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List of photographs considered the most important (en.wikipedia.org)

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[–] ShareMySims@sh.itjust.works 20 points 23 hours ago (1 children)

Great scroll until you reach the 1930's and start getting more and more "Image restricted due to copyright" and have to start clicking through to external sites. I will bookmark it though, for a day when I can be bothered to open each photo individually.

[–] Track_Shovel@slrpnk.net 7 points 19 hours ago (1 children)

That, and the 30s/40s get fucking daaaark

[–] ShareMySims@sh.itjust.works 1 points 13 hours ago

True, though you generally expect that going in. Definitely wasn't expecting an increasing number of photos to just not be there.