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RMS Carpathia

RMS Carpathia

RMS Carpathia made her maiden voyage in 1903 and became famous for rescuing the survivors of rival White Star Line's RMS Titanic after it struck an iceberg and sank with a loss of 1,517 lives on 15 April 1912; circa 1912 .
File Reference # 1003_627THA

RMS Titanic

RMS Titanic

RMS Titanic departing Southampton on April 10, 1912
File Reference # 1003_626THA

Frederick Douglass

Frederick Douglass

Former slave and abolitionist Frederick Douglass, circa 1855.
File Reference # 1003_620THA

U.S. President Lyndon Baines Johnson

U.S. President Lyndon Baines Johnson

U.S. President Lyndon Baines Johnson Signs the Civil Rights Act of 1964 while Martin Luther King and others witness the signing. Photo by Cecil Stoughton, White House Press Office
File Reference # 1003_621THA

Albert Einstein

Albert Einstein

Albert Einstein with his wife Elsa, circa 1919
File Reference # 1003_619THA

Malcolm X

Malcolm X

Malcolm X waiting for a press conference to begin on March 26, 1964. Photo by By Marion S. Trikosko

File Reference # 1003_618THA

Malcolm X

Malcolm X

Malcolm X, March 12, 1964
Photo by Ed Ford
File Reference # 1003_617THA

Sigmund Freud

Sigmund Freud

Sigmund Freud, founder of psychoanalysis, smoking cigar, 1922
Photo by Max Halberstadt
File Reference # 1003_615THA

Arrangement in Grey and Black No. 1

Arrangement in Grey and Black No. 1

Arrangement in Grey and Black No. 1 (Alternate Titles: Portrait of the Artist's Mother, Whistler's Mother) by James Abbott McNeill Whistler
Depicted person: Anna McNeill Whistler
Place of creation: London, Summer 1871
oil on canvas
File Reference # 1003_614THA

Steve Jobs and Bill Gates

Steve Jobs and Bill Gates

Steve Jobs and Bill Gates at "D5: All Things Digital' conference in Carlsbad, California, 2007. Photo by Joi Ito
File Reference # 1003_613THA

Rosa Parks

Rosa Parks

Rosa Parks with Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. circa 1955
File Reference # 1003_612THA

Archival Historical

Archival Historical

Salvador Dali with Babou, the ocelot and cane, 1965
Photo by Roger Higgins
File Reference # 1003_610THA

Salvador Dali

Salvador Dali

Salvador Dalí, November 29, 1939
Photo by Carl Van Vechten
File Reference # 1003_609THA

Volkswagen Imports

Volkswagen Imports

1,527 Volkswagens from Germany are unloaded at the ship channel. Non-bulk cargo, such as vehicles, used to be common imports through the Port of Toronto, Canada. April 18, 1966
File Reference # 1003_606THA

Archival Historical

Archival Historical

Photograph of Princess Diana dancing with John Travolta at a White House dinner for the Prince and Princess of Wales, November 9, 1985
File Reference # 1003_607THA

Martin Luther King Jr.

Martin Luther King Jr.

Martin Luther King Jr., circa 1964

File Reference # 1003_605THA

Martin Luther King Jr.

Martin Luther King Jr.

President Lyndon B. Johnson and Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. meet at the White House, March 18, 1966
Photo: Yoichi Robert Okamoto
File Reference # 1003_604THA

Frida Kahlo

Frida Kahlo

Mexican painter Frida Kahlo, October16, 1932
Photo by Guillermo Kahlo
File Reference # 1003_601THA

Diego Rivera

Diego Rivera

Diego Rivera with a xoloitzcuintle dog in the Blue House, Coyoacan circa 1943
File Reference # 1003_600THA

Billy the Kid

Billy the Kid

Billy the Kid (born Henry McCarty; also known as William H. Bonney), an American Old West gunfighter, circa 1880
File Reference # 1003_597THA

