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Königsberg at port, circa 1936	Königsberg, somewhere off Europe, circa 1936

Latvian Seal aircraft at rest, 1936	Launching of the fisheries research vessel Makrele, Unterweser shipyard, Bremerhaven, Germany, 1936

Light cruiser Köln underway with her rails manned, circa 1936; note the heraldic shield mounted on her bow	Loading torpedoes into the port-side tubes of cruiser Ninghai, China, 1930s

Maternity room at a Lebensborn facility, Germany, 1936	Matilda I tank, 1936

Members of the Hitler Youth with party slogan on display on their bicycles, Worms, Germany, 1930s	Middle school children in Taiwan taking a group photograph with a visiting Japanese Army Ki-2 bomber and crew, date unknown

Mines Filed, Inglewood, California in the mid-1930s. Hangars No. 1 through 5 can be seen, Hangar No. 1 is on the right. The control tower is between Hangars No. 2 and 3.	Model 139 prototype aircraft at rest, circa mid-1930s; this design was the export version of US Army Air Corps' B-10 bombers

Mutsuki underway, circa late 1930s	Ninghai undergoing overhaul, Harima, Japan, 1936

Officers in charge of Sachsenhausen concentration camp gathered during morning roll call, Oranienburg, Germany, 1936	Old Reich Chancellery building, Berlin, Germany, date unknown

Operating room at a Lebensborn facility, Germany, 1936	Overhead view of a Douglas B-18 Bolo bomber in flight, showing the close design similarities to the rugged Douglas C-47 Skytrain, mid-1930s

P2Y-2 aircraft of US Navy squadron VP-15, date unknown	P2Y-2 aircraft of US Navy squadron VP-5F taxiing on water, possibly at Fleet Air Base Coco Solo of Panama Canal Zone, 1936