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Coffins of Communards following the suppression of the Paris Commune, 1871.

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Only known authentic photograph of Titanic's swimming pool 1912

Posted 11 days ago
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My grandpa George Clinton, backstage in the 70s 🖤

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A bridal party in the 70s

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January 31, 1990: The first McDonald's in the USSR opened in Moscow. Its opening was a real sensation: to get in, you had to wait in line for several hours.

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"Zionism is a weapon of imperialism!"—May day parade. USSR, 1972

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A man on the beach is fined for indecent clothing, Heemskerk, Netherlands, 1931

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Syrian president Bashar al assad with Egyptian leader hosni mubarak during his trip to Egypt, both would be overthrown because of the Arab spring (though bashar would take much longer) March 20th 2002 (1024×711)

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My great grandma Evelyn in 1938, age 21

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A dead GI and US troops under sniper fire on the Nibelungen Bridge in Worms, Germany. 28 March 1945.

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South Korean anti-terrorist commandos sliding down ropes with guns drawn during a training exercise in the main Olympic Stadium ahead of the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul, South Korea.

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Pope Francis reaches out (KAL, 2014)

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