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Deconstruction of the Italian Tower, built as decoration for an Panama–Pacific International Exposition in San Francisco, c. 1916.

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A dead Italian soldier holding a photo of his child during the North Africa campaign, 1940s

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A group of Native American schoolchildren are photographed at the Panguitch Boarding School. The school was one of many Native American boarding schools operating in both Canada and the United States, with the goal of assimilating Native Americans, Utah, 1900s .

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The 22nd Nishinari Riot. Osaka, Japan, 1990.

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A British paratrooper and captured Argentine POW's celebrating the end of the Falklands War, 1982

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Colombian defender Andres Escobar on the ground after scoring an own goal against the USA at the 1994 World Cup. This goal eliminated Colombia from the World Cup. Escobar was killed ten days later in his hometown of Medellín (594 x 346)

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Trotskyists and JCP members beating each other with timbers. Japan, 1969.

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Deconstruction of the Panama-Pacific International Exposition - Ohio Building being floated to Coyote Point, 1916.

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Skateboarding park/bowl in Carson, California. 23 March 1978

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B-17 Flying Fortress “L’il Satan” was hit by flak while returning from a mission; the navigator and bombardier were KIA, the pilot managed to get her back to base in England. June 25, 1944.

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14-month old Thai infant rescued from the crash site of Vietnam Airlines Flight 815 in Phnom Penh, Cambodia on September 3rd. Of the 66 people onboard the aircraft, the infant was the only survivor. - 1997

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A young Kuwaiti child clutches a hand gun as Kuwaiti’s celebrate the liberation of Kuwait City from Iraqi forces by U.S. led troops. February 1991.

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