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An officer of the 444th Siege Battery, Royal Garrison Artillery (RGA), smokes his pipe as he supervises a kitten balancing on a shell of a BL 12 inch railway howitzer Mk.V near Arras, Pas-de-Calais. July 19, 1918

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Steeple of Christ Church Cathedral in Christchurch, New Zealand under repair following earthquake damage - 1891.

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Warsaw Uprising: Barricade building on Chmielna Street, corner with Nowy Świat, during air raid. Warsaw, early August 1944. Photo by Stefan Bałuk.

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Former Korean President Park Chung-hee talking with his daughter Park Geun-hye (who grows up to be president as well), Seoul 1977

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Boy Being Scolded by a Pitchfork-Wielding Man, 1904, United States

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Hans-Jürgen Höss, the son of the commandant of KL Auschwitz Rudolf Höss. The photo was taken in a villa directly adjacent to the camp, and the plane model was made by prisoners. Between 1940 and November 1943

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South-Korean artist Nam June Paik's pants fall down while meeting US President Bill Clinton, June 9th, 1998. (866x768)

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"A Canadian flower lover attends to his lily near the firing line. The flower was found growing in what was "No Man's Land" a few days ago. (2nd Pioneers). July, 1917"

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River boat sailing under a bridge or tunnel on the Regent’s Canal, as workers stand next to it - London, England, United Kingdom, c. 1905.

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Workers building the Hoover Dam - April 20, 1932

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Workers on the Liberator B-24 Bombers, Consolidated Aircraft Corp., Fort Worth, Texas, 1942

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Charles Lindbergh being awarded the Service Cross of the German Eagle. The medal was presented by Hermann Göring on behalf of Hitler. 1938. .

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