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Background imageSuffering Collection: Evander Holyfield Punching Buster Douglas

Evander Holyfield Punching Buster Douglas
Evander 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

Background imageSuffering Collection: Depiction of Crowd Surrounding Jesus Christ on Cross

Depiction of Crowd Surrounding Jesus Christ on Cross
(Original Caption) "The Crucifixion". Painting by Piero della Francesca

Background imageSuffering Collection: Burning Suspects at the Stake at Spanish Inquisition

Burning Suspects at the Stake at Spanish Inquisition
(Original Caption) Spanish Inquisition

Background imageSuffering Collection: Engraving of Florence During a 14th-Century Plague

Engraving of Florence During a 14th-Century Plague
(Original Caption) Italy: Plague of Florence in the 14th century as described by Giovanni Boccaccio

Background imageSuffering Collection: Portrait of Saint Rose of Lima Holding a Cross

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

Background imageSuffering Collection: Drawing Depicting Joan of Arc in Loft

Drawing Depicting Joan of Arc in Loft
(Original Caption) Crowd and man with cross Approaching Joan of Arc

Background imageSuffering Collection: African American Slaves Working as Cotton Pickers

African American Slaves Working as Cotton Pickers
(Original Caption) Picking Cotton

Background imageSuffering Collection: Elderly African American Sweeping in Front of Plantation Home

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

Background imageSuffering Collection: Slaves Being Driven to Pull Cart with Egyptian Structure

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

Background imageSuffering Collection: Confederate Soldiers at Prison Camp

Confederate Soldiers at Prison Camp
(Original Caption) Andersonville, Georgia: Sunset at the Andersonville Confederate war prison, depicting Union soldiers crowded and starving outdoors

Background imageSuffering Collection: Apache Prisoners Mining

Apache Prisoners Mining
(Original Caption) Mining, Primitive: Apache prisoners condemned to the mines of Chihuahua, Mexico

Background imageSuffering Collection: Child Being Flogged

Child Being Flogged
(Original Caption) Child flogging ordered by West Riding judge, England

Background imageSuffering Collection: Execution of Inciters

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

Background imageSuffering Collection: Family Resting Outside Factory Door

Family Resting Outside Factory Door
(Original Caption) Laborer and his family in distress during Depression of 1894. Lithograph

Background imageSuffering Collection: Child with Polio Sitting In Window

Child with Polio Sitting In Window
Board of Health issued warning signs to guard against polio

Background imageSuffering Collection: The Duckingstool by Charles Stanley Reinhart

The Duckingstool by Charles Stanley Reinhart
An accused witch going through the judgement trial, where she is dunked in water to prove her guilt of practicing witchcraft

Background imageSuffering Collection: Veterinarian Inspecting Sick Cattle

Veterinarian Inspecting Sick Cattle
(Original Caption) The Veterinarian. A serious case. Woodcut engraving by Ernst Bosch, 19th century

Background imageSuffering Collection: Achilles Wounded with Arrow

Achilles Wounded with Arrow
(Original Caption) Statue of Achilles wounded by an arrow in his heel, the only vulnerable part of his body

Background imageSuffering Collection: Ixion Bound to Revolving Wheel

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

Background imageSuffering Collection: Print of the Crucifixion of St. Peter by Jan Luyken

Print of the Crucifixion of St. Peter by Jan Luyken
A print by Dutch artist and Anabaptist pastor Jan Luyken (1649-1712) that was published in a 1865 edition of Martyrs Mirror

Background imageSuffering Collection: Cartoon of William II

Cartoon of William II
(Original Caption) Cartoon of William II, The Last Ride. Undated drawing (screened)

Background imageSuffering Collection: Lillian Gish in The Birth Of A Nation

Lillian Gish in The Birth Of A Nation
Lillian Gish, right, in a scene from D.W. Griffith's The Birth Of A Nation

Background imageSuffering Collection: Crucifixion of Jesus Christ

Crucifixion of Jesus Christ
THE CRUCIFIXION, BY HERBERT SC. AFTER A PAINTING BY RUBENS. UNDATED ENGRAVING

Background imageSuffering Collection: Man with Sores on Arms and Hands

Man with Sores on Arms and Hands
The hands and arms of a worker with sores produced by the corrosive action of cement

Background imageSuffering Collection: Impoverished Mother and Her Children

Impoverished Mother and Her Children
(Original Caption) The Christian Poor

Background imageSuffering Collection: Older and Younger Woman Resting with Child

Older and Younger Woman Resting with Child
(Original Caption) How The Poor Folks Live. "They Are Crowded Into Small Quarters."

