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![Homeless boys huffing glue, Bucharest 1998.[1920x1270]](https://preview.redd.it/fvq6f2j3lsjh1.jpeg?width=640&crop=smart&auto=webp&s=a5ca27db8e5de26341b977d2b86c53ad61ad886b)
Homeless boys huffing glue, Bucharest 1998.[1920x1270]
![NYPD officer Richard Perry practicing basic Spanish phrases using phonetic syllables written on a blackboard. (1958) [886×767]](https://preview.redd.it/zchmt9hng3lh1.jpeg?width=640&crop=smart&auto=webp&s=10885b96006bd7cda11a6a27e73e107828864360)
NYPD officer Richard Perry practicing basic Spanish phrases using phonetic syllables written on a blackboard. (1958) [886×767]
![Anti integration mob shakes and screams at African American family pasing by in their car, Clinton, Tennessee, 1956 [2405x1617]](https://preview.redd.it/k41g4i5pgekh1.png?width=640&crop=smart&auto=webp&s=267b2ad4b05599cc0d8db28da16e865f01016f26)
Anti integration mob shakes and screams at African American family pasing by in their car, Clinton, Tennessee, 1956 [2405x1617]
![Two Ukrainian youths dine on watermelon at the buffet at Zaporizhzhya station, Ukrainian SSR, 1950 [1209x885]](https://preview.redd.it/8zbotpo5gzjh1.jpeg?width=640&crop=smart&auto=webp&s=32d9692ffd8fbb0705f425f7a5363edeee710bc0)
Two Ukrainian youths dine on watermelon at the buffet at Zaporizhzhya station, Ukrainian SSR, 1950 [1209x885]
![Japanese American lady laughs as officer checks her luggage at the camp of Santa Anita, Los Angeles, California April of 1942 [1134x900]](https://preview.redd.it/9pn3qeh94lkh1.jpeg?width=640&crop=smart&auto=webp&s=96150092bd81c730752ec2a3ab6d5334d6ee6e24)
Japanese American lady laughs as officer checks her luggage at the camp of Santa Anita, Los Angeles, California April of 1942 [1134x900]
![South Vietnamese refugees approach a U.S. war ship to seek refuge from the invading Communists in the South China Sea near Saigon, April 15, 1975. [1920x2880]](https://preview.redd.it/hjqw891zmykh1.jpeg?width=640&crop=smart&auto=webp&s=036bf881b60b96f45401e25c113bca7cb9673634)
South Vietnamese refugees approach a U.S. war ship to seek refuge from the invading Communists in the South China Sea near Saigon, April 15, 1975. [1920x2880]
![Double amputee SGT Ralph Neppel is kissed by his fiancee Jean Moore after receiving the Medal of Honor from President Truman - August 23, 1945 [1300x1337]](https://preview.redd.it/v4cjpn8k56lh1.jpeg?width=640&crop=smart&auto=webp&s=d6bcdb74019eb689e4fdeb648435f9918c14c4f8)
Double amputee SGT Ralph Neppel is kissed by his fiancee Jean Moore after receiving the Medal of Honor from President Truman - August 23, 1945 [1300x1337]
![German air force officer allows a boy to take a drag of a cigarette, Italy, 1940-1943 [1230x905]](https://preview.redd.it/8udfxreocckh1.png?width=640&crop=smart&auto=webp&s=56508dec34ec181a0e2a5c35ecb463f3b1bdcfc9)
German air force officer allows a boy to take a drag of a cigarette, Italy, 1940-1943 [1230x905]
!["Gee, she sure is swell!" GI heroes say of their flight nurse from National Geographic. (September 1945) [1141 × 1547]](https://preview.redd.it/8ruqbljglikh1.jpeg?width=640&crop=smart&auto=webp&s=7542c492f7b710e840e0536fbf83a77fed4ce264)
"Gee, she sure is swell!" GI heroes say of their flight nurse from National Geographic. (September 1945) [1141 × 1547]
![Michael Durant’s Black Hawk helicopter (Super64) heading out over Mogadishu - it was the second helicopter to be shot down during the Battle of Mogadishu, on October 3rd, 1993. [300 x 237]](https://preview.redd.it/p31rcv7rgakh1.jpeg?width=216&crop=smart&auto=webp&s=e949f61810ef106f176c833aa97ae8bcf851fcdd)
