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Mother smiles as she is hugged by her daughter, 1890s.
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A battle-weary soldier from George S. Patton’s Third Army sleeps on the luxurious bed where Hermann Goering once slept, 1945.
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Portrait of a young girl living at the Jewish orphanage in Sosnowiec, Poland. (1946) (872×1200)
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Chicago 1941. Walking down Michigan Ave crossing Ontario Street. The man appears to be blind and is being assisted by the lady. A 35mm negative by John Vachon restored by Shorpy
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Hermann Goring shaking hands with Joseph Goebbels on January 12, 1941. The photo was taken during a birthday celebration for Goring. Goebbels detested Goring in his diary. Here's Goebbels's diary excerpts of what he thought of Goring.
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Two Wehrmacht officers belonging to 16th Army, seconds before executing two Soviet civilians, 1943. Photo found in wallet of German soldier belonging to 16th Army.
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Portrait of a young girl living at the Jewish orphanage in Sosnowiec. (1946)
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Marilyn Monroe admired Abraham Lincoln and considered him a father figure, even keeping a portrait of him in her home. 1954
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Raffaella Carrà, the first woman to show her belly button on Italian television in 1970
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Beginning in 1932, Oskar Speck kayaked 50,000km over seven years from Germany to Australia. Just three weeks before his arrival in Australia, Germany invaded Poland. Upon his arrival, he was congratulated, then arrested by Australian police and spent the duration of the war in a POW camp
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