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Pictures illuminate the shadows of history, revealing the forgotten people and places that otherwise may have faded into oblivion. They help us make sense of the past and, in turn, allow us to understand the present.

So we at Bored Panda decided it would be a nice idea to explore the subreddit 'Rare Historical Photos' — it has 40,000 members constantly digging through the archives and sharing their best finds. Prepare to be transported through time!

#1

Ojibwe Woman, Ponemah, Minnesota, Photograph Taken By Roland W. Reed C.1908

Ojibwe Woman, Ponemah, Minnesota, Photograph Taken By Roland W. Reed C.1908

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    A Seaman's Request For An Extraordinary Leave Of Absence, 1967. Reason: “My Wife Is Planning To Get Pregnant This Weekend And I Would Like To Be Present.”

    A Seaman's Request For An Extraordinary Leave Of Absence, 1967. Reason: “My Wife Is Planning To Get Pregnant This Weekend And I Would Like To Be Present.”

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    But who needs history anyway? Some people wonder why we should bother studying it when we could be preparing for the future instead. But think about it: can we be ready for what's coming if we don't know what's happened before? The past gives us all kinds of insights that can help us tackle the challenges of today and tomorrow. Without that knowledge, we could be in for some tough times.

    As American historian and journalist Eric Alterman pointed out, since our political discourse is increasingly dominated by sources who care nothing for truth or credibility, we come closer and closer to the situation that Walter Lippmann warned about a century ago, in his seminal 'Liberty and the News.'

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    "Men who have lost their grip upon the relevant facts of their environment are the inevitable victims of agitation and propaganda. The quack, the charlatan, the jingo ... can flourish only where the audience is deprived of independent access to information,” he wrote.

    #3

    Renowned Photographer Walter Chandoha Created One Of His Most Famous Photographs Of His Daughter Paula And A Small Kitten Smiling At The Camera At The Same Time, 1955

    Renowned Photographer Walter Chandoha Created One Of His Most Famous Photographs Of His Daughter Paula And A Small Kitten Smiling At The Camera At The Same Time, 1955

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    Bouche and Audi and Shyla, Oh My!
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Neither of them had top teeth. This is one of my favorite old pictures.

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    #4

    A Police Officer Playing Duck Duck Goose With Children In New York, 1970

    A Police Officer Playing Duck Duck Goose With Children In New York, 1970

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    The.Butterfly.Effect.530
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I wonder how many women officers were employed at this time period.

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    #5

    A GI Shares His Rations With Two Italian Children, 1944

    A GI Shares His Rations With Two Italian Children, 1944

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    Historian Daniel Bessner agrees. "If Americans don’t seriously invest in history and other humanities disciplines, we encourage the ahistoric ignorance ... Progress depends on studying and arguing about the past in an open and informed manner."

    According to Bessner, this is especially true nowadays, when people use history to fight over which vision of the country will dominate the political scene.

    #6

    A Former Prisoner Points Out The Most Brutal Guard. Germany. 1945

    A Former Prisoner Points Out The Most Brutal Guard. Germany. 1945

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    Tabitha
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    1 year ago (edited) Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    S**t happens when you so enthusiastically join and personify the very very wrong side of history. How TF they thought they would be able to get away with those horrors proves just how gullible, misguided, and downright stupid some people can be—-and still are. Just look at any modern day MAGAt, and you’ll see exactly what I mean. The vast majority of people in the world will NOT put up with that kind of mindset, and will come together to vanquish it, every single time it rears its ugly head.

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    Griffy
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    My dad's father helped liberate a concentration camp during WWII. I think there's a few pictures left of it. My dad said it really affected his father. I never really knew him very well as he passed when I was about 10 yrs old.

    Ace
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    1 year ago (edited) Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    "An SS guard who is said to have mistreated prisoners is identified by a former Soviet Buchenwald prisoner on April 14, 1945 in Buchenwald." Wearing a non-SS uniform to try and blend in and escape the consequences.

