World War II
A contingent of 15 nurses in the southwest Pacific area received their first batch of home mail at their station, 1943 An 8th Air Force B-17 on raid over Focke Wulf plant in Germany, 1943 An...
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Army fliers, 1924 Confederate veterans, 1922 Dog cemetery, 1916-17 Earl Carroll instructing girls in vanities, 1925 Eleven women police receiving marksmanship training Est[?] Fonor[?],...
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More of his peerless nature photography. Canyon de Chelly, Arizona[it's pronounced "Canyon de Shay"] Flowers and rock, San Joaquin Sierra, California, 1936 Fountain Geyser Pool, Yellowstone...
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Natani family, near Ganado, Arizona 1948 Navajo family, Arizona, 1948 Navajo girl handspinning, near Ganado, Arizona, 1948 Navajo girls learn first to weave by observation. Near Navajo...
View ArticleAugust Sander
He was a German portrait and documentary photographer. Anna Sander Circus artist, 1926 Circus people, 1926 Blind children Blind children, ca. 1930 Boys celebrating the Kaiser's birthday,...
View ArticleCharles Mace
These are photos of Japanese-Americans reintegrating into society after the wartime internment. Michiko Kataoka, a freshman, and Meriko Hoshiyama, a junior, both from Manzanar (left to right in...
View ArticleJulia Margaret Cameron
Portrait of Christina Spartali, 1865-70 Sadness, 1864 Sir Henry Taylor Sir John Herschel with cap[he was quite an accomplished fellow] Summer Days, 1866 The Communion, ca. 1870 The...
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Horseback riders on the trail of Indian Henry's, Mt. Rainier National Park, Washington Horseshow, 1924 Intoxicated ducks, 1925 John Uslie, 1922LOSES $5,000 HE SAVED WRITING WITH HIS...
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Four siblings and grandma Woman in Philippopoli, Bulgaria Woman on a fainting couch, Chicago[what's a fainting couch?] Young couple, Fayette, Ohio Young mother with baby Young woman with...
View ArticleFélix Bonfils
Félix Bonfils (1831-1885) photographed Middle Eastern scenery and people in the 19th century. Egyptian Mummy seller, 1875 Bedouin Women, Jerusalem, ca 1880 Caire, Palmiers a Bedrechin, 1880...
View ArticleRussell Lee
This is it for my Russell Lee collection! He has to rank as one of my favorites - he did so much good work. Wife of FSA client shelling peas on porch of old shack home, New Madrid County, Missouri,...
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Gunston Hall group Gunston Hall. Preparatory Department[Gunston Hall was a "finishing school" for well-bred young ladies] Liberty Loans. Liberty Bond sales car, John Stevenson as Uncle Sam and...
View ArticleRudolf Dührkoop
Rudolf Dührkoop (1848-1918) was a pioneering German photographer. Self-portrait, 1912 Clotilde von Derp, 1912 Diaper rash Gertrude und Ursula Falke, 1906 Rudolf Eucken, 1908 Nobel Laureate...
View ArticleRobert Doisneau
Les beaux jeudis, 1957 Madame Titine campe sur le quai de l'Arsenal, Paris, 1950 On the shore, 1951 Parc Monceau, Paris, 1953 Picasso and Françoise Gilot, 1952 Picasso's bread,...
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Herbert Hoover and presidential party standing, with men holding their hats, at opening baseball game. 1929 Hope Hampton, 1922 Marion Newton and Ruth Williams preparing to wade in Rock Creek,...
View ArticleAlfred Palmer
Woman working on a bomber's wheel well, 1943 Woman working on landing gear for P-51, 1942 Woman working on self-sealing gas tanks, 1943 Women at work on bomber, Douglas Aircraft Company, Long...
View ArticleHenri Lemoine
Henri Lemoine (1848-1924) was the incarnation of the typical Sunday photographer. The hundreds of shots acquired from his descendants reveal the spectator curious of the life of his time. Bois d'Amour...
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Alma Stanley, theater actress, New York Fashionable young girl, Calumet, Michigan Girl practicing violin, Warren, Illinois Girl with doll, San Francisco Miss Constance Collier as Adulola...
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