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Woman charges her electric car in her garage, USA, 1912

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Members of the Niitsitapi ('Blackfoot') people at Glacier National Park, USA, ~1910

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Ophelia DeVore Mitchell, groundbreaking African-American model, businesswoman, and publisher, on an outing with her family, 1946

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Elvis Presley and B.B. King, Memphis, USA, 1957

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Paterson Strike Pageant parade, New York City, USA, 1913

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Sojourner Truth, American abolitionist and women's rights activist, USA, 1864

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Tricycle gang in Brooklyn, New York, USA, ~1940?

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Female Apache scout, Arizona, USA, 1886

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Schoolboys in Harlem, New York, USA, ~1930

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General Eisenhower with a German over-under combination rifle/shotgun with a scope, General Omar Bradley looks on, Europe, WW2, 1945

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JFK with an AR-15, and General Clifton with a CIA-designed crossbow, USA, 1963

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Calamity Jane, famous figure of the American West, ~1880

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US soldier with a 'Pederson Device' to convert his bolt-action rifle into a semiautomatic, developed for WW1, 1918?

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Then-Senator (later President) Harry S. Truman being 'held up' with his own guns, USA, 1938

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Soviet and American soldier share a 'socialist fraternal kiss' after the end of WW2, Germany, 1945

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African-American cowgirl (Nellie Brown?), western USA, ~1880s

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Legendary artist Frida Kahlo being casually dismissed in contemporary American newspaper headline, 1933

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Snowy day in Cumberland, Appalachia, USA, ~1910

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Miners showing a bomb dropped on them via airplane by company thugs, Battle of Blair Mountain, USA, 1921

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Ruth Lee, a Chinese-American woman, flying the flag of China while at the beach to avoid being mistaken for Japanese, Miami, USA, WW2, December 15, 1941

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Jazz legend Nat King Cole and itinerant songwriter George Alexander Aberle, USA, late 1940s

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Early self-portrait, USA, 1839

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Woman drinking from a community water pump, Chicago, USA, ~1899

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Katherine Switzer, first registered woman to complete the Boston Marathon, with her fellow runners interfering with an official's attempt to remove her bib number, USA, 1967

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Remains of Osaka after a night of American terror bombing, Japan, WW2, 1945

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Daguerreotype of American anti-slavery militant John Brown, 1846-1847

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Togo the sled dog, Alaska, USA, 1920s

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Winter in Appalachia, USA, ~1964

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Cow and chicken in Appalachia, USA, ~1964

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President Truman signing the document which created NATO, USA, 1949

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Family in Appalachia, USA, ~1964

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US soldier in camo heating up some rations, Normandy, France, WW2, 1944

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Appalachia, USA, ~1964

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Old woman knitting a sweater while her cats help, USA, 1938

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Two women preparing a buffalo hide, Sioux or Cheyenne, ~1870

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Loggers next to logs loaded onto a train, Washington state, USA, ~1920

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USS Iowa in a floating dry-dock, Pacific Ocean, WW2, 1944

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US soldiers demonstrating captured German body armor, WW1, 1918

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Kids in a mini-monorail inside a department store, Philadelphia, USA, 1950s

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US Marine with a kitten under a destroyed Japanese tank, Tarawa Atoll, 1943

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Rare cop W, New York City, USA, 1925

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Navajo woman on horseback, New Mexico, ~1935

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Brothers Henry Old Coyote and Barney Old Coyote Jr posing for a photo, Absaroka ('Crow') Native American airmen of the US Army Air Corps, later also activists for indigenous rights, WW2, ~1942

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Malcolm X w/ M1 Carbine [1964]

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Vivian Bales, crossing the United States solo on motorcycle, 1929

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American M2 Halftrack with four 20mm autocannons and two .50 cal machine-guns, WW2, 1943?

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Burner Anna Bland, working on the SS George Washington Carver, USA, WW2, 1943

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Linda Martell, pioneering Black country music star, USA, 1970

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Two Black cowboys, USA, ~1913

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Daily life in the USA, Vermont, late 19th century

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Downtown Hartford, Connecticut, USA, 1860s

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Civilian employees at Pearl Harbor training with fire hoses, Hawaii, USA, WW2, ~1942

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The conspirators who assassinated Abraham Lincoln being prepared for execution, Washington DC, USA, 1865

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Salaria Kea, Lincoln Battalion, and her husband John O'Reilly, British Battalion, both members of the antifascist Republican forces, Spanish Civil War, 1938

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Salaria Kea, Lincoln Battalion, and her husband John O'Reilly, British Battalion, both members of the antifascist Republican forces, Spanish Civil War, 1938
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French civilians greeting an American soldier, Liberation of France, WW2, 1944

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French civilians greeting an American soldier, Liberation of France, WW2, 1944
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Slum in New York City, USA, 1888

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Slum in New York City, USA, 1888
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VZ-8 'Airgeep', ~1961

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VZ-8 'Airgeep', ~1961
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American M60 tank (left) and Soviet T-62 tank (right), 1960s or 70s?

