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Ann Arbour, MI, 1996: Teenager Keshia Thomas saves white supremacist from angry mob by shielding him with her body [1524x2032]
A convoy of U.S. Marine High-Mobility Multipurpose Wheeled Vehicles (HMMWV), assigned to D/Company, 1st Light Armored Reconnaissance Battalion, 1st Marines Division, in Northern Iraq during a sandstorm. 26 March 2003 [1720 × 1160]
Royal Hungarian Army soldiers at a field kitchen in 1938 (5,503 × 3,510)
Members of W Company Mortar Platoon, 1st Battalion, The Royal Regiment of Fusiliers, prepare to engage enemy targets after an intense evening of incoming fire on the front line just south of Basra, Iraq. 26 March 2003. Photograph by Cpl Paul Jarvis/MOD [3600 x 2346]
Troopship Queen Mary arrives in New York Harbor, 20 June 1945 [5750x3900]
The Italian driver Tazio Nuvolari, along with his navigator, waiting for the start of the third Mille Miglia. The first Mille Miglia race started on 26 March 1927 covering 1,618 km, from Brescia to Rome and back, corresponding to just over 1,005 modern miles (Brescia, Italy 1929) [2867x2052]
Barricades on Rue Saint-Maur, Paris, 25 June, 1848 [1400x1087]
A French soldier outside of a Reichskolonialbund office in Lauterbach During The Phony War Of 1940 (1000 x 1000)
Load testing the Sydney Harbour Bridge in February 1932 by placing 50 steam trains. 2048 x 1464
Georgia State Patrol trooper Allen Campbell stares at child drawn to reflection in his shield at Ku Klux Klan rally in Gainesville, GA on Sep. 5, 1992. Said Campbell, "Me and this kid, neither one made a choice to be here. The state patrol made me come, and his mom and daddy brought him." [580x757]
Burlesque costumes in the 1800s were a bizarre affair. This is Eliza Blasina wearing a horse-head headdress. If you're interested, I've compiled a gallery of 10 images of burlesque performers from that era, link in the comments. (800x1216)
Lost Ark's Artist class proves that sometimes the best weapon in a 48 v 48 PvP battle is creativity! Unleash the Artist's paintbrush and take on the Tulubik Battlefield.
Allied Bombing of Rama VI Bridge, Bangkok, Thailand. during 1942 – 1945, (306 × 300)
Today is the memorial of Óscar Romero, the archbishop martyred for his outspoken defense of El Salvador’s poor. Assassinated by government death squad while celebrating Holy Mass. Canonized as a saint in 2018 (c. 1978) [631x717]
South Korean humanitarian relief caravan of (501) cattle in 50 lorries driving through the Korean Demilitarized Zone to North Korea: (North Korean Famine death toll was 240,000 - 3,500,000 citizens that died from starvation or hunger-related illnesses). Photo from October 27th, 1998. [800 x 1002]
Armored vehicles sit in storage at a U.S. facility. 1946. [1500 x 1200]
Liberal MP John Matheson presents the “Pearson Pennant”, one of the designs considered during the national debate to replace the Red Ensign with a new Canadian flag. Ottawa, 1964. [480 x 600]
This is a photo of a man lying on a day bed, looking ill or perhaps even bedridden. I'm not sure if the photo is staged or not, but it's fascinating to see the details of his surroundings. 1890-1900s. Location unknown. (640 x 828)
Canadian Prime Minister Lester B. Pearson shakes hands with Jim Soni, 19, outside the Parliament buildings in Ottawa, May 1964. The University of Toronto student presented Pearson with his proposal for a new national flag. [780 x 969]
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Musical theater. Missionary style. Don't miss the show that Entertainment Weekly calls "the funniest musical of all time." Great seats available this week to The Book of Mormon on Broadway!
Check out this vintage basketball team photo of the Franklin College basketball team of 1913! I can't help but imagine what it was like to play basketball back in the early 1900s - no slam dunks, no three-pointers, and definitely no flashy sneakers. (883 x 640)
Servicemen test radiation levels on Christmas Island after a nuclear bomb test in 1957. (1200 x 739).
