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Evander Holyfield Punching Buster DouglasEvander Holyfield slams former heavyweight champ Buster Douglas with a right punch in the third and final round of their title fight, Las Vegas, Nevada, October 25, 1990
Depiction of Crowd Surrounding Jesus Christ on Cross(Original Caption) "The Crucifixion". Painting by Piero della Francesca
Burning Suspects at the Stake at Spanish Inquisition(Original Caption) Spanish Inquisition
Engraving of Florence During a 14th-Century Plague(Original Caption) Italy: Plague of Florence in the 14th century as described by Giovanni Boccaccio
Portrait of Saint Rose of Lima Holding a Cross(Original Caption) St. Rose Of Lima, Originally Isabel De Flores, 1588-1617. Peruvian Religious. Born into wealthy family; led life of extreme austerity; took veil as Sister of Third Order of St
Drawing Depicting Joan of Arc in Loft(Original Caption) Crowd and man with cross Approaching Joan of Arc
African American Slaves Working as Cotton Pickers(Original Caption) Picking Cotton
Elderly African American Sweeping in Front of Plantation Home(Original Caption) USA: An African American woman sweeping the walkway of a large Southern plantation. Magnolia trees are to either side, and vines cover the front entrance of the home
Slaves Being Driven to Pull Cart with Egyptian Structure(Original Caption) Egypt: Engraving showing the erection of public buildings in Egypt. It shows people hauling heavy objects on carts through the streets
Confederate Soldiers at Prison Camp(Original Caption) Andersonville, Georgia: Sunset at the Andersonville Confederate war prison, depicting Union soldiers crowded and starving outdoors
Apache Prisoners Mining(Original Caption) Mining, Primitive: Apache prisoners condemned to the mines of Chihuahua, Mexico
Child Being Flogged(Original Caption) Child flogging ordered by West Riding judge, England
Execution of Inciters(Original Caption) Ring Down the Curtain. Four of the inciters of the Haymarket Riot at Chicago expiate their crime on the gallows
Family Resting Outside Factory Door(Original Caption) Laborer and his family in distress during Depression of 1894. Lithograph
Child with Polio Sitting In WindowBoard of Health issued warning signs to guard against polio
The Duckingstool by Charles Stanley ReinhartAn accused witch going through the judgement trial, where she is dunked in water to prove her guilt of practicing witchcraft
Veterinarian Inspecting Sick Cattle(Original Caption) The Veterinarian. A serious case. Woodcut engraving by Ernst Bosch, 19th century
Achilles Wounded with Arrow(Original Caption) Statue of Achilles wounded by an arrow in his heel, the only vulnerable part of his body
Ixion Bound to Revolving Wheel(Original Caption) Tortures of Ixion: bound to an eternally revolving wheel by Zeus in punishment for his love of Hera
Print of the Crucifixion of St. Peter by Jan LuykenA print by Dutch artist and Anabaptist pastor Jan Luyken (1649-1712) that was published in a 1865 edition of Martyrs Mirror
Cartoon of William II(Original Caption) Cartoon of William II, The Last Ride. Undated drawing (screened)
Lillian Gish in The Birth Of A NationLillian Gish, right, in a scene from D.W. Griffith's The Birth Of A Nation
Crucifixion of Jesus ChristTHE CRUCIFIXION, BY HERBERT SC. AFTER A PAINTING BY RUBENS. UNDATED ENGRAVING
Man with Sores on Arms and HandsThe hands and arms of a worker with sores produced by the corrosive action of cement
Impoverished Mother and Her Children(Original Caption) The Christian Poor
Older and Younger Woman Resting with Child(Original Caption) How The Poor Folks Live. "They Are Crowded Into Small Quarters."
