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![Type of searchlight used to protect Paris against Zaph[...]](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn4/L3Bob3RvLzE5MDgvMDEvMDEvdHlwZS1vZi1zZWFyY2hsaWdodC11c2VkLXRvLXByb3RlY3QtcGFyaXMtYWdhaW5zdC16YXBoLTEwMjQuanBn/320/436/jpg "Type of searchlight used to protect Paris against Zaph[...]")
![Gasolene [i.e. gasoline] omnibus on rails, N.Y. Central R.R.](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn4/L3Bob3RvLzE5MDAvMDEvMDEvZ2Fzb2xlbmUtaWUtZ2Fzb2xpbmUtb21uaWJ1cy1vbi1yYWlscy1ueS1jZW50cmFsLXJyLTY0MC5qcGc%3D/40/29/webp "Gasolene [i.e. gasoline] omnibus on rails, N.Y. Central R.R.")
![Pre-strike aerial view of Hiroshima [...]](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn18/L3Bob3RvLzIwMTkvMTAvMDcvcHJlLXN0cmlrZS1hZXJpYWwtdmlldy1vZi1oaXJvc2hpbWEtMjViZmUyLTY0MC5qcGc%3D/40/31/webp "Pre-strike aerial view of Hiroshima [...]")
![[...] be, Hatsuj [...] - Glass negative photogrpah. Public domain.](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn4/L3Bob3RvLzE5MjIvMDEvMDEvYmUtaGF0c3VqLTY0MC5qcGc%3D/40/31/webp "[...] be, Hatsuj [...] - Glass negative photogrpah. Public domain.")
![Harding in [...] - Glass negative photogrpah. Public domain.](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn4/L3Bob3RvLzE5MjMvMDEvMDEvaGFyZGluZy1pbi02NDAuanBn/40/32/webp "Harding in [...] - Glass negative photogrpah. Public domain.")
![[...]parison in incandescent lamps](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn4/L3Bob3RvLzE5MjQvMDEvMDEvcGFyaXNvbi1pbi1pbmNhbmRlc2NlbnQtbGFtcHMtNjQwLmpwZw%3D%3D/40/31/webp "[...]parison in incandescent lamps")
![[Pavilion of Paraguay, Paris Exposition, 1889]](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn18/L3Bob3RvLzIwMTkvMTIvMDEvcGF2aWxpb24tb2YtcGFyYWd1YXktcGFyaXMtZXhwb3NpdGlvbi0xODg5LTRlMTQ4Ny02NDAuanBn/40/32/webp "[Pavilion of Paraguay, Paris Exposition, 1889]")
