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Antisemitic/anti-communist poster from 1939

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The bodies of Franz Ferdinand, Archduke of Austria and his wife Sophie lie in state after their assassination at Sarajevo, 1914.

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Lovebirds! My newlywed parents at a party ca. 1960

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A jewish man standing in the crowd at the Souq Khamis (Thursday Market) in the town of Najran in Saudi Arabia, 1947.

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Mickey Rooney kissing Judy Garland after she wins the Academy juvenile Award in 1940

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World Trade Center Construction, 1970.

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Atatürk dropping Greek invaders into the sea (1922)

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That’s a lot of ‘70s in one pic!

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Sir Lancelot and King Arthur during a filming break, 1978.

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Girls show up wearing slacks at Abraham Lincoln High School, in Brooklyn, in protest because a classmate, Beverly Bernstein, was suspended the day before for wearing them, 1942.

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Sisters with one of the biggest, pufiest sleeves i have ever seen, glass negative 1890s.

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A mother in Chicago offers her children for sale during extreme post-war poverty. USA, 1948.(750 × 600)

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