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EVB2943156: British nannies in a basement bomb shelter, probably in London during World War 1. From 1915-1918, Britain suffered approximately 50 raids with about 550 deaths and 1350 injuries, Unknown photographer, (20th century) / Bridgeman Images
EVB2943159: Training German boys for army during WW1. 1914-18, Unknown photographer, (20th century) / Bridgeman Images
EVB2943172: German women making soldiers' uniforms during world War 1. 1914-18, Unknown photographer, (20th century) / Bridgeman Images
EVB2943191: A WW1 Zeppelin with part of the covering removed to show the interior. 1914-18. The Aluminum skeleton housed chambers for lighter than air gas, and supported propellers, navigation planes and rudders. A gondolas hold passengers and munitions, Unknown photographer, (20th century) / Bridgeman Images
EVB2943197: World War 1 Polish Infantry of the German Army in East Prussia in 1914. They are on flat ground firing from individual rifle pits, Unknown photographer, (20th century) / Bridgeman Images
EVB2943204: Wreckage of a WW1 German Albatross fighter biplane. 1916-18. Its pilots were advised not to perform steep or prolonged dives because its wings had a tendency to develop wing cracks and fail, Unknown photographer, (20th century) / Bridgeman Images
EVB2943209: British WW1 transport Osterle camouflaged with Zebra stripes. Nov. 11, 1918. In New York Harbor, she was decked with flags to celebrate the armistice, Unknown photographer, (20th century) / Bridgeman Images
EVB2943215: RMS Lusitania torpedoed by a German submarine on May 7, 1915, Unknown photographer, (20th century) / Bridgeman Images
EVB2943311: Mourat, an Armenian soldier fought with Russians against the Turks in WW1. He fought in the 1916 Battle of Erzinjan and died in at the Battle of Baku in 1918, Unknown photographer, (20th century) / Bridgeman Images
EVB2943386: Dead bodies of forty Armenians, mostly men with a few women. 1918-19. Photograph received by the American Red Cross in February 1919, Unknown photographer, (20th century) / Bridgeman Images
EVB2943399: Ferdinand Foch, Chief of the General Staff of the French armies in World War 1, Unknown photographer, (20th century) / Bridgeman Images
EVB2944308: Peggy Hull, in military uniform in 1931. She was Americas first female war correspondent, officially recognized by the U.S. government when she reported from WW1 war zones, Unknown photographer, (20th century) / Bridgeman Images
EVB2943410: German soldiers worship at Mass before battle. 1914-18, Unknown photographer, (20th century) / Bridgeman Images
EVB2943569: Wendell Willkie addressing the National Press Club. June 12, 1940. Willkie, who never held a public office, was a rising dark horse candidate for the Republican Presidential nomination, Harris & Ewing (1905-45) / Bridgeman Images
EVB2925140: Jean Aker, in court testified about the status of her marriage to Rudolph Valentino. June 5, 1922. Valentino married Alla Nazimova on May 13, 1922 before his divorce was legally final. With Valentino charged with bigamy, the couple had their marriage annulled and separated for a year. They remarried in 1923 and divorced in 1925 / Bridgeman Images
EVB2925141: Eleanor Roosevelt and Secretary of State Dean Acheson at United Nations General Assembly in Paris. Nov. 9. 1951. President Harry Truman appointed Roosevelt to the first American delegation to the UN. She served from Dec. 31, 1945, until Dec. 31, 1952, / Bridgeman Images
EVB2925144: First Lady, Eleanor Roosevelt, honored Women's International League for Peace and Liberty. May 3, 1935. / Bridgeman Images
EVB2925148: Julian 'Cannonball' Adderley, jazz alto saxophonist of 1950s and 1960s / Bridgeman Images
EVB2925149: Future Radio Priest, Charles E. Coughlin as a boy. He was born in Ontario, Canada, to Irish Catholic parents in 1891. In 1923 he moved to Detroit and was attached to the Archdiocese of Detroit / Bridgeman Images
EVB2925150: Father Charles Coughlin boarding train to Chicago Democratic Convention in 1932. A supporter of Franklin Roosevelt, the Radio Priest was invited to speak at the National Convention, June 27- July 2, 1932 / Bridgeman Images
