My rather mean-looking ancestor, born May 7, 1798 (died 1885 at the age of 87)

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My husband’s great-granduncle and wife c. 1900 in western Virginia. Born of an enslaved woman and her owner, he was raised as a free “mulatto” by his white stepmother (who co-owned his biological mother). Moved out of town and passed as white throughout his adult life.

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This is the last known photo of Nicola Tesla. On 7th January 1943, Tesla died alone in the New Yorker Hotel. By the end of his life, he was penniless and had become a vegetarian

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This is the last known photo of Nicola Tesla. On 7th January 1943, Tesla died alone in the New Yorker Hotel. By the end of his life, he was penniless and had become a vegetarian

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The last photo of Nikola Tesla. 1942

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My Great Uncle from 1902 to 1932 through jail and police photos (Sweden).

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My great great grandmother who froze to death at age 37 after being kicked out of her home in a pogrom

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My third great grandfather was a Quaker abolitionist who helped people escape slavery and get into Canada

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My Great-grandfather sometime in the 1950s.

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This is Witold Pilecki. In 1940, Polish intel officer Witold Pilecki volunteered to be imprisoned in Auschwitz. He organized a resistance movement in the camp, sent information to the Allies about what was happening there, and escaped in 1943

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My Great Uncle from 1902 to 1932 through jail and police photos (Sweden).

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Historical Figures Who Lived Long Enough to Be Photographed

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Tollund Man, a Dane who died before Jesus Christ was born. His body was discovered in 1950, and had been well preserved due to it being protected by several layers of peat.