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Ava Gardner, in her famous “mug” shot in 1942
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An American solider, smoking on a ledge overlooking the German town of Cochem. January 9th, 1919.
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African-Americans protest against the Vietnam war during the Harlem Peace March, 1967
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Benito Mussolini with his nose in a bandage after being shot by Violet Gibson. He had turned his head at the last so the bullet merely grazed his nose. 1926 (1080x1080)
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Marguerite Headen sits with a photo of her late husband, John M. Smith, who went MIA with 2 other U.S. Marines in Okinawa in 1945. Their remains had just been identified. The three were murdered in retaliation for raping local women. Headen was in total denial of the story (Ohio, 2000) .
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Pregnant woman modeling at a fashion show at San Jacinto Mall in Baytown, TX put on by Lee College fashion merchandising management class (1985)
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US Army soldier Jonathan Millantz (left) and Lt. Phil Blanchard (right) smile as an Iraqi detainee is forced to hold up a large wooden board. Millantz claims the detainee held the board for 45 minutes until his wrists eventually broke from the strain. (Approx 2003)
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"A child was born", a father pictured giving his newborn child thumbs-up from outside a window. Soviet Union 1977
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