Background imageSuffering Collection: Crucifixion of Jesus Christ

Crucifixion of Jesus Christ
(Original Caption) Dusseldorf, Verlag von Julius Buddeus

Background imageSuffering Collection: The Duckingstool by Charles Stanley Reinhart

The Duckingstool by Charles Stanley Reinhart
(Original Caption) The Ducking Stool, a common punishment in Colonial days

Background imageSuffering Collection: Margery Polley Burning at Stake

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

Background imageSuffering Collection: Colored Engraving of George Washington Visiting Wounded Soldiers, Valley Forge

Colored Engraving of George Washington Visiting Wounded Soldiers, Valley Forge
George Washington, Commander in Chief of the Continental Army, visits wounded soldiers at Valley Forge

Background imageSuffering Collection: Crucifixion from the Isenheim Altarpiece by Matthias Grunewald

Crucifixion from the Isenheim Altarpiece by Matthias Grunewald
Painting "Christ on the Cross, " by Mathias Grunewald (1503-29), from the Isenheim Altar, in the Colmar Museum. BPA 2 #497

Background imageSuffering Collection: Engraving of Plague Victims During the Siege of Leiden

Engraving of Plague Victims During the Siege of Leiden
Victims of the plague during the 1574 Siege of Leiden by the Spaniards

Background imageSuffering Collection: Los Caprichos No. 80: It is Time by Francisco Goya

Los Caprichos No. 80: It is Time by Francisco Goya
(Photo by Bettmann Archive/Getty Images)

Background imageSuffering Collection: The Duckingstool by Charles Stanley Reinhart

The Duckingstool by Charles Stanley Reinhart

Background imageSuffering Collection: Typical Conception of Hell

Typical Conception of Hell
(Original Caption) Early Christianity. Typical conception of Hell. German woodcut of the age of the Reformation

Background imageSuffering Collection: Protestants Killing Roman Catholics

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

Background imageSuffering Collection: General James Garfield with African American Slaves

General James Garfield with African American Slaves
(Original Caption) The Friend Of The Freedmen

Background imageSuffering Collection: Victim Receiving Water Torture

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

Background imageSuffering Collection: Mistreated Slaves by Overseer

Mistreated Slaves by Overseer
(Original Caption) Brazil: Punishment of slaves in Brazil, 1850

Background imageSuffering Collection: Drawing Depicting Occupants of Hell

Drawing Depicting Occupants of Hell
(Original Caption) Hell

Background imageSuffering Collection: George Washington and Marquis Lafayette at Valley Forge after Alonzo Chappel

George Washington and Marquis Lafayette at Valley Forge after Alonzo Chappel
George Washington meets with Marquis Lafayette at Valley Forge, where the Continental army suffered through the cold winter during the American Revolution. | After: Alonzo Chappel

Background imageSuffering Collection: Doctor Dispensing Medicine

Doctor Dispensing Medicine
(Original Caption) "A Sick Chum." Doctor dispensing medicine to sick shoeshine boy

Background imageSuffering Collection: British Troops Blinded During World War I

British Troops Blinded During World War I
(Original Caption) For them only darkness...Blinded British troops standing in darkness just behind the lines

Background imageSuffering Collection: German Women and Children After Fleeing Their Homes

German Women and Children After Fleeing Their Homes
(Original Caption) Women and children first...to suffer

Background imageSuffering Collection: Child Stricken with Smallpox

Child Stricken with Smallpox
(Original Caption) Smallpox in an unvaccinated child

Background imageSuffering Collection: Large Crowd of Germans Waiting for Food

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

Background imageSuffering Collection: Children on Back Porch

Children on Back Porch
Women and children on a porch in a Cincinnati slum backed by railroad tracks

Background imageSuffering Collection: Poor Immigrants Resting on Ground

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

Background imageSuffering Collection: German Citizens During Post Word War One in Quest for Food

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

Background imageSuffering Collection: German People Stooping and Excavating Dirt for Valuable Goods

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

Background imageSuffering Collection: Tubercular School Children Bundled up on Ferry Deck

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

Background imageSuffering Collection: Congregation of Persians During Religious Ceremony

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

Background imageSuffering Collection: Mary Wigman Swaying

Mary Wigman Swaying
(Original Caption) Mary Wigman. Distinguished European (German) Danseuse in Dance of Sorrow

Background imageSuffering Collection: Portrait of Hungry Children

Portrait of Hungry Children
(Original Caption) Red Cross Aids Arkansas Famine Sufferers

