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

On a visit to the Soviet Union in 1990, my grandfather came into contact with the underground press. The picture shows Misyua, who wrote and bound illegal books in his own apartment in Moscow.

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A group of orphans smiling, taken by Jacob A. Riis, ca. 1890

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“Mulberry A” at Omaha Beach, Normandy. One of two artificial harbors constructed by the Allies to help channel supplies into France. It and its counterpart “Mulberry B” at Gold Beach were two of the most amazing – and expensive – engineering feats of World War II. Mid June, 1944.

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Two-man bobsleigh at the St. Moritz Winter Olympic Games, 1928

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A wounded Marine gets treatment during Operation Hue City during the Tet Offensive, 2nd June 1968

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King Ibrahim Njoya with German Missionaries of the Basel Evangelical Society. German Cameroon, 1907.

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