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For almost 70 years, the young girl in this post-war photograph was unidentified. Research traced her identity to Teresa Adwentowska, from Warsaw, who was severely affected by wartime trauma. In a residence for disturbed children, she drew a picture of "home" on the blackboard. 1948.
Posted 23 days ago
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Mural displayed by Chinese officials during a diplomatic conference at Yalta, 2013. The image, designed by Chinese artist Shi Xinning, shows a version of the famous "big 3" conference at Yalta with Mao inserted into it
Posted 24 days ago
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The booking photo of Nazi propagandist Julius Streicher, publisher of the Der Stürmer. He was the first person to be found guilty of inciting genocide. It was found that Streicher's articles and speeches were so incendiary that they had made him an accomplice to murder, Germany, 1945 .
Posted 24 days ago
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Madam C. J. Walker, America’s first self-made female millionaire, with her Ford and friends, c. 1910s
Posted 24 days ago
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Rear seat of JFK's limousine, right after the assassination, 1963. (originally in color)
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Chilean dictator Augusto Pinochet seated next to Imelda Marcos, wife of Filipino dictator Ferdinand Marcos, at the funeral of Spanish dictator Francisco Franco, 1975 (1338x1228)
Posted 25 days ago
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After 84 years, historians finally identified the Nazi soldier in this WWII photo known as “The Last Jew in Vinnitsa,” solving one of WWII’s biggest photographic mysteries. It was a former teacher named Jakobus Onnen. 1947
Posted 25 days ago
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Mrs. Daisy Herbert makes a delivery for her husband's New Jersey ice business. Date uncertain, but around 1930. We often forget how recently things like modern refrigerators became commonplace in people's homes.
Posted 25 days ago
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