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An Album Of Old Fashion Looking Freak Show People
An Album Of Old Fashion Looking Freak Show People
This is maybe one of the most powerful pictures. The numbers on the arms are from prisoners of Nazi concentration camps. The numbers replaced their names while at the camps and they were tattooed on so that they could be easily tracked by the Germans. This is why we study history. So this never happens again. Photography, Photographer, Fotografia, Fotografie, Fotos, Photographs, Life
This is maybe one of the most powerful pictures. The numbers on the arms are from prisoners of Nazi concentration camps. The numbers replaced their names while at the camps and they were tattooed on so that they could be easily tracked by the Germans. This is why we study history. So this never happens again.
One of the greatest spies in American history, Virginia Hall was a 20 year veteran of the OSS and CIA who willingly operated deep behind enemy lines even after her face was plastered on every wanted poster in occupied Germany. ... Oh, right – and she did it all with a wooden leg she named ‘Cuthbert’. War, Ww2, History, Portrait, American, Espionage, The Past, People Of Interest
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One of the greatest spies in American history, Virginia Hall was a 20 year veteran of the OSS and CIA who willingly operated deep behind enemy lines even after her face was plastered on every wanted poster in occupied Germany. ... Oh, right – and she did it all with a wooden leg she named ‘Cuthbert’.
Women walking in the street in Kabul, Afghanistan, 1970s. Before the war. Before the Taliban. Military, Thailand, Vietnam, Afghanistan, Iraq, Muslim Women, Indian Funny, Pakistan
Something went terribly wrong...
Women walking in the street in Kabul, Afghanistan, 1970s. Before the war. Before the Taliban.
Kabul, Afghanistan 1970 vs. Kabul, Afghanistan 2010. World, Islam, Interesting History, History Facts, City, Resim
Kabul, Afghanistan 1970 vs. Kabul, Afghanistan 2010.
Kabul, Afghanistan 1970 vs. Kabul, Afghanistan 2010.
Malcolm X & Maya Angelou African Americans, Maya, Films, Malcom, Donna, African
Malcolm X & Maya Angelou
HARRIET AND JOHN TUBMAN: The only photo held representing the likeness of Harriet's first husband, John Tubman, a free black man of Maryland, killed after Harriet's escape to freedom. Harriet's age in photo is about 30 years. Around 1844, she married a free black man, John Tubman. Since she was a slave, there could be a chance that she could be sold; he reportedly told her that he would tell "massa" if she tried. Her goal to achieve freedom was too large for her to give up though. In 1849 she le Harriet Tubman, Black History Month, Honor, African Diaspora, Mississippi
HARRIET AND JOHN TUBMAN: The only photo held representing the likeness of Harriet's first husband, John Tubman, a free black man of Maryland, killed after Harriet's escape to freedom. Harriet's age in photo is about 30 years. Around 1844, she married a free black man, John Tubman. Since she was a slave, there could be a chance that she could be sold; he reportedly told her that he would tell "massa" if she tried. Her goal to achieve freedom was too large for her to give up though. In 1849 she le
Mother Teresa standing on the right the day she took her vows Lady, Vintage, Pretty, Women, Nun Dress, Rare, Human
12 Fascinating Vintage Photos of Mother Teresa When She Was Young
Mother Teresa standing on the right the day she took her vows
The Salem Witch Trials of 1692-1693 were by far the largest and most lethal outbreak of witchcraft hysteria in American history. Yet Salem was just one of many incidents during the Great Age of Witch Hunts which took place throughout Europe and her colonies over many centuries. Indeed, by European standards, Salem was not even a large outbreak. But what exactly were the factors that made Salem stand out?: Book Of Shadows, Wicca, Halloween, Salem Witch Trials, Witch Trials, Salem Witch, Witchy, Wicca History, Clergy
The Salem Witch Trials of 1692-1693 were by far the largest and most lethal outbreak of witchcraft hysteria in American history. Yet Salem was just one of many incidents during the Great Age of Witch Hunts which took place throughout Europe and her colonies over many centuries. Indeed, by European standards, Salem was not even a large outbreak. But what exactly were the factors that made Salem stand out?:
Ancient Greece History Poster Chart Ancient Greece, Ancient Greek, World History, English, Ancient World History, Ancient Civilizations, Civilization, History Class, Greece History
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Ancient Greece History Poster Chart
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Christopher Columbus question
WWII KISS POSTER Kissing on VJ Day World War 2 RARE HOT NEW 24x36 Street Art, Vintage Posters, The Kiss, Kissing, Famous Photos, 1940s, Magazine Photos
WWII KISS POSTER Kissing on VJ Day World War 2 RARE HOT NEW 24x36
WWII KISS POSTER Kissing on VJ Day World War 2 RARE HOT NEW 24x36
"Martyr Grigory Rasputin with Martyr Alexei (the heir to the imperial throne, actually canonized in 2000), who was allegedly cured by Rasputin of haemophilia, thereby winning the favor of the Empress)." Art, Royals, Martyrs, Tsar Nicholas Ii, Romanov Dynasty, Tsar Nicholas, Familia Romanov, House Of Romanov
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"Martyr Grigory Rasputin with Martyr Alexei (the heir to the imperial throne, actually canonized in 2000), who was allegedly cured by Rasputin of haemophilia, thereby winning the favor of the Empress)."