Vietnamese soldiers escort captured Chinese soldiers at a prisoner of war camp during the Sino-Vietnamese War - 1979 [1012x1000]
Mother and child sitting in the ruined streets of Iran as soldiers (likely allied forces) march through. Likely ~1941, probably during the Anglo-Soviet invasion of Iran. From a WWII Iran photo album that I inherited from a U.S. Soldier. [3488x1965]
Beneath a fresco of The Horatii and Curatii by D'Arpino, statesmen of six European countries sign treaties establishing the European Economic Community (EEC) and the European Atomic Energy Community (Euratom) (Rome, Italy 1957) [2867x2286]
Relatives of people that died during the Ardeatine massacre pray at the Ardeatine Cave site. The Ardeatine massacre was a mass killing of 335 civilians and political prisoners carried out in Rome on 24 March 1944 by Nazi German occupation forces (Rome, Italy 1944) [2867x2174]
The 15-member special flag committee of the House of Commons, which was tasked with choosing a new Canadian flag design to replace the Red Ensign. Ottawa, Ontario, Canada, Sep 1964. [1024 x 650]
A peanut vendor from 1890, wearing a suit made of peanuts. [720x1015]
These are the late 1800s mugshots for James Collins, Nora Courier and Herbert Cockran. For those interested, I've compiled a series of 18 mugshots from the same era and the villainous stories behind them. (link in comments) (1080x470)
Peter Mayhew & Carrie Fisher, 1980 (667x1000)
Mothers of Plaza de Mayo demanding to know the whereabouts of their children, disappeared during Argentina's last military dictatorship, which started on March 24th, 1976. (Buenos Aires, Argentina, 1977) [1200 x 800]
[Colorized] Marilyn Monroe (1950) [862 x 1200]
Greek model Aliki Diplarakou, who previously won the title of Miss Hellas and Miss Europe 1930, as Athena Promachos at the Second Delphic Festival in Delphi, 1930.🦉 [1080x1307]
The Waco siege, a 51-day standoff between Branch Davidians and federal agents that ended on April 19, 1993, ending in the deaths of four federal agents and 82 Branch Davidians. [3600x2422]
Algerians in a shantytown in the Paris suburb of Nanterre, 1961 [1920x1280]
Malcom X and Muhammad Ali,1964,New york(800X800)
Soldiers from the Seaforth Highlanders of Canada, an infantry regiment from Vancouver, British Columbia, celebrate the end of World War II in Europe. Netherlands, May 1945. [2251 x 1481]
Bride from Hälsingland, Sweden between circa 1870 and circa 1899 [892×1500]
Sgt. Jeff Seabaugh, a squad leader with the 15th Marine Expeditionary Unit, moves his Marines to their objective during a mission in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom. Zubayr, Iraq. March 23, 2003 [2100 × 1400]
Canadian soldiers practicing trench assault from behind the frontlines, 1916. This photograph was widely and misleadingly published as a portrayal of an actual British attack during the Battle of the Somme. [3312 x 2456]
Bruno Tesch (hat) poses with soldiers holding his products in Warsaw. He was one of many businessmen to exploit the Holocaust for profit. During the war, Tesch sold massive quantities of Zyklon B to the SS, knowing how it would be used. The SS used it to murder 1.1 million people, 1940 [1357 x 798].
Shouhouse in Patani, Thailand, c.1992. (459×300)
Nancy Wake, 1945, a top spy for the Allies. Called 'The White Mouse' by the Gestapo, she was the most wanted woman in Europe.[800x1207]
A rare picture of Albert Einstein, Hideki Yukawa, John Wheeler, and Homi J Bhabha in conversation as they walk through Marquand Park in Princeton, N.J, 1954. [1080x1080]
Locals stand next to the massive Burmese Mingun Bell, the largest ringing bell in the world at the time. In this photo, damage from an 1839 earthquake is still visible. circa 1873. [2000x1614].
