I know it’s hard to imagine, but there was once a time where we couldn’t just snap pics on our iPhones and edit whatever filters our hearts desired onto them. Yes, once upon a time, all photos were taken in black and white. And while these vintage black and white images are undeniably beautiful, there is something extra special about being able to see historical photographs in color. Thankfully, with the technology we have at our fingertips today, artists all over the world are working to bring color and new life to old photos to give us a deeper understanding of the past. 

And one of the best places on the internet to see these pictures is the History in Color Instagram account. We’ve gone through History in Color’s feed to find some of the most captivating vintage photos that have been colorized to share with you below. So enjoy checking out these little gems from the past, and be sure to upvote all of your favorites. Keep reading to also find an interview we were lucky enough to receive from Jim Mathis, a professional photo restorer and colorizer. Then if you’re interested in checking out even more historical photos after finishing this list, we’ve got the perfect Bored Panda piece for you to read next right here.

#1 Robin Williams Before He Was Famous, Dressed As A Mime In Central Park, New York, In 1974

“Daniel Sorine photographed two mime artists performing in New York’s Central Park and in 2013, Daniel was looking through his negatives and photographs when he realized one of the mimes was Oscar-winning actor Robin Williams”

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We reached out to professional photographer, photo restorer and photo colorizer Jim Mathis to get some insight on photo coloring from an expert. We asked Jim what inspired him to get into photo colorizing, and he told us, “I have always loved black and white photography. I was a protégé of Ansel Adams and other famous B&W photographers. For 23 years I owned a custom black & white photo lab in Kansas City. But I was very much aware that not all images are better in black and white, and, in fact, color can be a very strong element of many photographs.” 

“Before the invention of Kodachrome in 1936, if we wanted a color photo, it had to be hand colored. Artist who could paint over a B&W photo were in high demand for over a hundred years. The advantage of hand coloring is that we can use any colors we want, and we do not need to colorize the parts of the image that would be distracting if left in the original color,” Jim told us.

Photo colorizing even ran in Jim’s family. “My mother was a colorist that worked in a photo studio in the 1940s-50s, and I learned the technique from her at an early age. I have always enjoyed colorizing photos and making them special by using spot color or different colors.”

#2 Royal Navy Stoker With 21 Years Service Nicknamed “Popeye”, Photographed On Board The Hms Rodney In September 1940

“A stoker was responsible for anything from the propulsion systems to hydraulics, electrical and firefighting systems. The HMS Rodney played a major role in the sinking of the German battleship Bismarck in mid-1941”

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We also asked Jim why seeing vintage photos in color is so captivating. “We are used to seeing older photographs as B&W, so adding color seems to bring them to life,” he explained. “By its very nature B&W is abstract. The reality of color can be startling if we are used to seeing photos from a certain era only in shades of gray.” 

Jim also broke down the process of photo colorizing for us a bit. “In the past, oil paint, colored charcoal, or colored pencils could be used to add color to a B&W photograph, just as if we were making a painting from ‘scratch’. With a computer using Adobe Photoshop, we can duplicate that same process using brush tools, pencil tools, and so forth. The most recent versions of Photoshop use AI which can apply the colors almost automatically by analyzing the image and figuring out what colors things should be. This process is not 100% accurate and usually only gives an approximate color and only works on common subjects. For example, Photoshop might know that grass is green and the sky is blue, or what color flesh tones should be, but it doesn’t know what color a car is or what any object that could be any color should look like. Automated colorizing still requires a certain amount of color correction and adjustments. The big advantage of using a computer to colorize images is that multiple prints and sizes can be made. I sometimes convert a modern color digital photo to black & white and then colorize it to give a new look. Not relying on the original colors can be a very creative process.”

#3 Two Photographs Of Evgeny Stepanovich Kobytev, A Soviet Soldier, Taken 4 Years Apart. The First Image, On The Left, Was Taken The Day He Went To Fight In The War, Age 30 In June 1941, And The Photograph On The Right Was Taken When He Returned From The War In 1945

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Jim also wanted to add that, “Not all B&W images should be colorized, but if the original photographer would have used color film if it had been available, colorizing may be a good choice.”

If you’d like to check out Jim’s website, you can find it right here.

#4 A Navajo Man Photographed In C. 1904 Dressed As Nayenezgáni, A Mythical Hero From Navajo Mythology Who, Along With His Brother Tobadzischini, Rid The World Of The Anaye (Monsters From Navajo Mythology)

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History in Color has grabbed the attention of many Instagram users since its creation. Through its sharing of over 3,400 photographs, the page has amassed nearly 900k followers. The owner of the page notes that they do not colorize the images themself, but they share photos they find and credit the original colorizers. From pictures of Marie Curie to planes in World War II, the page highlights some of the most fascinating moments in history that many of us have seen very few photos of, especially photos in color.