    Verena
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Just wanted to point that one out - no insignia on the lapels means usually SS

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    Terran
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    My granfathers family and other farms in the area were assigned soviet POWs. When the Red Army came to liberate Austria from the Nazis, they were asking the POWs how they were treated. My great grandfather treated his POW well, like any other farmhand, fed him well and he was allowed to sit with them on the family table. Their neighbour treated his POW like a slave and he had to sleep with the pigs in the stable. My grandfather said he'll never forget the screams of their neighbour. For over 8 hours the soviets tortured the man before they took him with them. Meanwhile a few of the soldiers had tea with my great grandparents.

    glowworm2
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I don't know why, just love the image of the soldiers having tea with your great grandparents.

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    Kerri Peek
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    On the other hand I know of a Nazi guard, who always "lost" his lunch where the kids were housed. I know one of the kids who "found" the lunches and survived the holocaust. I'm not justifying what they did at all, I just think about that sometimes.

    Rachel Pelz
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    1 year ago (edited) Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    This picture may be staged. Not as in: this didn't happen but as in: this happened, but the moment it happen, no camera was ready to capture the moment. The famous video of the liberation of Auschwitz concentration camp by the Soviet Red Army was recorded one day later. I think this picture may have been taken as a symbol, like "Nazi criminals won't go unpunished". Unfortunately, many of them did. First trial of Auschwitz "guards" in Western Germany took place in the 1960s.

    greenideas
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Out of 8,000 Auschwitz guards, only 42 ever saw the inside of a courtroom, not to mention the millions of soldiers who killed innocent civillians (burned in barns, mass burials in forests). They all went home, hid their uniforms and bounced grandbabies on their knees. All of them went unpunished.

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    Kaa
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Prisoner is an euphemism...

    Luis Hernandez Dauajare
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    The guard cannot even look the man or the cameraman in the eye. F******g coward.

    ShyWahine
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Brutal guard can't even make eye contact....

    Nimitz
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    And now there's Nazis again. "Did you try shooting them? It worked great for us!" We need to go back to the old ways for some things...

    Jasmijn
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Well, well, if it isn’t the consequences to his own actions

    Id row
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    That is a powerful photo.

    Lee Banks
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    The validation in his posture and the vague shame in that of the other man are so incredibly telling and moving.

    People lie carbs dont
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Yes. That’s exactly what I saw upon viewing this! So moving and emotional just seeing it.

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    sharron lynn parsons
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Some are more evil than others, not just in war !!!

    Kateryna Yushchenko
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    It’s a moving moment — to survive and to see your perpetrator brought to justice. This is, unfortunately, a rare occurrence.

    Gypsy Lee
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Who doesn’t appreciate it when the bully gets what’s coming?

    Raider Wiz
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    He can't even look him in the eye! Now all of a sided he knows shame.

    Jaclyn Minzell
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    He looks like a Scooby-Doo villian that got caught: "And I would've gotten away with it if it wasn't for you meddling prisoners!"

    Joe Smith
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    The German in the center has a classic "Sucks to be you" expression.

    Cathy Carey
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Lol, the way the guy in the backs looking at him.

    Sarah Grace Bennett
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    The guard was hoping they would "Nazi" him.

    People lie carbs dont
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Dang straight !!! His voice in doing so , helped speak for so many who’d suffered and lost their lives at the hands of those horrible criminals! Lord have mercy , it breaks my heart what so many people have endured at the hands of cruel , evil people & their pursuit of power & control , etc. history repeats & sadly it wasn’t the first or the last time , such horrible things those people endured. God help this world …

    David R.
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I pray he suffered every second for the rest of his life

    Sessy1978
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    This is both scary and impressive. To finally go against the person who had your life in his hands. I couldn't imagine the fear and the freedom all at once!

    Julius Sule
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Some 75 million people died in World War II, including about 20 million military personnel and 40 million civilians, many of whom died because of deliberate genocide, massacres, mass bombings, disease, and starvation. Let us not forget them!

    Mela (qu33nwh0)
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    The power that poor man must have felt in this moment 😍

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    Did Nazi that coming.

