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“I am going to die a good Catholic and a soldier of the Irish Republic. Lord Jesus give me courage in my last moments. If I had only got told of my sentence, I would have been well prepared before now. Oh mother if I could only see you.” James Fisher(18). First of 81 executions Nov.17,1922 (217x338)
Michelin Tire Man, 1926 (1200x630)
Five officials in formal robes at the Temple of Literature in Hanoi, Vietnam, 1926 [2800x2195]
Audrey Hepburn shops with her pet deer, Pippin in 1959 [597x867]
Detroit, 1967 [3000x1687]
The Burning Monk, 1963 [1920*1080]
April 19, 1941: Nurses are seen clearing debris from one of the wards in St. Peter's Hospital, Stepney, East London. Four hospitals were among the buildings hit by German bombs during a full scale attack. [1200X929]
Portrait of Smoky, the official mascot for the 1932 Summer Olympics (Los Angeles, California 1932) [600x396]
“Amateurs talk tactics, professionals study logistics”-General Omar Bradley. Omaha beach, June 9th, 1944 [2560x1600]
General William C. Westmoreland at Camp Evans, South Vietnam, unknown date [2400x1588]
Leap Year’s Little Lady. 1956. [830x1024]
Grumman F6F Hellcats on the flight deck of USS Enterprise (CV-6), 30 October 1944. The aircraft carrier USS Belleau Wood (CVL-24) is burning on the horizon. [1600x1290]
Actor Kyle MacLachlan gets a piggyback ride from “Dune” author, Frank Herbert. 1984 [1,092 x 1,109]
American soldiers in Long Binh, Vietnam, observe Dr. Martin Luther King’s birthday on January 15, 1971 [1200x900]
The cast of NBC's Fibber McGee and Molly radio show, 1940. [3433 x 3300]
Building damage in Agadir, Morocco following the devastating 1960 earthquake [2,856 × 2,271]
Iraqi dictator Saddam Hussein & Saudi Arabian King Fahd examining a gold-plated rifle Fahd gave Saddam as a gift, early 1980's. At the time the Sunni House of Saud was backing Saddam in his war against Shia-dominated Iran. (1200x800)
Actress Hattie Mc Daniel is shown with the statuette she received for her portrayal in 'Gone With The Wind'. On 29 February 1940, McDaniel won the 1939 Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress, the first Black actor to have been nominated and win an Oscar (Los Angeles, California 1940) [2867x2153]
Two peasants from the region around Rome. A daguerreotype by Joseph-Philibert Girault de Prangey, 1842. [2000 x 1665]
Iranian Leftists protesting the Shah and praying side by side with Islamist clergy allies in a French Church. France, 1978 [1282x1234]
A German Tiger tank crew of the Schwere Panzer Kompanie 'Hummel' near Geilenkirchen, 1944 [900x575]
King Hussein of Jordan and his Prime Minister Wasif Tal participate in a ceremonial dance dabke with Jordanian army officers in Al Abdali camp in Amman, May 1962. [1416x995]
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]
