90 Rare Historical Photos
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From business to pleasure and everything in between, these rare historical photos depict a world that, for better or worse, no longer exists.
While some show moments from important historical events, like the Spanish Flu or the resignation of Richard Nixon, others show a slice of everyday life. Travel back more than 150 years through this collection of images.
Robert Cornelius Takes the First-Ever Selfie, 1839
![Robert Cornelius](https://thumbor.bigedition.com/robert-cornelius/WLml3FTWjXb6gujBSOGIq-wfib4=/800x0/filters:quality(80)/granite-web-prod/e4/0e/e40e18018762428b9e26ae44e733775f.jpeg)
Pilot Ejected from Plane, 1962
![Pilot Ejected from Plane, 1962](https://thumbor.bigedition.com/pilot-ejected-from-plane-1962/YvsZ56aKFN9UbvpMUNmHMyTVwnw=/800x0/filters:quality(80)/granite-web-prod/d7/92/d792a16590224b79be15c511c02c9dbb.png)
Abe Lincoln Looking Away from the Camera, 1861
![Abraham Lincoln](https://thumbor.bigedition.com/abraham-lincoln/wmB5-SyxX7PO_FArtbdPdxlG_dM=/146x288:937x1079/791x0/filters:quality(80)/granite-web-prod/e0/71/e0717a575c974232ad190cf83fd424ce.jpeg)
New York's Times Square, 1903
![Times Square](https://thumbor.bigedition.com/times-square/Yumc-epT6JOMjcaB-5iyqC6vXKw=/0x109:706x815/706x0/filters:quality(80)/granite-web-prod/07/29/072918f0b4a14080bc64b7e32a50460e.png)
Mama Cat and Kittens Cross a New York Street, 1925
![Cat Crossing](https://thumbor.bigedition.com/cat-crossing/vuaLDTep2USufhriCNa8IIyD4Yk=/798x0/filters:quality(80)/granite-web-prod/24/1a/241acf23ca4f4b20baa4b8b2ff324237.png)
Conrad Veidt, the Inspiration for the Joker, 1928
![Conrad Veidt](https://thumbor.bigedition.com/conrad-veidt/fp73XQnWff4XcFAoUwfxGBzJN2A=/800x0/filters:quality(80)/granite-web-prod/50/a7/50a7a6dbb4164e5b979c4dd30e0da1f3.png)
Men in Traditional Dutch Dress, 1900
![Men in Traditional Dutch Dress](https://thumbor.bigedition.com/men-in-traditional-dutch-dress/q7SNZV3EQJFshVZcpMjPc4S7MgE=/2x0:878x876/800x0/filters:quality(80)/granite-web-prod/f7/1a/f71a86f026df432d8c06cb3fea39d6f4.png)
Waiting in the Greyhound Bus Terminal, 1969
![Greyhound Terminal](https://thumbor.bigedition.com/greyhound-terminal/UH9dh8q8-5Lh9tb8Ho3w1LkT8_Y=/0x10:702x712/702x0/filters:quality(80)/granite-web-prod/f8/b4/f8b417abacc94e9e941aafc6295a7cee.png)
A Young George Clooney and Family, 1968
![George Clooney and family, 1968](https://thumbor.bigedition.com/george-clooney-and-family-1968/hUQ7J2YN716d63SNauJJREx-rvI=/41x0:548x507/507x0/filters:quality(80)/granite-web-prod/c3/02/c3026334cf2349e78ed2f6745ef3f5af.jpeg)
Futuristic Baby Stroller, West Germany, 1950s
![Futuristic Stroller](https://thumbor.bigedition.com/futuristic-stroller/JisSV5YkCIvxuhw1q3hW39RMyJI=/0x8:945x952/800x0/filters:quality(80)/granite-web-prod/73/f0/73f01c55d61d4d8bbe7e65a8f804c2b7.jpeg)
Woodward and Bernstein Watching Nixon Resign, 1974
