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31 January 2008

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Josef Pilsudski with Kasztanka


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Cornelis Ketel

30 January 2008

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USS Bexar (APA-237


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Black Rock Forest


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Thomas Trueblood

29 January 2008

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Osmond Barnes - Chief Herald of Delhi in 1877


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USS Noble (APA-218)


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Contracts House in Kiev, Ukraine

28 January 2008

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Abbas Tyabji


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Malik Umar Hayat Khan by artist Major A.C. Lovett


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Peewee Valley Confederate Cemetery

27 January 2008

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USS Meriwether (APA-203


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26 January 2008

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Powelton Club


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José Joaquin Estudillo

25 January 2008

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Confederate memorial


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24 January 2008

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Charles D. Griffin


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Australian cricketer Clem Hill, taken during his playing career

23 January 2008

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22 January 2008

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Lake Placid bobsleigh, luge, and skeleton track

21 January 2008

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Charles Le Gendre

20 January 2008

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Villa Medici La Petraia


19 January 2008

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Dhaki at Dhakedwari temple, Dhaka


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Roman Temple of Évora

18 January 2008

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Sankey Valley Park


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Hurricane Kenneth

17 January 2008

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Castle Lake


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St Barnabas' Church, Bromborough


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16 January 2008

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Cub Stricker


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The Gleaners

15 January 2008

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Peake's painting of Henry Frederick, Prince of Wales, son of James I of England


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Hampton Mansion


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Grande Odalisque

14 January 2008

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Frauenfriedenskirche, Frankfurt


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The Distrest Poet by William Hogarth


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Cyclone Inigo

13 January 2008

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Look at me!


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Yellow-throated Scrubwren


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Deanmill, Western Australia


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Air Vice Marshal William Anderson

12 January 2008

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Kerala Houseboat


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Çanakkale Martyrs' Memorial

11 January 2008

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Mount Elbrus


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No. 233 Squadron RAF


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Razorbelly scad (Alepes kleinii)


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An Olmec statue

10 January 2008

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Churchill and a ship's cat


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Canadian Star of Courage


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All Saints' Church in Wittenberg, Germany

9 January 2008

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A thirsty Hood Mockingbird attempts to pilfer a water bottle.


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The Church of St. Catherine of Alexandria, in Braniewo, Poland


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Bobsled track

8 January 2008

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Cleftbelly trevally (A. atropos)


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Westinghouse Time Capsule


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Smocking sampler

7 January 2008

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typical portable engine


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Grossmarkthalle


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Scottish Rite Cathedral, Indianapolis, Indiana

6 January 2008

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Paul G. Goebel


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Black Spiny-tailed Iguana


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Walhonding Canal

5 January 2008

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Image:Schloss Hellenstein


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Klevner de Heiligenstein


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Grand Duke Sergei Mikailovich

4 January 2008

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Possible Lakotah borders


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Alejandro Foxley


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Traditional Ukrainian embroidery


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Notre Dame de Paris

3 January 2008

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Fremantle Markets


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Look at me!


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Society for Savings Building, Cleveland, Ohio


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Monastery of Santa Clara-a-Velha, Coimbra, Portugal

2 January 2008

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Louis XVII


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Bell XGAM-63 Rascal USAF

1 January 2008

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Mezhyhirskyi Monastery


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Aesop's Fables


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Crested Shelduck