A wedding photo from 1850 that was taken a few hours *after* the death of the wife – her limbs held in position by strings and her eyes held open with sticks [2260 x 2085, background in comments]

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Irish soldier fleeing after an ammo dump accidently caught fire and exploded, Congo Crisis 1960 (476 x 704)

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October, 1944. Two Coast Guard-manned LST’s open their great jaws in the surf that washes on Leyte Island beach, as soldiers strip down and build sandbag piers out to the ramps to speed up unloading operations. [2559 x 2080]

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Group photo of Australian 11th Battalion soldiers on the Great Pyramid of Giza, 1915 [800×783]

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Ethiopia, East Africa – 1955. Emperor Haile Selassie and Empress Menen are photographed by Alfred Eisenstaedt ascending the stairs of Menelik Palace flanked by footmen. [983×1333]

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A U.S. Marine rescues two Vietnamese children during a gun battle at the city of Hue, during the Tet Offensive of the Vietnam War – 1968 [564×423]

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