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Love the flapper haircut!

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Today is the day Marty McFly goes to the future!

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Colorized photo of paper boy selling news of the Titanic sinking.

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Never seen this one before!

Tintype of a group of Union soldiers of the 8th Kansas Volunteer Infantry Regiment, 1862.

Link.

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A great statue of Sir Francis Drake!

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Picnic on the highway during the 1973 oil embargo.

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This is allegedly only the second photo of Billy the Kid to ever emerge.  

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September 15, 1916: Tanks are introduced into battle for the first time by British forces during the Battle of the Somme. 

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Holocaust survivors from the illegal immigrant ship Exodus . . . Can't help but notice the girl facing the camera and the hope in her eyes . . .

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These are samples of the rockets that Francis Scott Key refers to in the Star Spangled Banner. They were called congreve rockets.

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Two Gettysburg survivors discuss the battle on its 50th anniversary. 

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On this day in 1939, The Wizard of Oz, which will become one of the best-loved movies in history, opens in theaters around the United States.

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This led to MLK's assassination. 

Memphis Sanitation Strike, March 28, 1968, see comment. [970x674]

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Indeed!

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MLK getting arrested for loitering.  1958.

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It's Saturday night!  You guys ready to party?

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Europe at night!