U.S.S. Arizona

U.S.S. Arizona

U.S.S. Arizona, December 7, 1941
Photograph: The Gilder Lehrman Institute of American
History
File Reference # 1003_594THA

Annie Oakley

Annie Oakley

Annie Oakley with shotgun, circa 1888
File Reference # 1003_574THA

Annie Oakley

Annie Oakley

Annie Oakley with shotgun, circa 1888
File Reference # 1003_573THA

Helen Keller

Helen Keller

Helen Keller, circa 1904
File Reference # 1003_572THA

Helen Keller

Helen Keller

Helen Keller, circa 1919
File Reference # 1003_571THA

George Washington

George Washington

George Washington posthumous portrait by Rembrandt Peale, circa 1823
File Reference # 1003_570THA

Leo Tolstoy

Leo Tolstoy

Leo Tolstoy, circa 1883
File Reference # 1003_569THA

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756-1791). This posthumous portrait of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart was painted by Barbara Krafft at the request of Joseph Sonnleithner in 1819, long after Mozart died.
File Reference # 1003_568THA

Vincent van Gogh

Vincent van Gogh

Vincent van Gogh - Self-Portrait 1887
Painting current location, Art Institute of Chicago
File Reference # 1003_566THA

Vincent van Gogh

Vincent van Gogh

Vincent van Gogh - Self-Portrait 1889
Painting current location, National Gallery of Art, Washington DC
File Reference # 1003_565THA

Richard M. Nixon

Richard M. Nixon

Richard M. Nixon campaign 1968
Photo by: Oliver F. Atkins
File Reference # 1003_562THA

William Shakespeare

William Shakespeare

The Martin Droeshout Portrait engraving of William Shakespeare (1564-1616), from the First Folio, published in 1623
File Reference # 1003_564THA

A posthumous portrait of Christopher Columbus

A posthumous portrait of Christopher Columbus

A posthumous portrait of Christopher Columbus painted in 1519 by Italian Renaissance painter Sebastiano Del Piombo, in Rome at Palazzo Venezia. Painting currenyly resides at Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York, NY
File Reference # 1003_559THA

US President Harry S. Truman

US President Harry S. Truman

US President Harry S. Truman and French President Charles de Gaulle, standing at attention during welcoming ceremonies on the White House lawn. August 22, 1945
File Reference # 1003_557THA

Marie Antoinette

Marie Antoinette

Portrait of Marie Antoinette (1755-1793) attributed to Jean-Baptiste Gautier Dagoty. Painting current location Mus�e Antoine-L�cuyer in Saint-Quentin, France
File Reference # 1003_552THA

Louis Pasteur

Louis Pasteur

French scientist Louis Pasteur (1822 - 1895), father of modern bacteriology, circa 1891
File Reference # 1003_551THA

Louis Pasteur

Louis Pasteur

Portrait of Louis Pasteur (1822 - 1895), French microbiologist and chemist, circa 1880

File Reference # 1003_550THA

Louis Pasteur

Louis Pasteur

Studio portrait of Louis Pasteur, circa 1891
File Reference # 1003_548THA

Leo Tolstoy

Leo Tolstoy

Leo Tolstoy 1897
File Reference # 1003_546THA

Galileo Galilei

Galileo Galilei

Portrait of Galileo Galilei (1564-1642), painting by Flemish painter Justus Sustermans, 1636. Painting Current location, National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London
File Reference # 1003_543THA

Johann Sebastian Bach

Johann Sebastian Bach

Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750)- painting by Elias Gottlob Haussmann 1746. Painting current location, Stadtgeschichtliches Museum Leipzig, Germany
File Reference # 1003_541THA

Joan of Arc

Joan of Arc

Joan of Arc (circa 1412-1431) posthumous painting circa 1485. Current location, Archives Nationales, Paris, France
File Reference # 1003_540THA

Joan of Arc

Joan of Arc

Joan of Arc (circa 1412-1431) Kissing the Sword of Liberation - posthumous painting by Dante Gabriel Rossetti, 1863. Painting current location Strasbourg Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art, Strasbourg, France
File Reference # 1003_539THA

