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History Happens
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historyhappens · 6 years ago
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Golden Gate mid-construction, San Francisco, 1935 [722x1024] Check this blog!
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historyhappens · 6 years ago
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This is an early prosthetic arm developed in the 1500s.
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historyhappens · 6 years ago
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Libyan Jewish girls from Tripoli
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historyhappens · 7 years ago
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Martin Luther King Jr. and Marlon Brando
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historyhappens · 7 years ago
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Fidel Castro and Malcolm X, 1960
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historyhappens · 7 years ago
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Einstein and his rather furry shoes.
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historyhappens · 7 years ago
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King Faisal II of Iraq in the Brooklyn Dodgers’ dugout
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historyhappens · 11 years ago
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A quick shout-out to everyone putting up with my incredibly sparse posting. Thanks for sticking with me, I appreciate it.
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historyhappens · 11 years ago
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Market Street after the San Francisco earthquake. 1906.
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historyhappens · 11 years ago
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German stormtroops training with a flamethrower in a dummy trench system near Sedan, France, May 1917
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historyhappens · 11 years ago
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The Brooklyn Bridge, 1891.
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historyhappens · 11 years ago
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A photo from the 1992 LA Riots.
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historyhappens · 11 years ago
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An eighteenth-century map of equatorial Africa.
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historyhappens · 12 years ago
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Balancing on top of a skyscraper in New York City, 1939.
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historyhappens · 12 years ago
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A soldier who lost both of his legs during World War One plays a game of billiards. 1915.
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historyhappens · 12 years ago
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Australian soldiers defend their position during the Battle Of Tobruk on April 10, 1941.
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historyhappens · 12 years ago
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Pablo Picasso in his studio.
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