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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,.
People crowd the bodies of those slain while attacking the headquarters of the Hungarian communist party, their bodies covered by flags with the communist emblem torn from the centre, Budapest, 30 October, 1956
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Michael Ancher, another of Skagen painters, known primarily for his depiction of the Danish fishing community, fishermen, the straits, and the North Sea, ca. 1910-1920
‘Selfie’ c. 1937
Early 1900s, New York. Grandfather’s friend Bill Hodgkins (3rd row from right closest to camera)
Cabinet card of a young girl and her bike.
Grandpa’s family portrait, 1940s
Photograph of Ruth St. Denis in ‘Theodora’, 1924. The New York Public Library Digital Collections.
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