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Policemen dissolve a demonstration of the unemployed in Paris, 1932 (b/w photo)
Policemen dissolve a demonstration of the unemployed in Paris, 1932 (b/w photo)

SZT2980355: Policemen dissolve a demonstration of the unemployed in Paris, 1932 (b/w photo) / Bridgeman Images

Beachwear in Deauville in France, 1935 (b/w photo)
Beachwear in Deauville in France, 1935 (b/w photo)

SZT2980382: Beachwear in Deauville in France, 1935 (b/w photo) / Bridgeman Images

Schwalenberg, 1935 (b/w photo)
Schwalenberg, 1935 (b/w photo)

SZT2980418: Schwalenberg, 1935 (b/w photo) / Bridgeman Images

Vohwinkel, 1936 (b/w photo)
Vohwinkel, 1936 (b/w photo)

SZT2980424: Vohwinkel, 1936 (b/w photo) / Bridgeman Images

Hoexter, 1908 (b/w photo)
Hoexter, 1908 (b/w photo)

SZT2980451: Hoexter, 1908 (b/w photo) / Bridgeman Images

Bad Salzuflen, 1921 (b/w photo)
Bad Salzuflen, 1921 (b/w photo)

SZT2980457: Bad Salzuflen, 1921 (b/w photo) / Bridgeman Images

Prohibition: Sign in front of the Palais Royal in the USA (b/w photo)
Prohibition: Sign in front of the Palais Royal in the USA (b/w photo)

SZT2980538: Prohibition: Sign in front of the Palais Royal in the USA (b/w photo) / Bridgeman Images

Abe Fortas, President Lyndon Johnson's nominee to the Supreme Court at the Senate Judiciary Committee in 1965. He was confirmed but failed conformation as LBJ's 1968 nominee for Chief Justice and was forced to resign in 1969 for accepted fees while serving on the high court
Abe Fortas, President Lyndon Johnson's nominee to the Supreme Court at the Senate Judiciary Committee in 1965. He was confirmed but failed conformation as LBJ's 1968 nominee for Chief Justice and was forced to resign in 1969 for accepted fees while serving on the high court

EVB2937472: Abe Fortas, President Lyndon Johnson's nominee to the Supreme Court at the Senate Judiciary Committee in 1965. He was confirmed but failed conformation as LBJ's 1968 nominee for Chief Justice and was forced to resign in 1969 for accepted fees while serving on the high court / Bridgeman Images

The telephone booth in which Vincent 'Mad Dog' Coll was murdered by assassins working for Dutch Schultz on February 8, 1932
The telephone booth in which Vincent 'Mad Dog' Coll was murdered by assassins working for Dutch Schultz on February 8, 1932

EVB2937475: The telephone booth in which Vincent 'Mad Dog' Coll was murdered by assassins working for Dutch Schultz on February 8, 1932 / Bridgeman Images

Meyer Lansky (1902-1983), underworld financier who built gambling casinos in Cuba and Las Vegas in 1958. He inspired movie characters: Hyman Roth, portrayed by Lee Strasberg in GODFATHER II, and Max Bercovicz, by James Woods ONCE UPON A TIME IN AMERIc. He was portrayed by Ben Kingsly in BUGSY, Dustin Hoffman in THE LOST CITY, and Patrick Dempsey in MOBSTERS
Meyer Lansky (1902-1983), underworld financier who built gambling casinos in Cuba and Las Vegas in 1958. He inspired movie characters: Hyman Roth, portrayed by Lee Strasberg in GODFATHER II, and Max Bercovicz, by James Woods ONCE UPON A TIME IN AMERIc. He was portrayed by Ben Kingsly in BUGSY, Dustin Hoffman in THE LOST CITY, and Patrick Dempsey in MOBSTERS

EVB2937514: Meyer Lansky (1902-1983), underworld financier who built gambling casinos in Cuba and Las Vegas in 1958. He inspired movie characters: Hyman Roth, portrayed by Lee Strasberg in GODFATHER II, and Max Bercovicz, by James Woods ONCE UPON A TIME IN AMERIc. He was portrayed by Ben Kingsly in BUGSY, Dustin Hoffman in THE LOST CITY, and Patrick Dempsey in MOBSTERS / Bridgeman Images