Colorizing photographs is not a new phenomenon, though. Sure, technological advances have made it much simpler, but artists were finding techniques to add color to photos all the way back in 1839. But colorizing at that time was a very lengthy process, as photos first needed to be taken, developed and printed before anyone could sit down and work on the color aspect. 

#5 The Cast Of Star Wars Out Of Costume In C. 1977. From Left To Right: Harrison Ford (Han Solo), David Prowse (Darth Vader), Peter Mayhew (Chewbacca), Carrie Fisher (Princess Leia), Kenny Baker (R2-D2), And Mark Hamill (Luke Skywalker)

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Once a photo was prepared to be colorized, an artist would begin the expensive and time consuming process. The first person known for colorizing photographs was Swiss painter Johann Baptist Isenring. He would apply acacia gum then hand paint pigments onto a picture to bring the image to life. And while hand coloring photos began in Europe, it was soon popularized in Japan. Inspired by the colorful wooden prints of landscapes that were common in Japan at that time, artists already had the skill set necessary to begin colorizing photographs. Over time, European and Japanese artists shared their innovations and constantly adapted to find the most effective methods.  

#6 A Street Car Conductor Not Allowing Passengers Aboard Without Wearing A Mask During The Spanish Flu Pandemic. Photograph Taken In Seattle, Washington, USA In 1918

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When it comes to restoring photographs, there are various techniques and tools used depending on the damage. Similarly for colorizing images, artists would choose the best method depending on what look they were going for. However, the main tools that every artist had on hand tended to be watercolors, dyes, oils, crayons and pastels. Oil paints were more common among Western artists while watercolors were more popular in Japan. But by the 1880s and 1890s, Japanese artists started working with aniline dyes as well, which created more vivid colors that might even be seen as too vibrant today.  

#7 A Navajo Man Photographed In C. 1904 Dressed As Tó Neinilii, The Rain God Of The Navajo People, A Deity Given To Having Fun And Playing Tricks

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#8 Photograph Of The Hindenburg Disaster On The 6 May 1937. This Was When The German Passenger Airship Lz 129 Hindenburg Caught Fire And Was Destroyed During Its Attempt To Dock With Its Mooring Mast At Naval Air Station Lakehurst

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#9 A Native American, Belonging To The Ojibwe People, Spear Fishing In A Lake Somewhere In Minnesota, United States. Photograph Taken In 1908

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The painting was an extremely tedious process, with master colorists in Japan sometimes only finishing two or three photographs during a twelve-hour work day. Over time, studios began to expedite the process by employing more and more artists to create a production line. Every artist would be responsible for specific tasks, like a set range of colors, a particular area of each photo, or every person in an image. By the 1890s, prominent Japanese colorizing studios employed anywhere from 20-100 artists. This greatly increased their output and allowed Japan to establish its prominence in the field of photography colorization. 

#10 Four Women Photographed Outside A House In The Slums Of Amsterdam, The Netherlands In 1899. The Photograph Was Taken By The Health Service In Preparation For An Uninhabitable Declaration

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#11 Dutch Resistance Fighters Photographed Celebrating The Liberation Of The City Of Breda, The Netherlands, By The Polish 1st Armored Division On The 29th October 1944

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#12 Mercury Train Photographed In 1936. Mercury Was The Name Used By The New York Central Railroad For A Family Of Daytime Streamliner Passenger Trains Operating Between Midwestern Cities. The Mercury’s Started Operating In 1936 And Lasted Until 1959

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As time passed, albumen prints and organic pigments that Japanese artists had traditionally used began to fade and become discolored due to too much exposure to light and pollutants. Photographers grew concerned as their clients became less willing to purchase photos that they knew wouldn’t stand the test of time, so artists continued to seek innovation and update their practices. One photographer, Tamamura Kozaburo, claimed in an ad in 1891, “My coloring has been pronounced by competent judges to be unsurpassed by any in this country [and because] I use only the best chemicals, my photographs are durable and do not fade.” Today, many of the Japanese hand-painted photographs that are on display in museums are still vibrant and beautifully colored, as they have been delicately maintained and protected from the elements.

#13 Future Queen Elizabeth II Of The United Kingdom Photographed At The Age Of 19 In 1945 Serving As An Ambulance Driver For The Auxiliary Territorial Service During World War II

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#14 Wo Apsaroke Native Americans On Horseback Outside Of A Tipi In A Snow-Covered Forest In Montana In 1908

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#15 Photographer Michael Nash Using A Backdrop To Hide Buildings Damaged During World War II While Photographing A Woman In Warsaw, Poland In November 1946

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Fast forward 100 years, and suddenly the digital age of colorization began. When it comes to more recent innovations, Adobe Photoshop was a game changer. After its release in 1991, hand-coloring became much less popular. Suddenly, artists could create separate color layers for each color in the photo and paint over the picture using virtual brushes. Photoshop allowed artists to adjust standard hues and saturation, color balance and opacity of each individual color, and because the image could constantly be edited, it was much easier to play around with colors before making permanent decisions. Various versions of any photo could be made as well. And of course, infinite prints could be made, so there was no longer a concern about how long the photographs would last.

