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

Grand Canyon photographer suspended on a rope, 1908. [2627×4368]

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7-years-old Engelsina Markizova with Joseph Stalin, a Stalinist propaganda symbol painting the Soviet leader as the father or the nation. January 1936 [300×423]

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KLM flight attendant displays her AR-10 rifle and parka. Two parts of over 150 pieces of polar survival gear issued to commercial aircrews that flew over the north pole to reach Asia from America and Europe. The rifle was intended to defend against polar bear attacks. 1959. [2000×1648]

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Members of the pro-Nazi German American Bund at their rally in Madison Square Garden, NYC, February 20, 1939 [699×495]

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Chinese justice – prisoner kneeling on chains, little fingers supporting arms, Moukden – 1906 [1454 x 1140]

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Nurse showing newspaper headline about Polio Vaccine to a man on chest respirator due to polio, 1955 [750×602]

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