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Queen Elizabeth II addresses at opening of Parliament. (Date unknown on photo, but may be 1958, the first time the opening of Parliament was filmed.)
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Woman tied to a ducking stool, a method of punishment by means of humiliation, beating, or death. (cucking stool)
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A Factory Interior, watercolor, pen and gray ink, graphite, and white goache on wove paper by unknown artist, c. 1871-91; in the Yale Center for British Art. Industrial Revolution England
Inventors and Inventions of the Industrial Revolution
Thanksgiving Celebration Traditional Dinner Setting Food Concept
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Mayer Amschel Rothschild (1744-1855), founder of the house of Rothschild; lithograph by Friedrich Lieder, c. 1830.
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New York NY/ USA- November 23, 2018 Hordes of shoppers throng the Macy's Herald Square flagship store in New York looking for bargains on the day after Thanksgiving, Black Friday.
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Rural Irish landscape, Sligo, Ireland.
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Super Typhoon Noru over the western tropical Pacific Ocean as observed by the Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) on NASA Aqua satellite July 31 2017
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Born May 8, 1920 • New York City • New York
Died April 25, 1996 (aged 75) • Los Angeles • California
Awards And Honors Academy Award (1969)
Notable Works “Phase IV” • “Why Man Creates”
Robert De Niro
Robert De Niro
American actor
Master of suspense
Alfred Hitchcock
English-born American director
The science behind static electricity
Paul Newman
American actor and philanthropist
From Here to Eternity
Fred Zinnemann
American director
Barbara Kopple
Barbara Kopple
American director
Gene Kelly in Singin' in the Rain
Gene Kelly
American actor, dancer, and director
Oliver Stone
Oliver Stone
American director, producer, and screenwriter
Spike Jonze
Spike Jonze
American director and producer
Kirk Douglas
Kirk Douglas
American actor and producer
Moore, Michael
Michael Moore
American filmmaker and author
Cary Grant and Eva Marie Saint in North by Northwest
Eva Marie Saint
American actress
Advise & Consent
Charles Laughton
English actor
JFK
Joe Pesci
American actor
Bernard Herrmann
American composer and conductor
Laurence Olivier in a scene from Hamlet
Laurence Olivier
British actor, director, writer, and producer
Peter Ustinov
Peter Ustinov
British actor, author, and director
Carol Reed
British director
David Maysles
American documentary filmmaker
Dr. Seuss postage stamp
Dr. Seuss
American author and illustrator
Julie Taymor
Julie Taymor
American director, playwright, and costume designer

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