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Old fair in Bucharest, ca.1930. Photo by Nicolae Ionescu.
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Old fair in Bucharest, ca.1930. Photo by Nicolae Ionescu.

Girls dancing in the streets, Budapest, ca.1923.
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Girls dancing in the streets, Budapest, ca.1923.

Frida Kahlo, Mexico, 1911.
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Frida Kahlo, Mexico, 1911.

Atomic tests were a tourist attraction in Las Vegas, 1950s.
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Atomic tests were a tourist attraction in Las Vegas, 1950s.

The last major eruption of Vesuvius happened nearly 70 years ago, in the midst of World War II.
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The last major eruption of Vesuvius happened nearly 70 years ago, in the midst of World War II.

Toffs and Toughs - The photo that illustrates the class divide in pre-war Britain, 1937.
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Toffs and Toughs - The photo that illustrates the class divide in pre-war Britain, 1937.

Pope John Paul II meets with Mehmet Agca, the man who attempted to assassinate him, 1983.
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Pope John Paul II meets with Mehmet Agca, the man who attempted to assassinate him, 1983.

Winston Churchill’s personal pressure chamber, created to enable him to make high-altitude flights safely. 1947.
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Winston Churchill’s personal pressure chamber, created to enable him to make high-altitude flights safely. 1947.

In the Los Angeles Alligator Farm, people used to encounter alligators without fences, gates or grates.
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In the Los Angeles Alligator Farm, people used to encounter alligators without fences, gates or grates.

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Japanese tourists drinks beer with Bavarians during the Oktoberfest, 1960.
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Japanese tourists drinks beer with Bavarians during the Oktoberfest, 1960.

Bride at the Saint-Roch Church, Paris, 1952. Photo by Édouard Boubat.
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Bride at the Saint-Roch Church, Paris, 1952. Photo by Édouard Boubat.

Freddie Mercury playing tennis in Ibiza in the summer of 1987.
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Freddie Mercury playing tennis in Ibiza in the summer of 1987.

Elderly man asleep on a bench in a public garden in Florence, 1960. Photo by Vincenzo Balocchi.
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Elderly man asleep on a bench in a public garden in Florence, 1960. Photo by Vincenzo Balocchi.

Frida Kahlo in her garden, 1951. Photo by Gisèle Freund.
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Frida Kahlo in her garden, 1951. Photo by Gisèle Freund.

A child balancing on his bike trying to reach a payphone.
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A child balancing on his bike trying to reach a payphone.

Ford Model-T Truck hauling 8,000 pounds of hay down a paved country road in 1921.
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Ford Model-T Truck hauling 8,000 pounds of hay down a paved country road in 1921.

Alfred Hitchcock impersonating Ringo Starr, 1964.
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Alfred Hitchcock impersonating Ringo Starr, 1964.

Lace makers in Burano, Italy, 1954.
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Lace makers in Burano, Italy, 1954.

Newspaper seller, Paris, 1929.
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Newspaper seller, Paris, 1929.

Singer Nat King Cole, who is receiving treatment for a lung tumor at a Santa Monica, Calif. hospital, presented personne...
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Singer Nat King Cole, who is receiving treatment for a lung tumor at a Santa Monica, Calif. hospital, presented personnel on his floor with a record player for Christmas, 1964,

Also known as “Mutes,” these mourners took advantage of Victorian London’s high death rates. They wore distinctive mourn...
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Also known as “Mutes,” these mourners took advantage of Victorian London’s high death rates. They wore distinctive mourning clothing and would follow a person’s coffin to its gravesite.

Marie Curie, a French-Polish physicist and chemist, best known for her pioneering research on radioactivity. Curie was t...
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Marie Curie, a French-Polish physicist and chemist, best known for her pioneering research on radioactivity. Curie was the first woman to win a Nobel Prize and the only woman to win in two fields, for Physics in 1903 and for Chemistry in 1911.

A woman standing in the doorway of an RV-camper at an exhibition in London, 1927.
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A woman standing in the doorway of an RV-camper at an exhibition in London, 1927.

French village, 1950s.
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French village, 1950s.

All of Gandhi's worldly possessions.
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All of Gandhi's worldly possessions.

Rare Meteorite, known as Fukang Meteorite, is in sunlight.
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Rare Meteorite, known as Fukang Meteorite, is in sunlight.

A 3770 year old Babylonian clay tablet written in Akkadian, containing the oldest known cooking recipes. The tablet incl...
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A 3770 year old Babylonian clay tablet written in Akkadian, containing the oldest known cooking recipes. The tablet includes 25 recipes for stews, 21 meat stews and 4 vegetable stews. Yale University Library.

Unknown couple posing in front of Thunderbird Hotel, Las Vegas Strip, 1955.
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Unknown couple posing in front of Thunderbird Hotel, Las Vegas Strip, 1955.

A 17th century ottoman three-mast tent made of silk and gilded leather. Now on display at the Turkish Chamber in the Dre...
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A 17th century ottoman three-mast tent made of silk and gilded leather. Now on display at the Turkish Chamber in the Dresden Armoury.

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