Napoléon Bonaparte

Napoléon Bonaparte

The Emperor Napoléon Bonaparte in his study at the Tuileries. Painting by Jacques-Louis David, 1812. Painting current location, National Gallery of Art, Washington DC
File Reference # 1003_538THA

Queen Isabella

Queen Isabella

Portrait of Isabella Clara Eugenia of Spain, Archduchess of Austria painting by Frans Pourbus the younger, 17th century. Painting is currently at
Groeningemuseum in Bruges, Belgium
File Reference # 1003_537THA

George Orwell

George Orwell

George Orwell in a publicity photo circa 1941
File Reference # 1003_535THA

Charles de Gaulle

Charles de Gaulle

Charles de Gaulle circa 1944
File Reference # 1003_531THA

George Washington

George Washington

Posthumous painting of George Washington by Gilbert Stuart circa 1821
File Reference # 1003_533THA

Charles de Gaulle

Charles de Gaulle

Charles de Gaulle circa 1940
File Reference # 1003_530THA

Charles de Gaulle

Charles de Gaulle

Charles de Gaulle circa 1944
File Reference # 1003_529THA

Nicolas Copernicus

Nicolas Copernicus

Engraved portrait of Polish astronomer Nicolas Copernicus (1473 - 1543) drawing the sun as the center of the universe
File Reference # 1003_525THA

Charles de Gaulle

Charles de Gaulle

General Charles de Gaulle at Casablanca Conference January 17, 1943, Casablanca, Morocco
File Reference # 1003_526THA

Charles de Gaulle

Charles de Gaulle

Charles de Gaulle in Strasbourg, France, April 7, 1945
File Reference # 1003_523THA

Charles de Gaulle

Charles de Gaulle

General Charles de Gaulle looking over a map, circa 1943
File Reference # 1003_522THA

General de Gaulle

General de Gaulle

General de Gaulle, accompanied by General Mast, saluting as the band plays Marseillaise outside the summer palace of the bay of Tunis. June 1943
File Reference # 1003_521THA

Charles Darwin

Charles Darwin

Charles Darwin, photographed by Julia Margaret Cameron 1868
File Reference # 1003_520THA

Richard Nixon

Richard Nixon

Standing portrait of Richard Nixon by White House Photographer Oliver Atkins, 1972
File Reference # 1003_519THA

Portrait of Benjamin Franklin

Portrait of Benjamin Franklin

Portrait of Benjamin Franklin. Original painting by Joseph-Siffrein Duplessis in circa 1785
File Reference # 1003_518THA

Ludwig van Beethoven

Ludwig van Beethoven

Portrait of Ludwig van Beethoven when composing the Missa Solemnis 1820 - painting by Joseph Karl Stieler
File Reference # 1003_517THA

Theodore Roosevelt

Theodore Roosevelt

Theodore Roosevelt, circa 1902
File Reference # 1003_516THA

Bust of Aristotle

Bust of Aristotle

Bust of Aristotle. Marble, Roman copy after a Greek bronze original by Lysippos from 330 BC. Bust is currently at National Roman Museum, Rome Italy
File Reference # 1003_515THA

US President Jimmy Carter

US President Jimmy Carter

From left to right: Menachem Begin, President Jimmy Carter and Anwar Sadat in Camp David, September 7, 1978
File Reference # 1003_510THA

Andrew Carnegie

Andrew Carnegie

Andrew Carnegie, circa 1917
File Reference # 1003_511THA

Archival Historical

Archival Historical

United States President Jimmy Carter, left and President Anwar Sadat of Egypt, right, walk behind Aspen Lodge at Camp David, near Thurmont, Maryland prior to their meeting on Tuesday, September 12, 1978. Photo by White House
File Reference # 1003_508THA

President Jimmy Carter

President Jimmy Carter

President Jimmy Carter welcomes Egyptian President Anwar Sadat at the White House, Washington, D.C, April 8, 1980
File Reference # 1003_507THA

