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Newspaper article from the New York Times detailing the assassination of Richard Oakes

Governor Nelson Rockefeller recording (and possibly sending out a live radio broadcast) a message about "Operation Goodwill". Operation Goodwill was originally a Cold War operation that sent money and goods to foreign countries, as a form of global…

Mugshot of Gee Jon, taken in Nevada State Prison. Gee Jon was the first person to be executed by lethal gas in the United States.

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"Left scene: two Russian men drinking at table and about to hit each other with bottles; lettering meaning in English "When the gentleman gets drunk, he will become aggressive".

Middle scene: A Russian…

A group of allied soldiers prepare to storm Normandy Beach, France on D-Day.

Post card from 1915 depicting a suffragette.

A female code breaker operating a Naval Security Station cryptanalytic machine to help decode enemy communications during World War II.

Two Italian fishing boats at Fisherman's Wharf on the water near the dock, San Francisco, CA,