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From 1907   Source

How four British migrations defined America Link to article

Incredible ultraviolet shot of Saturn by Hubble!

 Photo credit: @NASA Source

Mark Twain (Samuel L. Clemens) and his long-time friend John T. Lewis
(probably Twain's inspiration for the character "Jim" in "Huckleberry Finn"),
standing together at Quarry Farm, Elmira, New York - 1903. Source

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“The Nutcracker”, Tchaikovsky; The London Royal Ballet Source

Bone-Titla. San Carlos Apache. 1913 Source

Built in the 18th century, this is one of the oldest buildings
in Hattfjelldal municipality in Norland, Norway Source

King Tutankhamun's shoes Source

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A deliveryman for the Home Ice Company hauls
a 25-pound ice block cleaved from a 100-pound block
Houston, Texas, 1928 Source

This Is How Sand Looks Magnified Up To 300 Times
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Portrait of a Pacific woman, New Zealand, circa 1870 - 1900
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Frozen Lighthouses On Lake Michigan Shore Source

                   The nine different ethnic groups of Bukovina region, (Austria-Hungary), 1902

From top left:
Hutsul, Hungarian, Rom (Romani or Gypsy), Lipovan, Jew, Pole, Schwab, Romanian, Rusyn

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'The short-faced bear is an extinct ancient bear that lived in North America 11,000 years ago.
They were extremely large bears, weighing more than 1 ton (1000 kg) and standing up to 12 feet (3.7 m) tall. Despite their enormous stature, the bear could run up to 40 miles per hour (64km per hour).'
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'For generations, Plains Indians drew pictographs
to document their daily experiences.' Source

'Sunflower Door, Prague, early 1900s' Source

On YouTube, but found via FB. 'History In 3D' YT channel here.

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'Frank “Rocky” Fiegel, is believed by some to be cartoonist E.C. Segar’s inspiration
for the character of “Popeye”, the photo was taken in the early 1920s.' Source

From 1963... Source

'A kitty basking in the beard of a lighthouse keeper, 1919.' Source

'This photo of the sun might not look too impressive... until you realize it was taken at night – not looking up but looking down, through the entire Earth, using neutrinos rather than light.' Source

'“Fire Rainbows” are a rare phenomenon that only occur when the sun has to be at an elevation of
58° or greater, there must be high altitude cirrus clouds with plate-shaped ice crystals,
and sunlight has to enter the ice crystals at a specific angle.' Source