Coal Miners coming up a Coal Mine Elevator after a day of work in 1920's Belgium
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Dr. Erich Salomon faked a broken arm so he could hide a camera in his cast to photograph the US Supreme Court - 1932
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Arikara Warrior 'Bear’s Belly' - North Dakota, USA - Photo by Edward Curtis 1909
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Astronaut Neil Armstrong's wife & sons watch the liftoff of Apollo 11 - July 16 1969
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Wind causing the occupied 700 foot long Airship USS Los Angeles on its nose Mid-Somersault atop the 200 foot Mooring Mast at Lakehurst, NJ, USA - 1926
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Captain A.L. Kahn with the taxidermist's mount of a giant Manta Ray he caught - 1933
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Daguerreotype of American Abolitionist Leader John Brown by Augustus Washington - 1846
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A Navajo man wearing a Ceremonial mask and Dress of Nayenezgani - photo by Edward S. Curtis c. 1904
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Daniel F. Bakeman (1759-1869) - The last surviving soldier of the US Revolutionary War who received a veteran’s pension - Photo taken in 1868 at age 109
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George Armstrong Custer in his West Point Uniform - c.1860
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Daredevil Evel Knievel Crashes at Wembley Stadium - London, England, UK - May 26, 1975
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First Photo of the Acropolis in Greece c.1842
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Black Eagle - Ogalala Lakota Medicine Man - 1932
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Actor/Comedian Robin Williams signing autographs at a homeless shelter in Boston - 1988
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Daytona Beach, Florida - 1957
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The Rufus Buck Gang - Arkansas/Oklahoma - 1890s
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Old West American Outlaw Jesse James - c.1860's
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U.S. GI’s take a morning walk accompanied by Dutch children in traditional Volendam dress -Hoensbroek Castle, Netherlands - 1944 - (colorized)
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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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Prince Rainier, Prince of Monaco, and Princess Grace (Kelly) at the Palace of Monaco - April 1956
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RMS Queen Mary arriving in New York Harbor filled with thousands of returning US Soldiers - 1945
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Waves of Consolidated B-24 liberators of the 15th AAF targeting the Concordia Vega Oil refinery, Romania - 1944
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Southern Cheyenne Chief Wolf Robe - Recipient of a President Benjamin Harrison Peace Medal -Possible model for the Indian Head Nickel - photo by Frank A. Rinehart - 1899
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Track camera at Sainte Livrade Race Track near Bordeaux, France captures the finish of a trotter race revealing an enthusiastic fox terrier which jumped on the track for some impromptu racing - September 2, 1972
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Actor & Future U.S. President Ronald Reagan modelling for a sculpture - c. 1939
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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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Henry Ford (r) & Barney Oldfield (l), first man to drive a car at 60 miles per hour (96 kmh) on a circular track in 1903 - 1902
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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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Franz Ferdinand, Archduke of Austria, and his wife Sophie riding in an open carriage at Sarajevo June 28, 1914 shortly before their assassination - photo by Henry Guttmann
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Emperor Nicholas II of Russia & Empress Alexandra Fyodorovna - 1903
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US Coast Guard Cutter Spencer (WPG-36) Destroys The Nazi Submarine U-175 - April, 1943
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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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Tsar Nicholas II and his family during World War I c.1916
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The wrecked remains of actor James Dean's Porsche 550 Spyder - Cholame, California, USA - September 30, 1955
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Employee Cafeteria @ Disneyland - 1961
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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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Los Angeles, California Gangster Mickey Cohen standing amongst the Front Pages of Newspapers that helped make him the city's most Infamous Citizen - 1960
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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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Jesse Owens hits the ground to set a new world long jump record at the 1936 Summer Olympics in Berlin - August 14, 1936 - AP Photo
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Portrait of U.S. president Woodrow Wilson formed by 21,000 soldiers at Camp Sherman, Ohio - 1918
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Portable Telephones 1983 - Toronto, Canada
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Ironclad U.S.S. St. Louis - Launched in Saint Louis, Missouri 1861 - Renamed the Baron de Kalb 1862
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Accident of the Montparnasse Railway Station in Paris, France - 1895
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The Automat at Grand Central Station, New York City - 1948
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Native Alaskan poses with her child - 1906
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March 16, 1937 - Amelia Earhart receiving her last haircut from barber Walter Grieben at the Tribune Barber Shop in Oakland CA - Earhart disappeared July 2, 1937 over the Pacific Ocean in her attempt at becoming the first female to complete a circumnavigational flight of the globe
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A worker perches on the North Leg of the Gateway Arch 600 feet above the ground during construction - Saint Louis, MO, USA 1965