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    If we don't know the prisoner's name, I'm pretty sure his words won't be recorded. He is healthy looking ( from what I can see) and doesn't appear to be accompanied by guards who would stop him. Also, the officer appears to be stood further back in the room. Hmmmm... a lot of mystery here... or a manipulated photo

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    A Baby Lamb Snuggles Up To A Sleeping Boy, 1940

    A Baby Lamb Snuggles Up To A Sleeping Boy, 1940

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    Girls Sent Home From Mckinley High School For Wearing Slacks And Blue Jeans, Chicago, 1946

    Girls Sent Home From Mckinley High School For Wearing Slacks And Blue Jeans, Chicago, 1946

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    Anna Listler
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Eternal respect to the people who paved and continue to pave the way for gender equality

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    #9

    The Oldest Indian, John Smith, Managed To Live In Three Centuries At Once, Being Born In The 18th Century, Living Throughout The 19th Century And Dying In The 20th Century. It Is Alleged That He Lived For About 137 Years

    The Oldest Indian, John Smith, Managed To Live In Three Centuries At Once, Being Born In The 18th Century, Living Throughout The 19th Century And Dying In The 20th Century. It Is Alleged That He Lived For About 137 Years

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    Dr. Darren R. Reid, who earned his Ph.D. from the University of Dundee and is now a lecturer at Coventry University, explained to Bored Panda for our earlier publication on historical pictures that images are an incredibly important part of how we understand the past.

    "They give us a distinct look into how people and societies viewed themselves and each other," Reid said back then. "In the medieval period, for example, Jesus and the saints were often depicted as physically larger than ordinary people — not because they were believed to be taller, but because they occupied a higher status in the minds of the artists who produced these images, and the audiences who consumed them. In later centuries, Europeans (and their descendants) looked to the classical world for inspiration, spending huge amounts of time (and money) on images that were both increasingly realistic and idealized."

    #10

    A Dog Says Goodbye To His Fallen US Soldier Friend. Afghan War, 2004

    A Dog Says Goodbye To His Fallen US Soldier Friend. Afghan War, 2004

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    Vancouver's First Official Lifeguard, Joe Fortes, 1905. Fortes, Who Was Born In Trinidad And Tobago, Was Credited With Saving Dozens Of Lives And Was Known As "Old Black Joe"

    Vancouver's First Official Lifeguard, Joe Fortes, 1905. Fortes, Who Was Born In Trinidad And Tobago, Was Credited With Saving Dozens Of Lives And Was Known As "Old Black Joe"

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    Shy Young Woman Smiling For The Camera 143 Years Ago

    Shy Young Woman Smiling For The Camera 143 Years Ago

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    Reid added that "Native Americans and American colonizers were frequently depicted in classical poses — all deliberate choices that show us how many people perceived the invasion of the Americas and the genocides that occurred there."

    "They also include important details (such as items of clothing, hairstyles, etc.) that help us to picture the past. For modern people, this means we can more accurately imagine, and perhaps, empathize with the very different folks who came before us."

    #13

    Portrait Of A Family. Georgia, USA, Circa 1900

    Portrait Of A Family. Georgia, USA, Circa 1900

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    #14

    The Ship "Queen Elizabeth" Arrives At The Port Of New York. On Board Are Soldiers Returning From World War II, 1945

    The Ship "Queen Elizabeth" Arrives At The Port Of New York. On Board Are Soldiers Returning From World War II, 1945

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    #15

    A Young Woman Photographed In The 1910s

    A Young Woman Photographed In The 1910s

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    #16

    Five-Year-Old Albert Einstein, 1884

    Five-Year-Old Albert Einstein, 1884

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    BarkingSquirell
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    His hair was already trying desperately to be crazy. Soon, Albert, soon.

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    Darren R. Reid highlighted that developing an eye for visual storytelling allows us to detect when someone's trying to bend the narrative.

    "The invasion of the Americas was frequently sanctioned and/or driven by governments, but it was the acts of 'ordinary' people that made it possible, and across that continent, a huge body of work was produced to justify, even encourage some really terrible acts," he said.

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    "American comic books and movies depicted Native Americans as simple, brutish, and savage. This helped to justify genocide and colonization as it was ongoing — and justify it, long after the most violent part of the process was complete. For a great example, check out the awful depiction of Native Americans in Disney’s Peter Pan. They helped to justify the colonial project to generations of children, right up to the present day."

