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Hanging Gardens of BabylonVan Heemskerck's pen and brown ink drawing offers one of many reconstructive illustrations of the Hanging Gardens of Babylon. Van Heemsckerk's image…
Groundplan of Fort ColomboThe Portuguese arrived in Colombo - on the island of Sri Lanka - in the early 16th century. One of their first activities was to build a…
[Gorbachev beholds a shattered hammer and sickle]Cartoon shows Soviet leader Mikhail S. Gorbachev looking in dismay at a massive stone hammer and sickle, now shattered into many parts. One of a new…
We Won!This 1945 Soviet propaganda poster by V. Ivanov shows a soldier holding two large red flags and celebrating victory. The poster uses strong patriotic…
Buddhist StatueAn image of a Buddhist statue taken by Carmen V and posted on Tu Lam Temple's Yelp page.
Iwo Jima Cemetery, 1945Soldiers lying in the sand, in the top portion of the image, while the crosses of the Iwo Jima cemetery are visible in the bottom half.
Picture BridesThis is an image of three newly married couples standing in front of the Korean Methodist Church in San Francisco.
Manifest Card for Entering USAEarly U.S. immigration acts did not require keeping statistics on alien arrivals at land borders, leading to distinct statistical treatment for…
Hoey Committee Report on Homosexuals in GovernmentThis report determined that LGBTQ+ people were unfit to be in government positions and were security risks.
[Untitled]The Allied Counter Attack 25 December 1944 - 28 January 1945: American soldiers dig hasty foxholes in snow covered terrain as enemy fire opens up near…