Leo Tolstoy

Leo Tolstoy

Leo Tolstoy, circa 1856, was a Russian novelist regarded as one of the greatest of all time
File Reference # 1003_505THA

D Day

D Day

A LCVP (Landing Craft, Vehicle, Personnel) from the U.S. Coast Guard-manned USS Samuel Chase disembarks troops of Company E, 16th Infantry, 1st Infantry Division (the Big Red One) wading onto the Fox Green section of Omaha Beach (Calvados, Basse-Normandie, France) on the morning of June 6, 1944. American soldiers encountered the newly formed German 352nd Division when landing. During the initial landing two-thirds of the Company E became casualties.
File Reference # 1003_504THA

The Kenndys

The Kenndys

President John F. Kennedy and Prime Minister of Great Britain, Harold Macmillan, Inspect Honor Guard Troops, April 27, 1962
File Reference # 1003_503THA

Child Labor

Child Labor

Breaker boys working in Ewen Breaker. S. Pittston, Pa, January 1911
File Reference # 1003_502THA

Child Labor

Child Labor

Child Worker Addie Laird, 12 years old. Spinner in a Cotton Mill. February 1910
File Reference # 1003_501THA

Emperor Nicholas II

Emperor Nicholas II

Csar Nicholas II of Russia with his physically similar cousin, King George V of the United Kingdom (right), in German military uniforms in Berlin before the war, 1913
File Reference # 1003_500THA

Emperor Nicholas II

Emperor Nicholas II

Emperor Nicholas II of Russia with the family (left to right): Olga, Maria, Nicholas II, Alexandra Fyodorovna, Anastasia, Alexei, and Tatiana. Livadiya, 1913. Portrait by the Levitsky Studio, Livadiya.
File Reference # 1003_498THA

Emperor Nicholas II

Emperor Nicholas II

Emperor Nicholas II, was the last czar of Russia, circa 1905
File Reference # 1003_499THA

Emperor Nicholas II

Emperor Nicholas II

Emperor Nicholas II, was the last czar of Russia, circa 1905
File Reference # 1003_497THA

Kaiser Wilhelm II

Kaiser Wilhelm II

Kaiser Wilhelm II, circa 1888
File Reference # 1003_496THA

Transcontinental Railroad

Transcontinental Railroad

Railroad officials and employees celebrate the completion of the first railroad transcontinental link in Promontory, Utah, 1869
File Reference # 1003_495THA

Apollo 11 Launch

Apollo 11 Launch

Vice President Spiro Agnew and former President Lyndon B. Johnson view the liftoff of Apollo 11 from pad 39A at Kennedy Space Center at 9:32 am EDT on July 16, 1969.
Credit: NASA/APOLLO 11


File Reference # 1003_494THA

The Kennedys

The Kennedys

President John F. Kennedy and Mrs. Jacqueline Kennedy deplane from Air Force One at Love Field, Dallas, Texas. November 22, 1963
File Reference # 1003_493THA

The Kennedys

The Kennedys

President John F. Kennedy eating an ice cream cone aboard his boat named "Honey Fitz" in Hyannisport, Massachussetts, August 31, 1963
File Reference # 1003_492THA

The Kennedys

The Kennedys

John F. Kennedy and Son John F. Kennedy Jr. coming out of candy store in Hyannisport, August 13, 1963
File Reference # 1003_491THA

The Kennedys

The Kennedys

The Kennedy family (Jacqueline Kennedy, John F. Kennedy Jr. and Caroline Kennedy at Easter Vacation in Palm Beach, April 13, 1963


File Reference # 1003_490THA

The Kennedys

The Kennedys

Trip to New York City: Madison Square Garden, Birthday Salute to President John F. Kennedy, May 9, 1962
File Reference # 1003_489THA

Henry A. Kissinger

Henry A. Kissinger

Photograph of Secretary of State Henry Kissinger Making a Point during a Meeting to Discuss the Situation in Lebanon , June 17, 1976
File Reference # 1003_488THA