Interior of a 1940's refrigerator
Interior of a 1940's refrigerator

EVB2937529: Interior of a 1940's refrigerator / Bridgeman Images

Electrical generators in Edison Sault Power Plant at Sault Ste. Marie, Michigan were powered by the 21 foot drop of Saint Mary's River between Lakes Superior and Huron. The power plant was the longest in the world in 1902 and it's generating power was exceeded only by the Niagara Falls works
Electrical generators in Edison Sault Power Plant at Sault Ste. Marie, Michigan were powered by the 21 foot drop of Saint Mary's River between Lakes Superior and Huron. The power plant was the longest in the world in 1902 and it's generating power was exceeded only by the Niagara Falls works

EVB2937541: Electrical generators in Edison Sault Power Plant at Sault Ste. Marie, Michigan were powered by the 21 foot drop of Saint Mary's River between Lakes Superior and Huron. The power plant was the longest in the world in 1902 and it's generating power was exceeded only by the Niagara Falls works / Bridgeman Images

Gusher spewing oil from top of a derrick at the Lady Hunter Well near Petrolia City, Pennsylvania. c. 1880
Gusher spewing oil from top of a derrick at the Lady Hunter Well near Petrolia City, Pennsylvania. c. 1880

EVB2937556: Gusher spewing oil from top of a derrick at the Lady Hunter Well near Petrolia City, Pennsylvania. c. 1880 / Bridgeman Images

Oil rig workers, called roughnecks, at work, loosening sections of pipe on an drilling platform, Kilgore, Texas. 1939 Photo by Russell Lee
Oil rig workers, called roughnecks, at work, loosening sections of pipe on an drilling platform, Kilgore, Texas. 1939 Photo by Russell Lee

EVB2937559: Oil rig workers, called roughnecks, at work, loosening sections of pipe on an drilling platform, Kilgore, Texas. 1939 Photo by Russell Lee, Russell, Lee (1903-86) / Bridgeman Images

Four newly designed solar power collection dishes at Sandia National Laboratory in 2009. The new dishes are designed for high-volume production, ease of maintenance, and could be in commercial service by 2010
Four newly designed solar power collection dishes at Sandia National Laboratory in 2009. The new dishes are designed for high-volume production, ease of maintenance, and could be in commercial service by 2010

EVB2937577: Four newly designed solar power collection dishes at Sandia National Laboratory in 2009. The new dishes are designed for high-volume production, ease of maintenance, and could be in commercial service by 2010 / Bridgeman Images

Recreation of a gentile colonial American house with two women in colonial costume. 1913 photo by Wallace Nutting
Recreation of a gentile colonial American house with two women in colonial costume. 1913 photo by Wallace Nutting

EVB2937589: Recreation of a gentile colonial American house with two women in colonial costume. 1913 photo by Wallace Nutting / Bridgeman Images

Luis W. Alvarez (1911-1988), American physicist awarded the Nobel Prize for Physics in 1968 for the discovery of many subatomic particles. Working with his son, geologist Walter Alvarez, he applied nuclear physics to help develop the theory that an asteroid strike led to the extinction of dinosaurs. c. 1960
Luis W. Alvarez (1911-1988), American physicist awarded the Nobel Prize for Physics in 1968 for the discovery of many subatomic particles. Working with his son, geologist Walter Alvarez, he applied nuclear physics to help develop the theory that an asteroid strike led to the extinction of dinosaurs. c. 1960

EVB2937592: Luis W. Alvarez (1911-1988), American physicist awarded the Nobel Prize for Physics in 1968 for the discovery of many subatomic particles. Working with his son, geologist Walter Alvarez, he applied nuclear physics to help develop the theory that an asteroid strike led to the extinction of dinosaurs. c. 1960 / Bridgeman Images

1849 model of the first commercially successful sewing machine. Invented by Issac Singer, it used the lockstitch patented by Elias Howe. Singer built the first sewing machine with verticle needle movement powered by foot treadle rather than a hand crank
1849 model of the first commercially successful sewing machine. Invented by Issac Singer, it used the lockstitch patented by Elias Howe. Singer built the first sewing machine with verticle needle movement powered by foot treadle rather than a hand crank

