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Hermann von Helmholtz (1821-94), German scientist who made contributions to physics, medicine, mathematics and meteorology
Hermann von Helmholtz (1821-94), German scientist who made contributions to physics, medicine, mathematics and meteorology

EVB2936697: Hermann von Helmholtz (1821-94), German scientist who made contributions to physics, medicine, mathematics and meteorology / Bridgeman Images

Donora, Pennsylvania, during the infamous smog episode of October 26-31, 1948. 20 people died during the 3 day event and an additional 50 died after the smog lifted
Donora, Pennsylvania, during the infamous smog episode of October 26-31, 1948. 20 people died during the 3 day event and an additional 50 died after the smog lifted

EVB2936701: Donora, Pennsylvania, during the infamous smog episode of October 26-31, 1948. 20 people died during the 3 day event and an additional 50 died after the smog lifted / Bridgeman Images

Leaders of the American Settlement House movement, Jane Adams of Chicago and Lillian Wald of New York. 1916. Members of the movement often lived in 'settlement houses' in poor urban areas to offer services, education, and public health services to improve the life of the poor
Leaders of the American Settlement House movement, Jane Adams of Chicago and Lillian Wald of New York. 1916. Members of the movement often lived in 'settlement houses' in poor urban areas to offer services, education, and public health services to improve the life of the poor

EVB2936703: Leaders of the American Settlement House movement, Jane Adams of Chicago and Lillian Wald of New York. 1916. Members of the movement often lived in 'settlement houses' in poor urban areas to offer services, education, and public health services to improve the life of the poor / Bridgeman Images

Mexican-American workers on strike in California in 1933. Their sign reads, 'Disarm the rich farmers or arm the workers for self-defense.' Between 1933 and 1939, agricultural strikes would occur throughout California led by large numbers of Filipino and Mexican workers
Mexican-American workers on strike in California in 1933. Their sign reads, 'Disarm the rich farmers or arm the workers for self-defense.' Between 1933 and 1939, agricultural strikes would occur throughout California led by large numbers of Filipino and Mexican workers

EVB2936719: Mexican-American workers on strike in California in 1933. Their sign reads, 'Disarm the rich farmers or arm the workers for self-defense.' Between 1933 and 1939, agricultural strikes would occur throughout California led by large numbers of Filipino and Mexican workers / Bridgeman Images

Spanish-American women engaged in the yearly re-plastering an adobe house in Adobe, in Chamisal, New Mexico. Adobe homes, made of a combination of sand, soil, straw and water were adopted by the Spanish that settled the area in the 16th century. July 1940 photo by Russell Lee
Spanish-American women engaged in the yearly re-plastering an adobe house in Adobe, in Chamisal, New Mexico. Adobe homes, made of a combination of sand, soil, straw and water were adopted by the Spanish that settled the area in the 16th century. July 1940 photo by Russell Lee

EVB2936725: Spanish-American women engaged in the yearly re-plastering an adobe house in Adobe, in Chamisal, New Mexico. Adobe homes, made of a combination of sand, soil, straw and water were adopted by the Spanish that settled the area in the 16th century. July 1940 photo by Russell Lee, Russell, Lee (1903-86) / Bridgeman Images

Jewish boy wearing a prayer shawl and boy reading from a Hebrew Bible on Yom Kippur, on a New York City street in a Jewish neighborhood. c.1911
Jewish boy wearing a prayer shawl and boy reading from a Hebrew Bible on Yom Kippur, on a New York City street in a Jewish neighborhood. c.1911

EVB2936733: Jewish boy wearing a prayer shawl and boy reading from a Hebrew Bible on Yom Kippur, on a New York City street in a Jewish neighborhood. c.1911 / Bridgeman Images

The Hanukkah celebration at the Academy of Music, NY 1879 (engraving)
The Hanukkah celebration at the Academy of Music, NY 1879 (engraving)

EVB2936737: The Hanukkah celebration at the Academy of Music, NY 1879 (engraving), Unknown Artist, (19th century) / Bridgeman Images

Jewish man wearing a prayer shawl and boy reading from Hebrew Bible on Yom Kippur, in New York City. c.1910
Jewish man wearing a prayer shawl and boy reading from Hebrew Bible on Yom Kippur, in New York City. c.1910

EVB2936738: Jewish man wearing a prayer shawl and boy reading from Hebrew Bible on Yom Kippur, in New York City. c.1910 / Bridgeman Images

Jewish men and boys in prayer shawls standing in front of a dilapidated tenement synagogue on Yom Kippur. New York City. c.1910
Jewish men and boys in prayer shawls standing in front of a dilapidated tenement synagogue on Yom Kippur. New York City. c.1910

