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Parisian mothers cover their children from German snipers 1944
Soviets open the tomb of Timur in Uzbekistan, the Mongol founder of the Timurid Empire, which apparently started a curse a week before the German invasion of the Soviet Union. Timur was reburied a month before the Soviet victory at Stalingrad, which apparently ended the curse. (June 1941)(900×600)
Soldiers of the Swedish Landstorm guarding the coast, Furuskär, ca. 1916
One of the only known photos of Subha Talfah, the mother of Iraqi dictator Saddam Hussein, taken sometime in the 1950’s or 60’s. Subha unsuccessfully tried to abort Saddam before he was born. (594×424)
Percy Fawcett, who disappeared 100 years ago today and was never seen again whilst on an expedition into the Amazon Rainforest looking for a lost city he referred to as “Z”. May 1925,.
“- For merit in Songmi (My Lai)” Soviet Union, 1960s
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Francisco Franco few hours before his death, 1975
A hot air ballon lift off of the ground of the Bremen gasworks; Sometime between 1918 and 1945.
Noseart of B-17 Flying Fortress “Blonde Bomber”
My great grandparents farm in Central IL from 1938.
China’s Foreign Minister Qiao Guanhua (L) and UN representative Huang Hua (R) laugh as they take their seats at the UN General Assembly for the first time. On 25 Oct 1971, the motion to recognize the PRC as the sole legal China was passed as GA Resolution 2758 (New York City, NY 1971)
Lunch Counter Workers – c.1940’s
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