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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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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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In May 1949, Charles L. Langs announced a daring innovation in beachwear: a pair of bra cups a woman could affix to her breasts with an adhesive. His idea was to use individual strapless cups for each breast, backed with specially developed glue. (1600x1055)
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Indian Army Sikh personnel in action during the successful Operation Crusader in December 1941. (631×484)
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Henry Magruder, a notorious bushwhacker. Bushwhackers were pro-Confederate guerillas who were active in the 1860s. They led raids against the military. Many were also notorious for committing war crimes. Magruder raped multiple women and burned a free black man alive .
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A Warrior IFV from 1st Battalion, Irish Guards, encounters an Iraqi man on his morning walk. Basra, Iraq. 29th March 2003.
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