#16 A Crowded Beach In Atlantic City Photographed In 1908

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#17 Russian Revolutionary Leon Trotsky (Right), Mexican Artist Frida Kahlo (Center), And Revolutionary And Wife Of Trotsky Natalia Sedova, Photographed Together In Mexico In 1937

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#18 Women Delivering Ice From A Truck On An Ice Route On The 16 September 1918. This Job Was Previously Only Done By Men But Due To The War, Women Were Recruited. Shortly After The End Of The First World War, The Natural Ice Trade Began To Be Overtaken By Production Of Ice Through Refrigeration Cooling Systems And Plant Ice

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Even more recently, AI technology has been used to colorize old photographs. The latest versions of Photoshop have AI technology built-in that analyzes a photo and compares it to millions of others online to add appropriate colors within seconds. While the photos tend to need more adjustments from artists following the initial AI coloring, the technology can save photoshoppers hours by giving them a huge head start. According to Jim Mathis, a professional photo restorer and colorizer, this AI technology is not a perfect fix, but about 90% of the time, it’s worth using. 

#19 Paulette Goddard And Charlie Chaplin (Dressed As His Famous Character The Tramp) Photographed In 1936 Resting On The Set Of The Silent Film Modern Times

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#20 Newly Engaged Couple, Senator John F. Kennedy And Jacqueline Bouvier, Relaxing At The Kennedy Family Home In Hyannis Port In Cape Cod, Massachusetts On The 4 July 1953

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#21 Grigori Rasputin, Russian Mystic And Self-Proclaimed Holy Man Who Befriended The Family Of Tsar Nicholas II, The Last Monarch Of Russia, And Gained Considerable Influence In Late Imperial Russia, In C. 1910s

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In recent years, there has been a bit of controversy around using AI exclusively to recolor historical photographs. Some people claim that it falsifies history by portraying photos in a light that we have no way of knowing is accurate. Data scientist Samuel Goree was skeptical of this AI technology, so he put it to the test himself. He used DeOldify, an AI colorization app, to convert a black and white version of Alfred T. Palmer’s famous 1943 photograph Operating a hand drill at Vultee Nashville back to color, and the photo that the app created featuring the black female subject with lighter skin than she had in reality.

#22 He Train Wreck At Montparnasse Station In Paris, France On The 22 October 1895. The Train Overran A Buffer Stop And Smashed Through A Window Due To The Driver Approaching The Station At Too Fast A Speed. Surprisingly, There Was Only 1 Death As A Result Of This Disaster, A Woman Outside The Station Was Killed By Falling Masonry

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#23 A Woman Posting A Letter In A Postbox Amongst Destroyed Buildings And Rubble Caused By German Air Raids During World War II. Photograph Taken In London, United Kingdom In 1940

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#24 A Portrait Of Two Whistles (Ishichoshtupsh) Of The Crow People (Apsáalooke) Photographed By Edward S. Curtis In 1908

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Some people also disagree with AI colorization as it disregards the original artist’s intent. Photographers are usually extremely particular about their images, and allowing a computer to decide what they look like takes away some of their artistic freedom. For example, we all know how a filter can change the feeling an image conveys, as many of us use filters on Instagram all the time. But it’s important that when adding color to historical images, artists use care and precision. These photos tell stories about the past, and those stories should be told in an unbiased light. 

#25 Kaiser Wilhelm II Of The German Empire Photographed Smoking In Silesia By Oscar Tellgmann In 1913

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#26 The Interior Of A Commercial Plane In 1936. The Plane Belonged To Imperial Airways, The First British Commercial Airline

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#27 Iconic Spanish Civil War Photograph Taken By Juan Guzmán Of 17-Year-Old Marina Ginestà With An M1916 Spanish Mauser Rifle Overlooking Barcelona On The 21 July 1936 During The 1936 Military Uprising In Barcelona

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It’s fascinating to see these vintage photographs come to life with a bit of color. I find it easier to relate to these past events and figures when I can view them this way. While the coloring may not be 100% accurate, it can certainly enhance the experience of viewing these photos. We hope you enjoy the rest of this list, and don’t forget to upvote all of your favorite pictures. Then if you want to see even more History in Color, be sure to check out the Instagram page right here. 