Crucifixion of Jesus Christ(Original Caption) Dusseldorf, Verlag von Julius Buddeus
The Duckingstool by Charles Stanley Reinhart(Original Caption) The Ducking Stool, a common punishment in Colonial days
Margery Polley Burning at Stake(Original Caption) The burning of Mrs. Margery Polley at Turnbridge in Kent. Engraving from John Foxe's Book of Martyrs
Colored Engraving of George Washington Visiting Wounded Soldiers, Valley ForgeGeorge Washington, Commander in Chief of the Continental Army, visits wounded soldiers at Valley Forge
Crucifixion from the Isenheim Altarpiece by Matthias GrunewaldPainting "Christ on the Cross, " by Mathias Grunewald (1503-29), from the Isenheim Altar, in the Colmar Museum. BPA 2 #497
Engraving of Plague Victims During the Siege of LeidenVictims of the plague during the 1574 Siege of Leiden by the Spaniards
Los Caprichos No. 80: It is Time by Francisco Goya(Photo by Bettmann Archive/Getty Images)
The Duckingstool by Charles Stanley Reinhart
Typical Conception of Hell(Original Caption) Early Christianity. Typical conception of Hell. German woodcut of the age of the Reformation
Protestants Killing Roman Catholics(Original Caption) The manner of burning Anne Askew, John Lacels, John Adams and Nicolas Belenian with certaine of ye counsell sitting in Smithfield. Engraving
General James Garfield with African American Slaves(Original Caption) The Friend Of The Freedmen
Victim Receiving Water Torture(Original Caption) The Water Torture in Japan. The victim was lifted up by his feet, and repeatedly dropped, head foremost, into a vat of water
Mistreated Slaves by Overseer(Original Caption) Brazil: Punishment of slaves in Brazil, 1850
Drawing Depicting Occupants of Hell(Original Caption) Hell
George Washington and Marquis Lafayette at Valley Forge after Alonzo ChappelGeorge Washington meets with Marquis Lafayette at Valley Forge, where the Continental army suffered through the cold winter during the American Revolution. | After: Alonzo Chappel
Doctor Dispensing Medicine(Original Caption) "A Sick Chum." Doctor dispensing medicine to sick shoeshine boy
British Troops Blinded During World War I(Original Caption) For them only darkness...Blinded British troops standing in darkness just behind the lines
German Women and Children After Fleeing Their Homes(Original Caption) Women and children first...to suffer
Child Stricken with Smallpox(Original Caption) Smallpox in an unvaccinated child
Large Crowd of Germans Waiting for Food(Original Caption) In 1918 the German people were hungry. Open air soup kitchens like this one filled Berlin's squares. Even ersatz bread was scarce
Children on Back PorchWomen and children on a porch in a Cincinnati slum backed by railroad tracks
Poor Immigrants Resting on Ground(Original Caption) California: A group of Japanese immigrants arrive in California with their possesions, anxious for a fresh start in America
German Citizens During Post Word War One in Quest for Food(Original Caption) Potato peelings are shown being exchanged for wood which was more valuable than money
German People Stooping and Excavating Dirt for Valuable Goods(Original Caption) Post W.W.I. scene is shown with citizens searching for coal, etc. to exchange for food
Tubercular School Children Bundled up on Ferry Deck(Original Caption) With all available deck space fitted up with desks, cots and class rooms inside for inclement weather
Congregation of Persians During Religious Ceremony(Original Caption) Teheran, Persia: Cutting band of religious Persians. These fanatics cut their heads with knives in religious frenzy, letting the blood run from their heads onto their white smocks
Mary Wigman Swaying(Original Caption) Mary Wigman. Distinguished European (German) Danseuse in Dance of Sorrow
Portrait of Hungry Children(Original Caption) Red Cross Aids Arkansas Famine Sufferers
Example of Chinese Foot BindingThe atrocious pain of Chinese foot binding usually starts around age four for women and requires wrapping bandages tightly around the foot