EVB2937655: 1849 model of the first commercially successful sewing machine. Invented by Issac Singer, it used the lockstitch patented by Elias Howe. Singer built the first sewing machine with verticle needle movement powered by foot treadle rather than a hand crank / Bridgeman Images

Little girl smiles as she enjoys a radio program in the 1930s
Little girl smiles as she enjoys a radio program in the 1930s

EVB2937670: Little girl smiles as she enjoys a radio program in the 1930s / Bridgeman Images

Antennas on the roof of the U.S. Army Radio Station in Washington D.C. 1924
Antennas on the roof of the U.S. Army Radio Station in Washington D.C. 1924

EVB2937673: Antennas on the roof of the U.S. Army Radio Station in Washington D.C. 1924 / Bridgeman Images

American television inventor, Philo T. Farnsworth testified to a Congressional committee about the difficulties in getting patents. Farnsworth is seated between George Everson, Secretary of Farnsworth Television, Inc. and Richard C. Patterson, Jr., Assistant Secretary of Commerce. January 1939
American television inventor, Philo T. Farnsworth testified to a Congressional committee about the difficulties in getting patents. Farnsworth is seated between George Everson, Secretary of Farnsworth Television, Inc. and Richard C. Patterson, Jr., Assistant Secretary of Commerce. January 1939

EVB2937682: American television inventor, Philo T. Farnsworth testified to a Congressional committee about the difficulties in getting patents. Farnsworth is seated between George Everson, Secretary of Farnsworth Television, Inc. and Richard C. Patterson, Jr., Assistant Secretary of Commerce. January 1939 / Bridgeman Images

Drillers excavating the dam foundation on the Nevada site of Boulder dam, excavating the dam foundation. 1933
Drillers excavating the dam foundation on the Nevada site of Boulder dam, excavating the dam foundation. 1933

EVB2937697: Drillers excavating the dam foundation on the Nevada site of Boulder dam, excavating the dam foundation. 1933 / Bridgeman Images

Sailors in the National Maritime Union hiring hall for deck and engine hands, watching the board where the jobs are posted. New York, c. 1955
Sailors in the National Maritime Union hiring hall for deck and engine hands, watching the board where the jobs are posted. New York, c. 1955

EVB2937700: Sailors in the National Maritime Union hiring hall for deck and engine hands, watching the board where the jobs are posted. New York, c. 1955 / Bridgeman Images

Mao Zedong, c.1945 (photo)
Mao Zedong, c.1945 (photo)

EVB2937712: Mao Zedong, c.1945 (photo) / Bridgeman Images

'Evacuation Sale' sign on a Japanese-American store in preparation for World War II relocation. Internees were given little notice and forced to abandon or sell their businesses at heavy losses
'Evacuation Sale' sign on a Japanese-American store in preparation for World War II relocation. Internees were given little notice and forced to abandon or sell their businesses at heavy losses

EVB2937733: 'Evacuation Sale' sign on a Japanese-American store in preparation for World War II relocation. Internees were given little notice and forced to abandon or sell their businesses at heavy losses / Bridgeman Images

Group of Italian-American school girls in New York City, c. 1910
Group of Italian-American school girls in New York City, c. 1910

EVB2936919: Group of Italian-American school girls in New York City, c. 1910 / Bridgeman Images

Homeward bound working men carrying their shovels and axes, on a winter evening on Mulberry Street, the Italian quarter of New York City, 1890
Homeward bound working men carrying their shovels and axes, on a winter evening on Mulberry Street, the Italian quarter of New York City, 1890

EVB2936928: Homeward bound working men carrying their shovels and axes, on a winter evening on Mulberry Street, the Italian quarter of New York City, 1890 / Bridgeman Images

National Woman's Party suffrage protestor, Jessie Benton MacKaye, burns a speech by President Wilson at Lafayette Statue in Washington, D.C. September 16, 1918
National Woman's Party suffrage protestor, Jessie Benton MacKaye, burns a speech by President Wilson at Lafayette Statue in Washington, D.C. September 16, 1918

EVB2936958: National Woman's Party suffrage protestor, Jessie Benton MacKaye, burns a speech by President Wilson at Lafayette Statue in Washington, D.C. September 16, 1918, Harris & Ewing (1905-45) / Bridgeman Images

Annie Rolph, wife of San Francisco mayor James Rolph, voting in 1911
Annie Rolph, wife of San Francisco mayor James Rolph, voting in 1911

