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Rowan Atkinson and young Christian Bale,1984(650X686)

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The Statue of Liberty surrounded by scaffolding as workers complete the final stages in Paris. Circa 1885.

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West Virginia coal mine, circa 1940.

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The booking photos of German Communist and "street-fighter" Albrecht Höhler, taken after his arrest for killing Nazi Party member Horst Wessel. The killing of Horst Wessel is notable since the Nazis turned him into a martyr for their cause, Weimar Republic, 1930 .

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A Black and Tan in Dublin, smoking and carrying a Lewis gun, February 1921,

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A woman milking a cow with an elephant's head. April Fool's joke on the Dutch illustrated magazine 'Het Leven' (Netherlands 1932)

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A Benet-Mercier machine gun section of 2nd Rajput Light Infantry in action in Flanders, during the winter of 1914-15. (960×696)

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Tourists having tea and sunbathing at the top of the Great Pyramid, 1938

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Leonard Cohen performs for Israeli troops in the Sinai during the 1973 Yom Kippur War

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Young Franklin Delano Roosevelt, 1913.

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Princess Diana visits British Petroleum's 'Forties Charlie' oil platform off the Scottish coast, Sept. 3 1985

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This 1870 image is considered the first actual photograph taken of a battle. Taken during the Franco-Prussian war, it shows a line of Prussian troops advancing. The photographer stood with the French defenders when he captured this image.

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