20 Fascinating Photos Collected From History
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12/12/2014
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Gold diggers marching through Chilkoot pass, the only way towards Dawson City, 1898 -
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Sign placed in front of the Memphis Zoo on Thursday, Negro day, the only day of the week that African Americans were allowed to visit -
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The Royal Navy on the way home from France with Queen Victoria on board, who had just visited Napoleon III, 1858 -
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Execution by cannon, in Shiraz, Iran, mid-late 19th century -
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Slave torturing devices. The collar may have been used to prevent him from escaping through narrow openings, like windows, etc, 1863 -
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Driving class at Michigan Highland Park University, 1939 -
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Equipment carried by a parachutist radio operator, ca.1940 -
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Japanese guards bow before US prisoners of war being released from a Yokohama detention center following the capitulation of Japan, 1945 -
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Oldest known photo of a tornado, taken about 20 miles SW of Howard, South Dakota, United States. August 28th, 1884 -
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4 year old Joseph Schleifstein, who survived the Holocaust by being kept hidden by his father, from Nazi officials inside Buchenwald concentration camp, is seen here shortly after his liberation in April, 1945 -
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Laika, the first dog in space. No provisions were made for her return, and she died there 1957 -
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Woodstock The Opening Ceremony. Bethel, New York, 14 August 1969 -
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Porsche showing the model of the beetle to Hitler, 1930s -
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The Olympic flame arrives in Berlin, 1936 -
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Man selling mummies in Egypt, 1875 -
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Iceberg that had red and black paint on it. They believe that this is the iceberg that sank the Titanic. Photographed in 1912 -
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To demonstrate the superiority of the Red Army, 57.000 German prisoners of war are herded through downtown Moscow, July 1944 -
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PFC Richie sniffs at the delicate perfume of his girlfriend in Jay, Oklahoma, as he opens her letter in Vietnam, April 12, 1966 -
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Woman being arrested for wearing one piece bathing suit showing a little leg. 1922 Chicago -
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Samuel Reshevsky, age 8, defeating several chess masters at once in France, 1920
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