    #17

    This Is What The Empire State Building Looked Like Against The Background Of Other Buildings, 1941

    This Is What The Empire State Building Looked Like Against The Background Of Other Buildings, 1941

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    Max Fox
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    1 year ago (edited) Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    That photo is at a very specific angle, since there was already a mass of skyscrapers in 1941. An Aerial photo of NYC from 1935: https://www.facebook.com/OldNewYorkImages/photos/a.138588546242154/1464181830349479/?type=3

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    Abraham Lincoln In 1861 And 1865. A Noticeable Four-Year Contrast Against The Backdrop Of War

    Abraham Lincoln In 1861 And 1865. A Noticeable Four-Year Contrast Against The Backdrop Of War

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    Smiley MG
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Oohhh!!! Looks like he went from age 30-ish to age 70-ish real quick

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    #19

    An Old Fisherman Photographed In Bergen, Norway In 1902 By Anders Beer Wilse

    An Old Fisherman Photographed In Bergen, Norway In 1902 By Anders Beer Wilse

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    #20

    New York, 1958. Dancers In A Nightclub Play Chess. Smartphones Haven't Been Invented Yet

    New York, 1958. Dancers In A Nightclub Play Chess. Smartphones Haven't Been Invented Yet

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    Natasha Arruda
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    ... Thanks for clarifying that smartphones hadn't been invented. I was SO confused. /s

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    Today, 66 percent of the global population and 97 percent of the U.S. population use the internet where they are under a constant barrage of content. Hopefully, places like the subreddit 'Rare Historical Photos' will help them navigate the overwhelming amount of information.

    #21

    Canadian Prime Minister Pierre Elliott Trudeau Carries The Country's Future Prime Minister Justin Trudeau Under His Arm. Ottawa, 1973

    Canadian Prime Minister Pierre Elliott Trudeau Carries The Country's Future Prime Minister Justin Trudeau Under His Arm. Ottawa, 1973

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    Dani
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Sir, it's a child, not a briefcase.

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    #22

    With Her Husband At War, Mom Works On The Car, 1944

    With Her Husband At War, Mom Works On The Car, 1944

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    Javelina Poppers
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    1 year ago (edited) Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    That's the kind of woman my daughter turned out to be. She spent hours under a car with me when she was little, strictly out of curiosity. Today she can change her own oil and brakes and changing a flat tire is child's play to her.

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    #23

    A Lady From High Society. Ottoman Empire, 1900s

    A Lady From High Society. Ottoman Empire, 1900s

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    #24

    Man With Down’s Syndrome, 1890s

    Man With Down’s Syndrome, 1890s

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    #25

    Young Couple Standing At A Speed Limit Sign. Oklahoma, 1920s

    Young Couple Standing At A Speed Limit Sign. Oklahoma, 1920s

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    Janice Daniels
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I think it is witty. The town folk had a sense of humor

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    #26

    Republican Party Supporters And Democratic Party Supporters Fight With Snowballs In Front Of The Capitol. January, 1921, Washington, USA

    Republican Party Supporters And Democratic Party Supporters Fight With Snowballs In Front Of The Capitol. January, 1921, Washington, USA

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    bob12
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    This is how politics should be done - with a good snowball fight.

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    #27

    Queue For The Premiere Of The Star Wars Film. Vancouver, 1977

    Queue For The Premiere Of The Star Wars Film. Vancouver, 1977

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    Kit Springs
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I went to the Denver premier, it was a long line there too. It was awesome.

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    #28

    Early Use Of A Selfie Stick In The 1940s

    Early Use Of A Selfie Stick In The 1940s

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    American Soldier Returning Home From The Great War, Ca 1918-19

    American Soldier Returning Home From The Great War, Ca 1918-19

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    Javelina Poppers
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Billed as "the war to end all wars"................yeah right.

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    #30

    A Youthful Marine, Da Nang, Vietnam, August 3, 1965

    A Youthful Marine, Da Nang, Vietnam, August 3, 1965

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    #32

    Goodyear Illuminated Tires, 1961

    Goodyear Illuminated Tires, 1961

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    Tessa
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    1 year ago (edited) Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    They probably don’t last long, but I would love to have these on our car and on my bicycle!