#28 A Japanese Couple Taking A Self Portrait Together In C. 1920

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#29 He Construction Of The Eiffel Tower In Paris, France In 1888, A Year Before The 1889 World’s Fair Of Which It Was The Main Symbol. Construction Of The Eiffel Tower Was Completed On The 15 March 1889 And Was Originally A Color Known As “Venetian Red”

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#30 People Diving From The Pont D’iena Into The River Seine With The Eiffel Tower In The Background In Paris, France In 1945. Photograph Taken By Iconic French Photographer Robert Doisneau

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#31 16th President Of The United States, Abraham Lincoln, Photographed At The Age Of 56 On The 5 February 1865, A Month Before His Second Inauguration, And 2 Months Before His Assassination

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#32 Rench Painter Claude Monet Photographed In His Garden In Giverny, France In 1899

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#33 72 Wall Street In New York City Photographed On The 7 November 1918 Showing Citizens Celebrating The End Of The First World War Four Days Before The Official Declaration After News That An Armistice Was To Be Signed Spread Throughout The City

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#34 The Oldest Surviving Photograph Ever, Taken In C. 1826 By Joseph Nicéphore Niépce From A Window On His Estate ‘Le Gras’ In Saint-Loup-De-Varennes, France. In The Photograph, You Can See Some Buildings On His Estate And The Surrounding Countryside

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#35 A Coal Miner Photographed At The End Of A Day’s Work, In Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania In 1942

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#36 A 37-Year-Old Prince Philip, Duke Of Edinburgh Poses For A Portrait In Buckingham Palace, London, England, In 1958. He Died Today 9 April 2021 At The Age Of 99

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#37 Photograph Of The Oldest House In Hamburg, Germany Taken In 1898. It Was Built In 1524 And, Despite Protests From Locals, Was Demolished On The 8 December 1910

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#38 Viljo Valter Suokas, Knight Of The Mannerheim Cross (The Most Distinguished Finnish Military Honor), Photographed At A Field Hospital After Being Wounded In December 1941

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#39 A Dock Stevedore At The New York Fulton Fish Market Holding A Lobster And A Giant Lobster Claw. Photograph Taken By Iconic American Photographer Gordon Parks In May 1943

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#40 Nicoli (Pix-On-Che-La-Hoit) Of The Native American Salish Peoples Photographed By Edward H. Boos On The Flathead Indian Reservation, Western Montana In C.1905

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#41 A Young Soldier Of The Austro-Hungarian Army Standing On The Bridge Of Sighs, A Bridge Connecting Tunnels Inside The Marmolada Glacier. Photograph Taken On The 25 September 1917

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#42 People At Daytona Beach In Flordia, United States In 1904

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#43 An Italian Boy Giving Flowers To An American Soldier Whose Tank Had Stopped On The Edge Of Rome, Italy In June 1944

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#44 A Group Of Japanese Officers Photographed By British-Italian Photographer Felice Beato In Japan In C. 1866

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#45 Double Leg Amputee Railway Signalman, James Wide, Photographed Working Alongside His Pet And Assistant, Jack Baboon, In Cape Town During The 1880s. James Wide Purchased A Chacma Baboon In 1881 And Trained Him To Push His Wheelchair And To Operate The Railway Signals Under Supervision

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#46 Jewish Families In Amsterdam, The Netherlands Being Forced To Leave Their Homes In May/June 1943 And Assemble For Deportation To Concentration Camps

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#47 Father Christmas Wearing A Tin Helmet Walking On Regent Street In London, England Carrying A Bag Of Presents. Photograph Taken On The 23 December 1940

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#48 Hawaiian Surfer, Charles Kauha, Carrying An Alaia, A Surfboard Ridden In Pre-20th Century Hawaii, At Waikiki Beach In 1898

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#49 An 81-Year-Old Nikola Tesla, A Serbian-American Inventor, Electrical Engineer, Mechanical Engineer, And Futurist Who Is Best Known For His Contributions To The Design Of The Modern Alternating Current (Ac) Electricity Supply System. Photograph Taken In 1937

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#50 Train Of The Mount Washington Cog Railway Dropping Off/Picking Passengers Up At The Base Station In The White Mountains Mountain Range In New Hampshire, United States. Photo Taken In C. 1906

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#51 Charlie Chaplin, Famous Actor And Film Producer Of The Silent Era, Holding A Puppet Version Of His Character “The Tramp” In C. 1914

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#52 A French Boy Running Down A Street With A Baguette Photographed By French Photographer Willy Ronis In 1952

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#53 A Housemaid Cleaning A House Using One Of The First Domestic Vacuum Cleaners In 1906, The Siemens Dedusting Pump. It Was Released In 1906 And Weighed 150 Kg, Had An Upstream Filter, And Was Mounted On A Movable Sled

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#54 A Boy Sitting In The Wreckage Of A Building Shortly After A Bombing Raid Of London, England During World War 2. Photograph Was Taken In January 1945. Credit: @marinaarts
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#55 Louis Armstrong Playing The Trumpet For His Wife Lucille In Front Of The Great Sphinx Of Giza In Greater Cairo, Egypt, In 1961

