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Young children suffering intestinal problems from exposure to radiation rest in a hospital ward in Syekovo, a village near the Chernobyl nuclear plant on April 21, 1990.

u/zadraaa — 1 day ago

Paratrooper William L. Seeley of Portland, Oregon, is carried piggyback by a buddy after breaking his ankle during an operation in the Viet Cong jungle area about 20 miles north of Saigon, known as the 'iron triangle,' October 1965.

u/zadraaa — 1 day ago
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Chris Espinosa is currently the longest-serving employee at Apple. He joined in 1976 at the age of 14, writing BASIC code while the company was still based in Steve Jobs' garage.

u/zadraaa — 1 day ago

German soldiers enjoy cigarettes and champagne after taking a town during the Battle of France. May, 1940.

u/zadraaa — 1 day ago

A group of kids had arranged to care and feed the dog after the owner had died, England 1936.

u/zadraaa — 2 days ago

Veteran of the American Revolutionary War, Daniel Waldo, photographed at the age of 101 in 1864.

u/zadraaa — 2 days ago

A farmer and his sons walk into the face of a massive dust storm in Cimarron County, Oklahoma, 1936, struggling through blowing sand beside their weather-beaten farmhouse during the height of the Dust Bowl.

u/zadraaa — 2 days ago
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This 1960s Futuristic food truck could bake bread in just nine seconds. Place your order at your door. In seconds, Bake-O-Mat mixes and processes the ingredients, electronically bakes, slices, and wraps any of a wide variety of hot breads and pastries as you watch!

u/wagner56 — 24 hours ago

One of the seven children of a farmer sitting on a bed beneath hanging clothes inside their home in Iron County, Michigan, 1937.

u/zadraaa — 3 days ago