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News station making the switch from black and white to color TV on air, 1967
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Robert Wadlow, the tallest man to ever live. historydefined.net/robert-wadlow-…
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Teddy Roosevelt's diary on the day both his wife and mother died, 1884.
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Roman Floor Mosaic at Bulla Regia Archeological site in Tunisia, 3rd century CE.
Photo by Dallas and John Heaton
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Samurai, 1864-1865. Photograph by Felice Beato
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An ancient wooden Orthodox Church, Krasnaya Lyaga, Russia, 1655.
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London punks and a surprised grandmother, 1982.
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Carving of a dog on St John of Nepomuk's statue glowing gold from people petting it for hundreds of years.
Photo by Frank Boston
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Amazing facade detail of the Red Fort in Agra, India.
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Residents of West Berlin show children to their grandparents who reside on the Eastern side, 1961
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Bison paintings in the Cave of Altamira, Spain. They were painted over 20,000 years between 35,000 and 15,000 BC. Photo by Thom Quine.
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A World War 1 memorial in Vácrátót, Hungary - a family missing their father.
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A house plan made by Sumerians 5000 years ago. Ground plan of a residence in Umma with central courtyard, Ur III period. Vorderasiatisches Museum, Berlin
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The original patent from 1891 for a toilet paper roll actually shows the correct rolling direction.
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Xoloitzcuintli is an ancient Aztec dog breed once considered guides for the dead on their journey to the underworld.
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Staircase designed by Leonardo da Vinci, 1516
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little girl holding her pet toad at a pet show at Venice Beach, California, USA in 1936.
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Abandoned Victorian garden house in France. Photos by Julien Harlaut
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The 16th-century Sesharaya mandapam, at the Sri Ranganathaswamy Temple in India. It's famous for its 40 leaping horses with riders on their back carved out of monolithic pillars
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Tea gown, France, ~1897. Owned by the Countess Greffulhe, who often chose clothing of a brilliant green color because it complemented her auburn hair.
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Workers at the Empire State Building raise a flag on the 88th story. Symbolically, it is higher than the Chrysler building. September 19, 1930. More: bit.ly/3B1XqTt
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A 5,000-year-old Egyptian wooden boat discovered by French archaeologists
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Drain pipe of Château de Pierrefonds, France, 1393-1407.
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A farmer born in 1842 talking about life and change, 1929.
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