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The mill district of Pittsburg Pa. 1941

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Six sumo wrestlers, circa 1890 .

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First photograph ever taken of the United States supreme court, 1867. Referred to as the "Chase Court" after chief justice Salmon P Chase, (middle) it presided over major reconstruction era changes in US society. The man to the far left was supreme court clerk Daniel Wesley Middleton. (1280 X 885)

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Stalin, Lenin and Kalinin at the Congress of the Russian Communist Party, March 1919.

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14 Sicilian mobsters arrested at the first known national meeting of the Mafia held in Cleveland in 1928, and hosted by Cleveland mob boss Joe Porrello. Joseph Profaci seated in wheelchair ( (boss of Colombo crime family of New York City)

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German First World War veteran Hans Lange with a portrait of himself as a 19-year-old in 1918. Photograph taken in 1998. (1170 x 1753)

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Noseart of P-47 Thunderbolt “I’ve Had It” ca 1944

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Sonny Barger, de facto leader of the Hell's Angels and founder of it's Oakland Chapter, in 1967. Journalist Hunter S Thompson, who lived with the Angels for a year, once described Barger as one of the 3 most intimidating men he'd ever met, comparing him to Muhammad Ali & the US president (873x873)

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A lady feeding a homeless cat during World War II, Paris. 1939-1945. (693×900)

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A rare picture of Nikola Tesla's funaral on Jan 12, 1943. His casket is covered with both the flags of USA and Yugoslavia. (1920×1300)

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Leni Riefenstahl looking at film, 1936.

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Aleister Crowley (1875 – 1947) English occultist, philosopher, ceremonial magician, poet, painter, novelist and mountaineer. He founded the religion of Thelema, identifying himself as the prophet entrusted with guiding humanity into the Æon of Horus in the early 20th century. 1912.

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