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Explore fresh reads on battles, biographies, culture and lesserโ€‘known moments from history.

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Auschwitz guards having a good time (1944) (1023x682)

Posted 19 days ago
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Father poses with his children in the snow, holding one of his smallest one close to him, Worcester, circa 1900s

Posted 20 days ago
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'Uncle Sam is a man of strong features' โ€” American illustration (1898) showing Uncle Sam's face made up of various nationalities and races.

Posted 20 days ago
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FBI agent delivering $1,000,000 to a plane hijacker, in his underwear, 1972

Posted 20 days ago
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Oyster shuckers in South Carolina, 1912 โ€” Josie (6), Bertha (6), and Sophie (10) starting work at 4 AM in the Maggioni Canning Co.

Posted 20 days ago
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My grandpa (11) and his grandfather (70) posing in the garden in 1945

Posted 20 days ago
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20 year-old Dolly Parton in a recording studio in 1966

Posted 20 days ago
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Hitler says goodbye to Mussolini (they will never meet to again) Germany, 1944.

Posted 21 days ago
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Farmers hang nooses at a foreclosure auction to intimidate outside bidders. Michigan, 1936. (891x599)

Posted 21 days ago
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You're not a great superpower anymore (Chappate, 2007)

Posted 21 days ago
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My baddie of a grandmother from the late 40s or early 50s

Posted 21 days ago
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The Moment when Hitler declared war on the USA 1941, December 11th

Posted 21 days ago