Michael Durant’s Black Hawk helicopter (Super64) heading out over Mogadishu - it was the second helicopter to be shot down during the Battle of Mogadishu, on October 3rd, 1993. [300 x 237]
![A 1958 “Buy Canadian” promotion from the Canadian Advertising Association [1698 x 2048]](https://preview.redd.it/8i0oq3bzl4lh1.jpeg?width=640&crop=smart&auto=webp&s=c088329a1b9afaf3fa1307ceb6b7391bf9534948)
A 1958 “Buy Canadian” promotion from the Canadian Advertising Association [1698 x 2048]
![The assembly line for the SR-71 'Blackbird' at Lockheed Martin's Advanced Development Program, aka "SkunkWorks," in 1965. [800 x 635]](https://preview.redd.it/5co9o35ukxjh1.jpeg?width=640&crop=smart&auto=webp&s=379d6faef037ba0aac0acc463e9e7a98a4090b12)
The assembly line for the SR-71 'Blackbird' at Lockheed Martin's Advanced Development Program, aka "SkunkWorks," in 1965. [800 x 635]
![African American young lady takes class by TV due the on going Integration fight in Little Rock, Arkansas, September of 1954 [1294x900]](https://preview.redd.it/ds5h3517yzjh1.jpeg?width=640&crop=smart&auto=webp&s=1169d69ce330a8c41a7c45563be6a124632b5282)
African American young lady takes class by TV due the on going Integration fight in Little Rock, Arkansas, September of 1954 [1294x900]
![Family working in the fields, Poland, 1980s. Photo by Chris Niedenthal. [1000x648]](https://preview.redd.it/8rxpz2749pkh1.jpeg?width=640&crop=smart&auto=webp&s=c4d86180dc85ff7443bd92855e44ef4319800224)
Family working in the fields, Poland, 1980s. Photo by Chris Niedenthal. [1000x648]
![The Leader of the later Solidarity movement Lech Wałęsa - during the strike at the Lenin (Gdańsk) Shipyard, Polish People’s Republic, on August 14th, 1980. [1920 x 1811]](https://preview.redd.it/46rthpvoe3kh1.jpeg?width=640&crop=smart&auto=webp&s=ccbe9c894478220da3f82450e010ebc926c143db)
The Leader of the later Solidarity movement Lech Wałęsa - during the strike at the Lenin (Gdańsk) Shipyard, Polish People’s Republic, on August 14th, 1980. [1920 x 1811]
![Marine SGT Clyde Thomason Jr was Killed in Action on August 17, 1942 during the Makin Island Raid, he was 28 years old and was posthumously awarded the Medal of Honor. [1378x1440]](https://preview.redd.it/1nf0imaz4zjh1.jpeg?width=640&crop=smart&auto=webp&s=23eeab051807deb104f5242e0eea63540618543c)
Marine SGT Clyde Thomason Jr was Killed in Action on August 17, 1942 during the Makin Island Raid, he was 28 years old and was posthumously awarded the Medal of Honor. [1378x1440]
![Berlin streets decorated for the 1936 Olympics. Several countries considered boycotting the event, which was used by Nazi Germany as a major propaganda showcase; however, only Spain withdrew, planning a rival Olympics in Barcelona that was canceled after the Spanish Civil War. (1936) [2830×2975]](https://preview.redd.it/8zjp3cr9jakh1.jpeg?width=640&crop=smart&auto=webp&s=34bc4ebbc013a4951bcb5e87b30f427b4b17c75d)
Berlin streets decorated for the 1936 Olympics. Several countries considered boycotting the event, which was used by Nazi Germany as a major propaganda showcase; however, only Spain withdrew, planning a rival Olympics in Barcelona that was canceled after the Spanish Civil War. (1936) [2830×2975]
![Australian soldiers of the 6th RAR return to base after the battle of Long Tan. August 19th, 1966 [627x422]](https://preview.redd.it/z4rdohere6kh1.jpeg?width=320&crop=smart&auto=webp&s=d72a194dfde1788c9b18646be4b379c816f83b47)
Australian soldiers of the 6th RAR return to base after the battle of Long Tan. August 19th, 1966 [627x422]

The Last Photo taken of 25th U.S. President William McKinley, on September 6, 1901, he died 8 days later (500 × 628)
