A Completely Fascinating Collection Of Historical Photos (21 pics)

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Thelonius Monk, 1959

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Members of the Harlem Hellfighters in 1919

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Shortest, tallest and fattest men in Europe play cards. 1913

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A 17-year old Frida Kahlo poses for a family photo wearing a traditional gentleman’s 3-piece suit, 1924

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8th grader Kurt Cobain playing drums at an assembly at Montesano High School, 1981

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Private James Hendrix of the 101st Airborne, playing guitar at Fort Campbell Kentucky in 1962

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Earliest known photo of Elvis Presley, with parents Gladys & Vernon in 1938

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Samurai in Training, 1860

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Enlisted men aboard an American ship hear the news of Japan’s surrender. 1945

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A photo taken in secret of the Supreme Court in session, one of only two ever taken. 1932

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The only known photograph of Abraham Lincoln at Gettysburg, before giving his famous address. November 19, 1863

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A large crowd, made up of many African Americans, mourn the death of Abraham Lincoln outside the Courthouse in Vicksburg, Mississippi

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Albert Einstein and Charlie Chaplin, 1931

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In 1939 20,000 Nazi supporters held a rally in Madison Square Garden

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Times Square, 1957

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Paper boys at 2 A.M. about to start their morning rounds. February 12, 1908

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The Mona Lisa stolen from the Louvre, 1911

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A war-weary French woman pours a British soldier a cup of tea during the fighting following the Allied landings in Normandy. 1944

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Adolf Hitler speaking with Princess Olga of Yugoslavia, 1939

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Prince Charles and Princess Diana on vacation in Bahamas, 1982