EVB2936739: Jewish men and boys in prayer shawls standing in front of a dilapidated tenement synagogue on Yom Kippur. New York City. c.1910 / Bridgeman Images

Gold diggers hut of canvas and bark in the Australian gold fields in the 1850s. The Australian population of 437,655 doubled in the 1850's stimulated by the gold rush
Gold diggers hut of canvas and bark in the Australian gold fields in the 1850s. The Australian population of 437,655 doubled in the 1850's stimulated by the gold rush

EVB2936752: Gold diggers hut of canvas and bark in the Australian gold fields in the 1850s. The Australian population of 437,655 doubled in the 1850's stimulated by the gold rush / Bridgeman Images

Greek immigrants left New York City to return to their country and fight in the first Balkan War, in 1912
Greek immigrants left New York City to return to their country and fight in the first Balkan War, in 1912

EVB2936753: Greek immigrants left New York City to return to their country and fight in the first Balkan War, in 1912 / Bridgeman Images

Mexican agricultural laborers arriving in Stockton, California, to harvest beets in May 1943. Wartime labor shortages were met by the government sponsored Bracero program which regulated temporary laborers from Mexico
Mexican agricultural laborers arriving in Stockton, California, to harvest beets in May 1943. Wartime labor shortages were met by the government sponsored Bracero program which regulated temporary laborers from Mexico

EVB2936754: Mexican agricultural laborers arriving in Stockton, California, to harvest beets in May 1943. Wartime labor shortages were met by the government sponsored Bracero program which regulated temporary laborers from Mexico / Bridgeman Images

THE END OF OLD CHINATOWN, APRIL 23, 1906. By Arnold Genthe. Silhouette of a traditionally dressed Chinese-American man against the ruins of San Francisco's Chinatown. April 1906 photo by Arnold Genthe
THE END OF OLD CHINATOWN, APRIL 23, 1906. By Arnold Genthe. Silhouette of a traditionally dressed Chinese-American man against the ruins of San Francisco's Chinatown. April 1906 photo by Arnold Genthe

EVB2936761: THE END OF OLD CHINATOWN, APRIL 23, 1906. By Arnold Genthe. Silhouette of a traditionally dressed Chinese-American man against the ruins of San Francisco's Chinatown. April 1906 photo by Arnold Genthe / Bridgeman Images

STREET OF THE GAMBLERS (ROSS ALLEY). Chinese immigrants in San Francisco. From Arnold Genthe's CHINATOWN SERIES. 1898
STREET OF THE GAMBLERS (ROSS ALLEY). Chinese immigrants in San Francisco. From Arnold Genthe's CHINATOWN SERIES. 1898

EVB2936762: STREET OF THE GAMBLERS (ROSS ALLEY). Chinese immigrants in San Francisco. From Arnold Genthe's CHINATOWN SERIES. 1898 / Bridgeman Images

THE TOY PEDDLER. Chinese immigrants in San Francisco. From Arnold Genthe's CHINATOWN SERIES. c. 1896
THE TOY PEDDLER. Chinese immigrants in San Francisco. From Arnold Genthe's CHINATOWN SERIES. c. 1896

EVB2936766: THE TOY PEDDLER. Chinese immigrants in San Francisco. From Arnold Genthe's CHINATOWN SERIES. c. 1896 / Bridgeman Images

Italian men await admission processing at Ellis island, were among the 2,000 Italian immigrants the arrived on the Prinzess Irene which grounded on Fire Island sandbars. c. 1910
Italian men await admission processing at Ellis island, were among the 2,000 Italian immigrants the arrived on the Prinzess Irene which grounded on Fire Island sandbars. c. 1910

EVB2936777: Italian men await admission processing at Ellis island, were among the 2,000 Italian immigrants the arrived on the Prinzess Irene which grounded on Fire Island sandbars. c. 1910 / Bridgeman Images

Ellis Island commissioner, Frederick Wallis posed with a group of new arrivals in 1921-21, at the end of unlimited influx of immigrants and transition to restrictions established with the 1924 Immigration Quota Act
Ellis Island commissioner, Frederick Wallis posed with a group of new arrivals in 1921-21, at the end of unlimited influx of immigrants and transition to restrictions established with the 1924 Immigration Quota Act

EVB2936779: Ellis Island commissioner, Frederick Wallis posed with a group of new arrivals in 1921-21, at the end of unlimited influx of immigrants and transition to restrictions established with the 1924 Immigration Quota Act / Bridgeman Images

Newly arrived European immigrants at Ellis Island in 1921-21
Newly arrived European immigrants at Ellis Island in 1921-21

EVB2936780: Newly arrived European immigrants at Ellis Island in 1921-21 / Bridgeman Images