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A group of Samurai in front of the Sphinx - Egypt - 1863
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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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Emperor Nicholas Romanov II of Russia, his wife Empress Alexandra, daughters Grand Duchesses Olga, Tatiana, Maria, & Anastasia and son Tsarevich Alexei on the occasion of Alexei's Christening - 1904
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A Young Yuma Man Playing his Flute in Arizona - 1900
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Shipyard Workers examining massive propellers of British Ocean Liner RMS Olympic in dry dock - Belfast - 1911
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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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An unconscious Babe Ruth, after running into a wall chasing after a foul ball during the first game of a doubleheader with the Washington Senators - 1924
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Animator Walt Disney - 1939
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Clive Sinclair founder of Sinclair Radionics displays the Microvision Television - New York, New York, USA - 1977
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Mescalero Apache Mountain Spirit Dancers - New Mexico - 1899 - San Carlos Agency
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A Super-Fortress drops high explosive bombs on Formosa, Southern-most Island of Japan, in raids which preceded the Tokyo attacks - 1944
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The first US test of a captured German V2 rocket -1946 - Photo by Universal History Archive
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A Patient Purchasing Sundries including Cigarettes from his Hospital Bed in the 1950's
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Tacoma News Tribune Photographer Howard Clifford running off the Tacoma Narrows "Galloping Gertie" Bridge in Tacoma, Washington shortly before it collapsed on November 7, 1940
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"The Comedy of Terrors" - Basil Rathbone, Vincent Price, Peter Lorre, Boris Karloff - 1964
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Chicago, Illinois, USA - Randolph Street looking east from LaSalle - c.1900
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Aviator Ruth Law in her Curtiss Model D airplane 1915 - She bought her first airplane, a Wright Model B, from Orville Wright in 1912
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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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First photo of an Electric Chair Execution - Ruth Snyder convicted of her husband's murder - Sing Sing Prison - Ossining, New York, USA - January 12, 1928 - Photo by Tom Howard
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President Abraham Lincoln with Pinkerton & McClernand on Battlefield of Antietam, Maryland - Alexander Gardner - 1862
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Hupa man Fishing with a Spear - Photo by Edward Curtis 1923
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Oglala Tribe Member Red Hawk with his horse in South Dakota’s Badlands - 1905 - Edward S. Curtis
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Harvey Girls - Fred Harvey's Old West Waitresses at his Harvey House Restaurants along the Santa Fe Railway Line - c.1900
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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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Children Marching past Ruined Homes in Isigny, France to participate in Ceremonies marking Bastille Day at the village War Memorial - 1944
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Young man plays a game of “Star Trek” on a “home” computer at the Computer Store in Los Angeles, California - 1977
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Members of the RECON Platoon shown unloading from a UH-1D Huey Helicopter during Operation Oregon - Vietnam - 1967
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Southern Cheyenne Chief Wolf Robe wearing his President Benjamin Harrison Peace Medal - 1899 - Frank A. Rinehart
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Readers Browsing Books at the Library at Holland House after WWII Bombing - Kensington, London, England, UK - 1940
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Original Caption - "1912 This is the killer. It is the actual iceberg which caused the British luxury liner Titanic to sink. The 46000 ton vessel was still going at a speed of 25mph when she hit the iceberg. 2 hrs & 40 min later the magnificent ship was under, with the loss of 1517 lives"
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Infantry Unit with Bayonets Marching down Pennsylvania Avenue in Washington, DC followed by three ambulances - Mathew Brady - May 1865
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Queen's Guard Sentry getting charmed at the Tower of London - 1953
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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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About 15,000 panels of the AIDS Memorial Quilt are displayed in front of the Rose Bowl - Pasadena, California - September, 1995
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Vladimir Lenin’s funeral procession with Joseph Stalin as the Chief Mourner - January 1924 - Pravda
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Students at Driver Education Simulators - Brooklyn, New York - 1960's
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Photographers silhouetted as the Space Shuttle Challenger lifts off Pad 39A at the Kennedy Space Center - Aug. 30, 1983
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A Short Sunderland of the 201 Squadron RAF moored at Tower Bridge during the 1956 commemoration of the Battle of Britain - London, England, UK
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The Wreckage of the USS Maine - Havana Harbor, Cuba - 1898
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Southwest Bank Robbery - St. Louis, MO - 1953 - Later turned into the movie "The Great St. Louis Bank Robbery" with Steve McQueen
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Photo believed to show missing Pilot Amelia Earhart, her Navigator Fred Noonan & her Lockheed Model 10-E Electra - The dock at Jabor on Jaluit Atoll in the Marshall Islands (under Japanese military control at the time) - Pacific Ocean - 1937
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