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Two brothers from West Virginia who fought on opposite sides of the American Civil War in 1910 [640x800]
Zen monks at Asakusa Temple, in Tokyo, perform air raid drills with gas masks in 1936 [1247x938].
View of the Banff National Park, Alberta, Canada, c. 1930s. [1000 x 791]
President Lyndon B. Johnson watches television sets as elections returns are reported, November 3rd, 1964 (2000x1338)
The Endurance ship being stuck in the Antarctic ice (forever), 1915, [1100x953]
Sadeq Ghotbzadeh, Western-educated anti-Shah politician responsible for Islamification policies of Iranian state media, serving as personal aide to Ayatollah Khomeini and accompanying him on his AirFrance flight to Iran. 3 years later, Khomeini had him executed. France, 1979 [777x1024]
OSS Operatives from Detachment 101 on patrol with guerrillas in Burma, World War 2 (more info in comments) [1024x815]
Aerial POV of Bombs being dropped on Kobe, Japan in 1945 during World War 2 [1920x2560]
How would you prepare the US for a military conflict with China?
Emperor Pedro II of Brazil in 1862. He ruled Brazil for over 50 years. He was an intellectual and once said that if he wasn't born Emperor he would rather be a teacher. His friend, the French writer Victor Hugo, once called him great-grandson of Marcus Aurellius. (627x974).
French Foreign Legion troops with US weapons, uniforms and equipment land on a North African beach during amphibious exercises. circa late 1943 or early 1944 [5028 × 3342]
The original Drifter's Reef Bar, built near the harbor area at Wake Island, opened its doors to air crews, visitors and other "drifters" on November 8, 1949. Photo Waldo Fuller, 8 November 1950 [1800 x 1170]
Spanish Army non-commissioned officers, most of them corporals with antiquated weaponry - on a the 'head beach' of Sidi Ifni, Kingdom of Morocco, after having disembarked from Spanish Navy ships, on December 31st, 1957. [828 x 536]
German parade in Warsaw, Poland. 5 October 1939. Photo from Fotopolska. [800x811]
A column of captive Jews march down the main thoroughfare during the liquidation of the Krakow Ghetto. SS guards oversee the deportation action to the extermination camps. March 1943 [1376 × 845]
The US Navy's "Squadron of Evolution 1889 at anchor. Ships include the protected cruiser USS Chicago (flagship) in left foreground. Astern of her (from left to right) is the gunboat USS Yorktown (Gunboat No. 1), the protected cruiser USS Boston, and the protected cruiser USS Atlanta.[4588 × 3482]
Georges Méliès, director director of the iconic A Trip to the Moon/Le Voyage dans la Lune (1902), standing next to his toy shop, at Gare Montparnasse, Paris 1925 (1200 × 861)
This historical photo, looking northward from 45th St., shows the classic bright lights of Times Square in 1921, an ongoing illumination of the city since the first electrified advertisement in 1904. [1203x1536]
A man wearing a Pierre Trudeau mask protests against the Canadian government's National Energy Program (NEP), which strengthened federal control over Alberta’s oil resources, in front of the Alberta Legislature Building. Edmonton, Dec 11 1980. [1419 x 2000]
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Pan Am Flight Attendants, 1973. [2152x1195]
The first train 'Hatsukari 10' runs through the Seikan Tunnel on 13 March 1988. The Seikan Tunnel is the world's longest undersea tunnel by overall length (Imabetsu, Japan 1988) [2867x1910]
Portraits of Empress Menen and Adolf Hitler for sale, Addis Ababa, 1935 [960×1280]
Polish colonial soldier marching through Toruń, 1939. (640x939)
The Italian Royal family in 1908 (colorized) [1280×912]
General George Marshall, 1946. As Army Chief of Staff, he was one of the half dozen people most responsible for defeating global Fascism. Later, as Secretary of State, he was one of the half dozen people most responsible for containing Stalinism in Europe. [891 x 1350]
Eric Liddell winning the finale of the 400 m in the Olympic Games against Horatio Fitch. Paris, France. July 16, 1924 [801x485]
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