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#56 British Socialite And Suffragist, Lady Norman, Photographed On Her Autoped In C. 1916. The Autoped Early Motorized Scooter Manufactured By The Autoped Company Of Long Island City, New York From 1915 To 1922

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#57 British Veteran Of The Napoleonic Wars And His Wife Sitting For A Photograph In The 1860s. This Veteran Served In The Peninsular War Which Took Place From 1807 To 1814 And Saw Bourbon Spain Assisted By Great Britain Against The First French Empire For Control Of The Iberian Peninsula

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#58 A Clothes Shop In Copenhagen, Denmark Covered In Large Spring And Winter Coats That Were Overstocked. Photograph Taken In 1936

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#59 Gunner Hector Murdoch Arrives Home At His New Prefabricated House In Tulse Hill, London On His Birthday On The 15 October 1945, And Greeted By Is Wife Rosina And His Son John. Hector Spent Over 4 Years Away From Home, Spending 3 Of Those As A Prisoner Of War Of The Japanese After The Fall Of Singapore In 1942. He Nearly Died Of Cholera When In Singapore, And For 18 Months Rosina Did Not Know If Hector Was Dead Or Alive

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#60 Madison Avenue And 50th Street In Manhattan, New York City Photographed During The Great Blizzard Of 1888. The Great Blizzard Of 1888 Occurred From 11 -14 March Which Saw Snowfall From 10 To 58 Inches In Parts Of New Jersey, New York, Massachusetts, Rhode Island, And Connecticut, And Sustained Winds Of More Than 45 Mph Produced Snowdrifts In Excess Of 50 Feet

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#61 Charlotte And Marjorie Collyer, Survivors Of The Sinking Of The Titanic Which Took Place In April 1912. They Were 2nd Class Passengers On The Ship And Charlotte’s Husband/Marjorie’s Father, Harvey Collyer, Died In The Disaster. Photo Taken In June 1912

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#62 Martin Luther King Jr. And Ralph Abernathy Riding On The First Desegregated Bus In Montgomery, Alabama In December 1956

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#63 The Famous Photo Of The Migrant Mother Taken By Dorothea Lange Showing 32-Year-Old Mother Florence Owens Thompson At A Pea Picker Camp Where The Crops Had Died Due To Frost. Photograph Taken In Nipomo, California

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#64 First World War German Field Marshal, August Von Mackensen, Photographed In C. 1915. He Was One Of Germany’s Most Prominent And Competent Military Leaders And Remained A Committed Monarchist Until His Death In November 1945 At The Age Of 95. His Life Spanned The Kingdom Of Prussia, The North German Confederation, The German Empire, The Weimar Republic, The Third Reich, And The Post-War Allied Occupation Of Germany

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#65 Us Army Soldiers Returning To The United States Following The End Of The Second World War In Europe. Photo Taken In North River, New York On The 6 August 1945

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#66 Us Army Soldier, Ivan Babcock Of The 165th Signal Photo Company Photographed Wearing The Crown Of The Holy Roman Empire In A Cave In Siegan, Germany On The 3 April 1945. The Cave, Which Was Captured By The Us Army, Was Used By The Germans To Store Valuable Works Of Art

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#67 Wooden Leg (Kâhamâxéveóhtáhe), Photographed Holding A Rifle At Northern Cheyenne Reservation, Montana In 1927

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#68 Chief John Smith A.k.a. White Wolf, Reportedly The Oldest Native American To Ever Live (137-Years-Old), Photographed In C. 1920. White Wolf’s True Age At His Death Is Often Disputed

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#69 Italian Partisan, Stefano Candela (Known As ‘Eolo’), Photographed In A Village In Piedmont, A Region Of Italy That Borders France And Switzerland. Photograph Taken In October 1944

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#70 A Street In The City Of Segovia In Spain Photographed In C. 1904. In The Background, You Can See The Famous Roman Aqueduct Of Segovia Which Is Believed To Have Been Constructed Between The 1st And 2nd Century Ad. This Photo Was Taken By German-American Photographer Arnold Genthe During His Travels Around Europe At The Beginning Of The 20th Century

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#71 Men Of The Seaforth Highlanders Resting With A Dog In A Trench, Near La Gorgue, France In August 1915

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#72 Anne Frank At The Age Of 9 In May 1939. She Is One Of The Most Discussed Jewish Victims Of The Holocaust, Becoming Known Posthumously With The 1947 Publication Of The Diary Of A Young Girl In Which She Documents Her Life In Hiding From 1942 To 1944, During The German Occupation Of The Netherlands In World War II

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#73 A Street In New Bedford, Massachusetts On A Foggy Night In 1941

