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‘Mrs Fish and the Misses Fox: the original mediums of the mysterious noises...’, c.1852. Library of Congress. Public Domain.
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Demonstrators on Prague’s Wenceslas Square, Ivana Černá, November 1989. Czech Národní Muzeum (CC BY).
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Two wounded British soldiers, a sailor, and an American Red Cross volunteer celebrate the Armistice in Paris, 11 November 1918. Library of Congress.
The End of the First World War
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