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Father stares at the severed hand and foot of his five-year-old, severed as a punishment for failing to make the daily rubber quota, Belgian Congo, 1904

The photograph is by Alice Seeley Harris, the man’s name is Nsala. Here is part of her account (from the book “Don’t Call Me Lady: The Journey of Lady Alice Seeley Harris”): He hadn’t m…
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Vintage photos of veterans of the Napoleonic Wars, 1858.

These remarkable photographs provide probably the only surviving images of veterans of the Grande Armée and the Guard actually wearing their original uniforms and insignia.

These remarkable photographs provide probably the only surviving images of veterans of the Grande Armée and the Guard actually wearing their original uniforms and insignia, although some of the uni…
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'Tin can used as a flotation device in a 1930s swimming class at the Domain Baths in Sydney, Australia'
'The Crew of the Nuclear-Powered Icebreaker "Lenin" Skiing During a Short Stop in the Arctic, 1960'
'Italian civilians clamber over the ruins of the Ponte Alle Grazia Bridge on the River Arno in Florence, destroyed by the fleeing Germans on 11 August 1944'
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Tin can used as a flotation device in a 1930s swimming class at the Domain Baths in Sydney, Australia

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The Crew of the Nuclear-Powered Icebreaker "Lenin" Skiing During a Short Stop in the Arctic, 1960

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Italian civilians clamber over the ruins of the Ponte Alle Grazia Bridge on the River Arno in Florence, destroyed by the fleeing Germans on 11 August 1944

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Israeli Minister Arik Sharon enjoying the company of an Egyptian belly dancer, during a night out with the Israeli delegation to the Palastinian Autonomy Talks in Alexandria, Egypt, 1979

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Tree converted into camouflaged observation post by Australian troops in preparation for detonating the largest non-nuclear explosion in history - WW1, Battle of Messines, Belgium, 1917

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Soldiers at The Battle of the Menin Road, 1917. World War 1.

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Children playing war games in Sarajevo during the Yugoslav Civil War, early '90s

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Reichserntedankfest rally (Thanksgiving Celebration of the Reich), 1934

This is the Reichserntedankfest of 1934 in Buckeberg. That year, 700,000 people participated. Even those who did not support Nazis were totally blown away and emotionally shaken. They had never exp…
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A Jewish Hanukkah menorah defies the Nazi swastika, 1931

It was the eighth night of Chanukah in Kiel, Germany, a small town with a Jewish population of 500. That year, 1931, the last night Chanukah fell on Friday evening, and Rabbi Akiva Boruch Posner, s…
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Showgirls play chess between shows at New York's Latin Quarter nightclub, 1958. By Gordon Parks

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Mexican Matador - Vera Cruz, c. 1898

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Extremely photogenic 1930's unemployed guy

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Putin and his 2 daughters 1985

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Pub in Brisbane, Australia 1982

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Police arresting demonstrators, Birmingham, Alabama, May 1963

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A Turkish villager washes his feet for a last prayer while the Bulgarian soldiers prepare his gallow (1913). Picture taken during the Balkan wars, he was accused for killing Bulgarians.

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