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    Pictured Is Paul Overby, One Of Two Drivers Trapped In The Cab Of The Truck. He Is Pulled By A Rope In The Pit River Bridge Over Lake Shasta Near Redding, California, May 3, 1953. Both Overby And His Partner Hank Baum Were Rescued Before The Car Plunged And Caught Fire

    Pictured Is Paul Overby, One Of Two Drivers Trapped In The Cab Of The Truck. He Is Pulled By A Rope In The Pit River Bridge Over Lake Shasta Near Redding, California, May 3, 1953. Both Overby And His Partner Hank Baum Were Rescued Before The Car Plunged And Caught Fire

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    #34

    A Typical American Family In 1950s, Detroit, Michigan

    A Typical American Family In 1950s, Detroit, Michigan

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    John
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I was born in Detroit and lived for a few years in a house that was almost exactly like the one pictured. Detroit is still full of them.

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    #35

    Airmail Pilot, William “Wild Bill” Hopson Of The U.S. Mail Service In Omaha, Nebraska, 1926

    Airmail Pilot, William “Wild Bill” Hopson Of The U.S. Mail Service In Omaha, Nebraska, 1926

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    #36

    A Mexican Baker, 1880-90s

    A Mexican Baker, 1880-90s

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    A Victorian Home Being Moved Via Horse Power. San Francisco, California, USA. 1908

    A Victorian Home Being Moved Via Horse Power. San Francisco, California, USA. 1908

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    Jennik
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    The big Victorian villa I flatted in as a student was moved like that. It used to be next to the local university and was moved by horse and dray to a suburb about 4 km away in 1902. Apparently it operated as a brothel for a while (a decade before I moved in!). It had a ghost in the living room and another one on the front porch. I met my partner when we both rented separate flats on the lower floor; after a year we moved into the very large flat upstairs with other flatmates and 37 years later we are still together (in our own home)

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    #38

    Service At The Track Restaurant In Los Angeles, 1950s. Food Was Delivered Via Conveyor Belt Directly To Cars

    Service At The Track Restaurant In Los Angeles, 1950s. Food Was Delivered Via Conveyor Belt Directly To Cars

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    #39

    A Lady Walks Around Renting Out Books As A “Walking Library.”

    A Lady Walks Around Renting Out Books As A “Walking Library.”

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    #40

    Cab Drivers In Madison Square Garden, New York, 1900

    Cab Drivers In Madison Square Garden, New York, 1900

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    Tayler
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Hansom cabs, named after Joseph Hansom who promoted them though they were designed by John Chapman. The drivers sit behind the cab.

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    #41

    Drexel Institute Girls’ Rifle Team. Philadelphia, USA

    Drexel Institute Girls’ Rifle Team. Philadelphia, USA

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    TheRealFrappuchinoTheHedgehogr
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Better not mess with them especially if they have a goose with them 😳

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    #42

    Crossing Over The Thames. Photo By René Groebli, 1949

    Crossing Over The Thames. Photo By René Groebli, 1949

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    Lotekguy
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Looks like the final shot in a movie.

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    #43

    People Sit On A Curb Amid Confetti And Papers After Celebrating The End Of World War II In New York City On August 14, 1945

    People Sit On A Curb Amid Confetti And Papers After Celebrating The End Of World War II In New York City On August 14, 1945

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    #44

    Downtown Boston, 1910

    Downtown Boston, 1910

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    Ray Ceeya (RayCeeYa)
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Damn that's cool. I wonder if I can get a high res version because I'd love that as my desktop background.

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    #45

    A Fashionable Young Woman Exiting A NYC Streetcar In 1912

    A Fashionable Young Woman Exiting A NYC Streetcar In 1912

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    #46

    A Gentleman Tips His Hat To A Group Of Ladies, 1920s

    A Gentleman Tips His Hat To A Group Of Ladies, 1920s

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    #47

    Photo Of Marilyn Monroe First Wedding, She Was 16 Years Old, 1942

    Photo Of Marilyn Monroe First Wedding, She Was 16 Years Old, 1942

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    Tayler
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    She had been through several foster homes, where she was sexually abused. She married the neighbor's son to avoid being sent back to the orphanage. The photos of Norma Jean when she was discovered at a wartime factory show a young woman with thick, curly reddish brown hair.

