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The booking photo of Helen Spence, 18, after she murdered the man on trial for murdering her father and raping and murdering her stepmother. She later murdered another man for sexually harassing and threatening her. Helen was the inspiration for Mattie Ross in True Grit (Arkansas, 1931) .

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U.S. President Jimmy Carter with Nigerian Head of State Lt. Gen. Olusegun Obasanjo at the White House, Washington, D.C., October 11, 1977

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Sister smiles (almost laughs) as she poses with her christmas tree, her brother tries to stand half dead-sleep, December of 1955.

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"H is for Hitler, the sworn enemy of Allah (God) and the greatest enemy of humanity.” , From Arab anti-Nazi -A–Z teaching style -propaganda, 1940

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Bruce Dickinson, the lead singer of Iron Maiden, performing a concert in besieged Sarajevo in December 1994(500x281)

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Stevie Nicks of the band Fleetwood Mac in 1980

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The first self portrait in space, taken by Buzz Aldrin in 1966.

Posted 13 days ago
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Lady poses in a nice red dress in front of her christmas tree, and TV set, circa late 1950s.

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Two barefoot young students walk on their way to school in Claiborne County, Tennessee, 1940. The girl is carrying a small lunch pail, while the boy holds his schoolbooks by his side.

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'The Procession of the Dead' under the Arc de Triomphe during the Paris Victory Parade July 14, 1919 by the French painter Georges Scott (1934)

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Mother smiles with her onesie while her cowboy photobombs her shot, circa mid 1950s. Kodachrome shot

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An Khe Army base, aka 'the Golf Course', the helipad of the 1st Cavalry Division, central Vietnam, 1965. Photo taken by Larry Burrows

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