EVB2936927: Naturalization of foreigners, scene in Tammany Hall, in New York City before the 1856 elections. In left foreground, a rough looking man with a club in his hand, indicates this was not a completely innocent process. New York City politicians courted immigrants, often issuing fraudulent naturalization certificates in exchange for votes. Wood engraving from Frank Leslie's Illustrated Newspaper, Novemebr 8, 1856 / Bridgeman Images
EVB2936972: Alice Paul (1885-1977), protested with British women's suffrage advocates before becoming chairman of the Congressional Committee of the militant National American Woman Suffrage Association in 1913. In 1917 it merged with the Womans Party to form the National Womans Party / Bridgeman Images
EVB2937067: Louis 'Lepke' Buchalter, center, handcuffed to J. Edgar Hoover (left), at entrance to courthouse in New York City in 1939-40. With a ,000 reward on his head, he was tricked into surrendering to Hoover by a 'friend,' Moey Dimples. Buchalter was executed on March 4, 1944 / Bridgeman Images
EVB2937025: Jesse James rides for his life through Shieldsville, Minnesota, after the disastrous Northfield Minnesota bank robbery, which netted nothing, left two bank employees murdered, two robbers killed, and Jim Younger wounded. The three Younger brothers were captured but Frank and Jesse escaped. September 7, 1876 / Bridgeman Images
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
EVB2937056: John Scopes (1900-1970), a young lawyer and substitute teacher, in coordination with the ACLU, deliberately violated Tennessee's Butler Act, which prohibited the teaching of evolution in Tennessee schools. His act triggered the famous Monkey Trial, or Scopes trial followed. 1925 / Bridgeman Images
EVB2936380: Joseph Merrick (1862-1890), known as the 'Elephant Man', suffered from Neurofibromatosis, a congenital disorder. Standing profile engravings of Merrick were published in the British Medical Journal in 1886. He was portrayed by John Hurt in the 1980 film THE ELEPHANT MAN / Bridgeman Images
EVB2936422: Patients and nuns at the Hospital of Hotel Dieu in Paris. Interior of a medieval ward with patients (some two to a bed) being attended by nuns, one of whom is taking a patient's pulse. 19th century wood engraving after painting in 'Le Livre de Vie Active de l'Hotel Dieu' , c.1482 / Bridgeman Images