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Silhouettes of West Berliners waving to their relatives on the other side are cast across the Berlin Wall. history

Berlin Wall: Photos From the Birth of a Brutal Divide

Funeral, Arlington National Cemetery, 1965. destinations

Sacred Ground: A Portrait of Arlington National Cemetery

Lance Cpl. James C. Farley, helicopter crew chief, Vietnam, 1965. history

Sudden Death in Vietnam: ‘One Ride With Yankee Papa 13’

New York City, summer 1969. lifestyle

New York Groovy: City Fashions from the Summer of 1969

Eiffel Tower, winter 1948 destinations

The Eiffel Tower: A Paris Landmark Captured in a Classic Photo

President Harry Truman jubilantly holds up a Chicago newspaper emblazoned with the (erroneous) headline, DEWEY DEFEATS TRUMAN. In fact, Truman handily beat New York governor Thomas Dewey in the tight 1948 presidential election. history

Behind the Picture: ‘Dewey Defeats Truman’

Tom Seaver, 1969. arts & entertainment

Amazin’: Remembering Tom Seaver and the Miracle Mets

Craftsmen work on a huge diorama prior to the opening of the 1939 Worlds Fair. history

‘The World of Tomorrow’: Scenes From the 1939 New York World’s Fair

Scene inside St. Peter's Basilica during the Second Vatican Ecumenical Council, 1962. lifestyle

Pope John XXIII and Vatican II: The Catholic Church’s Modern Moment

history

Meet the Actress Who Set Out to Kiss 10,000 Soldiers to Boost Morale

The Statue of Liberty, photographed from a helicopter, 1952. history

High Angle: Helicopter Views Across America

Russian soldiers and a civilian struggle to move a large bronze Nazi Party eagle that once loomed over a doorway of the Reich Chancellery, Berlin, 1945. history

After the Fall: Photos of Hitler’s Bunker and the Ruins of Berlin

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