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An Iron Man Of The Past In A Diving Suit. The Suit’s Name Was ‘Iron Man’ Too. It Had Electric Charging And Pressure Protection Systems. New York, 1907.

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Tsarist Russia - a prison of nations. The predatory aspirations of tsarist imperialism. (Map to Lenin's teaching on imperialism) USSR 1936

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Fidel Castro with his five-member revolutionary tribunal in a court-martial of a local peasant, 1957.

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Chinese guerrilla fighter Cheng Benhua before execution by the Japanese, 1938

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Marriage proposal at a party, from 1856-1860.

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Everyone Raise A Glass... (George Wendt 1948 - 2025)

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On 24th of May 1924, exactly 100 years ago. President Calvin Coolidge signed the "Immigration Act of 1924" on the White House lawn. (800x533). A law later praised by Adolf Hitler.

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"A study in empires" - German WW2 propaganda poster

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Bodies of American troops laid out in a US cemetery near the road leading to Gillemont Farm and Bony. They were killed in the fighting near Gillemont Farm on 29 September 1918 when the 27th US Division attacked over the main Hindenburg Line and suffered heavy casualties.

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Another picture of grandparents. From the 1960s in New York.

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Archduke Franz Ferdinand posing as a mummy in Cario, 1896

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Harold Jones, 15, wears a gold watch gifted to him to celebrate his acquittal in the murder of a young girl. After his acquittal, he had been welcomed back to his home town with cheers from the locals. It turns out Jones was guilty. He killed another young girl weeks later, Wales, 1921 .

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