Jewish neighborhood in Boston Street. Scene of peddlers, women carrying baskets, and men walking on the sidewalks of a narrow street. c. 1899 by William Allen Rogers
Jewish neighborhood in Boston Street. Scene of peddlers, women carrying baskets, and men walking on the sidewalks of a narrow street. c. 1899 by William Allen Rogers

EVB2936792: Jewish neighborhood in Boston Street. Scene of peddlers, women carrying baskets, and men walking on the sidewalks of a narrow street. c. 1899 by William Allen Rogers, Rogers, William Allen (1854-1931) / Bridgeman Images

Jewish settlers arriving to establish an communal agricultural settlement, a kibbutz, in Palestine in the 1920s
Jewish settlers arriving to establish an communal agricultural settlement, a kibbutz, in Palestine in the 1920s

EVB2936793: Jewish settlers arriving to establish an communal agricultural settlement, a kibbutz, in Palestine in the 1920s, Unknown photographer, (20th century) / Bridgeman Images

Portrait of a Jewish settler in a field of ripe grain on a kibbutz. Palestine, c. 1920-39
Portrait of a Jewish settler in a field of ripe grain on a kibbutz. Palestine, c. 1920-39

EVB2936815: Portrait of a Jewish settler in a field of ripe grain on a kibbutz. Palestine, c. 1920-39 / Bridgeman Images

ctober 31, 1880 anti-Chinese riot in Denver, Colorado was triggered by a bar room fight (engraving)
ctober 31, 1880 anti-Chinese riot in Denver, Colorado was triggered by a bar room fight (engraving)

EVB2936824: ctober 31, 1880 anti-Chinese riot in Denver, Colorado was triggered by a bar room fight (engraving) / Bridgeman Images

Walter Chrysler 1875-1940 automobile magnate leaving the White House after a meeting with President Roosevelt. October 8 1937. LC-DIG-hec-23465
Walter Chrysler 1875-1940 automobile magnate leaving the White House after a meeting with President Roosevelt. October 8 1937. LC-DIG-hec-23465

EVB2938234: Walter Chrysler 1875-1940 automobile magnate leaving the White House after a meeting with President Roosevelt. October 8 1937. LC-DIG-hec-23465 / Bridgeman Images

Ocean liner AQUILEIA passing through the Suez Canal at Ismailia. c. 1935. LC-DIG-matpc-03809
Ocean liner AQUILEIA passing through the Suez Canal at Ismailia. c. 1935. LC-DIG-matpc-03809

EVB2938255: Ocean liner AQUILEIA passing through the Suez Canal at Ismailia. c. 1935. LC-DIG-matpc-03809 / Bridgeman Images

The American steamer SAVANNAH was the first steamship to cross the Atlantic Ocean in 1819. The Savannah to Liverpool trip took 29 days and most of the voyage was conducted by sail with engines in use only 80 hours. lifeofrobertfult00reigrich_0291
The American steamer SAVANNAH was the first steamship to cross the Atlantic Ocean in 1819. The Savannah to Liverpool trip took 29 days and most of the voyage was conducted by sail with engines in use only 80 hours. lifeofrobertfult00reigrich_0291

EVB2938258: The American steamer SAVANNAH was the first steamship to cross the Atlantic Ocean in 1819. The Savannah to Liverpool trip took 29 days and most of the voyage was conducted by sail with engines in use only 80 hours. lifeofrobertfult00reigrich_0291 / Bridgeman Images

Five men on a passenger coach traveling between the English towns of Norwich and Cromer. Engraving based on a painting by Charles C. Hunt 1830. LC-DIG-pga-01660
Five men on a passenger coach traveling between the English towns of Norwich and Cromer. Engraving based on a painting by Charles C. Hunt 1830. LC-DIG-pga-01660

EVB2938268: Five men on a passenger coach traveling between the English towns of Norwich and Cromer. Engraving based on a painting by Charles C. Hunt 1830. LC-DIG-pga-01660 / Bridgeman Images

Henry Ford 1863-1947 signing a 10 000 check in aid of the Ford Peace Ship mission at the Hotel Biltmore. 1915
Henry Ford 1863-1947 signing a 10 000 check in aid of the Ford Peace Ship mission at the Hotel Biltmore. 1915

EVB2938283: Henry Ford 1863-1947 signing a 10 000 check in aid of the Ford Peace Ship mission at the Hotel Biltmore. 1915, Unknown photographer, (20th century) / Bridgeman Images

Man fueling his car at a self-service Standard Motor gas station in Washington D.C. area. A sign tells customers the gasoline is filter and contains no dirt or water. 1920. LC-DIG-hec-20707
Man fueling his car at a self-service Standard Motor gas station in Washington D.C. area. A sign tells customers the gasoline is filter and contains no dirt or water. 1920. LC-DIG-hec-20707