![Nixon's Resignation](https://thumbor.bigedition.com/nixons-resignation/Kj4gtP4K6KWshP2arVJAn2n8YB0=/71x0:1099x771/800x0/filters:quality(80)/granite-web-prod/99/01/9901a55406c74b068057df4e800a9e5a.jpeg)
Early 'Food Truck,' 1918
![Model-T Food Truck](https://thumbor.bigedition.com/model-t-food-truck/hlEgSY8Anxc1SGMUV3cOVeFqfjM=/176x0:886x710/710x0/filters:quality(80)/granite-web-prod/35/9d/359d77b9098842a394d2a12cedc1a0ba.jpeg)
Buying a TV, 1965
![TV Shopping](https://thumbor.bigedition.com/tv-shopping/zj14ZSdv7-6yjHZzVbS_Scsrxzw=/104x0:856x752/752x0/filters:quality(80)/granite-web-prod/96/28/9628d46628d8412e830d82001fc68713.jpeg)
Ladies' Scottish Climbing Club, Scotland, 1908
![Ladies' Scottish Climbing Club](https://thumbor.bigedition.com/ladies-scottish-climbing-club/zQlRXreEadfs4SMPNDNdImb3ya4=/313x0:1243x930/800x0/filters:quality(80)/granite-web-prod/83/0e/830e11dc08144b85af8ddc133b99e6b4.jpeg)
A Serious Harvey Ross Ball and His Creation, 1960s
![Harvey Ross Ball and Smiley Face](https://thumbor.bigedition.com/harvey-ross-ball-and-smiley-face/dMpb-QTdrPL0eKpZwnCLBwbi-Zc=/600x0/filters:quality(80)/granite-web-prod/78/16/7816f118a80442738a8a25c11367a3da.jpeg)
Baby Elon Musk, 1970s
![Elon Musk](https://thumbor.bigedition.com/elon-musk/edbJYpmnjbHv0V0erjpN1KJ6qQM=/63x0:484x421/421x0/filters:quality(80)/granite-web-prod/18/f3/18f34a761c2d402cae6649ce468a0582.jpeg)
WWII Combat Vet and Entertainer, Smoky, 1940s
![Smoky, the Yorkshire Terrier](https://thumbor.bigedition.com/smoky-the-yorkshire-terrier/xW0LScoLzy2TVg42UGaJPAsZQpg=/96x0:927x831/800x0/filters:quality(80)/granite-web-prod/c5/c9/c5c900521c574d8e891032448753eae0.jpeg)
Dolly Parton and Husband Carl Dean, 1960s
![Dolly Parton and Carl Dean](https://thumbor.bigedition.com/dolly-parton-and-carl-dean/VYGcrdhd-SNNWKXbDHSKKH_1b2A=/0x12:700x712/700x0/filters:quality(80)/granite-web-prod/b6/0a/b60aab8524aa462bb469e4cb7db513f1.png)
Demonstrating an Early Computer Mouse, 1968
![Early Computer Mouse, 1968](https://thumbor.bigedition.com/early-computer-mouse-1968/0V3OUUTysMY3lmfzb59ve8YVilM=/167x0:1394x920/800x0/filters:quality(80)/granite-web-prod/36/76/367626c791e84422b7f90b0f32738cbc.jpeg)
'American Gothic' Models, 1935
!["American Gothic" Models](https://thumbor.bigedition.com/american-gothic-models/R8AVVwn4MGvU7ekeR79zLUhUlmU=/0x35:864x683/800x0/filters:quality(80)/granite-web-prod/ca/8b/ca8b8a36eec34b969c070136c78ccb63.jpeg)
Los Angeles Burger Stand, 1930s
![Los Angeles Burger Stand, 1930s](https://thumbor.bigedition.com/los-angeles-burger-stand-1930s/f3DYtY-Iqzkf0Cat-vExwwhFj5c=/0x173:562x595/563x0/filters:quality(80)/granite-web-prod/9a/1b/9a1be77dcfae419685f59012acb481bd.jpeg)
Young Notorious B.I.G., 1978
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The Carousel Bar in Circus Circus, Las Vegas, 1970s
![The Carousel Bar](https://thumbor.bigedition.com/the-carousel-bar/atR-aqZntX4sgi-Gra9saSHLRFU=/130x0:802x671/671x0/filters:quality(80)/granite-web-prod/91/8c/918c9f89fc55475e81eece88089e4ac5.jpeg)
Car Hop Service in 1940s Dallas
