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Arrest photos of IRA members Reginald Dunne and Joseph O'Sullivan, taken after the two assassinated fanatically anti-Irish British Field Marshal Henry Wilson on his front doorstep in London. The ensuing crisis was the immediate trigger for the Irish Civil War (Wandsworth Prison, 1922) .

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Libyan dictator Muammar Gaddafi sobbing during the funeral of Egyptian President Gamal Abdel-Nasser, 1970. Gaddafi idolized Nasser & considered him to be his personal hero, he was so distraught throughout the service that he fainted multiple times (856x820)

Posted 12 days ago
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Two students take a smoking break at the Chelsea Arts Ball in 1954.

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“Second Amendment Scoreboard” (2010)

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American film actress Veronica Lake illustrates what can happen to women war workers who wear their hair long while working at their benches, in a factory somewhere in America, on November 9, 1943.

Posted 12 days ago
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A Dutch athlete receives a portrait of Adolf Hitler as a prize from General Schumann, The Netherlands, 1941

Posted 12 days ago
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My great great great grandma, 1938

Posted 12 days ago
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Ava Gardner, in her famous “mug” shot in 1942

Posted 13 days ago
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An American solider, smoking on a ledge overlooking the German town of Cochem. January 9th, 1919.

Posted 13 days ago
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African-Americans protest against the Vietnam war during the Harlem Peace March, 1967

Posted 13 days ago
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Benito Mussolini with his nose in a bandage after being shot by Violet Gibson. He had turned his head at the last so the bullet merely grazed his nose. 1926 (1080x1080)

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Two Children (Norwegian 1942)

Posted 13 days ago