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January
Actress Lula McGrath in the 1922 movie Wonders of the Sea. |
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February
A royal elephant hunt leaves the ancient Thai city of Ayuthaya, Siam, in 1903. |
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March
Parched remains of a traveler are found in the Saharas Tanezrouft region in 1924. |
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April
Four children and a dog pose on South American water lilies in Salem, North Carolina, in 1892. |
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May
A French officer and his dog don gas masks in 1917 during World War I. |
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June photos 1 , 2, 3, 4, 5
Glimpse into a century of photographs from Cuba. |
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July
A Nigerian hunter wears a headress that resembles an Abyssinian ground hornbill. Published in 1944. |
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August
German students burn books in Berlin, Germany, in 1933. |
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September
Houseboats float on a river in Kashmir. Published in 1929. |
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October
Mummified corpses hang on pegs in a crypt in Guanajuato, Mexico. Published in 1916. |
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November photos 1 , 2, 3, 4, 5
View photos of the Panama Canal during its early construction period in the early 1900s. |
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December
Local girls in Hesse, Germany, in 1920 wear traditonal caps that were thought to have inspired Little Red Riding Hood. |
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