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A Filipino baby and her family inside a human zoo in New York (Coney Island), US, 1906. Human zoos were once very common in the Western world.
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“Ophelia” by Sarah Bernhardt (1844-1923).
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Agatha Christie as a child with her dolls
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Johnny Cash in 1965 after being arrested for trespassing on private property to pick flowers.
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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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A bird's-eye view of Masada, built by Herod the Great as a palace complex on top of an isolated rock plateau at the Judaean Desert.
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A horse-drawn omnibus from the 1890s. Two or three horses would pull them. Companies that ran them like London Omnibus had stables around the city to switch them out periodically.
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The cast of Star Wars without costumes. Harrison Ford (Han Solo), David Prowse (Darth Vader), Peter Mayhew (Chewbacca), Carrie Fisher (Princess Leia), Kenny Baker (R2-D2) and Mark Hamill (Luke Skywalker), 1977.
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John F. Kennedy campaigning Door-to-Door in West Virginia, 1960
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Some medieval humor, Abbey of Sainte Foy, Conques, France, c.1050
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A Victorian archery outfit owned by a Mrs. Fanny Giveen circa. 1855
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A staged photo in Life Magazine mocking the Hays movie censorship Code. The model is violating as many of its rules as possible in a single image. 1934.
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The 2,300-year-old Grand Theatre of Ephesus, in Turkey, before and after excavation
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Excavations in Mezhyrich, Ukraine, revealed the presence of 4 huts, made up of a total of 149 mammoth bones in 1965. These 15,000 year old dwellings, are some of the oldest shelters known to be constructed by prehistoric man.
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Lawnmower with air conditioning, circa 1950
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Boys working in a coal mine, 1911. Photo by Reinhard Schultz
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One of the three Roman pools of Gafsa, in Tunisia, two of which are open. Built in the 2nd century BCE, they are about five meters deep and are fed by hot water springs
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Ric Flair poses with the The Rock, 1980s
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An ancient Indian swimming pool from the 5th century CE that's still used to this day.
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A 900-year-old church still standing in Wicklow, Ireland.
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A First Nations couple from Canada, 1886.
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Amazing facade detail of the Red Fort in Agra, India.
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“Undine rising from the waters" is an amazingly detailed marble statue by artist Chauncey Bradley Ives.
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