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Standing guard in The Netherlands.
Building the Atomium for the World Expo in Brussels, Belgium. 1957
The Dalai Lama’s baby picture, 1940.
‘Ladies of the Palace’ photographed by Frank Carpenter and his daughter Frances. The picture shows the rich detail of court fashion during the last years of the Manchu Qing …
Archduke Franz Ferdinand of Austria
Babe Ruth warms up with three bats before stepping to the plate at New York’s Yankee Stadium, on August 21, 1942
27 March 1886–Famous Apache warrior, Geronimo, surrenders to the U.S. Army, ending the main phase of the Apache Wars.
A plane flies over Christ the Redeemer Statue under construction in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, c. 1930
Scottish kilt. A kilt apron was used to replace the sporran and protected the kilt when in the line. Scottish soldiers would carry gas in small bags over the …
March 16, 1940-Selma Lagerlöf, Swedish writer, first female writer to win Nobel Prize laureate