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The Old Cincinnati Library before being demolished, 1874-1955 [1600x1580]
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Portrait of an immigrant family from Scotland. Taken at Ellis Island in 1905. The family would later settle in Alabama. [1898x1324]
A zebra pulls a carriage in Calcutta, India. 1930 [1600x1177]
A balloon apron is suspended to defend London from air attacks, 1915 [1600x1351]
Trieste just before the record dive. On 23 January 1960, she reached the ocean floor in the Challenger Deep (the deepest southern part of the Mariana Trench), carrying Jacques Piccard & Don Walsh. It was the first time a vessel had reached the deepest known point of the Earth's oceans. [4112 x 3058]
Albert Einstein plays his beloved violin, 1941 [700x900]
Divorcing partners Frances and Harold Mountain divide their Beanie Baby collection in the courtroom of Judge Gerald Hardcastle. November 5, 1999. Las Vegas, Nevada. [720x544]
Director Paul Verhoeven and Peter Weller preparing to shoot a scene for the 1987 film RoboCop [700 x 463].
Polish civilian vessel sails out of the harbour of Świnoujście: with the unfinished former German Kriegsmarine aircraft carrier Graf Zeppelin outside the entrance - in Poland, aftermath of the Second World War, c. September 1945. [755 x 599]
This great photo is of a motorcycle showroom in Greeley, Colorado, circa 1915. This is a film negative. From my negative collection. (926x640)
Astronaut Buzz Aldrin, pilot of the Gemini 12 spaceflight, performs standup extravehicular activity during the first day of the 4-day mission in space. November 1966 [6856 × 4741]
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Frida painting in bed, 1940. Kahlo has been described as a surrealist or magical realist. She is known for painting about her experience of chronic pain.[1010x738]
An Opium den in Singapore, 1941. [800x619]
During the ethnic cleansing of minorities in Islamic Bangladesh (26 March – 16 December 1971 ), young Bengali men were forced to remove their Lungis (Sarongs) at checkpoints. This was done in front of the elderly and womenfolk so as to check whether they were circumcised and thus Muslim. [800 x 892]
Bill Cicio of Centerport holds a circa 1930s Krueger beer can. In 1935 the Gottfried Krueger Brewing was the first company to sell canned beer (Centerport, New York 1976) [754x1162]
The german armoured cruiser SMS Blücher sinks after receiving multiple hits from British warships at the Battle of Dogger Bank on 24 January 1915 [2913 × 2205]
U.S. President Abraham Lincoln meets with General George McClellan during the bloody Battle of Antietam in 1862. (975x768)
The Hoover dam under construction in 1934. [1999x1586]
Vaught family, in their Arkansas home 1913. Mrs. Vaught and her family, together with her husband and children.S.C Joseph K Dixon. Colorized 2400x1940
36th Waffen SS was sent to suppress the Warsaw Uprising. They was recruited from crooks, thugs and the criminally insane, 1944 [1024x684]
1968: Indian Space Research Organization engineer C.R. Sathya walks alongside the nose cone of a rocket on a bicycle as it is handled by his assistant Velappan Nair. [2271X3417]
Muhammad Ali, Floyd Patterson, Jack Dempsey, Joe Louis, Joe Frazier, and Jersey Joe Walcott together in 1976 (1125 X 818)
Protesters during Ireland’s 'Bloody Sunday'. January 30th, 1972. (800x539)
Petticoat Lane, London. 1966. Photographer - Roger Taylor. [1124x1121]
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Charles Aznavour protesting the Azerbaijani blockade against Nagorno Karabakh (1991 Paris) [1583x1097]
