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Map of the American Civil War, 1861-1865
The American Civil War (1861–1865) was a nationwide conflict in the United States sparked by the secession of eleven Southern states following Abraham Lincoln’s election in 1860. The Confederacy, founded on the preservation of slavery, clashed...
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German Dreadnoughts in Port
A photograph of First World War (1914-18) German dreadnought warships in port. Unknown date or location. (Imperial War Museums)
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HMS Dreadnought
A May 1912 photograph of HMS Dreadnought, the Royal Navy battleship built in 1906 and which served in the First World War (1914-18).
Imperial War Museums, London.
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HMS Dreadnought Bow
The bow of the Royal Navy's HMS Dreadnought battleship, built in 1906 and used in the First World War (1914-18). (Imperial War Museums)
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Watergate 1972-74
A gouache on paper painting titled Watergate 1972-4 by Nicha Sursock. This is part of a series of 43 works representing the history of the USA. In front of the Watergate Hotel president Richard Nixon, Washington Post Reporters Bob Woodward...
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Yalta 1945
A gouache on paper painting titled Yalta 1945 by Nicha Sursock. This is part of a series of 43 works representing the history of the USA. The Yalta conference, February 1945. The big three: Stalin, Churchill and Roosevelt, posing with their...
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Vietnam War Protests
A gouache on paper painting titled Vietnam War Protests by Nicha Sursock. This is part of a series of 43 works representing the history of the USA. In the Upper-right, scenes from the Vietnam war unfold. A vibrant crowd of antiwar protestors...
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Malcom X (1925-1965)
A gouache on paper painting titled Malcom X (1925-1965) by Nicha Sursock. This is part of a series of 43 works representing the history of the USA. Malcolm X, born Malcolm Little in 1925, later "El Haj Malek El Shabaz". A Muslim minister...
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Kaiser in North Africa Cartoon
A cover from a 1905 edition of Puck magazine showing a caricature of Kaiser Wilhelm II (1859-1941). The cartoon is suggesting the German monarch's interest in Morocco in North Africa, epitomised in the Moroccan Crises of 1905-6 and 1911...
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Grave Decorations for Day of the Dead
Grave decorations for Day of the Dead, photograph by Eneas De Troya, 2009. Depicted here is a cemetary in San Antonio Tecómitl where the grave plots have been richly adorned for Day of the Dead (Día de los Muertos), a widely observed festival...
