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Women's detachment of the Red Army, Russian Civil War, 1919. [1689x2048]
As US troops advanced, and the sound of gunfire drew closer, prisoners at the Dachau concentration camp started cheering and waving the flags of the allied nations. The flags were secretly constructed in anticipation of the liberators’ arrival. April 30, 1945. [1469x1079]
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A Gondolier (Venetian boatman), aboard a small boat on the waters of a canal among the residential homes of the city of Venice, Kingdom of Italy, c. 1900. [1280 x 1127]
Henry A. Wallace- New York, NY. March 18, 1948. Associated Press Wirephoto, 'Wallace Readies Reply to Truman.' [1216x1577]
French children playing frontline soldiers with full equipment and their own trench, 1917. [Colorization] [1080x805]
President Jimmy Carter in a boat in Plains, Georgia, chasing away an approaching swamp rabbit. 1979 [3000×2254]
Bảo Đại, the last emperor of Nguyen dynasty (the last ruling dynasty of Vietnam), with his French wife Monique Vinh Thuy, during his exile in France - 1990s [900x515]
Tsar Nicholas II and Grand Duke Nikolaevich on the Eastern Front in 1915 [1200x1200]
Indian PoWs made live target practise for new Japanese infantry recruits during WW2, 1942 [635x441]
Delegation members from the People’s Republic of China at the San Diego Zoo, California, USA, 1980. [694x1,024]
Crash landing Hellcat This image shows a Hellcat that has crash-landed on the desk of the USS Enterprise. The pilot incredibly surprised the burning aircraft without significant injury despite the burning fuel tank seen at the bottom of the plane. November 10, 1943. [450x335]
The arrest of Larry Layton, the only person convicted from the events of Jonestown, 1978. He spent 18 years in Guyanese and American prisons. [1024 x 630]
1981 Hampshire, England. Lord Montagu of Beaulieu treats Michael Jackson, Liberace and Scott Thorson to a tour of his National Motor Museum in his 1909 Rolls Royce Silver Ghost [650x515]
Desau Arjan Dangar arrives in New York on August 16, 1933 enroute to ‘A Century of Progress International Exposition’ in Chicago, Illinois with claims of the longest moustache in the world (78 inches) AP Photo [1200x1615]
"Wonder braid", by Yuri Krivonosov. Gobi Desert, Mongolian People's Republic, 1966. [933x700]
A Soviet Mi-24 Hind pilot with an AKS-74U, Soviet war in Afghanistan, 1980's. [1080x1288]
The Egyptian army surprised the Israeli army and crossed the Bar-Lev line, which was nicknamed at the time the strongest military defensive fortress, after previous strikes from the air force and artillery, to restore Sinai .6th October 1973 [1080×1280]
Anti-Police demonstrators protest against plans to demolish Pandora’s box. Los Angeles, 1966 [1280 x 1094]
Korean provisional government troops/officials in exile, Chongqing, ROC, 1940 [1400x958]
U.S. Army Corporal Larry Matinsk puts cigarettes into the extended hands of newly liberated prisoners behind a stockade in the Allach Concentration Camp. April 30, 1945 [2048x1685]
this iconic image shows Will Roberston, a member of the Washington Bicycle Club riding it down the steps of the United States Capitol building. Circa 1910. [450x698]
Harrison H. Schmitt of the Apollo 17 mission investigates a large lunar boulder with rover behind. Dec. 13, 1972 [6932 x 3982]
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A stentor reading out the daily news in the "Telefon Hírmondó" (Telephone Herald) of Budapest in Austria-Hungary, 1901. [1111 × 1111]
26 August 1945, Hanoi. Ho Chi Minh sends an offical delegation headed by Vo Nguyen Giap to welcome the American OSS mission to Hanoi. While the band plays the American National Anthem, Giap and his delegation join the author and the OSS team in saluting the American flag. [ 858 x 715]
Dutch soldiers during the state visit of Finnish President Kekkonen, 1972 [3686 x 2456]
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A steelworker sitting on the future Empire State building in 1930 [333x400]
Mobsters hide their faces at Al Capone's trial 1931. 700 x 525
The Gravesite Of Oskar Shindler (1908 - 1974) In Jerusalem Circa 1980 Famous For Saving 1200 Jews From The Nazi's "Final Solution". The Only Nazi buried Israel. The Stones Are Left In Tribute To Him. He Was Rich Under The Nazis, But Spent His Fortune saving The " ShindlerJews". [634 X 957]
A young fighter during the Warsaw Uprising, 1944. [402x600]
Two Maori girls with chin mokos in an ancient greeting, circa 1900, before Ta Moko tattoos were outlawed by British colonialists. [1423×2048]
The Krupp Company Works in Essen, situated in the Ruhr area of Imperial Germany, 1890 [1280 × 1024].
Crash Site Of "Lady Be Good" In 1958. USAAF B-24D Who Was Lost On 4/4/43 On Her First & Last Mission From Libya To Naples. She Overshot Her Home Field & Crashed 440 Miles Inside The Sahara Desert. She Was Discovered By A British Oil Crew On 11/9/1958. All 9 Crewmen Died. [1399 X 827]
An elder Irish woman, using a spinning wheel for thread or yarn, in Ireland, the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, c. 1890 - 1900. [750 x 925]
Coeds from Western State College staged their annual Powder Bowl football game. Oct. 14, 1939. Gunnison, Colorado. [900x676]
1952--GOP Vice Presidential candidate Nixon cries after meeting with Ike and getting his support for remaining on the ticket after the "Checkers" controversy. (488 X 598)
Father Damien on his deathbed, resting on his side. He had cared for lepers on the island before contracting himself leprosy. Kalaupapa, Molokai, Kingdom of Hawai'i. April 14, 1889 [2880x2112]
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The Ship Santa Fe arrives at the port of Buenos Aires, with European immigrants, after WWII circa 1947 [1900 x 1500]
Pallbearers, including actors and close friends James Coburn and Steve McQueen, carrying Bruce Lee’s casket at his funeral on July 31, 1973. [800 x 658]
A man walking with a pig, on a sidewalk in a rural village area, in the Polish People's Republic (Poland) c. 1980 - 1989. [750 x 908]
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[1170 × 948] Live elephants parade in support of newspaper mogul Frank Gannett. Republican National Convention, Philadelphia, 1940
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Restorations at Stonehenge, on the Salisbury Plain in Wiltshire, southern England. 1958. [1600×1567]
Dick Gregory and James Meredith walk alongside Martin Luther King Jr. on a rural road during the March Against Fear, June, 1966. [2296 x 3487]
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Two plainclothes detectives making an arrest at the headquarters of the British Union of Fascists, London, May 1940 [1570 x 2048]
Two Indian women playing Table tennis in Pune, Colonial India, 1935 [1024x756]
Aunt rubs noses with her niece in the village of Uhtua, Karelia, Russian Empire, in 1894 [2580 x 1968]
A row of guns, produced by Norman Wiard, at the Arsenal in Washington, DC. 1862. [1327 x 782].
Willie and Tad Lincoln with cousin Lockwood Todd, 1861. [671x1024]