Eichmann on a portable radio. On 11 May 1960, a team of Mossad and Shin Bet agents captured Eichmann in Argentina and brought him to Israel to stand trial on 15 criminal charges (Jerusalem 1961)
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Flight steward Max White at work on board a Qantas Catalina aircraft en route from Suva to Sydney, assisted by young passenger Jennifer Grey. January 1949
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General Augusto Pinochet transfers power to democratically elected President Patricio Aylwin, bringing the 17-year-old dictatorship in Chile to an end. 11 March 1990
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