#picturesinhistoryblog
East German soldier Conrad Schumann leaping over barbed wire fencing into West Berlin on 15 August 1961.
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Hiram Bingham, the real Indiana Jones, and American explorer who ‘discovered’ Machu Picchu over 100 years ago.
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Wed, 01 Jul 2015 15:13:11
Sat, 27 Jun 2015 02:25:25
Hindenburg over Olympiastadion, Berlin during the opening ceremonies of the 1936 Summer Olympic Games.
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Fri, 26 Jun 2015 17:38:12
Thu, 25 Jun 2015 20:21:13
Wed, 24 Jun 2015 20:45:42
British sailors being issued with rum at the Royal Navy barracks in Portsmouth, England, 1933
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Women of steel working during wartime, November 27, 1942. soon to be a statue in Sheffield (2)
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Thu, 30 Jul 2015 17:37:53
Mon, 13 Jul 2015 19:30:45
The Gustav railway gun, weighing in at 1,490 tons, is the largest-caliber weapon ever used in combat.
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