![Joe Arpaio, the Arizona sheriff who opened up a self described concentration camp jail, 1992[458x610]](https://preview.redd.it/5lmm3sxkuckh1.jpeg?width=320&crop=smart&auto=webp&s=e361723fb51ded9496d47bf99902cfa7cdfe8b84)
Joe Arpaio, the Arizona sheriff who opened up a self described concentration camp jail, 1992[458x610]
![[Colored] US Army Soldier Ivan Babcock Wearing The Crown Of The Holy Roman Empire (03/04/1945) [1199 x 986]](https://preview.redd.it/c34ri1hufykh1.jpeg?width=640&crop=smart&auto=webp&s=c30b496acdb3a370704f0f5caeae33495e0f8e83)
[Colored] US Army Soldier Ivan Babcock Wearing The Crown Of The Holy Roman Empire (03/04/1945) [1199 x 986]

Uday hussein son of iraqi president saddam hussein with his pet lions (date unknown maybe 90s(?) ) (735×572)
![[Colorized] Clint Eastwood - 1962 - [1080 x 1080]](https://preview.redd.it/bbjbnbqfz6kh1.jpeg?width=640&crop=smart&auto=webp&s=c3aba1aa4361174c553b2b1e93d142e24effda01)
[Colorized] Clint Eastwood - 1962 - [1080 x 1080]
![Convicted murderer Charles Brooks Jr., 39, is interviewed by Fort Worth Star-Telegram reporter Jim Morris. Brooks would become the first person to be executed by lethal injection in the United States (Texas, 1982) [1500 x 1000].](https://preview.redd.it/bp2nzp0ibmkh1.png?width=640&crop=smart&auto=webp&s=84eb4cd19bfef4b90ec0198690dc8fe5361843f3)
Convicted murderer Charles Brooks Jr., 39, is interviewed by Fort Worth Star-Telegram reporter Jim Morris. Brooks would become the first person to be executed by lethal injection in the United States (Texas, 1982) [1500 x 1000].
![Lt. William “Bill” Arbuckle was Killed in Action over Southern France on August 20, 1944, he was 27 years old and was Posthumously awarded the Distinguished Flying Cross. [1200x844]](https://preview.redd.it/dyo7wbbgupkh1.jpeg?width=640&crop=smart&auto=webp&s=bff89c054fcc85ef6adfae7ddace6cb07dc748b0)
Lt. William “Bill” Arbuckle was Killed in Action over Southern France on August 20, 1944, he was 27 years old and was Posthumously awarded the Distinguished Flying Cross. [1200x844]
![Jewish police in a displaced persons camp located in Germany detain an alleged Jewish concentration camp guard, otherwise known as a "kapo" circa 1945. [960 × 640]](https://preview.redd.it/xxyw9fqw1dkh1.jpeg?width=640&crop=smart&auto=webp&s=b6e2e6302928bcedb5043e4c3ea41c8646a2b2a4)
Jewish police in a displaced persons camp located in Germany detain an alleged Jewish concentration camp guard, otherwise known as a "kapo" circa 1945. [960 × 640]
![A family with their Covered Wagon which they lived and traveled in during their pursuit of a homestead - Loup Valley, Nebr, in Nebraska - during the Great Western Migration, c. 1886. [1920 x 1440]](https://preview.redd.it/rg3c3u9c0wkh1.jpeg?width=640&crop=smart&auto=webp&s=8172b8a497bd2f04a549d692bd6172524c1d7eb4)
A family with their Covered Wagon which they lived and traveled in during their pursuit of a homestead - Loup Valley, Nebr, in Nebraska - during the Great Western Migration, c. 1886. [1920 x 1440]
![Francis Clifford Smith, 24, leaves court after being sentenced to die in the electric chair for the murder of 68-year-old Grover Hart during a robbery in 1949. After his sentence was commuted to life in prison, he spent 70 years in prison and was paroled in 2020 (Connecticut, 1950) [555 x 806].](https://preview.redd.it/5bjij9ky1ukh1.png?width=320&crop=smart&auto=webp&s=a6b33a2fed45eacf10276db9a56ca4945fb6217f)
Francis Clifford Smith, 24, leaves court after being sentenced to die in the electric chair for the murder of 68-year-old Grover Hart during a robbery in 1949. After his sentence was commuted to life in prison, he spent 70 years in prison and was paroled in 2020 (Connecticut, 1950) [555 x 806].