Henry A. Kissinger

Henry A. Kissinger

At the White House in Washington, DC, Henry A. Kissinger is seated during a meeting in the Oval Office, January 18, 1975
File Reference # 1003_487THA

Henry A. Kissinger

Henry A. Kissinger

Photograph of President Gerald Ford and Secretary of State Henry Kissinger Conferring on the Train Ride to Vladivostok, 11/23/1974
File Reference # 1003_486THA

Henry A. Kissinger

Henry A. Kissinger

1974, November 12 �?? State Dining Room �?? The White House �?? Washington, DC �?? Henry Kissinger, Lee Bouvier Radziwill�?? seated at table, talking; formal wear �?? State Dinner for Bruno Kreisky, Chancellor of the Federal Republic of Austria - Sister of Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis
File Reference # 1003_485THA

The Kennedys

The Kennedys

President John F. Kennedy Attends First Lady Jacqueline Kennedy's Third Musical Program for Youth, April 16, 1962
File Reference # 1003_484THA

Walt Whitman

Walt Whitman

Walt Whitman, circa 1865
File Reference # 1003_483THA

The Kennedys

The Kennedys

President John F. Kennedy En Route to the Commencement Ceremony at the United States Naval Academy, Annapolis, Maryland, June 7, 1961
File Reference # 1003_482THA

The Kennedys

The Kennedys

President John F. Kennedy with His White House Staff, January 1961
File Reference # 1003_481THA

The Kennedys

The Kennedys

President John F. Kennedy and Vice President Lyndon B. Johnson Walk to Greet Winners of National Science Talent Search, March 6, 1961
File Reference # 1003_480THA

The Dust Bowl

The Dust Bowl

Dust Storm in Rolla, Kansas May 6, 1935
File Reference # 1003_477THA

The Gasoline Crisis of the 1970s

The Gasoline Crisis of the 1970s

Gas Station in Portland, Oregon Closed Because of a Lack of Fuel Allocation. It Was One of Many Stations Closed During the Fuel Crisis in the Winter of 1973-74. Circa 1973
File Reference # 1003_475THA

The Gasoline Crisis of the 1970s

The Gasoline Crisis of the 1970s

The State of Oregon Was the First to Go to a System of Odd and Even Numbers During the Gasoline Crisis in the Fall and Winter of 1973-74. Here Motorists with Even Numbered Licenses Line Up for Gasoline on an Even Numbered Day. The Plan Was in Effect Monday through Friday. Anyone Could Get Gas on Saturdays If It Was Available. All Stations Were Closed Sundays. Portland OR, February 1974
File Reference # 1003_474THA

The U.S. Civil War

The U.S. Civil War

General William T. Sherman, circa 1861
Photographer: Mathew Brady
File Reference # 1003_471THA

The U.S. Civil War

The U.S. Civil War

Abraham Lincoln, President, U.S. circa 1863
Photo by Mathew Brady
File Reference # 1003_472THA

The U.S. Civil War

The U.S. Civil War

General Ulysses S. Grant, circa 1861
Photographer: Mathew Brady

File Reference # 1003_469THA

Charles Dickens

Charles Dickens

Charles Dickens, circa 1863
File Reference # 1003_468THA

Walt Whitman

Walt Whitman

Walt Whitman, circa 1863
File Reference # 1003_467THA

The U.S. Civil War

The U.S. Civil War

General Robert E. Lee, circa 1863
File Reference # 1003_466THA

Civil War Photographer

Civil War Photographer

Mathew B. Brady, circa 1863
File Reference # 1003_465THA

The Reagans

The Reagans

Preseident Ronald Reagan and First Lady Nancy Reagan with Michael Jackson at the White House Ceremony to Launch the Campaign Against Drunk Driving, May 14, 1984
File Reference # 1003_464THA