![Dallas Car Hop Service](https://thumbor.bigedition.com/dallas-car-hop-service/2tKSMTV-Wuc6kMZ3Y6DIYaIMRFg=/0x128:1070x1198/800x0/filters:quality(80)/granite-web-prod/24/be/24be64c58d744e6da3244847e1a485f3.jpeg)
A Simple 1950s Kitchen
![1950s Kitchen](https://thumbor.bigedition.com/1950s-kitchen/P8Rf20D2Xdyh__4Mr2b4DjGuR4k=/800x0/filters:quality(80)/granite-web-prod/03/e3/03e3ea554ae44ef5bba67b4798cdb15c.png)
Drug Lord Pablo Escobar on Vacation, 1981
![Pablo Escobar on Vacation](https://thumbor.bigedition.com/pablo-escobar-on-vacation/j3fYbgXFyp_O03TzqwC7EWNEXz0=/800x0/filters:quality(80)/granite-web-prod/d9/08/d90880913b7c400b98320b38e2602be3.png)
Lipstick Tester, 1960
![Lipstick Tester](https://thumbor.bigedition.com/lipstick-tester/bQvBkFhafEn5ZtdFzkVcg0Ht5-E=/0x28:790x818/790x0/filters:quality(80)/granite-web-prod/7d/33/7d3350c04c324ce58be24a40224c49bb.png)
An Early Blockbuster, 1911
![Early Movie Theater](https://thumbor.bigedition.com/early-movie-theater/TajyRB2Fk9zcsS6dFnr45HSvtXY=/7x0:883x876/800x0/filters:quality(80)/granite-web-prod/9f/20/9f20dc5bcedf49348301f8a823766e48.png)
A Picnic with Koalas, Circa 1950s
![A Picnic with Koalas](https://thumbor.bigedition.com/a-picnic-with-koalas/qPcMKyk2d5pRS6xF_o7-1UfP1H0=/0x14:702x716/702x0/filters:quality(80)/granite-web-prod/15/1b/151bb404d29f4c979de393404cf75ce3.png)
Victorian Spirits, 1880
![Victorian Spirits](https://thumbor.bigedition.com/victorian-spirits/CXxrUcM8u30agrDhKqm6JJfvQU8=/800x0/filters:quality(80)/granite-web-prod/4e/ec/4eec587e2ed44548804b67983f50c00b.png)
A Game of Marbles, 1905
![A Game of Marbles](https://thumbor.bigedition.com/a-game-of-marbles/uYIDKyfZ1KFxtvTnVXRsr2vmSBQ=/71x18:953x679/800x0/filters:quality(80)/granite-web-prod/bc/3a/bc3ae12250534558bd261e990f0a8465.jpeg)
Tap-Dancing Class, Circa 1950s
![Tap Dancing Class](https://thumbor.bigedition.com/tap-dancing-class/JqNk3hArkDr3zsOtKsAGE5UPaXA=/42x21:982x726/800x0/filters:quality(80)/granite-web-prod/af/f3/aff3d64f4cfb45239677a44114a29638.jpeg)
Tuskegee Airmen Adjusting a Bomber's Tank, 1945
![Tuskeegee Airmen](https://thumbor.bigedition.com/tuskeegee-airmen/mK17CpAgt593UGJ9M-g4qU6aY3M=/47x60:956x970/800x0/filters:quality(80)/granite-web-prod/37/87/3787a4146d35491e91e45c780c8644c1.jpeg)
1930s Roadside Stand in Alabama
![Roadside Stand in Alabama](https://thumbor.bigedition.com/roadside-stand-in-alabama/UPIhRZqu0d9xy1ZRpTICJhbckCk=/35x53:984x765/800x0/filters:quality(80)/granite-web-prod/fd/d3/fdd390f45dc7407487228ea9dec45043.jpeg)
Wilbur's Watches, Circa 1950s
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Not Wearing a Mask During the Spanish Flu Pandemic, 1918
![Spanish Flu Pandemic, 1918](https://thumbor.bigedition.com/spanish-flu-pandemic-1918/tw12W-Nwm_cqokU4JDrJ21CygF4=/0x92:784x876/784x0/filters:quality(80)/granite-web-prod/60/23/6023b2cabc594076a2aef45e0cebf8f1.png)
Testing a Football Helmet, 1912
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Helen Keller Meets Charlie Chaplin, 1919
