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Explore fresh reads on battles, biographies, culture and lesser‑known moments from history.

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My grandfather's graduation photo from Yale medical school, 1927.

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Awesome find today at the thrift store, signed by Gene and all the kids! 1971 film

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A then 118 year old Sarah Knauss posing for a family photo, United States, 1998

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«Fact, Not Advertising», USSR, 1964

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Three Girl Scouts in Iran, circa 1937

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My grandmother’s family on their dairy farm in Youngsville, Pennsylvania in 1931. She’s barefoot on the far right.

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Pablo Picasso in his studio in Cannes, France, 1956. (1080x1310)

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The only photo ever taken of a "Sicilian Wolf" a subspecies of gray wolf native to the Island of Sicily, late 1800's. The species is thought to have gone extinct in the 1920s, though supposed sightings were reported into the 1970's (929x661)

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Fall of Saddam, 2014

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A young lady and her ice cream cone circa 1960s. A found photo from the Anonymous Project

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A 23 year old Orson Welles poses for NY Daily News cameras in early November 1938, a few days after his infamous War of the Worlds broadcast on CBS.

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1850's portrait of Thomas Lincoln, father of US President Abraham Lincoln. (2561x1920)

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