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Allan Pinkerton, President Abraham Lincoln, and Major General John A. McClernand not long after the Civil War’s first battle on northern soil in Antietam, Maryland on October 3, 1862.

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Credit: The Pictorial News Co., Source: Library of Congress

View of the Woolworth Building and surrounding buildings, New York City. (1913)

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Credit: Jean-Pierre Lavoie

Grizzly bear in autumn in Denali National Park, Alaska. ...Archive/Nominations

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Credit: Dschwen

Golden Gate Bridge by night looking south across the Golden Gate towards San Francisco.

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Credit: Moondigger

Horseshoe Bend, Arizona as seen from the lookout point. ...Archive/Nominations

Credit: Cacophony

The skyline of Seattle, Washington at dusk. ...Archive/Nominations

Credit: Neil Armstrong

Astronaut Buzz Aldrin, lunar module pilot, walks on the surface of the Moon near the leg of the Lunar Module (LM) "Eagle" during the Apollo 11 extravehicular activity (EVA). Astronaut Neil Armstrong, commander, took this photograph with a 70mm lunar surface camera.

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Credit: Mila Zinkova

The surfer is performing a gash, or very sharp turn. Santa Cruz and the surrounding Northern California coastline is a popular surfing destination; however, the year-round low temperature of the ocean in that region (averaging 57ºF/14ºC) necessitates the use of wetsuits.

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Credit: Astrokey44

U.S. states by date of statehood. ...Archive/Nominations

Credit: Golbez

Animated map of the territorial evolution of the Confederate States of America, from first secession to end of Reconstruction.

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Credit: Alexander Gardner

David Herold, one of the conspirators in the assassination of Abraham Lincoln, photographed in the Washington Navy Yard, Washington D.C., after his arrest.

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Credit: Diliff

The United States Capitol is the capitol building that serves as the seat of government for the United States Congress, the legislative branch of the U.S. federal government.

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