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Farmer pounding rice with large pestle and mortar. Japan, around 1890

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A 19 year old Al Capone with his father and uncle. 1917 (1100 X 1510)

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Two Wehrmacht soldiers sitting together, laughing. Date unknown, ww2.

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Frida Khalo and León Trotsky. People say they had an affair. 1937. .

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Study of effect of twin-jet exhausts inclined toward the ground at the Lewis Flight Propulsion Laboratory, of the National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics, now known as John H. Glenn Research Center at Lewis Field, Cleveland, Ohio. 7 July 1944

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The launch of NASA Mars Exploration Rover, Opportunity, aboard a Delta II rocket at Cape Canaveral, Florida. 7 July 2003

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Infantryman and tanker of the Romanian Army aim PSL sniper rifles in Bucharest during the Romanian Revolution of December 1989, against the communist dictator Nicolae Ceaușescu.

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A mother, a child, a death pit. German and Ukrainian (collaborator) soldiers following the order by Heinrich Himmler. October,13, 1941, Ukraine Miropol/Myropil

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The first Tour de France, 1903

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Native American woman from the Plateau region, possibly Spokane, with a baby in a cradleboard, photo by Martin Spencer, Wenatchee, Washington, 1902

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Halloween costumes from the 1920s

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The restoration project on Stonehenge in the 1950s. The Trilithon being repaired fell in 1797; and required the use of the most heavy-duty crane in the country at the time to lift it back into place. The crane, rated for 60 tons, reportedly struggled to complete the task.

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