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A poor rural family standing at attention for RFK's funeral train, June 8, 1968

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A group of Teddy Boys hanging around Elephant and Castle, London, July 1955.

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7-Foot Bolaji Badejo, A Nigerian Design Student And One-time Actor, Wearing His Costume From Alien, 1978.

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The Cross Was Not Heavy Enough by John Heartfield, 1933

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Croatian Ustaše soldiers pose with the severed head of a Serbian villager in Banja Luka, February 1942 (1418x2037)

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Girls from the Bronx, New York, smile for the camera 55 years ago, 1970.

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Adolf Hitler Surrounded By Adoring Austrian Women And Girls, 1939.

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After meeting my mom in Hawaii, my dad mailed this picture to her while she was living in Germany. Apparently it was enough to convince her to move to the US, and create me. :) 1975

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A Rhodesian soldier wearing sneakers takes a smoke break during the Rhodesian Bush War, 1970s

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Young lady smiles and enjoys a coke before going to prom, circa mid 1950s, kodachrome shot.

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2013: Anti-Capitalism Poster depicting Dinosaurs Eating a CEO, by John Brosio.

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A German WWII prisoner is reunited with his 12-year-old daughter.The child had not seen her father since she was one year old, 1956. Photograph by Helmuth Pirath

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