![The 3,300-year-old solid gold funerary mask of Tutankhamun, crafted around 1323 BC. [2,415 × 3,215] — photographed on April 6, 2026.](https://preview.redd.it/5328zrqswjkh1.jpeg?width=640&crop=smart&auto=webp&s=cb133ea41b093c61bd906de6725c4c57e8dc95b6)
The 3,300-year-old solid gold funerary mask of Tutankhamun, crafted around 1323 BC. [2,415 × 3,215] — photographed on April 6, 2026.
![German soldier captured by the Polish Home Army during the Warsaw Uprising. 20 August 1944 [1895 × 2000]](https://preview.redd.it/ax8rlzzt2jkh1.jpeg?width=640&crop=smart&auto=webp&s=09a00c4ad654c0c0513bb8c62dea95ef1af73c14)
German soldier captured by the Polish Home Army during the Warsaw Uprising. 20 August 1944 [1895 × 2000]
![Groucho Marx with his brothers Zeppo, Chico and Harpo in a Paramount still from The Cocoanuts, 1929 [1000×764]](https://preview.redd.it/ebqocci2rekh1.jpeg?width=640&crop=smart&auto=webp&s=dbad0365c6a1d2f6d048aa6060474a427b64d805)
Groucho Marx with his brothers Zeppo, Chico and Harpo in a Paramount still from The Cocoanuts, 1929 [1000×764]
![King Victor Emmanuel III inaugurates the 30th, and final, legislature of the Kingdom of Italy, 23 March 1939 [1004 x 703]](https://preview.redd.it/d9lnavscylkh1.jpeg?width=640&crop=smart&auto=webp&s=26d1bcafa57105b2aaba9bd84d778a5a094760bd)
King Victor Emmanuel III inaugurates the 30th, and final, legislature of the Kingdom of Italy, 23 March 1939 [1004 x 703]
![Yugoslav partisans photograph captured collaborators of the Axis occupiers (from left to right) including a Chetnik, an Ustaše, and a Slovene Home Guard, in Bosnia, 1942. [2007 × 1389]](https://preview.redd.it/fju8tw77nfkh1.jpeg?width=640&crop=smart&auto=webp&s=9b14c5d0d32216eb0cca6c87a15eeca7320b0189)
Yugoslav partisans photograph captured collaborators of the Axis occupiers (from left to right) including a Chetnik, an Ustaše, and a Slovene Home Guard, in Bosnia, 1942. [2007 × 1389]

First wave troops hit the beach at Leyte, photographed from the lead boat of the first assault wave. October 20, 1944 – Battle of Leyte, Philippines. (3420x2392)
![August 1944: Free French troops of the 22e Bataillon de Marche Nord-Africain remove a street sign bearing the name of Marshal Pétain in Sainte-Maxime, France, during Operation Dragoon, the Franco-American landings in southern France [1229x810]](https://preview.redd.it/4eclekvm4yjh1.png?width=640&crop=smart&auto=webp&s=79ad6c29682e3b9151a7a4847cb5aaf5f1e98667)
August 1944: Free French troops of the 22e Bataillon de Marche Nord-Africain remove a street sign bearing the name of Marshal Pétain in Sainte-Maxime, France, during Operation Dragoon, the Franco-American landings in southern France [1229x810]
![U.S. soldiers stop to look at the statue of Joan of Arc in the Place du Martroi after the liberation of Orléans, France. 17 August, 1944 [4023 × 4475]](https://preview.redd.it/rk1e7podbyjh1.jpeg?width=640&crop=smart&auto=webp&s=703ccd801d118fc87f4286314e90eb7a1ed98485)
U.S. soldiers stop to look at the statue of Joan of Arc in the Place du Martroi after the liberation of Orléans, France. 17 August, 1944 [4023 × 4475]
