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Mikhail Gorbachev Delivers a Speech to the Council of Europe about the change of direction of the Soviet Union from that of the Brezhnev Doctrine

Coast Guardsmen at the Ellis Island Training Station.

English: U.S. inspectors examining eyes of immigrants, Ellis Island, New York Harbor

"Photograph shows Japanese American young children carrying American flags in program to promote their assimilation into American society during forced removal to the temporary concentration camp during World War II."

Track maintenance workers, called "gandy dancers" in railroad slang, patrol the Oregon Pacific Railroad in a hand

This image is a political cartoon titled "The Coming Man," published in The Wasp magazine on May 20, 1881. It reflects the anti-Chinese sentiment prevalent in the U.S. during the late 19th century, particularly around the time of the Chinese…

Aerial photograph of Cuban missile launch sites.

Miners standing near a ditch with a log cabin in the background.

A 1908 description of an execution states that 1750 volts were used in the electric chair for the first seven seconds and then 250 volts for the remainder of a minute. The caption reads, "The first electric chair at the Ohio State Penitentiary.…