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#74 A Woman With A Young Child In A Sleeping Area Set Up In A Underground Station In London, England As An Air Raid Shelter During World War II, C. 1941

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#75 A Wounded British Soldier And A German Pow Lighting Cigarettes At An Advanced Dressing Station Near Epehy, France On The 18 September 1918

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#76 Norwegian Painter, Wilhelm Otto Peters, Working On His Painting “Digging For Worms” In Nesseby, Finnmark, In 1884

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#77 The Golden Gate Bridge In San Francisco, California, United States, While It Is Under Construction. Photograph Taken In The 16 July 1934

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#78 Chief Bone Necklace Of The Oglala Lakota Native Americans Photographed In 1899

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#79 Gutzon Borglum, The Architect Of Mount Rushmore, Hanging Below The Eye Of Abraham Lincoln As The Crew Works On The Carving Of Lincoln’s Head Into The Mountain. Photograph Taken In 1935, 8 Years Into The Construction Of Mount Rushmore

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#80 Legendary Actor Sean Connery Photographed Laying On A Sofa While Smoking A Cigarette In London, United Kingdom On The 8 October 1963. He Was In London For The Filming Of The Crime Thriller “Woman Of Straw”

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#81 Queen Victoria Of The United Kingdom Sitting In A Carriage With Turi, Her Pomeranian Dog, In C. 1895

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#82 A Sámi Fisherman From Inari, Finland Photographed By Wilhelm Crahmer In 1912. The Sámi People Are An Indigenous Finno-Ugric-Speaking People Inhabiting Sápmi, Which Today Encompasses Large Northern Parts Of Norway, Sweden, Finland, And The Kola Peninsula Within The Murmansk Oblast Of Russia

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#83 Prince Philip, The Duke Of Edinburgh, And Princess Elizabeth, Duchess Of Edinburgh, With Their Children Prince Charles And Princess Anne In 1951

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#84 Chaplain Kenny Lynch Conducting A Service For The Men Of The 31st Infantry Regiment In Hwacheon, Korea, In 1951 During The Korean War

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#85 Actress Brigitte Helm Having A Break In Costume On The Set Of The 1927 Fritz Lang Film ‘Metropolis’ In Which She Plays Maria / The Maschinenmensch (The Machine Man)

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#86 Tooth Extraction Taking Place In A Liquor Store In 1872. An Assistant Is Holding The Person’s Head In Place With A Towel While The “Dentist” Uses Pliers To Remove The Tooth

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#87 7-Foot-Tall (2.10m) Captured German Soldier, Jacob Naken, Talking With A Canadian Soldier In Calais, France On 29 September 1944

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#88 Photographer Per Elis Edhlund With His Daughter, Tyra Edhlund Photographed In C. 1910, And The Second Photo Is Them Photographed Again In The Mid-1940s

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#89 People Surrounding A Car Crash In 1921 In Washington, D.c

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#90 A Republican Militiaman Photographed Looking Into The Camera While He And Many Others Leave Barcelona To The Front. Photograph In Barcelona In Late July 1936 At The Beginning Of The Spanish Civil War

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#91 The Iconic American Wartime Photograph “The Thousand Yard Stare” Showing An Exhausted 19-Year-Old Us Marine Private Theodore J. Miller In February 1944 After Two Days Of Constant Fighting At The Battle Of Eniwetok. Miller Would Be Killed In A Firefight During The Invasion Of Ebon Atoll A Month Later On The 24 March 1944

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#92 Us 17th Airborne Paratroopers, With Their Hair Cut In Mohawk-Style, Being Briefed For The Next Day’s Jump Across The Rhine, Arras, France. Photograph Taken On The 23 March 1945

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#93 Lewis Nixon Of The 101st Airborne Division Grabbing Some Wine Following A Long Night Of Drinking Hitler’s Wine. Photograph Taken In 1945

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#94 3-Year-Old Italian Partisan, Prosperina Vallet, Photographed With Other Partisans In The Snow-Covered Mountains Of Valle D’aosta On The Border Between France And Italy In November 1944

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#95 Norman Parkinson Photograph Of Two People Running Up A Street In New York City In 1960

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#96 Us Army Air Force 2nd Lt. Quintin C. Aanenson Takes A Selfie In The Mirror With His Girlfriend. Photograph Taken In C. 1940s

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#97 A 77-Year-Old Sir Winston Churchill Photographed By Legendary Photographer Phillippe Halsman During The First Year Of Churchill’s Second Term As Prime Minister Of The United Kingdom, 1951

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#98 A 1904 Photograph Of An Unknown Street In Europe Taken By German-American Photographer Arnold Genthe During His Travels Around Europe

