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Summer days of 1852: Hippo Obaysch is spotted taking a nap in the Zoological Gardens in Regent’s Park , London . He was donated by Egypt in 1850 in exchange for English greyhounds and deerhounds, and he lived until 1878 .

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The headquarters of Mussolini’s Italian Fascist Party, 1934.

The building in the picture is Palazzo Braschi in Rome, the headquarters of the Fascist Party Federation (the local one, not the national Party headquarters). It was not always covered up like that; this set-up was displayed for the 1934 elections, in which Italians were called to vote either for or against the Fascist representatives list. The “SI SI…” lettering (meaning “Yes Yes…”) was propaganda for one of the two plebiscite elections held during the Fascist Regime, where electors didn’t vote for individual parties (there wasn’t any but the Fascist one), neither for single candidates, but just voted “Yes” or “No” to a single list of candidates presented by the Duce himself.

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By the time of this photograph, AIDS might have been more widely understood, but people were still wary about how it was transmitted because it wasn’t widely understood by the general public at the time. Princess Diana was a very important figurehead in convincing people that merely touching AIDS victims was alright, and they wouldn’t die by shaking their hands. The princess was quoted as saying “HIV does not make people dangerous to know. You can shake their hands and give them a hug. Heaven knows they need it”. Diana would usually visit the ill or dying in hospices across the world in order to raise awareness for the diseases and compassion for those that were diseased.

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Pupils at Carlisle Indian Industrial School, Pennsylvania (c. 1900).
 
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Sorry should probably add a disclaimer.
Smoking kills! Please don’t smoke!!
This image is from the past where the harmful effects of smoking was not realised.
 
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Lunch atop a Skyscraper, during the construction of the Rockefeller Center, Manhatten.
 
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From what I remember of Camel cigarettes they smelled like camel dung . Not that I have ever smelled camel dung . :roll_eyes:
 
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Running on a similar theme.
Advertisement for radium water as a health drink before the harmful effects of radiation was realised.
 
Helen Keller meets President Eisenhower in 1955.

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A federal agent retrieves Elian Gonzales from his relatives home in Miami.

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Standing on the edge of a block of flats to see the football.

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Just the right shop for those interested in photographs .

Taken around 1900 .

The Clerkenwell district of London was certainly worth a picture, especially if you were a fan of Kodak.

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From what I remember of Camel cigarettes they smelled like camel dung . Not that I have ever smelled camel dung . :roll_eyes:
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My Dad smoked Camels for a long time. They were his favorite brand of cigarettes when I was growing up, as a child.
 
The Hindenburg zeppelin catches fire on May 6, 1937.

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Sophia Loren and Elvis Presley
 
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