EVB2925154: Father Charles Coughlin with his parents, Amelia and Thomas J. Coughlin. April 16, 1942. Shortly afterward, on May 1, 1942, Archbishop Edward Mooney, the new leader of the Catholic Church in Detroit, instructed Coughlin to cease all non-pastoral activities or leave the priesthood / Bridgeman Images
EVB2925162: Bishop Fulton Sheen writing on blackboard during the broadcast of his TV show, LIFE IS WORTH LIVING. Nov. 1, 1954. He wrote, 'Are the Soviets to be believed when they speak of Peace?' Communist atheism was denounced by Bishop Sheen / Bridgeman Images
EVB2925165: Fulton J. Sheen (center), Bishop of Rochester, at a Jewish service at the Mt. Neboh Congregation. Manhattan, New York City, Feb. 2, 1968. / Bridgeman Images
EVB2925176: China's Premier Chou En-lai (left) cruising Egypt's Nile River with President Sukarno of Indonesia. July 6, 1965. They were awaiting the opening in Algeria of the Afro-Asian Conference, which was canceled because of the Sino-Soviet split and overthrow of the Algeria's President Ben Bella / Bridgeman Images
EVB2925182: A negotiated settlement established on the status of Buganda within the nation of Uganda. Oct. 23, 1955. Uganda's British Governor, Sir Andrew Cohen, recognized Kabaka Mutesa II as Constitutional Monarch of Buganda, a traditional Kingdom within the African nation of Uganda / Bridgeman Images
EVB2925188: Randolph Churchill with his daughter Arabella at U.S. Senate hearing, Dec. 15, 1966. They heard African-American civil rights leader Dr. Martin Luther King criticize the waste of the Vietnam War while there was poverty at home / Bridgeman Images
EVB2925189: Arabella Churchill (center) stands with other wedding attendants at St. Margaret's Church. London, Nov. 5, 1955. The 3 year old granddaughter of Sir Winston Churchill was bridesmaid at the wedding of Lord Galloway and Teresa Fox-Strangeways / Bridgeman Images
EVB2925190: Arabella Churchill, granddaughter of Sir Winston Churchill, married Scottish James Barton. August 10, 1972 / Bridgeman Images
EVB2925207: Willie Hoppe, carom billiards champion, nearing the end of his competitive career in 1949. He won the World Title in 1952, and retired from title play. He continued to play in exhibition matches / Bridgeman Images
EVB2925216: Sophie Kerr, famous writer with her pet alley cat 'Thomas Hardy'. c. 1936. Her novels and short stories dealt with class and gender issues at the work place in the first half of the 20th century / Bridgeman Images
EVB2925227: Lee Kwang Yew, Prime Minister of Singapore, golfing while on vacation in Switzerland. May 1962. He was Singapore's leader from 1959 to 1990, and is credited with its transition from a colonial backwater to a dynamic economic Asian power / Bridgeman Images
EVB2925347: FBI agents escort James I. Faherty, 44, after his arrest for the ,219,000 Brinks robbery. He was arrested with Thomas F. Richardson without a fight in Dorchester section of Boston. May 16, 1956. Four movies have been based on the robbery: SIX BRIDGES TO CROSS, 1955; BLUEPRINT FOR ROBBERY, 1961; BRINKS-THE GREAT ROBBERY, 1976; THE BRINKS JOB, 1978 / Bridgeman Images
EVB2925357: Isador Fisch (right), was a key figure in Lindbergh Baby kidnapper, Bruno Hauptmann's alibi. Hauptmann claimed he received the Lindbergh ransom money Fisch, before he traveled to German where he died of tuberculosis in March 1934 / Bridgeman Images
EVB2925363: Golfer Opal Hill checking her score of 75 that gave her the medal in the opening round. She went on to win the 37th Annual Women's Western Golf Tournament in 1937, repeating her 1936 victory. She one of the 13 founders of the Ladies Professional Golf Association (LPGA)in 1950 / Bridgeman Images
EVB2925367: Nepalese mountaineer, Khumfo Chumbi, wearing an Abominable Snowman scalp. Dec. 20, 1960. Tibetan monks at Khumjung monastery believed it was from a Yeti. At right is Sir Edmund Hillary before his expedition which unsuccessfully searched for the mythical Himalayan biped. Laboratory tests indicate the scalp was manufactured from the skin of a serow, a goat-like Himalayan antelope / Bridgeman Images
EVB2925378: Tammany Boss Jimmy Hines was convicted of protecting the Dutch Schultz mob. Hines smoked a cigarette behind the fence at the General Session Court after his conviction, March 2,1939. The Hines' case was one of New York City Prosecutor Thomas Dewey's biggest victories / Bridgeman Images