Jean Harlow and Clark Gable in Red Dust(Original Caption) Jean Harlow, she of lusty memory, made audiences wince by shooting Clark Gable in the abdomen and then repented by sterilizing the wound in Red Dust
Margaret Kruis Recuperating in Wheelchair(Original Caption) Assassin's Victim Chat's with Mayor's Daughter
Jim Browning and Ed Lewis Wrestling(Original Caption) Ed "Strangler" Lewis grimaces from pain as Jim Browning, Boston Irishman, applies a new "airplane scissors" to spin him around
Clark Gable and Jean Harlow in China SeasClark Gable and Jean Harlow starring in this scene from MGM's 1935 action film China Seas directed by Tay Garnett
Spectators Gazing at Riders Falling from Horses(Original Caption) Oxford, England: How Faces Got Smeared With Mud
Livestock Being Brought to State House(Original Caption) Starving livestock win own relief bill...The mooing of a dying cow
Chinese Women in Sweat Shop(Original Caption) San Francisco, California: Chinese women working in an illegal, textile sweat shop located in a subbasement
Frank Doyle Comforting Anna Hauptmann(Original Caption) Grim News of Execution Causes Collapse of Bruno's Wife
Woman Fainting at Hearing(Original Caption) "Living Death Victim" Faints at Hearing. Mrs
Spanish Refugees Traveling on Foot to French Territory(Original Caption) Le Perthus, France: Weary Refugees Pour Into France
Arturo Godoy Struggling on His Knees(Original Caption) Challenger Down. New York: The heavyweight championship is not going to South America tonight-the man who tried to lift the title is shown here-trying hard to lift himself
Clarence Burman Inhaling Smelling Salt(Original Caption) The Loser
The Blistered Back of Young Wei Tso-Kan(Original Caption) The horrible blisters raised on the back of Wei Tso-Kan, the young Chinese machine-gun platoon commander
Wounded Young Chinese Machine-Gunner(Original Caption) Broken, like the Chinese hopes of victory at Ichang
Portrait of a U.S. Marine Soldier(Original Caption) Back From Hell of Eniwetok. Marshall Islands: His face begrimed with coral dust but with the light of battle in his eyes, this U.S
Senator Ellison Smith Holding Head(Original Caption) Senator Ellison D
Malnourished Freed Prisoners of the Japs(Original Caption) Manila, P. I.: For This -- They Thank The Japs. Once healthy, whole men, these five internees are now skin and bones after being held by the Japs at Santo Tomas camp near Manila
Refugees Cooking Dinner(Bettmann Archive/Getty Images)
Jewish Camp Survivors Holding Up Their Coats
March of Dimes Poster(Original Caption) The Password is Courage. New York: The dark, deep set eyes of Donald Anderson look at the world from the 1946 March of Dimes poster
Young Famished Slovakians on Street Corner(Original Caption) Bratislava, Czechoslovakia: Pictorial Evidence That Your Help Is Needed
Family Squatting Near Fireside(Original Caption) Naples, Italy: The Common People Never Win A War
Ralph Foster Injured in Football Game(Original Caption) Cardinal Tackle Injured In Game With Rams
Women Negotiating for Food(Original Caption) Rome, Italy: Door Food Delivery By Rome Black Marketeer
Man Being Escorted(Original Caption) Two French police officers hustle an unidentified man away from an angry throng after he was arrested for distributing anti-Jewish leaflets at a ceremony in Drancy
Children with Mumps Looking Out Window(Original Caption) Confined for Holidays. Rochester, N.Y.: These five members of the Robert Masseau family got something for Christmas that Santa didn't bring
Track Star Alberto Juantorena After Running Injury(Original Caption) Helsinki: Cuba's Alberto Juantorena screams in pain after crashing to the track during the fifth heat of men's 800 meter race at the World Championships in Athletics 8/7
Mary Decker Crying in Pain on TrackA track official attempts to comfort a crying Mary Decker after Decker's fall in the women's 3000-meter run at the 1984 Summer Olympics
Mary Decker Leaves The Track CryingDevastated American runner Mary Decker cries as she leaves the track after falling and failing to finish in the women's 3000-meter run at the 1984 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles, California