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A German child meets his father, a World War II soldier, for the first time 1956 [1167x1600].
October 26th 1951: Chinese Troops March Through The Tibetan Capital Of Lhasa During The Chinese Invasion Of Tibet. {450x302}
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]
May 19, 1944: Heavy accident by bomb run over Berlin by American bombers (1,000 Ib bomb clashed other bomber, 11/11 crew mates died) (3000×2432)
A world’s 384-pound Black Sea Bass caught by Franklin Schenck of Brooklyn with rod and reel off Catalina Island, California, on August 17, 1900. Photo by Charles Ironmonger. [1011x1463]
This picture is from a G.C. Murphy store in 1968, where a finely outfitted family is about to drop some serious disposable income on a new RCA Color TV. (677x960)
An awe inspiring mushroom cloud is sent up by the Baker Nuclear Test, as part of Operation Crossroads. WW1 era battleship USS Arkansas is in the center surrounded by several other vessels. Photo Taken on July 25, 1946 [1920x1003]
German troops on parade in occupied Lille, 1914 [1761x1775]
Portrait of Canadian classical pianist Glenn Gould, taken by photographer Yousuf Karsh, 1957. [1571 x 1960]
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]
Pianist Glenn Gould recording Bach’s Goldberg Variations in 1955. Columbia 30th Street Studio, New York City, 1955. [1771 x 1221]
Kazuo Komoto, the first Nisei wounded in the war, being visited at New Georgia Island in the Solomons by Eleanor Roosevelt. He was shot in the knee in July 1943. [940 x 903].
Belgian Refugees Arrive in Netherlands 1914 [1600x1291].
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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Splatter mask worn by French tank gunners during WWI, 1918 [1148 x 1472].
President Theodore Roosevelt stands on a gun turret to address the officers and men of the USS Connecticut upon its return as a part of the Great White Fleet in February 1909. [5610 x 4500]
The Swiss and French writer, journalist and photographer Annemarie Minna Renée Schwarzenbach (right), and Ella Maillart - as they were preparing for their road trip from Europe to Persia and Afghanistan, June 1939. [810 x 1024]
Jane Dieulafoy, ca. 1895. Dieulafoy fought in the Franco-Prussian War, excavated the ancient city of Susa (with husband) was a transgressive novelist & famously wore men's clothes, having gained special permission to do so (wearing pants was illegal for most women in France).[2207x2602]
Tsar Nicolás II of Russia and La Tsarina on an official visit to the Argentine frigate (Sarmiento) in the Russian port city Cronstadt. August 9, 1902. [600 × 438].
Jurgis Bielinis, one of the most famous Lithuanian book-smugglers. From 1865 to 1904 all Lithuanian language publications printed in the Latin alphabet were banned within the Russian Empire (Lithuania c1905) [679x961]
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}
Jonas Savimbi, leader of UNITA, with a FAMAS F1 somewhere in Angola, 1987-1988. [1442x1095]
Cuban anti-aircraft crew wave their weapons to the camere on top of a ZSU-23-4 "Shilka" AA vehicle during the Battle of Cuito Cuanavale in Calueque, Angola, 1988.[2048x2726]