726
A photo of an engineer wiring an early IBM computer, 1958 by Berenice Abbott.
727
Red Army soldier Yevgeniy Dolmatovasky holding a bust of Adolf Hitler, 1945
729
Bronze sculpture of Guan Yu in armor, seated. China, Ming Dynasty, 15th-16th century
730
Trier Cathedral, Germany, c.1020 - c.1200
731
A bronze drain strainer from the Roman baths in Weissenburg, Germany. 2nd/3rd century CE.
732
Fossil of 37 million years old Whale Skeleton (65ft+ long) found in Wadi Al Hitan, Egyptian desert.
733
17th century Swedish warship "Vasa", sank on her maiden voyage, recovered in 1961 nearly completely intact
734
Two girls gallop full speed on sheep in Cornwall, England 1969. Photo by John Drysdale.
735
Russian soldiers and a German civilian struggle to move a large bronze Nazi Party eagle that once loomed over a doorway of the Reich Chancellery, Berlin. 1945.
736
Gregory Peck as Captain Ahab films a fight scene against the whale in Moby Dick, 1956
737
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738
Ernest Hemingway kicking a can of beer. Ketchum, Idaho, 1959.
739
Albert Einstein playing his violin, 1941
740
The man who standardized the use of mugshots, Alphonse Bertillon. This is a mugshot he took of himself, 1913.
741
The guards of Maharajah Ram Singh III in the Royal Palace of Jaipur in India, 1858.
742
Manitowoc, Wisconsin saloon that allowed children their own child-size beers. Circa 1890.
743
Paris, 50s. Photo by Georg Stefan Troller
744
Tallest man in history, Robert Wadlow with his father at age 10, 1928. At the time he was 6 ft, 6 inches (196cm) tall and 211 lbs. (95kg)
745
Fish market in Bergen, Norway, late 19th century.
746
The Convair Model 118 was a prototype flying car of which two were built, 1947.
747
A 2-3-2 Soviet super-speed steam locomotive. Moscow, USSR, 1939.
748
Italian summer, 1980s. Photos by Slim Aarons
749
The stunning Persian style St. Petersburg Mosque, Russia
750
Pictured above is a young boy in the Gardens of Bomarzo, Lazio, Italy 1952.
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