![From left to right: Pierre Elliott Trudeau, John Turner, Jean Chrétien and then Prime Minister Lester B. Pearson in one photograph after a Cabinet shuffle, April 4, 1967. 3 of the 4 men in this photo would serve as the Prime Minister of Canada (All Liberals) in the future. [422x640]](https://preview.redd.it/34n1zxa2y5kh1.jpeg?width=640&crop=smart&auto=webp&s=9190376e58756bb1fc493afc6b3cfa30818a4624)
From left to right: Pierre Elliott Trudeau, John Turner, Jean Chrétien and then Prime Minister Lester B. Pearson in one photograph after a Cabinet shuffle, April 4, 1967. 3 of the 4 men in this photo would serve as the Prime Minister of Canada (All Liberals) in the future. [422x640]
![A soldier of the Argyll & Sutherland Highlanders (4th Canadian Armoured Division) passing a destroyed Canadian Sherman tank in Saint-Lambert-sur-Dive, France. 19 August 1944 [3295 × 2480]](https://preview.redd.it/sr55ptkd7ckh1.jpeg?width=640&crop=smart&auto=webp&s=5a51fcad2da40a57147d6e989af2870a9a7eddfd)
A soldier of the Argyll & Sutherland Highlanders (4th Canadian Armoured Division) passing a destroyed Canadian Sherman tank in Saint-Lambert-sur-Dive, France. 19 August 1944 [3295 × 2480]
![2 Russian Mongols who fought for the Germans in a POW camp in France, August 1944 [5518 × 4450]](https://preview.redd.it/n46dbn8efkkh1.jpeg?width=640&crop=smart&auto=webp&s=c259bf6ee66bafe09f59ae47adfb07a24c9d7e84)
2 Russian Mongols who fought for the Germans in a POW camp in France, August 1944 [5518 × 4450]
![The 6-inch guns of Royal Navy cruiser HMS Mauritius firing during the Battle of Audierne Bay off the coast of France, 23 August 1944 [2418 × 1772]](https://preview.redd.it/ohg611ycj5lh1.jpeg?width=640&crop=smart&auto=webp&s=38783c0faf4218c387a73c4c9ad896895e0412c2)
The 6-inch guns of Royal Navy cruiser HMS Mauritius firing during the Battle of Audierne Bay off the coast of France, 23 August 1944 [2418 × 1772]
![Pancho Villa and Emiliano Zapata in the Palacio Nacional, December 6, 1914 [960x689]](https://preview.redd.it/g9lf738kbnkh1.jpeg?width=640&crop=smart&auto=webp&s=1661ba59c06511eae972229dee67d2848e516004)
Pancho Villa and Emiliano Zapata in the Palacio Nacional, December 6, 1914 [960x689]
![At the Jamaican pavilion, Expo 1967 in Montreal. [724 x 729]](https://preview.redd.it/4r8xlixn5ukh1.jpeg?width=640&crop=smart&auto=webp&s=3abd767d91c690b257325523e4ffd931c926ba13)
At the Jamaican pavilion, Expo 1967 in Montreal. [724 x 729]
![George W. Coe, former Lincoln County Regulator and associate of Billy the Kid, photographed in 1934. He lost his trigger finger during the Gunfight at Blazer's Mill in April 1878. [348 x 492]](https://preview.redd.it/8u2ac3or7ykh1.jpeg?width=320&crop=smart&auto=webp&s=c043ad708c0b511752d86a409846685052f59284)
George W. Coe, former Lincoln County Regulator and associate of Billy the Kid, photographed in 1934. He lost his trigger finger during the Gunfight at Blazer's Mill in April 1878. [348 x 492]

Lewis Hine's photo of newsies at Skeeter's Branch, St. Louis, taken 11am on 9 May 1910. (1001x787)
![Redwing Apache nuclear test. The 1.85 megaton device was detonated from a barge on Enewetak Atoll on 8 July 1956 [1477 × 1177]](https://preview.redd.it/s6hsa0om9ykh1.jpeg?width=640&crop=smart&auto=webp&s=f7b66ddd3d83dfaf0d50ea4b6147d7ef4a4c925f)
Redwing Apache nuclear test. The 1.85 megaton device was detonated from a barge on Enewetak Atoll on 8 July 1956 [1477 × 1177]
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