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Gump Worsley tends goal for the Minnesota North Stars, circa 1973; he was the last NHL goalie not to wear a mask

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Admiring each other's tractor. US M88A1 passing German farmer, Operation REFORGER 1982

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The men of 2 7 Commando Squadron enjoying a beer, near Wewak, New Guinea, early 1945

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Soldiers removing the body of one of the students killed during the Ma'alot school massacre (1975)

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French resistance fighters on La Canebière during the liberation of Marseille, 23 August 1944.

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An Inuit man teaches his son how to use a bow. A still from the 1922 film "Nanook of the North," a pioneering film in the documentary drama genre. At that time, firearms were already common in northern Canada and bows were becoming obsolete.

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Scottish National Antarctic Expedition member Gilbert Kerr plays the bagpipes for a penguin, beginning of March 1904.

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Allied war correspondents examining the couch in Adolf Hitler's bunker on which he is thought to have shot himself with his wife, Eva Braun, on April 30, 1945. The blood staining the arm of the couch is likely Hitler's. (1000x1000)

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USSR pavilion, Expo Montreal, 1967

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The four daughters of King Victor Emmanuel III of Italy: (left to right) Maria Francesca, Giovanna, Mafalda, Yolanda. Late 1930s

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Rare photo of former Cambodian communist dictator Pol Pot (center) in western attire after his overthrow, 1980. Despite implementing what some consider to be the most extreme iteration of communism of the 20th century throughout 1976-79, Pol Pot abandoned the ideology in the 80's. (1309x1077)

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