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“What, no women?” Dutch soldiers drawing a Kilroy meme (graffito) on another soldiers raincoat in Indonesia, 1948 (1275x1919)

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Salma Hayek, casting photo from the 90’s

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The Basij Iranian Militia, photographed at the height of the Iran Iraq war by Jean Gaumy, 1986.

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"You don't have to be gay to be fired!" - Poster opposing Proposition 6, which would've banned gays and lesbians from working in California public schools. 1977

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Laurence Tureaud, known professionally as Mr. T, serving in the US Army in 1975. (720x1135)

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My dad, center, flanked by his brothers on his wedding day (1947) and his 25th wedding anniversary (1972)

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Saddam Hussein and his half-brother at their trial, 2004-2005.

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They shall not grow old": two South Vietnamese child soldiers sharing a smoke as they wait for a coming North Vietnamese attack, Vietnam war, 1965-1975

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My grandma and grandpa, 1955

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Iraqi dictator Saddam Hussein praying to Meccah at dusk outside the city of Samarra, 1998. Saddam's regime became increasingly Islamic throughout the 1990's. (1578x1043)

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Portraits of Karl Marx, Friedrich Engels and Vladimir Lenin thrown in garbage cans, Berlin (Hellersdorf), 1991

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The body of Quentin Roosevelt, youngest son of Teddy Roosevelt, lies next to his Nieuport 28. A pilot in the 95th Aero Squadron, Roosevelt was killed on July 14, 1918 when he was struck in the head by machine gun fire during a dogfight. The Germans buried him with full military honors.

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