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A pit pony and miner in a mine at New Aberdeen, August 1946.

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ALLIED HANDS BREAKING SWASTIKA- 1944

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Under the misapprehension they may have brought down United 93. Bush and Cheney in the PEOC bunker on September 11th 2001

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Dr. Erich Salomon disguised a camera in a fake arm cast to secretly photograph the U.S. Supreme Court, 1932.

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My mother, in the center, turned 100 years old this week. Here she is posing with her new husband and sister-in-law. Photo was taken in 1946 in Whitnall Park near Milwaukee Wi.

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Gerald Ford's calm reaction to watching the results of the 1976 election with a shocked Joe Garagiola, a former MLB player and Ford supporter. Ford lost to Georgia Governor Jimmy Carter. November 2,1976.

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81 years ago today, First Sergeant John Morton of the 6th Armored Division points to the bullet hole in his helmet after being ambushed in France, November 17, 1944.

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Irish Priest poses with his 2 sisters, one smiles for their photo, 22 of August 19003, glass negative.

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A bear is still a bear (Bob Gorrell, 1989)

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Crime scene photo of the Heaven's Gate cult suicide (1997) showing members wearing their trademark Nike sneakers (634 × 925)

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The bodies of two young children lying together who starved to death in Bergen-belsen concentration camp, April of 1945

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Crisp glass negative of a irish mother with her children (7, 3 boys, 4 girls), Circa 1900.

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