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Historical photographs and pictures taken in the context of a verifiable, historically significant event.

Otto von Bismarck, ‘Iron Chancellor’ of the German Empire, at age of 79, 1894,

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The civilians look at the German fighter Messerschmitt Bf.109 shot down and attempted to make a hard landing in the center of the ruined Stalingrad after the end of the battle for the city. Summer of 1943.

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Aerial photograph of Edinburgh (circa 1920’s when aerial photography was still in its infancy)

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USS Yorktown (CV-5) making 17.5 knots astern during her preliminary standardization trials off Rockland, Maine, 12-21 July 1937. CV’s of this class were required to make good speed astern to allow landing planes over the bow and launching over the stern, if necessary.

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A U.S. Marine listens to the heartbeat of a dying buddy who suffered head wounds when the company’s lead platoon was hit with enemy machine gun fire. They had been pushing through a rice paddy just short of the demilitarized zone in South Vietnam, September 17, 1967

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The Column of Constantine & Gazi Atik Ali Pasha Mosque, Istanbul, 1890.

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