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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)
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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