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A Yemeni Jewish man from Sana’a with his child wearing a specific gargush made for both genders, designed for babies under a year and a half old to confuse harmful spirits about their gender.

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Computers on a parade in East Germany

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King George V and Queen Mary of Great Britain, autochrome shot of 1914.

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Hooves with horseshoes of killed and eaten horses of the German 6th Army, 1943, Stalingrad.

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Autochrome lumiere shot of Christina Elizabeth Frances Bevan in the beach of Dorset, England, 1913

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Rows upon rows of US B-17 Flying Fortresses, now no longer of use, sitting at Kingman Army Airfield in Arizona, US, 1945. Many were basically brand new, but would end up being scrapped in the post-war years.

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Iranian child soldier during Iran-Iraq war, 1980.

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Funerals for some of the 46 Italian paratroopers that died during the Meloria Tragedy. Livorno, November 1971

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The castle of Kirkuk, Iraq, taken by British traveller Gertrude Bell, 1911

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John F. Kennedy and Jaqueline Bouvier at their outdoor reception in Newport, Rhode Island in September, 1953. .

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Maj. General William Tecumseh Sherman and his staff (1865)

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Soviet people are resting on the banks of the Moscow river. June 1928. Unknown author.

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