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Dovre, Oppland, Norway

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Dovre, Oppland, Norway

creator: Fredrik Bruno
Dovre, Oppland, Norway,
creation date: July, 1948
Swedish National Heritage Board: DB1027

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Arlington Cemetery, Arlington, Virginia. A girl taking a picture of the ceremony of laying a wreath on the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier (LOC)

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Arlington Cemetery, Arlington, Virginia. A girl taking a picture of the ceremony of laying a wreath on the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier (LOC)

creator: Bubley, Esther, photographer.
Arlington Cemetery, Arlington, Virginia. A girl taking a picture of the ceremony of laying a wreath on the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier (LOC),
creation date: 1943 May.
Library of Congress: LC-USW3- 029809-E

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[First class promenade deck, looking forward, Lusitania]

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[First class promenade deck, looking forward, Lusitania]

creator: Bedford Lemere & Co.
[First class promenade deck, looking forward, Lusitania] , creation date: ca. 1905-1907
SMU Central University Libraries: Ag1982.0183

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Painted clay sculptures of Ming dynasty in Dahui Si (Temple of the Great Wisdom)

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Painted clay sculptures of Ming dynasty in Dahui Si (Temple of the Great Wisdom)

creator: photographer, Serge Vargassoff
Painted clay sculptures of Ming dynasty in Dahui Si (Temple of the Great Wisdom),
creation date: circa 1930
Powerhouse Museum Collection: 2010/75/1-82

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Te Whereo, a Chief of Waikato

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Te Whereo, a Chief of Waikato

creator: G W Bishop
Te Whereo, a Chief of Waikato,
creation date: Circa 1865
National Maritime Museum: F6437-4

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Anna Ancher

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Anna Ancher

creator: Anna Knudstrup
Anna Ancher,
creation date: unknown
The Royal Library, Denmark: ke003433.tif

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Gertrude Stein

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Gertrude Stein

creator: Alvin Langdon Coburn
Gertrude Stein,
creation date: 1913
George Eastman House: 1979:4010:0001

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Tlingit woman named Kaw-Claa wearing her potlatch dancing costume, Alaska

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Tlingit woman named Kaw-Claa wearing her potlatch dancing costume, Alaska

creator: photographer: Nowell, Frank H.
Tlingit woman named Kaw-Claa wearing her potlatch dancing costume, Alaska,
creation date: 1906
University of Washington Libraries Digital Collections: NA2193

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Karl Oskar Lööw, Fredhäll, Uppland, Sweden

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Karl Oskar Lööw, Fredhäll, Uppland, Sweden

creator: photographer, Einar Erici
Karl Oskar Lööw, Fredhäll, Uppland, Sweden,
creation date: 1933
Swedish National Heritage Board: EE0023

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June 6, 1944

Posted by Stephanie Fysh in Best of The Commons

Two-Wheel Invasion, Normandy, June 6, 1944
National Archives: DEFE 2/502