Martin Luther King

Martin Luther King

Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., President of the Southern Christian Leadership Conference, and Mathew Ahmann, executive Director of the National Catholic Conference for Interrracial Justice, in a crowd during the Civil Rights March on Washington, D.C. August 28, 1963
File Reference # 1003_463THA

The U.S. Civil War

The U.S. Civil War

Allan Pinkerton, President Abraham Lincoln and Major General John A. McClernand, circa 1862
File Reference # 1003_462THA

Women in the Workforce

Women in the Workforce

"Top Women" at U.S. Steel's Gary, Indiana, Works. Their Job Is to Clean Up at Regular Intervals Around The Tops of Twelve Blast Furnaces. As A Safety Precaution, the Girls Wear Oxygen Masks., circa 1940 - 1945
File Reference # 1003_460THA

The Kenndys

The Kenndys

President Kennedy Greets Peace Corps Volunteers on the White House South Lawn August 9, 1962
File Reference # 1003_461THA

Mary Todd Lincoln

Mary Todd Lincoln

Mrs. Abraham Lincoln (Mary Todd Lincoln), circa 1860 -1865
File Reference # 1003_458THA

Switchboard Operators

Switchboard Operators

A Bell System switchboard where overseas calls are handled. Not all of the services shown are available during wartime conditions. December 22,1943

File Reference # 1003_459THA

Country Boys Fishing

Country Boys Fishing

Cajun boys fishing in a bayou near their school, Schriever, Louisiana, 1940
File Reference # 1003_457THA

Country Store

Country Store

A cross roads store, bar, "juke joint," and gas station in the cotton plantation area, Melrose, Louisiana, 1940. Photograph shows Sign on left building: Frenchie's Beer Garden; above porch: Frenchie's Bar.
File Reference # 1003_456THA

The Kennedys

The Kennedys

Governor John Connally, Nellie Connally, President John F. Kennedy, and Jacqueline Kennedy in presidential limousine, Dallas, November 22, 1963.
File Reference # 1003_455THA

Lee Harvey Oswald

Lee Harvey Oswald

Lee Harvey Oswald, the assassin of President Kennedy in 1963, had defected to the Soviet Union several years earlier, but returned to the U.S. after becoming disillusioned with that country. He is shown here in a Dallas police station after his arrest for Kennedy's shooting, November 23, 1963
File Reference # 1003_454THA

The Kennedys

The Kennedys

President John F. Kennedy, Jacqueline Kennedy, Nellie Connally, and Governor John Connally, moments before the assassination in Dallas, Texas, November 22, 1963

File Reference # 1003_452THA

Las Vegas, Nevada

Las Vegas, Nevada

Paris Las Vegas Casino Resort, Las Vegas, Nevada circa 2006
File Reference # 1003_451THA

Las Vegas, Nevada

Las Vegas, Nevada

Historic Stardust Sign, Las Vegas. Built in 1958, the famed Stardust sign became a symbol of Las Vegas. Young Electric Sign Company was hired to fabricate the sign. Kermit Wayne's design was selected for both the façade and the roadside signs. circa 1990
File Reference # 1003_450THA

Las Vegas, Nevada

Las Vegas, Nevada

Showgirls in front of the historic Las Vegas sign, circa 1986
File Reference # 1003_449THA

Las Vegas, Nevada

Las Vegas, Nevada

Sign in daytime, Las Vegas, Nevada, circa 2004
File Reference # 1003_448THA

Day Laborers in 1940

Day Laborers in 1940

Day laborers picking cotton near Clarksdale, Miss. Delta
November1940

File Reference # 1003_446THA

Rural Home in Mississippi

Rural Home in Mississippi

Tenant's home beside the Mississippi River levee, near Lake Providence, La.
June 1940
File Reference # 1003_447THA

J.R. Oppenheimer

J.R. Oppenheimer

J.R. Oppenheimer, often called the "father of the atomic bomb" for his role in the Manhattan Project, circa 1944. Oppenheimer's badge photo from Los Alamos Laboratory
File Reference # 1003_443THA