EVB2938285: Man fueling his car at a self-service Standard Motor gas station in Washington D.C. area. A sign tells customers the gasoline is filter and contains no dirt or water. 1920. LC-DIG-hec-20707 / Bridgeman Images

Finish of auto race at Springfield L.I. in 1900. LC-DIG-ppmsca-19358
Finish of auto race at Springfield L.I. in 1900. LC-DIG-ppmsca-19358

EVB2938288: Finish of auto race at Springfield L.I. in 1900. LC-DIG-ppmsca-19358 / Bridgeman Images

Post Master General Albert S. Burleson with officers from the Army-Air Force commemorate the first year of Air Mail in the United States. May 19 1919. LC-DIG-npcc-18659
Post Master General Albert S. Burleson with officers from the Army-Air Force commemorate the first year of Air Mail in the United States. May 19 1919. LC-DIG-npcc-18659

EVB2938292: Post Master General Albert S. Burleson with officers from the Army-Air Force commemorate the first year of Air Mail in the United States. May 19 1919. LC-DIG-npcc-18659 / Bridgeman Images

James Buchanan Eads 1820-1887 engineer and builder of the St. Louis Bridge 1867-1874 now named the Eads Bridge. LC-DIG-cwpbh-04057
James Buchanan Eads 1820-1887 engineer and builder of the St. Louis Bridge 1867-1874 now named the Eads Bridge. LC-DIG-cwpbh-04057

EVB2938295: James Buchanan Eads 1820-1887 engineer and builder of the St. Louis Bridge 1867-1874 now named the Eads Bridge. LC-DIG-cwpbh-04057 / Bridgeman Images

Harry Atwood a pupil of the Wright brothers in an early airplane in 1911. Shortly afterward he stopped flying and secluded himself in rural New England. LC-DIG-hec-00367
Harry Atwood a pupil of the Wright brothers in an early airplane in 1911. Shortly afterward he stopped flying and secluded himself in rural New England. LC-DIG-hec-00367

EVB2938297: Harry Atwood a pupil of the Wright brothers in an early airplane in 1911. Shortly afterward he stopped flying and secluded himself in rural New England. LC-DIG-hec-00367 / Bridgeman Images

Gaston and Albert Tissandier ascending in their hot-air balloon ZENITH on September 26 1876. LC-DIG-ppmsca-02309
Gaston and Albert Tissandier ascending in their hot-air balloon ZENITH on September 26 1876. LC-DIG-ppmsca-02309

EVB2938298: Gaston and Albert Tissandier ascending in their hot-air balloon ZENITH on September 26 1876. LC-DIG-ppmsca-02309 / Bridgeman Images

Lincoln J. Beachey 1887-1915 a celebrated American aviator and stunt pilot an in 1912 bi-plane. He performed dives loops and upside-down flight and died on March 14 1915 in a crash during a performance over San Francisco. LC-USZ62-17970
Lincoln J. Beachey 1887-1915 a celebrated American aviator and stunt pilot an in 1912 bi-plane. He performed dives loops and upside-down flight and died on March 14 1915 in a crash during a performance over San Francisco. LC-USZ62-17970

EVB2938300: Lincoln J. Beachey 1887-1915 a celebrated American aviator and stunt pilot an in 1912 bi-plane. He performed dives loops and upside-down flight and died on March 14 1915 in a crash during a performance over San Francisco. LC-USZ62-17970 / Bridgeman Images

Wilbur Wright 1867-1912 at age 38 in 1905. LC-DIG-ppprs-00683
Wilbur Wright 1867-1912 at age 38 in 1905. LC-DIG-ppprs-00683

EVB2938312: Wilbur Wright 1867-1912 at age 38 in 1905. LC-DIG-ppprs-00683 / Bridgeman Images

Howard Hughes emerging from an airplane cockpit on his arrival at Newark Airport 7 hours and 28 minutes after leaving from Los Angeles. Hughes averaged a record-breaking speed of 332 miles per hour over the 2 490 mile flight. January 19 1937. LC-USZ62-124392
Howard Hughes emerging from an airplane cockpit on his arrival at Newark Airport 7 hours and 28 minutes after leaving from Los Angeles. Hughes averaged a record-breaking speed of 332 miles per hour over the 2 490 mile flight. January 19 1937. LC-USZ62-124392

EVB2938320: Howard Hughes emerging from an airplane cockpit on his arrival at Newark Airport 7 hours and 28 minutes after leaving from Los Angeles. Hughes averaged a record-breaking speed of 332 miles per hour over the 2 490 mile flight. January 19 1937. LC-USZ62-124392 / Bridgeman Images


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