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- Include an accurate description of the photograph (event, location, war, year, etc) in the title.
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Colorized photographs that take too many artistic liberties will be removed, this includes (but is not limited to) removing details or adding things like patterns on clothing that are not visible in the original.
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Symon Petlura in Kamianets-Podilsk 1919 [3088x4240]
Symon Vasylyovych Petlyura, actually Semyon Vasylyovych Petlyura (May 10 [22] 1879, Poltava, Russian Empire - May 25, 1926, Paris, France) was a Ukrainian statesman, military and political figure, publicist, literary and theater critic. Member of the General Secretariat of the Ukrainian Central Rada in the position of General Secretary for Military Affairs (June 28 - December 31, 1917). Political prisoner under the rule of Pavel Skoropadskyi (July 27 - November 12, 1918). Commander-in-chief of the troops of the Ukrainian People's Republic (UNR) (since November 1918). 2nd Chairman of the Directorate of the Ukrainian National People's Republic (May 9, 1919 - November 10, 1920).
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Hetman Pavlo Skoropadskyi, 1918 (colorized) [439x600]
Pavlo Petrovych Skoropadskyi (May 3 [15] 1873, Wiesbaden, German Empire - April 26, 1945, Metten, Bavaria, Third Reich) - Hetman of Ukraine, Ukrainian statesman, political and public figure, military man. He came from the Skoropadsky Cossack-senior family. An officer of the Russian Imperial Army. Participant of the Russian-Japanese, First World War and the Soviet-Ukrainian war. Hetman of the Ukrainian State (April 29 - December 14, 1918).
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Today marks the 31st anniversary of the war crime committed by the HVO (Croatian Defense Council) in the village of Ahmići. The event that led to the signing of the Washington Treaty. The photo shows the entry of the UNPROFOR convoy after the withdrawal of the HVO. (16.04.1993)(770x513)
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Captured insurgents prepared for execution shortly after the suppression of an anti-colonial uprising in British Nyasaland (modern Malawi). The uprising was led by Baptist pastor John Chilembwe, who was killed in action. January or soon after, 1915. [953×777]
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Chinese revolutionary Sun Yat-sen at a meeting with the Five Races Under One Union flag after the revolution. Sun overthrew the Chinese monarchy in 1911. In 1918 he published a book about his ideals, Memoirs of a Chinese Revolutionary. (1912) [1920x780]
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The Italian poet Gabriel D'Annunzio addressing a pro-war crowd from the steps of the Senatorial Palace in Piazza del Campidoglio (Rome, Italy 1915) [2867x1959]
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Rally on the occasion of the III All-Ukrainian Military Congress (Kyiv, 1917) [1322x946]
Rally on the occasion of the III All-Ukrainian Military Congress, which took place on November 2-12, 1917. In the middle: Petliura, Vynnychenko, Hrushevskyi. Right: officers of the French, Belgian and Romanian military missions. Left: Ukrainian officers of the Russian army. Beginning of November (end of October in the old style) or November 20, 1917.
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Today marks the 32nd anniversary of the official establishment of the Army of the Republic of Bosnia and Herzegovina. The photo shows Chief of the General Staff Sefer Halilović with his soldiers. (1992) (480x320)
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Peel P50 Mini Car 1960s. [1921x1535]
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Opening day of the first McDonald's restaurant in Poland. Warsaw, June 17, 1992. Photo by Cezary Słomiński. [821x545]
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Yevhen Konovalets ((Warsaw, Poland, May 1936)(colorized)) [533x767]
Yevhen Konovalets - colonel of the Army of the Ukrainian People's Republic, commander of the Ukrainian Military Academy, head of the Ukrainian Nationalist Movement, the first head of the OUN. Born on June 14, 1891 in the village of Zashkiv, Lviv region, killed by a Soviet agent on May 23, 1938 in Rotterdam, the Netherlands
https://commons.m.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Yevhen_Konovalets#/media/File%3AЄвген_Коновалець.jpg
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charlie_Chaplin#/media/File%3AChaplin_the_gold_rush_boot.jpg
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A foreign tourist observing Leonardo's Last Supper in the former refectory of the cloister adjoining the church of Santa Maria delle Grazie (Milan, Italy 1952) [1877x2867]
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Eleven Okinawa civilians who were huddled in this hillside cave were rescued when a passing Marine patrol heard a baby crying. After being assured that no harm would come to them they emerged from their hideout and here a Leatherneck lends a hand to a mother and baby, 1945. [1750x1412]
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Sgt. George Chamberlain of the 43rd Infantry Division examines the Japanese souvenirs he captured during the fighting on New Georgia, 1944. Chamberlain would also receive a Silver Star and Purple Heart while leading his squad on the island. [869x1078]
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On February 20, 1947 the O'Connor Plating Works disaster killed 17 and damaged 11 buildings beyond repair [3936×3432]
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The town of Ellenton, South Carolina was razed to make way for the Savannah River Site, to manufacture components for nuclear weapons. One of the town's residents put up this roadside memorial at the city limits sign, 1950 [1024 x 818]
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Ernesto Che Guevara photographed in the middle of a sneeze, 1960s [378x481]
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Rafael Caro Quintero, co-founder of Mexico's first drug cartel, imprisoned following the torture and murder of DEA agent Kiki Camarena and US journalist John Clay Walker, 1985. [577x630]
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Tiananmen Square protests before the crackdown, 1989 [992x656]
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Uriankhai/Tuvans. Uriankhai is a term of address applied by the Mongols to a group of forest peoples of the North, who include the Turkic-speaking Tuvans and Yakuts (Tannu Uriankhai c1910) [2867x2125]
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Vice President George H.W. Bush Visiting the Site of the 1983 Beirut Barracks Bombing [600 × 545 pixels]
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De Havilland DH.86B Express Imperial Airways Denebola in Zurich, Switzerland. 1939 [colorized] [1505X1000]
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The commander of the "Women's Sich" Stefania Tysovska (left) with her deputy Maria Khymynets-Kedyulych (right), 1939. [720x1080]
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US Soldiers in a Jeep with an improvised mount M1917A1 water-cooled MG in Ohrdruf Germany - April 1945. (LIFE Magazine, David Scherman Photographer) [1440x948]
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A bomber crew of the 320th Bomb Group with a B-26 Marauder nicknamed 'O'Riley's Daughter' ca 1944 [720x501]
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Demonstration in 1968 of Flemish students in Leuven with poster saying “Flemish people in Flanders” and “Walloons in Wallonia” (470x343)
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Children swearing allegiance to the Little Red Book during the Cultural Revolution. China, 1971 [1100x866]
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American actress Clara Bow with her youngest son, George, just weeks after he was born ( 1938) [2867x2118]
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Nijo Castle in Kyoto. c1902 (800x539). Western main gate to the right.
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Major David G. Bellemere in front of B-24 Liberator 41-29583 “Teepee Time Gal” ca 1944. [468x592]
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