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Russian writer Alexander Pushkin and French writer Alexandre Dumas. Each had a Black ancester who was a general in a European army. An old rumor claimed that Pushkin faked his 1837 death in a duel, moved to France, and became Dumas. [1200 x 696]
Shiro Ishii was a Surgeon General in the Imperial Japanese Army. He headed the biological warfare department and commanded the infamous Unit 731 which was responsible for numerous gruesome war crimes during 1936-45. He received immunity from the USA in exchange for his research. 1940 [710x864]
Navy pilots playing basketball in the forward elevator well aboard USS Monterey. The jumper of the left is future U.S. President Gerald Ford. (1944) [2483 X 2504]
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The Making of Mount Rushmore, 1939. The faces of the four presidents (Presidents George Washington, Thomas Jefferson, Theodore Roosevelt, and Abraham Lincoln) were carved out of solid granite in a massive project that began in 1927 and ended in 1941 [3072x2304]
Two German Soldiers in 1916 [1600x1295].
Photo taken of the Iceberg believed to have sunk the RMS Titanic on April 14th-15th 1912. A streak of red paint was spotted on its side. {800x453}
Boxing Match Aboard The U.S.S, New York, 1899 [1941x1242].
German cavalry patrol in gas masks and carrying lances, 1918 [1600 x 1482]
How would you prepare the US for a military conflict with China?
Four German soldiers wearing fur coats and gas masks in a trench, 1917 [1083 x 1516].
A frame from the film 'Alam Ara', India's first talking film. It was released on 14 March 1931. No print or gramophone record of the film is known to survive, thereby making it a lost film (India) [1500x1190]
The Engine & part of the Wing of a USAF B-25 Mitchell Bomber seen protruding from the North Side of the Empire State Building after the B-25 Bomber crashed into the 79th floor in Thick Fog killing 14 people - New York City, New York, USA - July 1945 [981x1200]
The inauguration of the Egyptian Parliament in Cairo. King Fuad I can be seen seated on the throne (Cairo, Egypt c1922) [2867x2144]
A large Acadian (Cajun) family in their family farm, near Crowley, Louisiana, c. 1938. [2500 x 1719]
Meeting of Iranian revolutionary Marxists after 1979 revolution , Tehran , Iran (1200×791)
The Sword of Stalingrad at the Tsaritsyn-Stalingrad Defense Museum. 1951. (2,170 × 3,024)
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Zen monks at Asakusa Temple, in Tokyo, perform air raid drills with gas masks in 1936 [1247x938].
A company of Acadian Mi-Carême (Mid-Lent) revellers, St. Joseph du Moine, Nova Scotia, Canada, c. 1930. [1024 x 612]
Albert Einstein, 1921 [Colorized] [1620x1080]
1935. The Marx Brothers on the set of "A Night At The Opera." 1280 x 985
1950: Rachel and Schulim Pewzner endeavor to leave Ellis Island, New York after arriving from Europe. A rabbinical student, Schulim has a scholarship waiting at a Brooklyn institute. She is age 20, he is 24. [1314X2048]
President Lyndon B. Johnson watches television sets as elections returns are reported, November 3rd, 1964 (2000x1338)
Group including Robert Falcon Scott and Lawrence Oates with Mongolian ponies on New Zealand's Quail Island circa 1910. [5489x2953]
German soldiers in the flooded trenches 1943 [1000x1404].
1939 Nov 3 Troops of 51st Highland Division march over a drawbridge into Fort de Sainghain in the Maginot Line, 3 Nov 1939 [800x570]
Winston Churchill in 1895. [617x796]
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