German infiltrators lined up for execution by firing squad
 after conviction by a military court for wearing U.S. uniforms
 during the Battle of the Bulge









Balcony View, 500 Royal St, New Orleans, by Arnold Genthe c.1923 





















A crowded Queen Elizabeth returns American troops to New York at the end of World War II. 1945




Former US president Andrew Jackson, 78 years old, 1845




The world’s last commercial sailing ship, The Pamir, rounding Cape Horn for the last time in 1949




Mao Zedong attends Joseph Stalin’s 70th birthday celebration in Moscow1949



The German ship Pamir which, in 1949, became the last commercial sailing ship to round Cape Horn. She capsized and sank in September 1957 in a hurricane off the Azores, with the loss of 80 crew .









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Elegant Lady By Charles Amable Lenoir ~ 1860 - 1926.
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Elegant Lady By Charles Amable Lenoir ~ 1860 - 1926.
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Sophia, By ~ Sir Samuel Luke Fildes ~ 1844 - 1927.
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Sophie Anderson, A Greek Girl, 1881

Liu Yan Ming (1970, Chinese).



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BRUEGEL, THE FATHER AND SON 1568-1625 1601-1678,




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