Coal Miners coming up a Coal Mine Elevator after a day of work in 1920's Belgium
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First Photo of the Acropolis in Greece c.1842
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A Native American looks down upon a newly completed section of the Transcontinental Railroad, 435 miles from Sacramento, California - photo by Alfred A. Hart, 1867
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Queen Elizabeth II, wearing the imperial crown, walks through the Royal gallery to the House of Lords chamber to officiate at the opening of a new session of British Parliament in London in November, 1954 AP
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A soldier of the British Expeditionary Force, arriving back from Dunkirk greeted affectionately by his girlfriend - May 31, 1940 Getty Images
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RMS Queen Mary arriving in New York Harbor filled with thousands of returning US Soldiers - 1945
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U.S. Marines have their rifles ready as they search for Japanese snipers in a palm grove during operations at Guadalcanal, Solomon Islands - August, 1942
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Little America III - Admiral Richard Byrd's abandoned camp established 1940-1941 on the Ross Ice Shelf of Antarctica photographed in 1958 - Buried in the snow the site of Little America III was carried out to sea in 1963
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Senator Margaret Chase Smith, the first woman to be placed in nomination for the presidency at a major party's convention, arrives at the Republican National Convention in California - 1964
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This Polaroid image of the assassination of U.S. President John F. Kennedy on November 22, 1963 in Dallas, Texas capturing the presidential limousine a fraction of a second after the fatal shot - Photo taken by Mary Ann Moorman, a witness to the assassination
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A US soldier inspects Nazi looted art found in a church in Ellingen, Germany - April, 1945 - Colorized -
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A Caravan of GM Futurliners crossing America during the company’s Parade to Progress - 1950
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Martha Jane Cannary "Calamity Jane" - American frontierswoman and performer in Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show - c.1880
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A Corporal of the 9th USCC near Denver, Colorado, USA - 1890
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Robert Wadlow, also known as the Alton Giant and the Giant of Illinois, was 8′ 11″ and the tallest person ever in recorded history - ca. 1939
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US Coast Guard Cutter Spencer (WPG-36) Destroys The Nazi Submarine U-175 - April, 1943
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Tsar Nicholas II and his family during World War I c.1916
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John F. Daniels, MP, inspects the electrically-powered midget auto, designed by a former kamikaze pilot, during its first public run in Tokyo, December 21, 1947 AP
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The USS Sennet SS-408 - Operation “Highjump,” the third Byrd Antarctic Expedition - USN photo courtesy of Arctic Submarine Laboratory c.1947
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Gen. George A. Custer Crossing the Dakota Territory - W. H. Illingworth - 1874
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German soldiers rounded up after a house to house search in La Haye Du Puits, Normandy, France, on July 14, 1944 - AP
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The Deadwood Coach - photo by John C.H. Grabill - 1889
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An Aerial View of the Woodstock Festival on farmer Max Yasgur’s dairy farm in Bethel, New York in 1969 - Sullivan County, NY declared the festival a state of emergency - AP
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The first US test of a captured German V2 rocket -1946 - Photo by Universal History Archive
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Henry Ford and his son, Edsel Ford sitting on Henry’s first car in December, 1939 AP
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Führerbunker - Interior of Hitler's Bunker partially burned by retreating German troops and stripped of valuables by invading Russians - Berlin, Germany - 1945
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Legendary screen actress Marlene Dietrich tries to select the Queen of the chorus of the GI troupe during her visit to their camp at Namur, Belgium, Nov. 30, 1944 AP
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The Liberty Bell arrives at the St. Louis World's Fair accompanied by members of the Philadelphia Police Department on Liberty Bell Day at the Fair - June 8, 1904 - Missouri Historical Society
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The July 3, 1883 Capsizing upon launch of the SS Daphne in Glasgow, Scotland killing 124 crew members
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T.C. Benbow in his 'METEOR' at the 1904 Saint Louis World's Fair - October 25, 1904
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Physician and Conspirator Samuel Mudd as a federal prisoner working in the Carpenter's Shop in the military prison at Fort Jefferson - 1866
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