![Helen Keller and Charlie Chaplin](https://thumbor.bigedition.com/helen-keller-and-charlie-chaplin/2ZrCB5QU8UTYUOm4FTBagZLMOjU=/800x0/filters:quality(80)/granite-web-prod/a1/0b/a10bfd1480474167bc37c325d0e801f1.png)
'1984' Author George Orwell During the Spanish Civil War, 1937
![George Orwel](https://thumbor.bigedition.com/george-orwel/2nTN08s4O4olgjDXLeYo8X8UhbQ=/13x0:797x588/784x0/filters:quality(80)/granite-web-prod/94/79/947923858a2940389098289703578b92.png)
Chess Prodigy Samuel Reshevsky, 1920
![Chess Prodigy](https://thumbor.bigedition.com/chess-prodigy/lofr0DPzSyDscC_Gqx6YP5zxh2w=/2x0:868x650/800x0/filters:quality(80)/granite-web-prod/f0/45/f04544cbbb9b4e2b9cf3582cc2b9727f.png)
'Golden Girl' Bea Arthur Was Once a Marine, 1943
![Bea Arthur](https://thumbor.bigedition.com/bea-arthur/w_Nh9K_ZM1pb0j4-2VRwRWMQa6E=/0x0:1000x1000/800x0/filters:quality(80)/granite-web-prod/59/7a/597ab2b14cb1407e8c98869b76f6c00b.jpeg)
Child Laborer, 1910
![Child working in cotton mill](https://thumbor.bigedition.com/child-working-in-cotton-mill/GfQOp8hybxnhLIdqe35D_ZMeu_U=/720x0/filters:quality(80)/granite-web-prod/67/a1/67a1e5eb5a204b1e9224541c67d60e8d.jpeg)
Beatles Fans, 1960s
![Beatles fans](https://thumbor.bigedition.com/beatles-fans/gbXvcKcyHmqyLxdHpcXQFDecfek=/720x0/filters:quality(80)/granite-web-prod/a3/23/a3231106624347bf88b842d4cdbd4d44.jpeg)
Chief John Smith, 1920s
![Chief John Smith](https://thumbor.bigedition.com/chief-john-smith/FekyjnsFxamoZFOUh7wv4foxLh0=/800x0/filters:quality(80)/granite-web-prod/2e/5c/2e5c35f2cacf4911aff08f61ece70b76.jpeg)
Woman Posing as Humpty Dumpty
![Woman posing as Humpty Dumpty](https://thumbor.bigedition.com/woman-posing-as-humpty-dumpty/AVUXhgO5VIRoLTLLTzkWqZanQTE=/0x91:928x1020/800x0/filters:quality(80)/granite-web-prod/19/d9/19d9f6befa5d4408bccbf41d4e8b6f25.png)
Peter's Hardware Valentine, New Hampshire
![Peter's Hardware Valentine, New Hampshire](https://thumbor.bigedition.com/peters-hardware-valentine-new-hampshire/tYnukuAd7tsh9fEow_DqKs5B5no=/800x0/filters:quality(80)/granite-web-prod/a6/d3/a6d37934316a4fd5af096a26d0d19c2d.png)
Pope John Paul II Meets Man who Attempted to Assassinate Him, 1983
![Pope John Paul II with Mehmet Agca](https://thumbor.bigedition.com/pope-john-paul-ii-with-mehmet-agca/qaEoJZvedavzZ6NI2KyBlyparww=/1x0:1150x1148/800x0/filters:quality(80)/granite-web-prod/2a/7f/2a7f8ba805894194ac5f924080bf2626.png)
Swedish Bride, c.1880
![A Swedish bride around 1880](https://thumbor.bigedition.com/a-swedish-bride-around-1880/psa8vSW85f_eWsgwYpHKaS8GmxU=/800x0/filters:quality(80)/granite-web-prod/a3/25/a325ccdd4e744ebcbaa7b89ebc38cc20.png)
Freddie Mercury and His Mother, 1947
![Freddie Mercury as a baby with his mother](https://thumbor.bigedition.com/freddie-mercury-as-a-baby-with-his-mother/oMBBYvSBY0fsYtOqrOOZfOo8oTQ=/747x0/filters:quality(80)/granite-web-prod/6e/1f/6e1fb0bceea14003853e6554780164f4.jpeg)
Building the Hoover Dam, 1934
