the Florida Archives lists the image as representing the burning of a structure in Rosewood

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A street dog in Varanasi city, India

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Edgar Allan Poe with some seashell illustrations from The Conchologist’s First Book

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Flat vector illustration created from paper cut elements, hand drawn doodles and textures depicting mass surveillance and thin line between privacy and security concept.

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Sandy Hook Lighthouse

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Mark Zuckerberg

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Bromus diandrus and Bromus tectorum in Zion National Park

The Greening of the Great Basin

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Ganesa writing the Mahabharat, dictated by Vyasa. Page from an illustrated manuscript of the Mahabharata

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U.S. Weather Bureau Balloon, c. 1909-1920

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