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A rare picture of real cowboys in Tascosa, TX, relaxing in 1908, as opposed to movie ones. Photo by Erwin E. Smith

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Mark Rukavina, Communist, Occupation: Miner, Crime: Invert. Pittsburgh, PA. 1932.

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The New Pramobile made by Dunckley, London, England c. 1930.

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This is from a series of Irish 'Photograms' sold as postcards in the 1890s. The collection features the main cities of Dublin, Belfast, Cork, and Waterford alongside the main tourist attractions of the day. I've linked to more in the comments. (1511x2048)

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A young lady from Lebanon, c. 1867-1914. By The Maison Bonfils photo studio in Beirut

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Swedish bicycle mounted infantry being towed by tractors, presumably late 60s or 70s.

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US Marines and a Parrot in Nicaragua, 1927

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Mae West oozing attitude in the late 1930s (1080x810)

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Arnold Schwarzenegger on the day he received his American citizenship, 1983 (1080x966)

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Buffalo Calf Road Woman is a Native American warrior who is credited with helping kill U.S. Army Colonel George Custer during the American Indian Wars in 1876. Custer was responsible for massacring Native American civilians and allowing his men to commit rape indigenous women .

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Pol Pot, notorious dictator, with his daughter and some children of his deputies in 1986. (1199 X 800)

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Hermann Göring and Benito Mussolini at Carinhall with one of Göring's pet lions, Cäsar. September 28, 1937.

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