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![The Bar of Destruction [Death as bartender serving run to man as 2 small children beckon from doorway]](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn4/L3Bob3RvLzE4NzQvMDEvMDEvdGhlLWJhci1vZi1kZXN0cnVjdGlvbi1kZWF0aC1hcy1iYXJ0ZW5kZXItc2VydmluZy1ydW4tdG8tbWFuLWFzLTItc21hbGwtY2hpbGRyZW4tNjQwLmpwZw%3D%3D/320/476/jpg "The Bar of Destruction [Death as bartender serving run to man as 2 small children beckon from doorway]")
![[Two trench mortars behind sandbagged barricade]](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn18/L3Bob3RvLzIwMTkvMTAvMTEvdHdvLXRyZW5jaC1tb3J0YXJzLWJlaGluZC1zYW5kYmFnZ2VkLWJhcnJpY2FkZS1kOTJmMTktNjQwLmpwZw%3D%3D/40/32/webp "[Two trench mortars behind sandbagged barricade]")
![[Design drawing for stained glass lancet window "Suffer Little Children To Come unto Me"]](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn4/L3Bob3RvLzE4NTcvMDEvMDEvZGVzaWduLWRyYXdpbmctZm9yLXN0YWluZWQtZ2xhc3MtbGFuY2V0LXdpbmRvdy1zdWZmZXItbGl0dGxlLWNoaWxkcmVuLXRvLWNvbWUtMS02NDAuanBn/40/53/webp "[Design drawing for stained glass lancet window \"Suffer Little Children To Come unto Me\"]")
![[Bearded man weaving (?) rope, 5 children and dog on pier]](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn4/L3Bob3RvLzE5MDEvMDEvMDEvYmVhcmRlZC1tYW4td2VhdmluZy1yb3BlLTUtY2hpbGRyZW4tYW5kLWRvZy1vbi1waWVyLTY0MC5qcGc%3D/40/30/webp "[Bearded man weaving (?) rope, 5 children and dog on pier]")
![[Two small coffins being carried on stretchers to cemetery in the Volga famine district of Bolshevist Russia]](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn4/L3Bob3RvLzE5MjEvMDEvMDEvdHdvLXNtYWxsLWNvZmZpbnMtYmVpbmctY2FycmllZC1vbi1zdHJldGNoZXJzLXRvLWNlbWV0ZXJ5LWluLXRoZS12b2xnYS1mYW1pbmUtNjQwLmpwZw%3D%3D/40/28/webp "[Two small coffins being carried on stretchers to cemetery in the Volga famine district of Bolshevist Russia]")
![[Bearded man holding crab and 2 children on pier]](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn4/L3Bob3RvLzE5MDEvMDEvMDEvYmVhcmRlZC1tYW4taG9sZGluZy1jcmFiLWFuZC0yLWNoaWxkcmVuLW9uLXBpZXItNjQwLmpwZw%3D%3D/40/31/webp "[Bearded man holding crab and 2 children on pier]")
