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US intelligence images of how Hitler could have disguised himself, 1944

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A photo of the iceberg that sunk the Titanic, taken the morning of April 15, 1912 from board of the ship “Prinz Adalbert”, before knowing the Titanic had sunk. The smear of red paint along the base of the berg (bottom right) prompted the chief steward to take the picture

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Defiant until the very end, a German Communist being executed in Munich, 1919

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[Pennsylvania, 1910]-This is a photograph of breaker boys – child labor used to separate coal from slate. This image helped lead the nation to outlaw child labour

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[Indiana, 1930] - This photograph was taken after the lynching of two young black men accused of raping a white girl. They were hanged by a mob of 10,000. The faces of the crowd are very telling. A third man was saved by the girls uncle who said he was innocent.

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[Oklahoma, 1936]: This photograph of Florence Owens Thompson (32 year old mother of 7) is one of the great representations of the Great Depression. The photograph was taken by Dorothea Lange after Florence had sold her tent to provide food for her children.

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VMA's 2001

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But seriously tho these pics are fascinating

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Originally Posted by Petemitch

VMA's 2001

.....she looked gorgeous, Pete...

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[Paris, 1940]:This photograph was taken of Adolf Hitler visiting Paris with his architect Albert Speer, on June 23, 1940. Hitler’s army had captured Paris and Hitler went to admire his new City.

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..some vintage sideshow circus performers...I wonder if AHS took inspiration from these real life people for series 4....

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Lucia Zarate - The smallest person who ever lived. In this picture, she is 18 years of age, and only weighs 4 pounds.

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A performer with severe hand and feet deformities

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Ella Harper, also known as the "Camel Girl"

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Alice E. Doherty. Her stage name was, "The Minnesota Woolly Baby"

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Artoria Gibbon, the tattooed woman. She would look right at home in 2014

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The Four-Legged Woman

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John Jennings, also known as The Modern Samson

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Annie Jones, an American bearded woman

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The Elastic-Skin Man

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Koo Koo, The Bird Girl

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Mike, the headless chicken. He managed to live 18 months without a head.

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The Human Pincushion

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The living skeleton, AKA Isaac W. Sprague