History in Photos
Fidel Castro Arrives in Washington, D.C. by Warren K. Leffler, 1959
“If not us, who? If not now, when?”– John F. Kennedy
Crazy Horse in 1877 shortly before his death
Teddy Roosevelt John Muir, America's first great conservationists
Photography during the Crimean War, c1912
Portrait of Pat F. Garrett, c1907
Wild West show, Pay Streak, Alaska Yukon Pacific Exposition, Seattle, 1909
Photograph of Lucille Ball and Eleanor Roosevelt during a tour of Washington, D.C., hotels presenting fundraisers for the President's Birthday Ball to fight infantile paralysis, 1944
Charles Dickens, c.1865
Depression era billboard and bread line
Confederate dead behind the stone wall of Marye's Heights, Virginia, killed during the Second Battle of Fredericksburg, which was in the eastern portion of the May 1863 Battle of Chancellorsville
Crashing racing car, Washington, 1936
Al Capone. Mugshot, 1931
Chief Paulina, Northern Paiute war leader noted for his successful guerrilla tactics, c1860
Sir Arthur and Lady Jean Conan Doyle, c.1920
Three women fishing - 1908, Toronto
George Machine Gun Kelly, 1933
Wreck of the 'Gratitude', Macquarie Island, 1911
Auto-to-airplane transfer stunt, Daytona Beach, Florida, 1921
An Australian soldier manning a Vickers machine gun during the Korean War, 1951
Arthur Schopenhauer - 1852
Wild West show, Pay Streak, Alaska Yukon Pacific Exposition, Seattle, 1909
Pres. Bill Clinton, 2012 Va. Beach, Obama Rally
The Kiss, 1958, Roy & Sara Lam
railroad work gang, c late 1870s
Emigrant National Historic Trail, Wyoming
steam engine train, c1870s
london, late 1960s
Construction of the U.S. Supreme Court Building in December, 1933
Anti-Prohibition Protest
c1922, Col. Sherrell, Supt. of Public Buildings and Grounds, has issued an order that bathing suits at the Wash[ington] bathing beach must not be over six inches above the knee
This 1846 photograph by John Plumbe is among the earliest known of the Capitol. It shows the building's first dome, which was made of brick, wood, and copper and designed by Architect of the Capitol Charles Bulfinch
“Great minds discuss ideas; average minds discuss events; small minds discuss people.”– Eleanor Roosevelt
President Barack Obama talks with former Presidents Bill Clinton and Jimmy Carter, 2013 at the Lincoln Memorial in Washington, D.C.,
French military veterans Roger Prevost and Roger Benier dress in vintage World War I uniforms and wear the colors of the 3rd Army, 7th Armored Division during a memorial ceremony outside of Paris
Jimmy Stewart began flying combat missions on March 31, 1944, and was appointed Operations Officer of the 453rd Bomb Group
Construction of the U.S. Capitol Dome, c1862
High school youths after school. Amsterdam, New York, October 1941
German officers in Poland WWI
Presidents William H. Taft and Porfirio Diaz, occasion of their meeting in C. Juarez, Mexico, Oct. 16th 1909
Good Humor, Alexandria, Virginia, March 1941
Bleak Harvest, Outside Farm Security Administration, Calipatria, California. February 1939
Former slave with horn with which slaves were called; Near Marshall, Texas
Barber, San Antonio, Texas. 1939
Night Owls' Roost, A hamburger shop in Durham, North Carolina. George's Grill, open all night. May 1940
Still from the American comedy romance film The Perfect Woman (1920) with Constance Talmadge
Anthony Quinn, The Dick Cavett_Show, 1971
[Boy holding large turkey]. Photograph from the George Grantham Bain Collection, c1900
Russian artillery column near Warsaw 1914
Sarasota trailer park, Sarasota, Florida, January 1941
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