Picture of a British veteran of the Napoleonic wars, posing with his wife. He can be seen wearing a campaign medal, commemorating the fact that he served in Spain. Taken 1850. [720 x 1280]

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Swedish troops detain a Katangese mercenary during the Congo crisis, 1961. [750×625]

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The heavily polluted Cuyahoga River in Cleveland, Ohio was set ablaze in 1952, causing at least $1.3 million in damages. [1200 x 800]

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An aerial photo from 1967 shows plumes of industrial waste flowing in the Cuyahoga River and emptying into Lake Erie. Cleveland, Ohio. [1280 x 856]

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Russia President Boris Yeltsin speaks with then-Prime Minister Vladimir Putin at the Kremlin on December 31, 1999, the day that Yeltsin would resign and appoint the former KGB agent as the country’s acting leader. [1200 x 675]

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Dead Polish prisoners lay in a ditch. After being summarily executed by German soldiers of the Wehrmacht 29th Motorized Infantry Division. Ciepielów massacre, Poland, 9 September 1939. [800 x 812]

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