On 23rd March 1933, Nazi Germany passed the “Enabling Act”. One way they ensured the bill would pass was by arresting political opponents before the vote. Among those arrested was this man, Friedrich Puchta, a social democratic politician. Year of the photograph is unknown. [1125x837]
Célio Meireles created a form of protest during the Brazilian military dictatorship, stamping money with questions about political assassinations. 1976[378x480]
Group of teenagers from Złaków Kościelny wearing Łowicz type of costumes. Central Poland, 1932 [769x714]
HMS Cleopatra throws out smoke to shield the convoy as HMS Euryalus elevates her forward 5.25 inch guns to shell the Italian Fleet. Second Battle of Sirte. 22 March 1942 [3306 x 2480]
Today’s the memorial of Clemens August Graf von Galen (beatified in 2005), the German count and Catholic Bishop known for his fierce opposition to Nazi rule and policies, particularly the T4 euthanasia program. His sermons inspired resistance groups such as the White Rose. (c. 1930s) [601x773]
U.S. Marines from the 2nd Battalion, 1st Marine Regiment escort captured Iraqi prisoners of war during Operation Iraqi Freedom. 21 March 2003 [1728 × 1152]
A U.S. Marine Corps M1A1 Abrams Main Battle Tank fires its 120mm main gun during fighting between Iraqi and Coalition forces near Umm Qasr, Iraq. 23 March 2003 [1728 × 1152]
Border sign at Khyber Pass in Pakistan (Pakistan/Afghanistan border 1955) [2867x2308]
Fire drill in Cloth Hall Museum in Kraków, Poland. The painting in "Prussian Homage" by Jan Matejko. Poland, 1930. [1080x752]
Politician Joseph Smallwood campaigns in favor of confederation with Canada during the 1948 referendum to decide the fate of the Dominion of Newfoundland. Newfoundland would join Canada on March 31, 1949 as its tenth province. [1138 x 910]
Gas masks for babies tested at an English hospital, 1940. [1502 x 2048]
The first image of Mercury, taken by NASA's Mariner 10 in 1974. [768 x 768]
Rear seat of JFK's limousine, right after the assassination, 1963. (originally in color) [900x676]
22 March 1920 , the mass killing and destruction of the Armenian population of Shushi by Azerbaijani forces began as part of the Shushi pogrom [circa 1920] [ 2029x1186]
Richard Nixon meeting troops of the 1st Infantry Division at Di An on his first trip to South Vietnam as President. 30 July 1969 [1600 x 1061]
Lost Ark's Artist class proves that sometimes the best weapon in a 48 v 48 PvP battle is creativity! Unleash the Artist's paintbrush and take on the Tulubik Battlefield.
A Serbian soldier with a French African soldier on the Macedonian front, 1917 [1125x940]
A lake in Ontario affected by acid rain, c. 1980s. [1536 x 864]
A group of elderly men sitting on a mat, taken in Peshawar, now in Pakistan, circa 1865. Two of the men are looking at each other with contempt, suggesting that they may actually be enemies who have been persuaded to be photographed together as examples of native "thugs." (1200x900)
King Chulalongkorn of Siam wearing raj pattern, Unknown date, (298×423)
Children in Africville, the historically Black community of Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada. C. 1967. [1200 x 796]
'Winnie-The-Pooh' Author Alan 'A.A.' Milne, son Christopher Robin & his ‘original’ Winnie the Pooh Teddy Bear @ Cotchford Farm - Sussex, England, UK - Howard Coster - c.1926 [1069x918]
Political prisoners, condemned to forced labour, are building the living quarters for the KZ Dachau. Dachau was the first concentration camp built by Nazi Germany, opening on 22 March 1933. The camp was initially intended to intern Hitler's political opponents (Nazi Germany 1933) [2060x2867]
Four women walking from Africville towards Halifax, on Campbell Road near Hanover Street, in the aftermath of the Halifax Explosion of 1917. [2857 x 1726]
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Check out this vintage photo from 1909 of peasant girls in a village near Vologda, Russian Empire. They're carrying berries and the photo was taken by Prokudin-Gorsky. Dimensions are 540x600.
A Challenger 2 main battle tank, of the Queens Royal Lancers crosses into Iraq, 21 March 2003 Photo: Cpl Paul Jarvis RLC/MOD [3600 × 2346]
Hovering U.S. Army helicopters pour machine-gun fire into a tree line to cover the advance of South Vietnamese ground troops in an attack on a Viet Cong camp 18 miles north of Tay Ninh, near the Cambodian border, in March of 1965. [1600 x 1047]
An Indian woman, a Japanese woman and a Syrian woman at Women Medical College of Philadeplhia in 1985 (1080x1080)
In 1855 William Morris Grundy photographed rural England as he saw it. Vastly different from the images we see of city life from the same era. If you're interested i've compiled some of Grundy's work and linked to it in the comments. (1200x1101)
Actor Nick Stewart at Disneyland's Splash Mountain with Br'er Bear, whom he gave voice to in the ride, reprising his role from the movie "Song of the South", 43 years earlier. 1989 [509 x 768]
A WMIK from 1st Battalion, Royal Irish Regiment, passes a burning oil well as it crosses the border. Iraq 22nd March 2003, [960x626]
Interned Serbian soldiers around a campfire - Belgrade, Austro-Hungarian occupation of Serbia (1915-1918) [800x661]
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