![Hoover Dam being constructed](https://thumbor.bigedition.com/hoover-dam-being-constructed/hP-kSHK_P0JgVjoBjnoMyMobS0E=/800x0/filters:quality(80)/granite-web-prod/e8/b6/e8b6d3d86e5b4c67b1bdc1384b9ec478.jpeg)
Early Vacuum Cleaner, 1906
![Woman vacuuming in the early 1900s](https://thumbor.bigedition.com/woman-vacuuming-in-the-early-1900s/Y_0cKhwM4M8mxmB1I8vUGJOTczQ=/575x0/filters:quality(80)/granite-web-prod/ed/cd/edcda1efb00747fbb22e7b2bbda4d6d2.jpeg)
Princeton Snowball Fight, 1890
![Princeton students bruised after a snowball fight](https://thumbor.bigedition.com/princeton-students-bruised-after-a-snowball-fight/q3LSBtGe-F0JGKeGIQPBiwzU9SY=/0x14:739x754/739x0/filters:quality(80)/granite-web-prod/6a/a8/6aa8c2959e504ff6b6b56f492143d620.jpeg)
David Beckham Signing His First Contract
![David Beckham signing contract](https://thumbor.bigedition.com/david-beckham-signing-contract/kFbmK99ILcmN0kZDZyNfqQTjszw=/34x0:585x413/551x0/filters:quality(80)/granite-web-prod/99/33/993348fe203a4c499306055c265352c6.jpeg)
The Video Store, Early 1980s
![Women clerk at an early video store](https://thumbor.bigedition.com/women-clerk-at-an-early-video-store/GcDAiSDG9_BkQgXXl_Ev_nxTiaE=/54x0:635x435/580x0/filters:quality(80)/granite-web-prod/e8/a8/e8a80f6caeaa434f998c537ea4d82069.jpeg)
Cat Taking Photo, 1909
![Cat taking photos of three young children](https://thumbor.bigedition.com/cat-taking-photos-of-three-young-children/3uj0oD05l5ZjVla3qJG97eQ2ujw=/0x0:602x452/603x0/filters:quality(80)/granite-web-prod/6f/09/6f09f9cf426d44009d4822e90469d6b2.jpeg)
Al Capone's Soup Kitchen, 1930s
![Unemployed waiting for food at Al Capone's Soup Kitchen during the during the Great Depression](https://thumbor.bigedition.com/unemployed-waiting-for-food-at-al-capones-soup-kitchen-during-the-during-the-great-depression/XqUu5AE31oGMcGHZB4v1zcxpOU8=/0x4:1162x876/800x0/filters:quality(80)/granite-web-prod/5a/d0/5ad01b3ab9b1404083fc0af2b9e4f2c8.png)
Einstein Playing Violin, 1933
![Einstein playing violin](https://thumbor.bigedition.com/einstein-playing-violin/yaJbNw3I8ByZjxcElnnZBoBFJ9I=/3x0:1152x1148/800x0/filters:quality(80)/granite-web-prod/30/af/30af50a14f40473f924f564577206923.png)
Family Dinner During the 1950s
![Family of four having dinner in the 1950s](https://thumbor.bigedition.com/family-of-four-having-dinner-in-the-1950s/DWFD1KhWjpP_HQj2ToK_ZxNr11A=/0x34:1082x1116/800x0/filters:quality(80)/granite-web-prod/6c/81/6c81b83784b742f7b5e0888eb1d28dff.png)
Bobbing for Apples, 1920s
![Kids bobbing for apples in the 1920s](https://thumbor.bigedition.com/kids-bobbing-for-apples-in-the-1920s/RG5xZrS8SPQjIHQvEYzfhjD5S94=/0x0:1152x1152/800x0/filters:quality(80)/granite-web-prod/a2/2a/a22a67908539461d942765c1879f0417.png)
Felled Giant Redwood, 1892
![Three people in front of a felled Sequoia tree named "Mark Twain" in what is now Sequoia National Park](https://thumbor.bigedition.com/three-people-in-front-of-a-felled-sequoia-tree-named-mark-twain-in-what-is-now-sequoia-national-park/qUG7KwflHvDLVpkyycQQm0hy4P4=/0x24:1098x1122/800x0/filters:quality(80)/granite-web-prod/d1/27/d127203594ed4b9b9fbc6a9c307b17d3.png)