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#99 59 ½ Mulberry Street, A Back Alley In Manhattan, New York City, Better Known As “Bandit’s Roost” Due To Being The Most Dangerous Area In Mulberry Street Which To The Photographer Jacob Riis Epitomized The Worst Of New York City’s Slums

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#100 British Prime Minister, Winston Churchill, And Leader Of The Soviet Union, Josef Stalin, In Livadia Palace During The Yalta Conference In February 1945

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#101 Future 35th President Of The United States, John F. Kennedy, At The Age Of 20, Holding His Pet Dog, Dunker, In The Hague, Netherlands, On The 24 August 1937. Jfk Bought Dunker For $7 In Germany During His Summer Trip Around Europe And Named Him With Inspiration From The German Word For “Thank You”. He Had To Give Dunker Up Due To His Allergies

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#102 26-Year-Old Actor Clint Eastwood Photographed By Earl Leaf Talking On A Payphone Outside His Home On The 1 June 1956 In Los Angeles, California. At This Stage In His Career, Eastwood Had Only A Handful Of Small, Mostly Uncredited, Roles On Film And Television

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#103 A Thylacine In Captivity Photographed In 1910. The Thylacine Is An Extinct Carnivorous Marsupial That Was Native To The Australian Mainland And The Islands Of Tasmania And New Guinea. The Last Known Live Thylacine Was Named “Benjamin” And Died In Captivity In September 1936

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#104 Cologne Cathedral Photographed In C. 1945 Amidst The Ruins Of The City Of Cologne, Germany Damaged By Allied Bombings

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#105 Two Mugshots Of The Same Man Taken In Norway 25 Years Apart. On The Left Shows Ludvig At The Age Of 22 In 1881 After His Arrest For Breaking Into And Robbing A House That Was Under Construction. The Mugshot On The Right Was Taken In C. 1906 When Ludvig Would Have Been About 47 Years Old. It Is Not Noted Why He Was Arrested In The Second Mugshot

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#106 Two Men Of The 506th Parachute Infantry Regiment Photographed Among Citizens Of Eindhoven, The Netherlands While Restocking Ammunition Of Their M1919a6 Browning Machine Gun On The 18 September 1944

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#107 A Soldier Of The British Army Standing Guard And Two Beach-Goers Separated By A Barbed-Wire Fence On A Beach In England In 1941 During The Second World War

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#108 Citizens Of Antwerp, Belgium Coming Out On The Streets, A Few Hours After The Announcement Of The Armistice, To Celebrate The End Of The First World War. Photograph Taken On The 11 November 1918

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#109 President Of The United States, Abraham Lincoln (Left), And Union Army Major General George B. Mcclellan Sitting Together In A Tent At Antietam, Maryland On The 3 October 1862, Shortly After The Battle Of Antietam. This Was The First Field Army–level Engagement In The Eastern Theater Of The American Civil War To Take Place On Union Soil. It Was The Bloodiest Day In American History, With A Combined Tally Of 22,717 Dead, Wounded, Or Missing

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#110 A One-Legged German Veteran From The First World War Begging On The Streets Of Berlin, Germany In 1923

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#111 A Giant, Believed To Be Adam Rainer, Sitting In A Tavern Drinking A Beer In The 1900s. Adam Rainer Is The Only Person In Medical History To Be Considered Both A Dwarf (Measuring At Under 4ft 10in (1.47m) At The Age Of 18) And A Giant (Measuring At 7ft 8in (2.34m) At The Time Of His Death In 1950) During His Life

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#112 American Troops On Board A Landing Craft Heading For The Beaches At Oran In Algeria During Operation Torch In November 1942

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#113 The Mugshot Of Josep Broz Tito, President Of Yugoslavia From 1953 To 1980, Photographed In 1928 When He Was Arrested For Communist Activities

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#114 A Waist Gunner Of A B-17 Flying Fortress Aircraft Holding On To A Mounted .50 Caliber Machine Gun. Photograph Taken In The 1940s During World War II

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#115 Charlie Chaplin And Winston Churchill Photographed Together In Los Angeles On The Set Of City Lights On The 24 September 1929

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#116 Mexican Revolutionary Leaders Pancho Villa And Emiliano Zapata Sitting Next To Each Other At Palacio Nacional In Mexico City, Mexico On The 6 December 1914. Villa Is Sitting In The Presidential Chair

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#117 Jesse Owens, American Track And Field Athlete And Four-Time Gold Medalist, Salutes During The Presentation Of His Gold Medal For The Long Jump, After Defeating Nazi Germany’s Luz Long During The 1936 Summer Olympics In Berlin, Germany

