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Former slave, cowboy, and amateur archaeologist George McJunkin (circa 1907). In 1908, he discovered the Folsom site, where, after his death, evidence was found that humans had arrived on the American continent much earlier than the previously accepted 3,000-year limit.

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Monks riding a tram outside Wat Pho temple. Bangkok, Thailand, 1950

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Actor and martial arts star Jackie Chan at the benefit concert in Hong Kong in support of Tiananmen Square protesters - 1989

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An exhibit on the effects of LSD on fish, assembled by Randy S. McMullen, a 10th grader at Monte Vista High School in Monte Vista, Colorado., draws attention of passerby. McMullen's work was entered in the high school category at the fair. Photo By David Cupp. April 1972

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Ronald Reagan's assassination attempt, Washington, DC, March 1981

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Jesse Langdon (1881-1975), the last veteran of the Rough Riders unit in Spanish-American War, 1960s, (232x350)

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Creston Jail, circa 1900, unknown lawman and townsmen

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First woman gym owner in California Abbye "Pudgy" Stockton, lifts 135 pounds at 5ft 2 and 115 herself. Muscle Beach, California, 1946-48

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The newly completed battleship HMS Vanguard is guided by tugs in 1946.

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Italian partisans relax while waiting to go on a patrol near Castellucio, Italy. 5 October 1944

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War journalists taking a seat at the place where Clement Attlee, Harry Truman and Joseph Stalin sat at the historical meeting. Potsdam, 1945.

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Child soldier in Mexico City, Mexico, during the "Decena Tragica" Feb 9-18 of 1913.

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