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A Japanese woman carrying her children in a bucket on her head, Japan 1900s
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Italian soldiers playing "guitars" in North Africa (1940/1942). The photo was censored and the comment written by the censorship officer on the side of the photo read: "Are they soldiers or beggars?"
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Mother Charlotte and and her daughter, Marjorie Collyer, Titanic Survivors, June 1912. Colorized. original in the comments. (640 x 800)
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Lepa Radić, a 17 year old Serbian girl was executed by Nazi officers. The Nazi executing her offered her a deal. If she revealed where her comrades were hiding, he would spare her life. She replied "My comrades will reveal themselves when they avenge me." February 11, 1943.
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Funeral after the fire at the Maria Mine, which killed 319 men on 31. May 1898. Despite one man being sentenced to 3 years in jail, the cause of fire remains unknown. Příbram, Bohemia, Austria Hungary
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Warsaw Uprising: Sappers disarming a dud 600 mm mortar shell, which crashed through several stories and stopped in the basement of “Adria” townhouse at Moniuszki 10 street, 18 August 1944. Photo taken by Eugeniusz "Brok" Lokajski.
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A squadron of women in the Italian Resistance having a little chat, Fascist Italy, circa 1941
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Approximately 40 Japanese soldiers who committed suicide to avoid capture by US forces. Attu Island, Alaska. 31 May, 1943
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Massive column of thousands of German prisoners of war marching down the Autobahn - as dozens of tanks and armoured vehicles of the United States Army and Western Allies, passed by, on the way to final objectives: last days of the War in Europe, late April 1945
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Unidentified, picture believed to have been taken by Rodney Alcala, serial killer and sex offender. He had a collection of pictures of many anonymous people, some of whom were his victims. It is not known who this woman is or if she is alive. Before 1980. Link to the gallery in the comment.
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