EVB2937006: Annie Rolph, wife of San Francisco mayor James Rolph, voting in 1911 / Bridgeman Images

Jesse and Frank James, Cole, John, and Bob Younger, robbed the Hot Springs Stage on January 15, 1974. They robbed the passengers and the mail bags, collecting ,000. One of the gang, asked if any of the passengers had fought for the Confederacy. G. R. Crump answered yes, which caused the robbers to return his valuables
Jesse and Frank James, Cole, John, and Bob Younger, robbed the Hot Springs Stage on January 15, 1974. They robbed the passengers and the mail bags, collecting ,000. One of the gang, asked if any of the passengers had fought for the Confederacy. G. R. Crump answered yes, which caused the robbers to return his valuables

EVB2937039: Jesse and Frank James, Cole, John, and Bob Younger, robbed the Hot Springs Stage on January 15, 1974. They robbed the passengers and the mail bags, collecting ,000. One of the gang, asked if any of the passengers had fought for the Confederacy. G. R. Crump answered yes, which caused the robbers to return his valuables / Bridgeman Images

J. Edgar Hoover (1895-1972), as director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation in 1940. Under his leadership the FBI was established and over the next 32 years, he would hold the post, becoming so powerful that Presidents Kennedy and Johnson dared not fire him
J. Edgar Hoover (1895-1972), as director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation in 1940. Under his leadership the FBI was established and over the next 32 years, he would hold the post, becoming so powerful that Presidents Kennedy and Johnson dared not fire him

EVB2937042: J. Edgar Hoover (1895-1972), as director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation in 1940. Under his leadership the FBI was established and over the next 32 years, he would hold the post, becoming so powerful that Presidents Kennedy and Johnson dared not fire him, Harris & Ewing (1905-45) / Bridgeman Images

Laboratory flasks and test tubes used in the development of Penicillin. c. 1940
Laboratory flasks and test tubes used in the development of Penicillin. c. 1940

EVB2937099: Laboratory flasks and test tubes used in the development of Penicillin. c. 1940 / Bridgeman Images

Police confront a line of National Woman's Party pickets and seize their banners on Constitution Avenue, outside Senate Office Building in October 1918
Police confront a line of National Woman's Party pickets and seize their banners on Constitution Avenue, outside Senate Office Building in October 1918

EVB2937123: Police confront a line of National Woman's Party pickets and seize their banners on Constitution Avenue, outside Senate Office Building in October 1918, Harris & Ewing (1905-45) / Bridgeman Images

Three cheerful men (probably Germans), share a meal and a bottle on the immigrant ship the PRESIDENT GRANT of the Hamburg American Line at the end of its voyage in New York Harbor. c. 1910
Three cheerful men (probably Germans), share a meal and a bottle on the immigrant ship the PRESIDENT GRANT of the Hamburg American Line at the end of its voyage in New York Harbor. c. 1910

EVB2936837: Three cheerful men (probably Germans), share a meal and a bottle on the immigrant ship the PRESIDENT GRANT of the Hamburg American Line at the end of its voyage in New York Harbor. c. 1910 / Bridgeman Images

Syrian-Lebanese American children working as Cranberry pickers in East Wareham, Massachusetts. September 1911 photograph by Lewis Hine
Syrian-Lebanese American children working as Cranberry pickers in East Wareham, Massachusetts. September 1911 photograph by Lewis Hine

EVB2936843: Syrian-Lebanese American children working as Cranberry pickers in East Wareham, Massachusetts. September 1911 photograph by Lewis Hine, Hine, Lewis Wickes (1874-1940) / Bridgeman Images

Japanese American women, laundering their families' clothes in metal washtubs during their three month incarceration at Pinedale Assembly Center. 4,823 internees were later sent to permanent internment camps for the duration of World War II. c. April 1942
Japanese American women, laundering their families' clothes in metal washtubs during their three month incarceration at Pinedale Assembly Center. 4,823 internees were later sent to permanent internment camps for the duration of World War II. c. April 1942

EVB2936873: Japanese American women, laundering their families' clothes in metal washtubs during their three month incarceration at Pinedale Assembly Center. 4,823 internees were later sent to permanent internment camps for the duration of World War II. c. April 1942 / Bridgeman Images


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