Background imageSuffering Collection: Example of Chinese Foot Binding

Example of Chinese Foot Binding
The atrocious pain of Chinese foot binding usually starts around age four for women and requires wrapping bandages tightly around the foot

Background imageSuffering Collection: Jean Harlow and Clark Gable in Red Dust

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

Background imageSuffering Collection: Margaret Kruis Recuperating in Wheelchair

Margaret Kruis Recuperating in Wheelchair
(Original Caption) Assassin's Victim Chat's with Mayor's Daughter

Background imageSuffering Collection: Jim Browning and Ed Lewis Wrestling

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

Background imageSuffering Collection: Clark Gable and Jean Harlow in China Seas

Clark Gable and Jean Harlow in China Seas
Clark Gable and Jean Harlow starring in this scene from MGM's 1935 action film China Seas directed by Tay Garnett

Background imageSuffering Collection: Spectators Gazing at Riders Falling from Horses

Spectators Gazing at Riders Falling from Horses
(Original Caption) Oxford, England: How Faces Got Smeared With Mud

Background imageSuffering Collection: Livestock Being Brought to State House

Livestock Being Brought to State House
(Original Caption) Starving livestock win own relief bill...The mooing of a dying cow

Background imageSuffering Collection: Chinese Women in Sweat Shop

Chinese Women in Sweat Shop
(Original Caption) San Francisco, California: Chinese women working in an illegal, textile sweat shop located in a subbasement

Background imageSuffering Collection: Frank Doyle Comforting Anna Hauptmann

Frank Doyle Comforting Anna Hauptmann
(Original Caption) Grim News of Execution Causes Collapse of Bruno's Wife

Background imageSuffering Collection: Woman Fainting at Hearing

Woman Fainting at Hearing
(Original Caption) "Living Death Victim" Faints at Hearing. Mrs

Background imageSuffering Collection: Spanish Refugees Traveling on Foot to French Territory

Spanish Refugees Traveling on Foot to French Territory
(Original Caption) Le Perthus, France: Weary Refugees Pour Into France

Background imageSuffering Collection: Arturo Godoy Struggling on His Knees

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

Background imageSuffering Collection: Clarence Burman Inhaling Smelling Salt

Clarence Burman Inhaling Smelling Salt
(Original Caption) The Loser

Background imageSuffering Collection: The Blistered Back of Young Wei Tso-Kan

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

Background imageSuffering Collection: Wounded Young Chinese Machine-Gunner

Wounded Young Chinese Machine-Gunner
(Original Caption) Broken, like the Chinese hopes of victory at Ichang

Background imageSuffering Collection: Portrait of a U.S. Marine Soldier

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

Background imageSuffering Collection: Senator Ellison Smith Holding Head

Senator Ellison Smith Holding Head
(Original Caption) Senator Ellison D

Background imageSuffering Collection: Malnourished Freed Prisoners of the Japs

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

Background imageSuffering Collection: Refugees Cooking Dinner

Refugees Cooking Dinner
(Bettmann Archive/Getty Images)

Background imageSuffering Collection: Jewish Camp Survivors Holding Up Their Coats

Jewish Camp Survivors Holding Up Their Coats

Background imageSuffering Collection: March of Dimes Poster

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

Background imageSuffering Collection: Young Famished Slovakians on Street Corner

Young Famished Slovakians on Street Corner
(Original Caption) Bratislava, Czechoslovakia: Pictorial Evidence That Your Help Is Needed

Background imageSuffering Collection: Family Squatting Near Fireside

Family Squatting Near Fireside
(Original Caption) Naples, Italy: The Common People Never Win A War

Background imageSuffering Collection: Ralph Foster Injured in Football Game

Ralph Foster Injured in Football Game
(Original Caption) Cardinal Tackle Injured In Game With Rams

Background imageSuffering Collection: Women Negotiating for Food

Women Negotiating for Food
(Original Caption) Rome, Italy: Door Food Delivery By Rome Black Marketeer

Background imageSuffering Collection: Man Being Escorted

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

Background imageSuffering Collection: Children with Mumps Looking Out Window

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

Background imageSuffering Collection: Track Star Alberto Juantorena After Running Injury

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

Background imageSuffering Collection: Mary Decker Crying in Pain on Track

Mary Decker Crying in Pain on Track
A 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

Background imageSuffering Collection: Mary Decker Leaves The Track Crying

Mary Decker Leaves The Track Crying
Devastated 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



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