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Miners in South West Africa taking a shower (South West Africa 1968)
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1940: Miss Iris Davis, a 19-year old from Clapham, London recovering cats with the aid of a 'lasso' from the debris of bombed house. So far she has rescued 600 feline strays.
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Last image taken of the HMS Hood Before being engaged, and destroyed by BB Bismarck 82 Years ago today. May 24, 1941
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Kenneth Worrick (left), 14, and Frank Grell, 17, who sawed their way out of the Fort Dodge city jail and escaped, are photographed after their return to custody in Carroll, Iowa, their girlfriends smuggled hacksaws in angel food cake and watermelon. They escaped at August 8th 1945
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Notre Dame de Paris when there was a parking lot in front of it. Car exhaust fumes darkened the façade, 1950s
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A chimpanzee astronaut receives an apple after the first successful space flight, USA, 1961.
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Sign emblazoned with SAND posted near road cutting throught the desert (South West Africa 1977)
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Armed with two .50 caliber machine guns, ball turret gunner Sgt Benedict Borostowski at his station on Boeing B17 Flying Fortress, circa 1943
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Launch of the U.S. Navy tank landing ship LST-32 at the Dravo Corporation, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. 22 May 1943
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1902 - 25-year-old Millard Lee, just before he shot and killed Lila May Suttles, who refused to let him walk her home (869x1079)
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