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Photograph by François-Marie Banier of Boulevard Raspail in Paris, January 2005
Boulevard Raspail, Paris, January 2005. Photo by François-Marie Banier
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Claude Monet in His Garden at Giverny
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A Meeting of Exiled Queens in Lausanne
A meeting of exiled queens in Lausanne. The exiled Queen of Spain, Victoria Eugenie of Battenberg, receives the daughters of her cousin, the Greek queen consort Sophia of Prussia, the exiled Queen of Romania, Helen, and the exiled Queen of Croatia, Irene, at her own residence, Vieille Fontaine, in 1968.
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Queen Victoria and her Pomeranian Turi, whom she asked to keep beside her on her deathbed
Queen Victoria with her beloved Pomeranian Spitz, Turi. The Queen asked that Turi be at her side on her deathbed
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Group photo of European princes and Grand Duke Mikhail Alexandrovich in Denmark
When you truly love one another, borders become no more than lines on the political map of the world. The proof is a group photograph of European princes at an aristocratic gathering in Denmark. From left to right: Carl of Sweden, Christian of Denmark (the future King of Denmark and
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The Construction of Lenin's Mausoleum
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Princess Margaret, aged 27, the Queen's younger sister, on the cover of Tatler
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London Evening News in 1959 on the Moskvich and the Volga, awarded the Grand Prix in Brussels
The Moskvich and the Volga in a 1959 London Evening News survey of Soviet cars. Despite the popularity of the GAZ-21 after the World Fair in Brussels, where our Volga won the Grand Prix and was declared the best car in Europe for 1958, the English newspaper does not
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Princess Anne, Prince Charles and the Dogs
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The Building of the Basilica of Sacré-Cœur, Paris, 1895
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Provocation and blackmail in the former Police Department and Governor-General Pilts's letter
I cannot refrain from sharing with you the vile thoughts that arise after the revelation of certain abominations in our Police Department, rechristened with the bashful name of Civil. Div. of the State Guard. This institution has begun work only very recently, yet it has contrived such doings as the
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