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Sharp kodachrome shot of a family in the early 1970s. Love how the little chubby toddler is the only one looking other way.
Posted 19 days ago
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Harry Powers, the "Butcher of Clarksburg", stands in jail after confessing to murdering five people, including a mother and her three children, ages 10 to 14, whom he strangled and beat to death. The police explained the bruises by claiming that Harry had "fallen up" some stairs, 1931 .
Posted 19 days ago
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A French soldier in 1918, equipped with a helmet with chainmail to protect the eyes from shell fragments, stones, and other dangerous elements
Posted 19 days ago
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A Vietnamese teenager buttons up her mother’s blouse after she was sexually assaulted by American GI's. They were gunned down moments after this photo was taken. My Lai Massacre, Vietnam, 16 March 1968.
Posted 20 days ago
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Mother and her two daughters walking down the street in Lwów, Poland (now Ukraine), 1930s.
Posted 20 days ago
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Nancy Wake (code name, Hélène) was the most decorated Allied servicewoman of WWII. She parachuted into France to assist the Resistance, and was known as "The White Mouse" by the Gestapo for her ability to evade capture, 1940s
Posted 21 days ago
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Seto groom and bride at their wedding in Värska, Setomaa, Estonia in 1912.
Posted 21 days ago
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Presidents Kennedy, Eisenhower, and Truman at Eleanor Roosevelt’s funeral. November 10, 1962.
Posted 21 days ago
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