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

EVB2937599: Close-up of switches in the control room of Reactor B, the first large scale nuclear reactor ever built. Photo from the Hanford Site of the Manhattan Project, c. 1942-44 / Bridgeman Images

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

EVB2937614: ECHO I, NASA's first communications satellite, was a passive spacecraft based on a Mylar balloon design. Launched in 1960, ECHO I expanded to a balloon with a 100 foot diameter that reflected radio transmissions from one ground station back to another / Bridgeman Images

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

EVB2937638: Electrical outlets in an American home during World War II. The photo was released with the following conservation instructions: 'How to add years to the life of your electric cords: remove them gently but firmly from wall sockets. Don't pull or tug. When not in use, coil cord loosely around a hook.' 1943 / Bridgeman Images

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

EVB2937662: Early model of a Scoles and Glidden typewriter, with 18 keys. c. 1870 / Bridgeman Images

EVB2937668: John Frost and daughter listening to their radio, a luxury item in their modest home for a family of seven. Frost was the owner of a struggling farm in Northern California that produced milk, turkeys, and hogs. 1940 photograph by Russell Lee, Russell, Lee (1903-86) / Bridgeman Images

EVB2931975: 1885 bird's eye view of Phoenix, Arizona, Unknown Artist / Bridgeman Images

EVB2932014: Women of the National League for Limitations of Armament demonstrating in Washington DC in 1922. The Limitations of Armament treaties were signed and limited the naval arms race and established security agreements in the Pacific area / Bridgeman Images

EVB2932020: Frank Billings Kellogg (1856-1937), U.S. secretary of State (1925–29) opening the International Union in 1925 / Bridgeman Images

EVB2932029: 1912 Cartoon "Sitting up with a sick friend," commenting on the Republican Party split, in which "progressive" Theodore Roosevelt challenges incumbent Taft for the party's nomination. G.O.P. elephant, holding fan "hope" in its trunk, seated beside William Howard Taft, who is sick in bed. Bottle labeled "progressivism tonic" on table / Bridgeman Images

EVB2932044: President William Taft (1857-1930) speaking on a flag draped podium in 1909 / Bridgeman Images

EVB2932086: President Calvin Coolidge (1872-33), wearing a black mourning Armband, and his wife two days after the sudden death of President Warren Harding on Aug. 2, 1923 / Bridgeman Images

EVB2932098: President William Taft (1857-1930) voting in 1912, when the divided Republican lost the Presidency to Democratic Woodrow Wilson / Bridgeman Images

EVB2932101: Theodore Roosevelt wearing a pith helmet during his 1910 African expedition / Bridgeman Images

EVB2932104: Panoramic view of the inauguration of President Herbert Hoover (1874-1964), Washington, D.C., March 4, 1929 / Bridgeman Images

EVB2932107: Franklin Roosevelt, not yet forty years old, speaks on the steps of the New York State Capitol. He ran for Vice President as the running mate of James M. Cox in 1920. This photo was taken in 1918 or 1920 / Bridgeman Images

EVB2932122: Theodore Roosevelt speaking at National African-American Business League in 1910. Seated to his left is Booker T. Washington, noted African American leader, American Photographer, (20th century) / Bridgeman Images

EVB2932128: Panoramic photo of the inauguration of President Warren Harding (1865-1923) at the US Capitol on March 4, 1921 / Bridgeman Images

EVB2932137: First Lady, Mrs. William Taft (1861-1943) in a 1910 portrait, taken after her recovery from a stroke in the previous year. With her regained health she resumed her public life which included her role in having the famous Japanese cherry trees, planted around the Tidal Basin / Bridgeman Images

EVB2932254: A US Patent Office official holds the patent model of an early baseball, patented in 1883. photo ca 1925 / Bridgeman Images

EVB2925683: Gloria Swanson, attended the races at Belmont Park, NYC, Long Island on Sept. 24, 1938. The 39 year old actress was escorted by an handsome young man, Ira Richards, Jr / Bridgeman Images

EVB2933515: Alvin Ailey (1931-1989), dancer and choreographer. He featured African American dancers and themes in the Alvin Ailey dance company. 1955 / Bridgeman Images

EVB2925719: Josef Stalin leading a meeting with his comrades in the revolutionary movement. Reproduction of a painting by the artist I.Z. Vepkhvadze. c. 1900 / Bridgeman Images

EVB2933753: Marie Dressler (1868-1934), Canadian born comedienne, and later oscar-winning character actress wearing lamp shade style hat, with brim up. c. 1909 / Bridgeman Images

EVB2925770: Gunder Hagg, Swedish runner with seven world records, arrived at LaGuardia Airport. June 6, 1943. He traveled from neutral Sweden to compete in U.S. track meets. Two years later, Hagg ran a mile in 4:01.4 seconds in Malmo, Sweden in 1945. The record held until broken by Roger Bannister in Oxford in 1954 / Bridgeman Images

EVB2933668: Woman playing a spinet piano. 1900 photograph by Frances Stebbins Allen / Bridgeman Images

EVB2925803: East German Communist President Walter Ulbricht (center, wearing necktie) leading a mass exercise. Aug. 20, 1959. They were celebrating the opening of a new sports field in Leipzig built with 1850 hours of volunteer labor / Bridgeman Images

EVB2925806: King Vidor, Robert Donat, and Ralph Richardson, during the filming of THE CITADEL, 1938 / Bridgeman Images

EVB2933731: Edwin Booth (1833-1893), acclaimed American tragedian of the second half of the 19th century. He left the stage briefly after this brother, John Wilkes Booth, assassinated Lincoln in 1865, resuming performances the following year / Bridgeman Images

EVB2933746: Lotta Crabtree, (1847-1924) American Actress, had her first New York success playing the dual roles in LITTLE NELL AND THE MARCHIONESS, a play based on Dickens' characters, in the late 1866. 1868 portrait by J. Gurney / Bridgeman Images

EVB2925851: Archie Moore at Kenwood Camp, while training for his match with Rocky Marciano. Aug. 31, 1955. Moore, the light Heavyweight Champ unsuccessfully challenged Marciano's Heavyweight Title, in their Sept, 20, 1955 Yankee Stadium fight / Bridgeman Images

EVB2933803: Lillie Langtry (1853-1929), 1882, Sarony, Napoleon (1821-96) / Bridgeman Images

EVB2933863: Woman circus performer named Adjie seated in a cage with three lions. 1899 / Bridgeman Images