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EVB2924009: Helena Rubenstein Fifth Avenue Salon. Camera-like machine is Helena Rubenstein's newly perfected Derma Lens for scientific analysis of analysis of complexion. It examines for imperfections and to determine correct treatments of the skin. It also reveals the true flesh tone of the skin, thus providing the basis for the selection of cosmetics that blend perfectly into the individual complexion. June 8, 1934 / Bridgeman Images
EVB2924069: Surviving sunstone at the reconstructed Mormon Temple at Nauvoo, Illinois. It depicts sun face emerging between clouds beneath a pair of hand-held trumpets. They are believed to be inspired by Paul's writing in 1 Corinthians 15:40-42 which likened the glory of the heavenly kingdoms to that of the sun, the moon and the stars. The stone was carved in the 1840s / Bridgeman Images
EVB2924089: 1912 'helicopter' designed by German engineer, Otto Baumgaerte. It can rise without a start, remain motionless in the air a longer time, and be turned in desired direction. Two propellers, with six blades each, set upon the same axle. By means of the angles at which the rotors are set, they serve for raising and lowering purposes / Bridgeman Images
EVB2924122: Demonstrators listen to the broadcast address of President Charles de Gaulle during a Paris general strike on May 24, 1968. De Gaulle called for a nationwide referendum to grant him dictatorial powers to avoid the threat of civil war in France. His request was refused and on May 30, de Gaulle announced a new elections on June 23, 1968 / Bridgeman Images
EVB2924161: Four of approximately 100 German sailors who were civilian aliens under custody of the U.S. Immigration Service. Their first stop would be Ellis Island, then most would spend the remaining years of World War II interned in Fort Lincoln, Bismarck, North Dakota. May 7, 1941 / Bridgeman Images
EVB2924172: An early domestic dishwasher built by Willard and Forrest Walker, of the Walker Brothers Company, in Syracuse, New York. It was a tub with a tray to hold dishes upright. Beneath the dishes, an inverted cone at the tub bottom, was lifted by an external hand-crank, to splash the dishes. c. 1890 / Bridgeman Images