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A geisha wearing a Western style swimsuit. Japan, around 1900 [622x988]

4004 upvotes • MunakataSennin

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MLk removing a burned cross from his lawn. The boy beside him is his son.(1960)[600x535]

2196 upvotes • Some-Cut8453

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Orphan Boy selling his father's iron Cross for cigarettes in Berlin, 1945. (526x719)

2003 upvotes • Alidaboss42

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The Iranian singer and actress Faegheh Atashin (Googoosh) during one of her performances on stage - Tehran, Imperial State of Iran, c. 1975. [1080 x 1080]

1990 upvotes • _Tegan_Quin

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London policemen testing out life jackets by jumping into the river Thames, 1930s (720x510)

1725 upvotes • Alidaboss42

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Five young men in front of a hut somewhere in Africa (c.1900) [2766x3828] NSFW

1515 upvotes • ANEMIC_TWINK

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The last photo ever taken of US general & statesman Sam Houston, who served as president, senator, & governor of Texas, 1863. He defeated general Santa Anna in just 18 minutes at the battle of San Jacinto & is the only person in US history to have served as governor of two different states (725x558)

1503 upvotes • grasidious_fike

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London sanitation engineers overseeing new sewer construction following the Great Stink of 1858 [1920x1153]

1360 upvotes • calebs_dad

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French Zouaves, France, Summer of 1914. Not colourised. [1080×738]

843 upvotes • Sangahyand0

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Charles Rigulout was a French weightlifter, wrestler, racing driver, actor, and resistance member who punched out a Nazi, went to jail for it, bent the cell bars, escaped, then set the others free after promptly beating the hell out of another Nazi [582x820, est. 1932]

699 upvotes • Alternative-Eye4547

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Title	Upvotes	Author	Mark as read	Favorited	Rating	Add to a list
A geisha wearing a Western style swimsuit. Japan, around 1900 [622x988]	4004	MunakataSennin
MLk removing a burned cross from his lawn. The boy beside him is his son.(1960)[600x535]	2196	Some-Cut8453
Orphan Boy selling his father's iron Cross for cigarettes in Berlin, 1945. (526x719)	2003	Alidaboss42
The Iranian singer and actress Faegheh Atashin (Googoosh) during one of her performances on stage - Tehran, Imperial State of Iran, c. 1975. [1080 x 1080]	1990	_Tegan_Quin
London policemen testing out life jackets by jumping into the river Thames, 1930s (720x510)	1725	Alidaboss42
Five young men in front of a hut somewhere in Africa (c.1900) [2766x3828] NSFW	1515	ANEMIC_TWINK
The last photo ever taken of US general & statesman Sam Houston, who served as president, senator, & governor of Texas, 1863. He defeated general Santa Anna in just 18 minutes at the battle of San Jacinto & is the only person in US history to have served as governor of two different states (725x558)	1503	grasidious_fike
London sanitation engineers overseeing new sewer construction following the Great Stink of 1858 [1920x1153]	1360	calebs_dad
French Zouaves, France, Summer of 1914. Not colourised. [1080×738]	843	Sangahyand0
Charles Rigulout was a French weightlifter, wrestler, racing driver, actor, and resistance member who punched out a Nazi, went to jail for it, bent the cell bars, escaped, then set the others free after promptly beating the hell out of another Nazi [582x820, est. 1932]	699	Alternative-Eye4547