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A rare vintage photograph of an onna-bugeisha, one of the female warriors of the upper social classes in feudal Japan, circa 1870s.

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Me and my grandfather on Christmas morning, 1981.

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American anti-masturbation cartoon (1875) comparing the decay of the 'masturbator' with the vitality of the 'abstainer'.

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Moses Hardy, the last African American WW1 veteran who was the son of ex-slaves. He survived a mustard gas attack in France, being awarded the Victory Medal by the Mississippi National Guard and the French Legion d'honneur (The most prestigious national order of merit) Nov. 4 2005 (394x284)

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Irena Sendler, of the Polish resistance group Zegota, helped thousands of Jewish children escape the Warsaw ghetto during the Holocaust of World War II. Warsaw, Poland, 1944

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Elsie Allcock has lived in the same house for 104 years

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2 Kids 'Dancing in the Street' in 1940s NY.

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In 1953 democratically elected Iranian prime minister was overthrown by the CIA and MI6 replacing him with Shah monarchy who gave access to iranian oil industry to Western companies.

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"Fascist International" - Anti-Putinist/Likud/CCP poster in Israel, circa 2022

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The gate of Suwon Fortress on the outskirts of Hanyang, 1900.

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Wild Teens in 1910

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February 1988: Afghan mujahideen freedom fighter aiming a newly acquired stinger missile at a passing soviet aircraft. (1072x703)

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