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    #48

    Passengers Onboard The Staten Island Ferry. New York, USA. 1895

    Passengers Onboard The Staten Island Ferry. New York, USA. 1895

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    Synsepalum
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    No cell phones. I wonder if distant folks lamented the advent of newspapers.

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    #49

    John D. Rockefeller Gifting A 5-Cent Coin To A Child, 1929

    John D. Rockefeller Gifting A 5-Cent Coin To A Child, 1929

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    Tucker Cahooter
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I think he could have dug a bit deeper into his pockets...

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    #50

    Little Leonardo Dicaprio And His Parents George And Irmelin, 1976

    Little Leonardo Dicaprio And His Parents George And Irmelin, 1976

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    GrowingThruConcrete
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    He kicked her repeatedly in utero at an art museum while she was viewing a DaVinci piece, thats how he was named Leo

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    #51

    The Last Photo Of Nikola Tesla. 1942

    The Last Photo Of Nikola Tesla. 1942

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    #52

    A Photo Before Going Off To War Of Three Friends - 1943

    A Photo Before Going Off To War Of Three Friends - 1943

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    #53

    Pope John Paul II Talks With The Turkish Terrorist Who Shot Him (Wounded In The Arm And Stomach), Mehmet Ali Agca, 1983

    Pope John Paul II Talks With The Turkish Terrorist Who Shot Him (Wounded In The Arm And Stomach), Mehmet Ali Agca, 1983

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    Teachzebra
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Very sad that all the other comments are either negative or snarky. I’m not a religious individual, but certainly support this as a powerful image about forgiveness and trying to come to a peaceful resolution with one’s enemies

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    #54

    A Family Of A Migratory Fruit Worker From Tennessee Camped In A Field Near The Packinghouse At Winter Haven, Florida, 1937

    A Family Of A Migratory Fruit Worker From Tennessee Camped In A Field Near The Packinghouse At Winter Haven, Florida, 1937

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    Beachbum
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    The mom and child outside the car look soooo much alike!

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    #55

    Times Square, NYC, Dec. 27, 1947

    Times Square, NYC, Dec. 27, 1947

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    #56

    Jackie Kennedy At Her Husband's Funeral, 1963

    Jackie Kennedy At Her Husband's Funeral, 1963

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    #57

    Abraham Lincoln With His Son, Thomas "Tad" Lincoln, The Fourth And Youngest Son Of The 16th President Of The United And His Wife Mary Todd Lincoln. Thomas Died At The Age Of 18

    Abraham Lincoln With His Son, Thomas "Tad" Lincoln, The Fourth And Youngest Son Of The 16th President Of The United And His Wife Mary Todd Lincoln. Thomas Died At The Age Of 18

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    #58

    Christmas In Marion, Indiana, USA, 1958

    Christmas In Marion, Indiana, USA, 1958

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    #59

    Soviet Basketball Player Arvydas Sabonis At The World Cup Final In Spain, 1986

    Soviet Basketball Player Arvydas Sabonis At The World Cup Final In Spain, 1986

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    #60

    Driver Of Combine Threshing Oats, 1940

    Driver Of Combine Threshing Oats, 1940

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    Ray Ceeya (RayCeeYa)
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Ahh he's driving a cute little Farmall. I've driven that exact same model tractor.

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    #61

    Workers Stand Atop Ladders Working On The Frame Of The Uss Macon Airship. May 1932. Goodyear Airdock, USA. It Launched In April 1933 And Crashed In 1935

    Workers Stand Atop Ladders Working On The Frame Of The Uss Macon Airship. May 1932. Goodyear Airdock, USA. It Launched In April 1933 And Crashed In 1935

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    Ray Ceeya (RayCeeYa)
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Akron and Macon. The USA's two largest rigid airships. They're gone but those hangers are still around. They held the record for largest open indoor space for years.

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    #62

    A Rare Photo Of North Korean Leader Kim Il Sung, Showing A Tumor On His Neck. Photographers Were Prohibited From Photographing The Right Side Of His Face. Late 1980s

    A Rare Photo Of North Korean Leader Kim Il Sung, Showing A Tumor On His Neck. Photographers Were Prohibited From Photographing The Right Side Of His Face. Late 1980s

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    TheAmericanAmerican
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Guess Emperor God-Kings in N. Korea are just human after all.

