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

American soldiers admiring Manet’s “In the Conservatory” that the Nazis hid, along with thousands of other works of art, in the salt mines of Merker, Germany. 1945. [1500×1042]

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A burlesque performer backstage in Miami, Florida, 1956 [805×819]

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Navy chaplain Luis Padilla holds a soldier wounded by sniper fire during a revolt in Venezuela in 1962. [640×846]

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OSS Deer Team members pose with Viet Minh leaders Hồ Chí Minh and Võ Nguyên Giáp during training at Tan Trao, Vietnam, in August 1945.[1600×1009]

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PVC. Luther R. Leguire who climbed the flagpole at the American consulate in Seoul and tore down the North Korean flag, already tattered by shellfire. Korea, 1950. [4374×5029]

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People climb and crawl over destroyed bridge across the Taedong River as they flee south to escape incoming chinese troops. Pyongyang, North Korea, 4.12.1950. Photo by Mark Desfor. [990×1197]

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