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Two peasants from the region around Rome. A daguerreotype by Joseph-Philibert Girault de Prangey, 1842. [2000 x 1665]
1929 - Boarding of British Airship R101 - This would likely be the Airships last voyage as it crashed shortly after in France. (1170 x 847)
24 Year-Old Orson Welles outside CBS's Columbia Square studios at 6121 Sunset Boulevard on his first day in Hollywood, August 1939 [2000 x 1293]
Japanese destroyer Kikuzuki beached on Nggela Sule, Solomon Islands, circa 1944 [5750x4055]
Ukraine. August, 1947. Families of a collective farm seated for a meal. © Robert Capa [2048x1777]
American artillerymen and their peace sign flag in South Vietnam, 1971 [3600x2400]
Three notorious Central African dictators. Standing in front l-r: Rwanda's Juvénal Habyarimana, Burundi's Michel Micombero and Uganda's Idi Amin. 1970s. [594 x 463]
Anti-apartheid demonstrators outside the South African Consulate in Wellington, New Zealand. 30 November 1977. [5040x3377]
Ugandan dictator Idi Amin in exile in Saudi Arabia in the year following his overthrow, 1980. 9 years later he would briefly ruin his relationship with his Saudi hosts by leaving the country and attempting to reconquer Uganda. (2195x1926)
Mathematician Kurt Godel poses for portrait at the Institute for Advanced Study (Princeton, New Jersey 1956) [1200x751]
Tooth extraction taking place in a liquor store in 1872. An assistant is holding the person's head in place with a towel while the "dentist" uses pliers to remove the tooth. 1872 [1116x1213]
British doctors administer a blood transfusion to an injured soldier, Italy, 1944, original colour [1600x900]
US Marines advance down a street in Hue, South Vietnam near the city's citadel, February 1968 [2048x1359]
U.S. Army Sgt. T. B. Haber stands by the graves of two German soldiers killed during the Battle of Kasserine Pass in Tunisia. 26 February 1943 [5620 × 4590]
A cigarette break - from the left, Richard Baer (commandant of the Auschwitz camp from May 1944), Josef Mengele (camp "doctor"), in front Josef Kramer (commandant of Birkenau) and Rudolf Höss (former commandant of Auschwitz). 1944 [850x577]
Soviet cosmonaut Yuri Gagarin on a bus carrying him to the launchpad. His backup pilot, German Titov, appears to be taking a nap in the background. April 12, 1961. [533x456]
Ugandan dictator Idi Amin meeting with Louis Farrakhan, Nation of Islam official who later become it's leader, as well as other African-American delegates in 1975. (1072x644)
U.S. forces of the 40th Division advance through a war-torn street in the city of Bacolod, Philippines, 1945 [1,023 x 631]
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Ford bubble glass top vehicle, 1947. [640 × 711]
"Prime Minister Tojo firmly shakes hands with Ir. Soekarno, before he left Java on the morning of 8th July 2603 (Gregorian calendar 1943)". During the Indonesian War of Independence, this photo would be used by the Dutch to depict Soekarno as a fascist and Japanese collaborator. (1973 × 2682)
U.S. Navy Destroyer Squadron 12 (DesRon 12) returning from a bombardment of Rabaul, salute the dead with S-turns in Ironbottom Sound. This had become a custom whenever DesRon12 ships passed Savo Island after a successful raid against the Japanese. February 1944 [5635 × 4181]
Portrait of Isaac Maliyamungu, nephew and trusted confidante of Ugandan dictator Idi Amin, 1960's. He was considered one of the most feared men within Amin's regime and the architect of some of his worst human rights abuses (1558x1988)
Communal riots erupt in Mumbai, India in Sep 1946. Hindu and Muslim rioters clashed in the city streets after Hindus were targeted during a shooting. Intervening British officers were attacked and 300 Indian/British soldiers eventually ended the violence, which left 129 dead. [725x725]
21-year-old Sarla Thakral, the first Indian woman to receive a pilot's license. 1936 [620x449]
Aerial view of Wieluń, Poland shortly after German Luftwaffe bombing on 1 September 1939. [1500x1003]