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    #63

    A Unique Photo From 1938 - A House Made Of Redwood. Well, Who Could Build Such A Miracle? Of Course, He Was A Genius Or A Giant!

    A Unique Photo From 1938 - A House Made Of Redwood. Well, Who Could Build Such A Miracle? Of Course, He Was A Genius Or A Giant!

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    #64

    Flatiron Building, New York, 1902

    Flatiron Building, New York, 1902

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    #65

    Fifth Avenue, Manhattan, 1972

    Fifth Avenue, Manhattan, 1972

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    #66

    People Gathered In Front Of Stores In A Small Town. Eureka Springs, Arkansas, 1880

    People Gathered In Front Of Stores In A Small Town. Eureka Springs, Arkansas, 1880

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    #67

    New York At Night, 1933

    New York At Night, 1933

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    StPaul9
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    All the street corners are full of people gathered round like this making quick plans, see?

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    #68

    Future Leader Of The Cuban Revolution Fidel Castro In Central Park In New York, USA, 1955

    Future Leader Of The Cuban Revolution Fidel Castro In Central Park In New York, USA, 1955

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    TheAmericanAmerican
    Community Member
    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Poor Cuba... forever to be punished by the capitalists for having the guts to stand up to them... tithe Cuban Missle Crisis is ancient history. They pose ZERO threat to the US. Lift the embargo NOW! 🇨🇺❤️🇺🇸

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    #69

    Farmers In Front Of The Post Office On Saturday Afternoon. Linwood, July, 1940

    Farmers In Front Of The Post Office On Saturday Afternoon. Linwood, July, 1940

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    #70

    Evicted Sharecropper Family In Temporary Camp. Butler County, Missouri, 1939

    Evicted Sharecropper Family In Temporary Camp. Butler County, Missouri, 1939

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    #71

    Migrant Farm Worker With His Wife And Ten Children, 1936

    Migrant Farm Worker With His Wife And Ten Children, 1936

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    Jennik
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    That poor mother - she looks worn out.

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    #72

    Orson Welles As Macbeth, 1947

    Orson Welles As Macbeth, 1947

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    #73

    Variant Of The Uniform For Flight Attendants On Scandinavian Airlines, Copenhagen, 1960s

    Variant Of The Uniform For Flight Attendants On Scandinavian Airlines, Copenhagen, 1960s

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    #74

    Robert F. Kennedy Playing Football, December 1967

    Robert F. Kennedy Playing Football, December 1967

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    Tucker Cahooter
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I know they are known for their youthful looks but even Robert F Kennedy didn't look that young in 1967. I think they mean Robert F Kennedy Jr

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    #75

    Polygamous Prisoners In Utah's Sugar House Prison, 1889

    Polygamous Prisoners In Utah's Sugar House Prison, 1889

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    Tayler
    Community Member
    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    The word should be *polygamist.* From the University of Utah archives: Photograph of a group of Polygamist prisoners including George Q. Cannon, Sylvester Jones, Simon Topham, Joseph Barney, Lorenzo Watson, William Buttler, Francis Lyman, and Francis Webster; The Utah Territorial Prison (Sugar House Park ), taken about 1886.

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    #76

    Powerful Baseball Player Weighing 204 Kg. Citizen Team Player. City Of Emporium, Pennsylvania, 1910s

    Powerful Baseball Player Weighing 204 Kg. Citizen Team Player. City Of Emporium, Pennsylvania, 1910s

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    #77

    Russia's First President, Yeltsin, Leaves The Kremlin And Hands It Over To Putin. Russian Federation, December 31, 1999

    Russia's First President, Yeltsin, Leaves The Kremlin And Hands It Over To Putin. Russian Federation, December 31, 1999

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    #78

    Fans At A Stadium In Chicago Await A Hockey Game. USA, 1930s

    Fans At A Stadium In Chicago Await A Hockey Game. USA, 1930s

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    Ryan Smith
    Community Member
    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    The old Chicago Stadium was the loudest arena I ever visited! It had the largest organ in the world -- the pipes were built into the walls of the stadium, so the sound was incredible. Legend has it that the sound of the organ could shatter the windows and light bulbs if turned to full volume.

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