826
A beautiful antique hearse from Dresden, Germany.
827
Coney Island during a heat wave, NY, USA, 1936.
828
Socks the cat on the podium in White House briefing room Saturday, March 19, 1994
829
"Guarding the Palace," Oil Painting by Ludwig Deutsch, 1888
830
Abandoned Victorian garden house in France. Photos by Julien Harlaut
831
An Atlanta Boy’s High School basketball player shooting a free throw, 1921
832
During the podracing scene in 'The Phantom Menace,' the crowd was actually 450,000 Q-Tips being blown by fans.
834
Lower part of a leg and foot with a sandal of the statue of Roman emperor Marcus Aurelius(reign 161-180 A.D.) found at Sagalassos, Turkey in 2008.
Photo via BBC
835
Iron workers on the North Tower of the World Trade Center in 1973
836
Jimmy Carter on a pile of peanuts at his family’s peanut warehouse in Plains, Georgia, 1976
837
Pictured here are Hans Scholl, Sophie Scholl, and Christoph Probst who were all part of the non-violent student resistance group called "white rose" in Germany, in 1942
In 1943, all three were convicted of treason and executed by the Gestapo.
838
Gold Egyptian seal ring of Sheshonq. 26th Dynasty, 6th century BCE
840
The Artemesian Bronze, a statue of Zeus or Poseidon recovered from a Roman Shipwreck in 1923.
842
Abraham Lincoln's inauguration at the U.S. Capitol, Washington, D.C. March 4, 1861
843
"Girls in the Windows" taken by Ormond Gigli in 1960 in NYC. The building was knocked down the next day.
844
Royal Portuguese Reading Room, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
845
7000-year-old Neolithic figurines from Romania, called "The Thinker" and "The Sitting Woman"
846
Dr. Religa monitors his patient’s vitals after 23-hour-long (successful) heart transplant. His assistant is sleeping in the corner, 1987.
847
A 2,300 year old Egyptian sarcophagus displayed as found at the Sakkara pyramids south of Cairo, May 3, 2005.
848
A small glass Ram from Carthage that predates the First punic war by close to 200 years. 5th century BCE.
849
Blackhawks and Maple Leafs looking for a contact lens, 1962.
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