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Street Scene & Arc de Triomphe. Paris, France. 1950s
France / Paris
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Broadway and Hotel Victoria, New York City, New York. United States. 1900-1910
United States / New York (State) / New York (City)
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Snake charmers. Karachi, Pakistan. 1963
Pakistan / Karachi
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Dome of the Rock during a snowy winter. Jerusalem
Palestine / Jerusalem
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Christmas tree and gifts. 1964
United States / New Mexico / Albuquerque
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Laleli Mosque. Istanbul, Turkey. 1888-1910
Turkiye / Istanbul
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The Beach, Rockaway, Long Island. New York. 1904
United States / New York (State) / New York (City)
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Historic trading post along Route 66. Santo Domingo Trading Post. New Mexico. 1964
United States / New Mexico
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Rogue River. Oregon. August 1962
United States / Oregon
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horse drawn carriage in front of Yildiz Palace. Istanbul
Turkiye / Istanbul
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General store interior. Moundville, Alabama. 1936
United States / Alabama / Moundville
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Inside the Jaffa Gate. Jerusalem. 1909-1914
Palestine / Jerusalem
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Mosque of St. Sophia, Ayasofya Camii. Istanbul, Turkey. 1912
Turkiye / Istanbul
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Panorama of creek and elevators. Buffalo, New York
United States / New York (State) / Buffalo
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Dale Creek Bridge, near Sherman, Wyoming. Union Pacific Railway. 1885
United States / Wyoming
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Riverside houses and a wooden bridge. Cambodia. 1976
Cambodia
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Grand Central. New York. 1941
United States / New York (State) / New York (City)
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Mother and baby of family on the road. California. 1939
United States / California / Siskiyou County / Tulelake
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South Side boys on Easter morning. Chicago. 1941
United States / Illinois / Chicago
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Via Dolorosa. Jerusalem, Palestine. 1898-1914
Palestine / Jerusalem / Via Dolorosa
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Rural bus with a weathered metal front and a traditional wooden body. Burma (Myanmar). 1986
Myanmar (Burma)
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The Goat carriages, Coney Island. New York 1904
United States / New York (State) / New York (City) / Coney Island
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Saliha Sultan Fountain. Azapkapi, Istanbul. 1855-1857
Turkiye / Istanbul
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Brooklyn terminal, Brooklyn Bridge 1903
United States / New York (State) / New York (City)
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Main Street. Buffalo, New York State. 1900
United States / New York (State) / Buffalo
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The courtyard of an Arab house. Egypt. 1906
Egypt
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Roman relief depicting a triumphal chariot. Perge, Turkey. 1973
Turkiye / Antalya / Perge
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Times Square. New York City, 1905
United States / New York (State) / New York (City)
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Studio portrait of Bedouin man. Egypt. 1860-1886
Egypt
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Williamsburg Bridge Plaza. Brooklyn. 1906
United States / New York (State) / New York (City)
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Part of the kitchen. Home of sharecropper Floyd Burroughs. Alabama. 1935
United States / Alabama
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Men standing next to shop stall open to street. Egypt. 1860-1870
Egypt
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Cave of the winds. Niagara Falls. 1888
United States / New York (State)
Public Domain
Dust storm in Amarillo, Texas. 1936
United States / Texas / Amarillo
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Taj Mahal. India. 1976
India / Agra
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Mosque of Sidi Ali ben Ziad. Tunis, Tunisia. 1860-1890
Tunisia / Tunis
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Panorama of Duluth, Minnesota. 1900-1906
United States / Minnesota / Duluth
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Boatmen near Galata Bridge. Istanbul. 1888-1910
Turkiye / Istanbul
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Manhattan Bridge under construction. 1909
United States / New York (State) / New York (City)
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Fashion model underwater in dolphin tank. Marineland, Florida. 1939
United States / Florida / Marineland
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Donkey with cart holding eight Arab women and children. Egypt. 1867-1899
Egypt
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Houses with movie posters in foreground for Carole Lombard in Love Before Breakfast and Anne Shirley in Chatterbox. Atlanta, Georgia. 1936
United States / Georgia / Atlanta