Philadelphia circa 1907. City Hall, Broad Street north from Locust.Philadelphia circa 1907. City Hall, Broad Street north from Locust.
Philadelphia circa 1907. City Hall, Broad Street north from Locust.
An East German soldier helping a boy cross the newly formed ‘Berlin Wall,’ 1961. The boy was found on the opposite side of the wall from his family. Despite given orders by the East German government to let no one pass, the soldier helped the boy through the barbwire.
An East German soldier helping a boy cross the newly formed ‘Berlin Wall,’ 1961. The boy was found on the opposite side of the wall from his family. Despite given orders by the East German government to let no one pass, the soldier helped the boy through the barbwire.
General Dwight D. Eisenhower, on a tour of the Third Army front, walks around a cluster of corpses representing the remains of many of the inmates of the German concentration camp at Gotha, Germany at the end of World War II, 12 April 1945.
General Dwight D. Eisenhower, on a tour of the Third Army front, walks around a cluster of corpses representing the remains of many of the inmates of the German concentration camp at Gotha, Germany at the end of World War II, 12 April 1945.
November 13, 1974 - Karen Silkwood, a technician at the Kerr-McGee Cimarron Nuclear Facility near Crescent, Oklahoma is killed in her automobile while on her way to meet with a union official and a New York Times reporter to show evidence of the company's alleged negligence in protecting employees from plutonium radiation. The Federal Government will investigate her death. Her story will become a movie starring Meryl Streep in the title role.
November 13, 1974 - Karen Silkwood, a technician at the Kerr-McGee Cimarron Nuclear Facility near Crescent, Oklahoma is killed in her automobile while on her way to meet with a union official and a New York Times reporter to show evidence of the company's alleged negligence in protecting employees from plutonium radiation. The Federal Government will investigate her death. Her story will become a movie starring Meryl Streep in the title role.
George "Bugs" Moran inherited the North Side gang in Chicago from Mob boss Dion O'Bannion, and by 1924, became locked in a bloody turf war with Al Capone. The violence between the two bosses climaxed in 1929 with the St. Valentine's Day Massacre, when several members of Moran's mob were brutally gunned down outside of a warehouse.
George "Bugs" Moran inherited the North Side gang in Chicago from Mob boss Dion O'Bannion, and by 1924, became locked in a bloody turf war with Al Capone. The violence between the two bosses climaxed in 1929 with the St. Valentine's Day Massacre, when several members of Moran's mob were brutally gunned down outside of a warehouse.
"Secret President," "first woman to run the government" - so legend has labeled a first lady whose role gained unusual significance when her husband suffered prolonged and disabling illness. A happy, protected childhood and first marriage had prepared Edith Wilson for the duties of helpmate and hostess; widowhood had taught her something of business matters.
"Secret President," "first woman to run the government" - so legend has labeled a first lady whose role gained unusual significance when her husband suffered prolonged and disabling illness. A happy, protected childhood and first marriage had prepared Edith Wilson for the duties of helpmate and hostess; widowhood had taught her something of business matters.
Speech by Elizabeth I - "I know I have the body but of a weak and feeble woman; but I have the heart and stomach of a king, and of a king of England, too."
Speech by Elizabeth I - "I know I have the body but of a weak and feeble woman; but I have the heart and stomach of a king, and of a king of England, too."
Reconstruction of Edward I's private chambers at the Tower of London
Reconstruction of Edward I's private chambers at the Tower of London
Enrico Fermi (1901 - 1954): developed first nuclear reactor (Chicago Pile-1), contributed to quantum theory, nuclear and particle physics, and statistical mechanics, awarded the 1938 Nobel Prize in Physics for his work on induced radioactivity.
Enrico Fermi (1901 - 1954): developed first nuclear reactor (Chicago Pile-1), contributed to quantum theory, nuclear and particle physics, and statistical mechanics, awarded the 1938 Nobel Prize in Physics for his work on induced radioactivity.
Wedding of 'General Tom Thumb' (Charles Sherwood Stratton) and Lavinia Warren, February 10, 1863
Wedding of 'General Tom Thumb' (Charles Sherwood Stratton) and Lavinia Warren, February 10, 1863
President McKinley and his wife Ida stepping from the train as they arrived at the 1901 Pan-American Exposition. The next day as Mrs. McKinley was at the home of the president of the Exposition, the President was shot.
President McKinley and his wife Ida stepping from the train as they arrived at the 1901 Pan-American Exposition. The next day as Mrs. McKinley was at the home of the president of the Exposition, the President was shot.
Buckminster Fuller Biosphere, Montréal, Expo 67, 1976 fire
Buckminster Fuller Biosphere, Montréal, Expo 67, 1976 fire
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