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Alfred Hitchcock in Marrakesh, Morocco (July 1955) (1080 x 1317)- Details in comment
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Titanic's wooden lifeboats in New York Harbor following the disaster. This particular image has been doctored to add the words "R.M.S. Titanic", c. April 1912
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Iconic photo of Palestinian woman throwing stones at Israeli soldiers in Beit Sahour during the 1987 Intifada
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Actress Dona Drake playfully takes aim with a rifle on the balcony of her Los Angeles home, 1942. Photo by Peter Stackpole. .
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In the 1980s, Nixon Plumber G. Gordon Liddy and psychedelics advocate Timothy Leary toured the college lecture circuit billed as Nice Scary Guy vs. Scary Nice Guy.
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Two astronauts laugh with Pad Leader Gunther Wendt at Kennedy Space Center a few hours before the launch of Apollo 14. The helmet was a 'gag gift' from the astronauts, referring to Wendt's service in the Luftwaffe during World War 2. January 31, 1971.
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North American P-51D Mustang takes off from USS Shangri-La (CV-38) during a test flight on 15 November 1944.
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A canal in Venice (Italy) being drained and cleaned using a Decauville railway and two camels, 1956
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Ali Kavazoglou and Kostas Misiaoulis. Two Cypriot journalists that advocated for peace between Turkish and Greek Cypriots. Both were assassinated by Turkish militants on April 11th, 1965.
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