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Adolf Hitler receives a model of a Condor airplane as a gift on his 50th birthday, Berlin, April 20, 1939. history

Hitler at 50: Color Photos From a Despot’s Garish Birthday Bash

The threatening storm rises above a farm near Hartman, Colo. Once range land, it lies almost ruined by wheat. Dust-choked corral and pump are land's tombstones. history

‘Plague Upon the Land’: Scenes From an American Dust Bowl, 1954

Unidentified young women, Kutno, Nazi-occupied Poland, 1939. history

The Brink of Oblivion: Color Photos From Nazi-Occupied Poland, 1939-1940

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‘Nurse Midwife’: W. Eugene Smith’s Chronicle of a Rural Hero

Armed forces of new state are built on Haganah militia. Members are shown here riding trucks down Jerusalem-Tel Aviv highway to go into action near Bab el Wad. history

Born Under Fire: Rare Photos From the Birth of Israel

Destroyed homes, Waco, Texas, May 1953. nature

Waco, 1953: Photos From the Aftermath of a Lethal Tornado

December 5, 1969 issue of LIFE Magazine history

American Atrocity: Remembering My Lai

Klan initiates (including some Atlanta policemen) stand before a burning cross during a ritual in Georgia, 1946. history

Bigotry in the USA: Photos From a Ku Klux Klan Initiation

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It All Falls Apart: Stalingrad, and a Photographer’s Film, in Ruins

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Darkness Descends: The 1959 Blackout in New York

Neil Armstrong, commander of the Apollo 11 mission to moon, in training for his work on the lunar surface, 1969. people

Neil Armstrong: Private Man, Public Hero

Detroit Burning: Photos From the 12th Street Riot, 1967 history

Detroit Burning: Photos From the 12th Street Riot, 1967

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