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

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Lady poses in a nice red dress in front of her christmas tree, and TV set, circa late 1950s.

Posted 7 days ago
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Two barefoot young students walk on their way to school in Claiborne County, Tennessee, 1940. The girl is carrying a small lunch pail, while the boy holds his schoolbooks by his side.

Posted 8 days ago
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'The Procession of the Dead' under the Arc de Triomphe during the Paris Victory Parade July 14, 1919 by the French painter Georges Scott (1934)

Posted 8 days ago
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Mother smiles with her onesie while her cowboy photobombs her shot, circa mid 1950s. Kodachrome shot

Posted 8 days ago
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An Khe Army base, aka 'the Golf Course', the helipad of the 1st Cavalry Division, central Vietnam, 1965. Photo taken by Larry Burrows

Posted 8 days ago
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Major General Smedley Butler, 2 time Medal of Honor recipient and veteran of the Spanish American war, Phillipine American war, Banana Wars, Boxer Rebellion, battle of Vera Cruz and Caco War, 1922

Posted 9 days ago
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I rode hard

Posted 9 days ago
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I wasn’t very cool as a kid, but in 1986 I had a pet raccoon.

Posted 9 days ago
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Mug shot of Australian criminal Sydney Skukerman, arrested for having "obtained goods from warehousemen by falsely representing that he is in business" (1924)

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Sure, it's cold and snowy, but, not 1978 snowy. Photo from the blizzard of 1978 in Cortland, New York

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1915 British “Daddy what did you do in the Great War ?”

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June, 1966: Women use compact mirrors in packed crowd to catch sight of the queen in London, England.

Posted 10 days ago