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Sikorsky S-21, an experimental airliner, Russian Empire, 1913

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German-American Strongwoman Katie Sandwina and her husband Max Heymann, USA?, ~1900s

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"Horse Hotel" in Berlin, Germany, 1910

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Car carrying used tires experiencing a flat tire, Houston, Texas, USA, 1966

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Participants in the "Parliament of World Religions", an interfaith dialogue during the World's Fair, Chicago, Illinois, USA, 1893

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Actresses bound for boom-towns during the Klondike Gold Rush, Canada, 1897

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Astrophysicist Neil DeGrasse Tyson on the wrestling team at Harvard College, USA, 1976-1980

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Two anti-fascist militia of the Spanish Republic marrying in Madrid, Spanish Civil War, 1936

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Wooden ferris wheel, Albania, 1924

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Clowns (and dog), France, ~1920

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Korean sailor taking a smoke break, 1904

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Game of "Pushball", Macalester, Minnestota, USA, 1914

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Photochrome of a street in Sidi Okba, Algeria, ~1900

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Photochrome of peasants in Bosnia, then-part-of Austria-Hungary, ~1900

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British missionary displaying, as evidence of human rights abuses, amputation performed by colonial forces in the Belgian-controlled Congo Free State, ~1895 nsfwnsfl

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The Coney Island Parachute Jump attraction in-action, New York City, USA, 1950s

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A coal miner waits for access to the communal shower after his shift. Gelsenkirchen, West Germany, 1958

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"Mobot" remote-operated machine demonstrating precision by helping a woman dress, California, USA, 1961

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Students protesters murdered during the Tiananmen Square Massacre, Beijing, China, 1989 (CW: Gore) nsfwnsfl

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Hand-colored photo of a vegetable peddler, Japan, 1896

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Native Siberian religious objects, Russian Empire, 1899 AD Modern Antiques or Ethnography (~1800 AD or later)

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Native Siberian religious objects, Russian Empire, 1899 AD

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Rope bridge in County Antrim, Ireland, ~1890

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Tiananmen Square after the first shots, Beijing, China, 1989 nsfw

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Biplane landed at Bruce Bay, New Zealand, 1935

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80mm French mountain gun with a mine-shell ready to be fired, Western Front, WW1, 1914-1918

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Automobile racers passing a bicyclist, Toulouse, France, ~1895

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Riverboat in Queensland, Australia, ~1872

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Metalworkers hammering out pots, India, ~1870

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Rug merchants in Cairo, Egypt, 1870s

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16-year old cyclist Tessie Reynolds in a 'scandalous' bicycling outfit, UK, ~1893

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Fishers, UK, ~1889

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A little girl and her dog, Brisbane, Australia, 1899

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Painter Jan Styka at work on a panorama, Wrocław, German Empire (now Poland)

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Photochrom of beggars in front of a mosque, Algiers, Algeria, 1899

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Chrysanthemum show, New York, USA, 1892

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Field trials for the AK-47, Soviet Union, 1948

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Horse-drawn steam-powered pumping engine for the Seattle Fire Department, USA, ~1885

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Family in Myanmar, 1880s

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Farming family taking a break, County Galway, Ireland, 1892

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Traditional crossdressing dancer ('Khawal'), Egypt, ~1870

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Workers at rest, London, UK, 1877

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Photography photography, UK, 1870s

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Child playing in the snow outside of a church, Canada, 1890

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Lorraine Hurdle (second from left), a gay woman who served during WW2, with fellow friends and veterans of the WAC, USA, photo taken in the 1960s

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Man riding a bicycle, Germany, 1920s

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Traditional national costume, Podkoren, Slovenia, ~1928

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Couple taking a photo together, Japan, ~1920

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Cantilever bridge and animal-skin rafts, India, 1918-1928

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Warriors posing for a photo, Africa, exact location unknown, between 1920-1950

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Boys playing marbles, location unknown?, 1870s

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Ainu woman gathering seaweed, ~1890s

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Mounted warriors in Cameroon, ~1905

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Servant or slave woman in Mogadishu, Somalia, 1882

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People posing in Lake Heviz, Hungary, 1880

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The BRAVE and NOBLE Pug-Dog, USA, 1888

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Comanche (Native American) infant in a cradleboard for easy carrying, USA, 1890

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Canadian troops in an Armored Autocar, France, WW1, 1914-1918

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Electric-powered trolleybus, Saxony, Germany, ~1902

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Woman in a hammock being carried by two men, Madeira, Portugal, ~1890

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Bessie Smith, a bisexual singer known as "Empress of the Blues", USA, 1936

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Cyclist in Voss, Norway, 1930

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Men crossdressing in a gender-nonconforming way, USA, 1920s

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German troops during a gas attack exercise, WW1, ~1915?

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Award-winning writer Edith Wharton and two of her dogs, USA, ~1890

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Icebreaker ship on Lake Baikal, Russian Empire, 1899?

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Openly queer jazz singer Gladys Bentley (left) and jazz band leader Willie Bryant (right), USA, 1936

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“In Europe, it doesn’t matter if you’re a man or a woman - we make love with anyone we find attractive.” - German-American actress and singer Marlene Dietrich, photo taken 1934?

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Audience enjoying stereoscopic panoramas, Austro-Hungarian Empire, ~1900

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Open-air market in Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia, 1972

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Austro-Hungarian troops crossing a ford during the 12th Battle of the Isonzo, WW1, 1917

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Manchu soldier of Qing China, 1874

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Gold miners in Canada, 1853

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Unloading boats in Helsinki, Finland (then-part-of the Russian Empire), 1898

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Black cat "Teufelsbraten" ("Devil's Roast") ignoring tasty living mouse morsels as he walks down a ladder. Germany, 1989

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Swiss troops manning an observation post in the Alps, sometime between 1914-1918

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Boy with bicycle (and dog), Ontario, Canada, ~1900

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Rural women in Romania, 1922

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US troops with a French 37mm gun, France, WW1, 1918

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Jamen Butler (left) and Tom Malim, a gay couple, USA, 1971

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Rock legend Freddie Mercury and his partner, Jim Hutton, UK, 1980s

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A woman in typical menswear of the time, British Mandate of Palestine, 1930s

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Early photography sequence of horse and rider jumping over a barrier, USA, ~1887

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Training military dogs, Japanese Empire, WW2, some time between 1940-1945

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Three horse sleigh, Russian Empire, ~1900

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Boulevard of Passeig de Colom, Barcelona, Spain, ~1900

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Freight hauling along the Yukon River, Canada, ~1899

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Village in Taiwan, ~1898

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Bedouin man in As-Salt, Jordan, ~1910

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Destroyed bridge in Portugal, 1909

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Ostrich reading a newspaper with the zookeeper, Amsterdam, the Netherlands, 1951

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Aerial view of the Qata'a Bridge over the Tigris River, Baghdad, Iraq, 1932

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Mercenary artillerymen with British guns, Qing-dynasty China, ~1880

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Street in Nanjing, China, 1932

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Mourner in traditional dress, Korea, 1911

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People along the Nile River, Egypt, ~1900?

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Kids in a street of Munich, Germany, 19th century

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Audience during a Gay Pride Parade, New York City, 1986

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Cat with a drinking problem, UK?, 1860s?

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Ship sailing in the Bay of Angra, the Azores Islands, Portugal, ~1905

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