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Top Secret Report of Major Yuri Gagarin
Report rom Gagarin, the first person to orbit earth
America, Race Relations, and Mob Violence
Uncle Sam lays sprawled on the sidewalk in front of a burning storefront called "America." Further down the street gathers a group labeled "mob violence." Several other buildings in the scene are on fire, evoking imagery from the 1992 Los Angeles…
On Nuclear Weapons
The image is from the main state-controlled newspaper in the USSR. It was used as a way to defend Soviet nuclear weapons to defend the USSR, and to establish the Soviet Union's power over United States' security.
Translation says: "Comrade J.V…
Translation says: "Comrade J.V…
Girls playing musical instruments. One girl is making a recorder or flute.
Inscription: Recto: [in pencil:] 7 1/8 x 6 1/2; Verso: [in pencil:] P, [in another hand:] by Edmund Garrett, signed
Sketch Map of the Glaciers of Kanchenjunga
Map inset from 'Round Kangchenjunga; a narrative of mountain travel and exploration (1903)' by Douglas William Freshfield. Following the 1883 mountaineering party of W W Graham, which after climbing an 18.000-foot peak returned to Darjeeling, Douglas…
Archbishop Óscar Romero: Setting the Record Straight
A woman prays in the chapel of Divine Providence Hospital in San Salvador May 21, 2015, two days before the beatification of Archbishop Óscar Romero, who was shot as he celebrated Mass in the hospital chapel March 24, 1980
Certificate of Ratification of the Nineteenth Amendment to the Constitution, Accompanied by Resolution and Transcript of the Journals of the Two Houses of the General Assembly of the State of Tennessee.
The Nineteenth Amendment guarantees all American women the right to vote. The amendment was first introduced in Congress in 1878. Over the years, champions of voting rights pursued different strategies for achieving their goal. Some worked to pass…
Signing the Korean Armistice, 1953
In this photograph, General W. K. Harrison, Jr., at the left table, signs the armistice ending the three-year Korean conflict. North Korean General Nam Il signs at the right table.