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Crisp glass negative of a irish mother with her children (7, 3 boys, 4 girls), Circa 1900.
Posted 12 days ago
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Gary Oldman and Natalie Portman on set of "Léon: The Professional", 1994
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Adrian Street, a Welsh professional wrestler, pictured with his father, a coal miner in 1974. Street later became known for ripping out chunks of Jimmy Savile's hair during a wrestling match after Savile had bragged about assaulting underage girls. (1227x1055)
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6-year-old Teddy Roosevelt watching Lincoln’s funeral procession going through Union Square, NYC, April 24 1865.
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A Harvest of Death. Photograph of the dead taken in the aftermath of the Battle of Gettysburg (July 1863).
Posted 13 days ago
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Charles Fields, 30, is taken into custody after his recapture. While serving a life term for rape, he was allowed to carry a pistol as a prison trusty. Fields used it to escape, steal 3 trucks, murder a farmer, and rape another woman, all in the span of just 90 minutes (Arkansas, 1962) .
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The youngest US Serviceman to serve and fight during WWII, Calvin Graham, who was serving in the United States Navy in 1942 at 12 years old as a gunner on the USS South Dakota.
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"Aw, take the day off, pal, what have you got to lose? - Lay-Offs cost lives! - KEEP'EM FIRING!" WWII Poster - 1942
Posted 14 days ago
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