MV Wilhelm Gustolf, a German ship in port at Oslo, Norway. The ship would be sunk on 30 January 1945 by Soviet sub SS-13, with 9400 casualties. c. 1940 [740 x 500]

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From left to right: Joseph Stalin, Franklin D. Roosevelt, and Winston Churchill on the portico of the Russian Embassy during the Tehran Conference to discuss the European Theatre in Dec, 1943. [1920×1561]

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(1864) Photograph of an American Revolutionary War veteran, Lemuel Cook (1759-1866). He served with the 2nd Continental Light Dragoons and was wounded several times in combat. He fought in the siege of Yorktown and witnessed the surrender of General Cornwallis in October of 1781. [800×1073]

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Fans mourning the death of musician Viktor Tsoi, founder of the influential Soviet rock group Kino, Leningrad, 1990 [3041×2046]

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William Avery Demonstrating Gliding at the 1904 World’s Fair – 1904. [1100×829]

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Straw hats made by Messrs Olney’s of Luton, Bedfordshire being carried to the packing rooms, 1933 [889×665]

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