Lincoln Assassination Conspirator Lewis Powell, 1865
![Lincoln Conspirator Lewis Powell](https://thumbor.bigedition.com/lincoln-conspirator-lewis-powell/YHYHA4K_pO1o2tONSE2cWJKC_W0=/0x4:1024x1370/600x0/filters:quality(80)/granite-web-prod/84/9c/849ccf6f390c43caac38b94969aae538.jpeg)
Children’s Playground, 1900
![Children climbing on playground equipment in 1900](https://thumbor.bigedition.com/children-climbing-on-playground-equipment-in-1900/k6Ew6gfVkeCvSglu5io96UZrpZ8=/81x0:1119x778/800x0/filters:quality(80)/granite-web-prod/d3/fa/d3fa89d4ddba490d959cb91ec6ba68d7.jpeg)
Suffragette, 1917
![Women activist fighting for women's voting rights](https://thumbor.bigedition.com/women-activist-fighting-for-womens-voting-rights/Prvt0BV2j1At4OXs-OHqZ5HYacY=/0x27:880x1201/600x0/filters:quality(80)/granite-web-prod/c7/9a/c79a1e35868e400b95c5bda481217355.jpeg)
Italian Garden, 1952
![Garden of Pier Francesco Orsini with sheep](https://thumbor.bigedition.com/garden-of-pier-francesco-orsini-with-sheep/5wahpBOlVV41vymINLd6Cn7EP4U=/0x40:1024x809/800x0/filters:quality(80)/granite-web-prod/bd/dc/bddcdb000a804efbba3be96e528105a7.jpeg)
The Kennedy Family, Halloween 1963
![John F. Kennedy with his children Caroline and John Junior in Halloween costumes](https://thumbor.bigedition.com/john-f-kennedy-with-his-children-caroline-and-john-junior-in-halloween-costumes/VG9nACnUABO5Ewt0VHZFkKiz6pk=/0x17:768x594/768x0/filters:quality(80)/granite-web-prod/c4/f0/c4f0642e12b443e5b60ccaf2c617d389.jpeg)
New York Tunnel Police, 1950s
![New York tunnel police officer](https://thumbor.bigedition.com/new-york-tunnel-police-officer/-JR5NJW89vNuGSP8foSkPKvXvJI=/0x10:613x470/613x0/filters:quality(80)/granite-web-prod/87/0f/870f2319c2b24cada67473e16575661c.jpeg)
Kabul, Afghanistan, Early 1970s
![Women in Kabul, Afghanistan, in the early 1970s](https://thumbor.bigedition.com/women-in-kabul-afghanistan-in-the-early-1970s/CQ8E6iuGrg-KAloEbkB2ZCX1ONw=/672x0/filters:quality(80)/granite-web-prod/f8/f1/f8f17eaf093048f6aa260cc1cfda238c.jpeg)
Bride and Groom Costume, 1930s
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The Follyphone, 1912
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American Soldier in Vietnam, 1965
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Las Vegas, 1947
![The early days of Las Vegas](https://thumbor.bigedition.com/the-early-days-of-las-vegas/5FmvJd7xZrsN06ap5TAiUFMuKaE=/720x0/filters:quality(80)/granite-web-prod/3f/3e/3f3e5fe43887429e8f4eab16a0688a59.jpeg)
Showing Family Members New Babies Over the Berlin Wall, 1961
![At the Berlin Wall](https://thumbor.bigedition.com/at-the-berlin-wall/3MP0EgYYjx28PDOth2wZ5-zINBY=/0x138:535x673/535x0/filters:quality(80)/granite-web-prod/57/55/5755c558befe4e9588ca60b22531d995.jpeg)
The Michelin Man, 1898
![The first Michelin Man](https://thumbor.bigedition.com/the-first-michelin-man/auCdTauvwp09h-hXoriie7oG2FU=/720x0/filters:quality(80)/granite-web-prod/67/e5/67e5a4214efb43149fbe82cfe2c11fa4.jpeg)
