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A photo of inventor Franz Reichelt just before his death after jumping off the first deck of the Eiffel Tower, 187 feet or 57 meters above ground (February 4th, 1912) .

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My parents 9 +/- months before I was born. (around) May 1981

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A long time ago, in a galaxy far, far away…. "We are not Yankees, we are Slavs. Our brothers are Russians!" Odessa 2007

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Empress Elisabeth of Austria hiding her face from early paparazzi, circa 1865

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Jan, 1973, first photo of me and my dad, Frank (deceased in May)

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A Russian soldier looking over Constantinople | 11th Russo-Turkish War (1878)

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Winston Churchill perched on the remnants of Hitler's chair in 1945.

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Suburban Dog, 1920s, Amsterdam NY

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First Lady Florence Harding plants a southern magnolia tree northeast of the entrance to the original 1902 East Wing on March 29, 1922. The tree was replanted in 1947 and redesignated as a commemorative tree for President Harding. It was chopped down without notice sometime in Sept 2025.

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Putin! Stop! Come back here or I’ll be forced to draft a strongly worded condemnation!, 2014.

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Big Mama Thornton - Hound Dog - 1953

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My Great Aunt, early 1940s. My cousin put together a book with all her favorite recipes and old family photos

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