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Malawi mother with her chubby baby, 21 of July 1968

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My mother was beautiful. 1960

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A 41-year-old Winston Churchill commanding the 6th Royal Scots Fusiliers, 1916, after resigning from the government .

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Obama's red line in Syria (2013)

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Mother and daughter pose in Edmonton, North-West Territory Canada, 1900s

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A member of the Fallschirmjäger (Nazi paratrooper) is confronted by local villagers on June 2, 1941, following the Battle of Crete. Many Cretans went into battle with only household items in lieu of weapons. Several paratroopers were knifed and clubbed to death.

Posted 19 days ago
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This Is the Hair of Puyi, the Last Emperor of China (1922)

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Smiling couple posing for their photo, 1974.

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In 1935, Hessy Levinsons Taft was featured by the Nazis in various magazines and pamphlets as the ideal Aryan baby. She was Jewish, and her family fled Nazi Germany. She died this week in California at the age of 91 .

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"Politically Incorrect" Far-Right Painting by Jon McNaughton, 2022

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Grandfather 1973

Posted 20 days ago
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Sanatorium for lung diseases in Wieliczka Salt Mine, Poland, 1970s. Photo by Chris Niedenthal.

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