Bookmobile, 1920s
![Early bookmobile](https://thumbor.bigedition.com/early-bookmobile/qjC5G2D-N_A7qHoDYiNAmnp_ZJ0=/800x0/filters:quality(80)/granite-web-prod/e3/34/e3348ebeb7c2400dafc679d5123e2cc8.jpeg)
Tesla in His Lab, 1899
![Nikola Tesla](https://thumbor.bigedition.com/nikola-tesla/pnbZvsBQW1PaYEP7pTI2MG-GE4k=/800x0/filters:quality(80)/granite-web-prod/d7/68/d7681770193a4a4286c4390cff868e33.jpeg)
Beauty Lecture in Los Angeles, 1950s
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Detroit, 1940s
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The Spruce Goose in Long Beach, 1947
![Howard Hughes' Spruce Goose](https://thumbor.bigedition.com/howard-hughes-spruce-goose/kv-G8O02SrQTARcOg1ZD7jSuYvA=/42x0:1397x1016/800x0/filters:quality(80)/granite-web-prod/e5/2a/e52ad2b86aec45939ecd13bca5265ee9.jpeg)
Evacuation of Art at the Louvre Grande Gallerie, 1939
![Empty walls of the Louvre](https://thumbor.bigedition.com/empty-walls-of-the-louvre/ruJf42put79_Ez9TX7xfHD9-OJ8=/0x93:749x842/749x0/filters:quality(80)/granite-web-prod/4f/98/4f98199ac7024eaa9465966aaf231654.jpeg)
Cooking During the Great Depression, 1930s
![Girl in the Great Depression](https://thumbor.bigedition.com/girl-in-the-great-depression/_S2GYssVYLwkftjKgQRt1YUAkUg=/0x65:511x640/511x0/filters:quality(80)/granite-web-prod/1a/23/1a236f3dd7ba49cbb4edbaa178b0606e.jpeg)
Thomas Edison and Electric Car, 1913
![Thomas Edison and Car](https://thumbor.bigedition.com/thomas-edison-and-car/5kwnJLtuLlR3tEKkHxzBCFXSX2I=/0x32:960x753/800x0/filters:quality(80)/granite-web-prod/f2/dc/f2dc0c49aeba4af6b9325f941da5e926.jpeg)
Child Bike Messenger, 1913
![Child worker](https://thumbor.bigedition.com/child-worker/aS_0TMK5A8ALAXVaA6W4B0BHgMU=/42x0:918x657/800x0/filters:quality(80)/granite-web-prod/4d/5d/4d5dbe0c6ce94a03a11dc2670a83533d.jpeg)
Motorcycle Club, 1941
![Baker MCs](https://thumbor.bigedition.com/baker-mcs/yLTC3vEicT4-ioMO5YznUZIZZGU=/800x0/filters:quality(80)/granite-web-prod/1e/28/1e2835c40bf549a3b7097a7b937a7659.jpeg)
Inuit Woman and Baby, 1912
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Homeschooling, 1937
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The Propellers of the Titanic, 1911
![The workers of the Titanic](https://thumbor.bigedition.com/the-workers-of-the-titanic/z_pJB_xIG9qkdTqmXJ-eI6m1mM8=/800x0/filters:quality(80)/granite-web-prod/ca/49/ca494e04a8394c8e9256c3285afaf29b.jpeg)
Queen Elizabeth II, 1944
![Young Queen Elizabeth](https://thumbor.bigedition.com/young-queen-elizabeth/NVJ-aS2tPWTLxfn0DGyON-SdUTY=/0x0:640x640/640x0/filters:quality(80)/granite-web-prod/c1/f7/c1f78a9dccc6424c9ee3d1903c15619e.jpeg)
Rowan Atkinson at Oxford, 1975
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Stray Dog Caretaker, 1962
![Woman with stray dogs](https://thumbor.bigedition.com/woman-with-stray-dogs/qIruiNijIcP-343H191J0yq1Ph0=/31x32:668x668/636x0/filters:quality(80)/granite-web-prod/4e/f1/4ef1a8fbb3bf4481a978eed13c40ca40.jpeg)
Meeting the Triplets, 1946