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American M60 tank (left) and Soviet T-62 tank (right), 1960s or 70s?
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US soldiers and a dog, Germany, WW2, 1944

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US soldiers and a dog, Germany, WW2, 1944
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Police checking identification after the Hazel's Inn Raid, a persecution of a gay bar, USA, 1956

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Police checking identification after the Hazel's Inn Raid, a persecution of a gay bar, USA, 1956
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Confederate railway gun captured by Union forces, US Civil War, 1864

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Confederate railway gun captured by Union forces, US Civil War, 1864
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US hovercraft on patrol, Vietnam War, 1968

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US hovercraft on patrol, Vietnam War, 1968
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American B-25 with an experimental nose-mounted rocket launcher, ~1946

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American B-25 with an experimental nose-mounted rocket launcher, ~1946
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Early openly LGBT politician Harvey Milk at a Gay Pride celebration in San Jose, USA, 1978

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Early openly LGBT politician Harvey Milk at a Gay Pride celebration in San Jose, USA, 1978
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US infantryman laughing at his comrades wearing gas masks, 1918

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US infantryman laughing at his comrades wearing gas masks, 1918
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Cross-dressing ball, Portland, Oregon, USA, ~1900

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Cross-dressing ball, Portland, Oregon, USA, ~1900
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US medics with an injured dog, Normandy, France, WW2, 1944

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US medics with an injured dog, Normandy, France, WW2, 1944
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US soldier during the Battle of the Bulge shaking hands with a local, Luxembourg, WW2, 1944 or early 1945

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US soldier during the Battle of the Bulge shaking hands with a local, Luxembourg, WW2, 1944 or early 1945
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Boston Pride Parade, USA, 1970

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Boston Pride Parade, USA, 1970
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US soldier in training with M1 Garand and bayonet fixed, 1943

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US soldier in training with M1 Garand and bayonet fixed, 1943
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Allies at an LGBT rights march in Washington DC, 1993

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Allies at an LGBT rights march in Washington DC, 1993
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320th Barrage Balloon Battalion, a segregated African-American unit, coast of Normandy, France, WW2, 1944

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320th Barrage Balloon Battalion, a segregated African-American unit, coast of Normandy, France, WW2, 1944
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American T92 240mm howitzer, WW2 era, 1945?

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American T92 240mm howitzer, WW2 era, 1945?
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Kady Brownell, the only recognized woman officially discharged from the Union Army at the end of hostilities, US Civil War, ~1865

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Kady Brownell, the only recognized woman officially discharged from the Union Army at the end of hostilities, US Civil War, ~1865
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Masako Katsura, early female billiards player on the championship level, USA, 1952

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Masako Katsura, early female billiards player on the championship level, USA, 1952
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Couple at a LGBT rights protest, San Francisco, USA, 1960s

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Couple at a LGBT rights protest, San Francisco, USA, 1960s
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CLB 75, an experimental tank converted from a tractor, USA, 1917

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American M4 Sherman tank disguised as a truck, WW2, ~1944

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American M4 Sherman tank disguised as a truck, WW2, ~1944
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Celebrating an LGBT-friendly synagogue, New York, USA, 1973

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Celebrating an LGBT-friendly synagogue, New York, USA, 1973
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Nicola Sacco and Bartolomeo Vanzetti, two Italian anarchists convicted and sentenced to death in an unjust trial in the USA, picture taken 1923

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Nicola Sacco and Bartolomeo Vanzetti, two Italian anarchists convicted and sentenced to death in an unjust trial in the USA, picture taken 1923
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LGBT protest in front of a US Army office, New York City, 1964

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LGBT protest in front of a US Army office, New York City, 1964
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Gay liberation sign at an anti-war protest, USA, Vietnam War, 1970

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Gay liberation sign at an anti-war protest, USA, Vietnam War, 1970
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'Radio hat' for listening on the go, USA, 1949?

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'Radio hat' for listening on the go, USA, 1949?
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1969 demonstrative photos of a NASA study on cats to help develop techniques for astronauts to re-orient in zero-G

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1969 demonstrative photos of a NASA study on cats to help develop techniques for astronauts to re-orient in zero-G
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US Navy Blimp after being downed during a nuclear test, 1957

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US Navy Blimp after being downed during a nuclear test, 1957
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Pyramid of captured German helmets post-WW1, New York, USA, 1919

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Pyramid of captured German helmets post-WW1, New York, USA, 1919
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US anti-armor grenade packed inside a foam football, 1973

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US anti-armor grenade packed inside a foam football, 1973
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