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A photo of Sid Hatfield, the police chief of Matewan, West Virginia. Hatfield is known for his surprising stance on strikes. Unlike most police chiefs, he not only refused to help crush ongoing strikes, but sided with the strikers outright. He was later murdered in broad daylight, 1921 .

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Summer of 1975 in Hermosa Beach, CA

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Mom serving homemade appetizers at my folks’ annual neighborhood Christmas party, 1963

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Irish lady on her traditional clothes, Ireland, 1913, Autochrome Lumiere

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The real first photograph of the Chernobyl disaster, 8 hours after the explosion. 26/4/1986

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My dad’s old work ID

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A 1947 poster created by cartoonist Herluf Bidstrup

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Philippe Pétain, head of the collaborationist regime of Vichy France from 1940 to 1944, on trial for treason at the Palais de Justice, Paris. Pétain was previously considered a war hero after leading the French Army in WWI. 30 July 1945

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A USCG member explores tunnels on Iwo Jima in 1983, nearly 40 years after the devastating battle against Japan. Live artillery shells untouched since the war are at right. The tunnel itself still had live munitions and Japanese remains from where they fell in battle.

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My great grandma c. 1942

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Native Americans in 1908. Photo taken by Edward Curtis.

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General Tahsin Yazici Celebrating Sargent Necdet Ayhan after successfully repelling a Chinese attack - Korean War 1952

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