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Anne Frank in front of Opekta, her father's company in Singel, Amsterdam in 1935. [1568 x 1899].
The first image of the Earth from lunar orbit, as it was received by NASA and presented to the public, 1966. [1080x417]
"Raising the Flag on Iwo Jima." The Pulitzer Prize winning photograph by Joe Rosenthal of 6 United States Marines raising the U.S. flag atop Mount Suribachi during the Battle of Iwo Jima. 23 February 1945 [2959 × 2241]
Crowd awaits news from the Titanic's survivors in New York City. April 1912 (480 X 336)
Pacific Highway through a Washington red cedar stump, 20 feet - 6m in diameter, 1920. [1080x828]
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Beatles fans completely overcome with emotion, sometime in the 1960s [800x478]
Kenneth D. Taylor, former Canadian Ambassador to Iran, receives the Congressional Gold Medal from U.S. President Ronald Reagan for sheltering and arranging the escape of six American embassy workers during the Iranian hostage crisis. Washington D.C., June 16 1981. [1000 x 750]
Dolly, the first mammal cloned from an adult somatic cell. Dolly was born on 5 July 1996 and had three mothers: one provided the egg, another the DNA, and a third carried the cloned embryo to term (Scotland 1997) [2867x1910]
What if WW1 never happened? How would you have governed the US on its way to becoming a global power without The Great War?
British troops coming through a wood on the Western Front, 1916-18 [2359x1848] (Colourized)
Member of the Legislative Assembly of Manitoba (MLA) and member of the Oji-Cree nation Elijah Harper votes “No” against the Meech Lake Accord. Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada, June 1990. [750 x 969]
Spanish Flu epidemic, a policeman berates a man for not wearing his mask, circa 1918
Immense cross-section of a Giant Redwood tree after being felled, 1892 [1242x1230]
Moscow 1953 [674x455]
U.S. Marines raising the first flag on Iwo Jima. Small flag carried ashore by the 2d Battalion, 28th Marines is planted atop Mount Suribachi at 10:20, 23 February 1945 [2949 × 3747]
This great photo was taken somewhere in Minnesota, circa early 1900s. This photo is chock full of stuff. So much to see. A new favorite. From my glass negative collection. (899 x 640)
A traffic scene during the last big flood in Mexico City, the water level reached half a meter high at its peak and its ravages lasted for almost three months, 1951 [1064x838]
A young Welles Crowther - later nicknamed "The Man in the Red Bandana" after sacrificing his life to save at least 18 people before the South Tower of the World Trade Center collapsed on September 11th, 2001. [1028x751]
The U.S. Navy aircraft carrier USS Independence underway with the Italian training ship Amerigo Vespucci. The Amerigo Vespucci has been built in 1930 at the (formerly Royal) Naval Shipyard of Castellammare di Stabia (Naples). She was launched on 22 February 1931 (Mediterranean Sea 1942) [6168x4958]
Dining Room of Airship Hindenburg. 1936
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Norwegian Quislings (Nazi collaborators) of the collaborationist group "Sonderabteilung Lola" stand trial for treason. They were responsible for torturing, killing, and systematically informing on resistance fighters, 1946 [1358 × 933].
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