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Mulberry B harbour 'Port Winston' at Arromanches - centre and left were 'Spud' pier heads with floating piers of 'Whales' and 'Beatles'. At right was (2000 ft) (610 metres) of 'Swiss Roll' – Normandy, France, c. September 1944.
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Gurkhas and their British officer of the Nusseree Battalion taken during the Indian Sepoy Rebellion of 1857. Circa 1857-58.
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Reinforcements with the US 4th Infantry Division arrive in Normandy - June 9, 1944. Original Color Picture in LIFE Magazine by Ralph Morse.
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Corner of Marszałkowska and Świętokrzyska Street in Warsaw, Poland, 24 October, 1956.
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Jane & Jim Henson at work filming an advert for Wilkins Coffee (a brand local to the D.C. area). Circa 1957-1961.
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Jews being airlifted to Israel after being expelled from their home in Yemen, 1949.
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Harry Halvorsen, a diver in the Eastland disaster rescue efforts. Chicago, July 1915. Photo by Jun Fujita.
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Astronaut Dale Gardner advertises two satellites (partially seen in the lower right) that are to be returned to Earth via the Space Shuttle. November 14 1984.
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Kinkakuji in Kyoto burning after a dissatisfied monk set light to the temple. c1950 (383x518) FYI, the temple we see today is the 3rd one.
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Refugees from the Mexican revolution arriving in Marfa, Texas, in 1914. .
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