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#118 Mugshot Of Solomon Sivils Who Was Sentenced To 18 Months And Fined $10 For Introducing Liquor Into Indian Territory In 1904. In 1834 Legislation Was Passed Creating Penalties For The Sale, Barter, Or Introduction Of Alcohol Onto Native American Lands – With An Exception To Meet The Needs Of Members Of The United States Military That May Be Serving On Tribal Lands. The Reservation Ban On Alcohol, Coupled With A Prohibition Of Native Americans Being Sold Or Consuming Alcohol Even Off Reservations, Would Continue For Over A Century, Even After The 21st Amendment Ended National Prohibition

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#119 Inside The Main Hall Of The Old Cincinnati Library At 629 Vine Street, Cincinnati, United States. It Was Built In 1874 And Was Demolished In 1955

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#120 Grigori Rasputin, Russian Mystic And Self-Proclaimed Holy Man Who Befriended The Family Of Nicholas II, And Gained Considerable Influence In Late Imperial Russia, Photographed In C. 1910s

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#121 “Old Man” Tommy Lonergan (Center) And John “Peepnuts” Hale (Left) Of The ‘Filthy Thirteen’ (The Name Given To The 1st Demolition Section Of The Regimental Headquarters Company Of The 506th Parachute Infantry Regiment, 101st Airborne Division, Of The United States Army, Which Fought In The European Campaign In World War II.) Photographed Together In England On C. 5 June 1944. Hale Would Be Killed In Action During The Normandy Invasion On The 6 June 1944. This Unit Was The Inspiration For The 1965 Book And 1967 Film The Dirty Dozen

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#122 Leading Seaman Eric Kirtland, Of The Royal Canadian Naval Volunteer Reserve (R.c.n.v.r.) Displays His Tattoos, St. John’s, Newfoundland On The 10 January 1943

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#123 One Of Only Three Verified Photographs Of Blues Legend, Robert Johnson, The “Dime-Store Photo” Taken In C. December 1937. Johnson Had Little Commercial Success Or Public Recognition In His Lifetime And Died In August 1938 Aged 27. Johnson’s Poorly Documented Life And Death Have Given Rise To Many Legends. The One Most Closely Associated With His Life Is That He Sold His Soul To The Devil At A Local Crossroads To Achieve Musical Success

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#124 Future King George V Of The United Kingdom Holding His Eldest Son, Future King Edward Viii Of The United Kindom In July 1894

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#125 A Great Depression Photograph Taken By Russell Lee Of The Farm Security Administration In August 1937 Showing The Children Of Olaf Fugelberg Playing In Front Of Their Home In Williams County, North Dakota. Olaf Fugelberg Was A Farmer

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#126 A Soldier Looking At A Mirror With A Sign Reading “If You Talk Too Much, This Man May Die”. At Camp Hood, Texas In January 1943. The Sign Was Placed There To Encourage People To Not Spread Information That Might Be Sensitive In The War Effort During World War II

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#127 A Polish Servicewoman In German Uniform Checking The Identity Card Of Driver William Massey Of The Royal Canadian Army Service Corps At The Main Gate Of A German Prisoner-Of-War Camp For Female Personnel Of The Polish Army, Located North Of Haren, Germany. Photograph Taken On 7 May 1945

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#128 Koboto Santaro, A Japanese Military Commander, Wearing Traditional Armor, In 1863

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#129 The Tallest (Cornelius Bruns), Shortest (Unknown), And Fattest (Cannon Colossus) Men In Europe Playing Cards And Drinking Together In 1913

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#130 Two Soviet Partisans Of The ‘Alexandrovsky Detachment’ Photographed In C.1943. The Soviet Partisans Were Members Of Resistance Movements That Fought A Guerrilla War Against The Axis Forces During World War II In The Soviet Union, The Previously Soviet-Occupied Territories Of Interwar Poland In 1941–45 And Eastern Finland

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#131 Staff Sergeant Joseph “Sonny” Arnaldo Of New Bedford, Massachusetts, From Company A, 331st Infantry Regiment, 83rd Infantry Division. Photograph Taken In C. 1945 After He Had Just Come Off The Line After 10 Successive Days Of Fighting

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#132 5ft 8in (1.73m) Showman Pete Collins (Left) Walking Alongside 7ft 9.5in (2.37m) Albert Johan Kramer (Center) And Kramer’s Brother-In-Law 3ft 6in (1.07m) Josef Fassler (Right) In London, England In C. 1935. Kramer And Fassler Were A Performing Duo Known As “Lofty The Dutch Giant And Seppetoni The Swiss Midget” That Toured The UK

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#133 26th President Of The United States, Theodore Roosevelt, Photographed In 1898 During The Spanish-American War While He Was A Colonel In The “Rough Riders” 1st United States Volunteer Cavalry

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#134 A Group Of Men Photographed By Arthur Rothstein Outside A Post Office And Store In Nethers, Virginia, United States In October 1935

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#135 A Finnish Major Talking To A Blind Finnish Volunteer Who Has Just Returned. Taken In Hanko, Finland, On 1 June 1943

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