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Explore fresh reads on battles, biographies, culture and lesser‑known moments from history.

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Babe Heffron and Bill Guarnere of “Band of Brothers” fame visit the grave of a fallen comrade, 1950s

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Ah-Weh-Eyu (Pretty Flower) of the Seneca Nation, 1908. (Photo by J.L. Blessing, published by The Blessing Studio, Salamanca, New York)

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US President Ulysses S. Grant in 1860. Behind him is a posture brace to help prevent movement during a photo session. Any sudden movements would cause blurring in the photo due to the long exposure time. (1080x1073)

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American policies remain the same, only their faces change - Iran, 2018. (845×1162)

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1920s Chinese wedding photo.

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Willem Dafoe After Getting Expelled for Making an Adult Film - 21 in 1977.

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Civil War veteran Samuel Decker poses with the prosthetic arms he somehow made for himself, 1867.

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Two young ladies in a field (early 1900's)

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“Israeli Traveling Frog.” Artist V.I. Fomichev. USSR. Around the 1950s.

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Today is the 49th anniversary of the Soweto Uprising in South Africa. The photo that changed SA’s history: Hector Pieterson, a 12 year old who was shot and killed by police on 16 June 1976.

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Tatiana and Maria, two of Tsar Nicholas II’s daughters, photographed in 1906

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My folks getting hitched, mid 1960s. My father's been gone for 30 years, but he was a good dad. Happy father's day to all of you good dads out there.

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