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A hand cranked device onsisting of coiled metal wire and a magnet, demonstrates the principle elements of 19th and 20th century electrical generators, also called dynamos. Illustration from DYNAMO-ELECTRICITY, 1884 by George B. Prescott
A hand cranked device onsisting of coiled metal wire and a magnet, demonstrates the principle elements of 19th and 20th century electrical generators, also called dynamos. Illustration from DYNAMO-ELECTRICITY, 1884 by George B. Prescott

EVB2937627: A hand cranked device onsisting of coiled metal wire and a magnet, demonstrates the principle elements of 19th and 20th century electrical generators, also called dynamos. Illustration from DYNAMO-ELECTRICITY, 1884 by George B. Prescott / Bridgeman Images

U.S. Sec. of State, Dean Acheson and his wife, Alice Stanley Acheson, leaving the Elysee Palace. Paris, June 29, 1949.
U.S. Sec. of State, Dean Acheson and his wife, Alice Stanley Acheson, leaving the Elysee Palace. Paris, June 29, 1949.

EVB2946693: U.S. Sec. of State, Dean Acheson and his wife, Alice Stanley Acheson, leaving the Elysee Palace. Paris, June 29, 1949. / 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

Japan's Emperor Hirohito, at his desk in Tokyo's Imperial Palace. 1962.
Japan's Emperor Hirohito, at his desk in Tokyo's Imperial Palace. 1962.

EVB2946726: Japan's Emperor Hirohito, at his desk in Tokyo's Imperial Palace. 1962. / Bridgeman Images

Interior room of the Electric Telegraph Office at Charing Cross, London. British telegraph equipment was based on the Cooke-Wheatstone patent, the clock-like devices along the walls, in which the receiver pointed to the letters on a dial, which spared operators the task of translating code
Interior room of the Electric Telegraph Office at Charing Cross, London. British telegraph equipment was based on the Cooke-Wheatstone patent, the clock-like devices along the walls, in which the receiver pointed to the letters on a dial, which spared operators the task of translating code

EVB2937772: Interior room of the Electric Telegraph Office at Charing Cross, London. British telegraph equipment was based on the Cooke-Wheatstone patent, the clock-like devices along the walls, in which the receiver pointed to the letters on a dial, which spared operators the task of translating code / Bridgeman Images

Portrait of Harry Truman around the time he was elected as FDR's Vice President. c. 1944.
Portrait of Harry Truman around the time he was elected as FDR's Vice President. c. 1944.

EVB2946736: Portrait of Harry Truman around the time he was elected as FDR's Vice President. c. 1944. / Bridgeman Images

Chinese Communist soldiers are taken from a tower captured by government forces. The fighting took place along the border of Kiangsi and Fukien provinces in January 1934.
Chinese Communist soldiers are taken from a tower captured by government forces. The fighting took place along the border of Kiangsi and Fukien provinces in January 1934.

EVB2946740: Chinese Communist soldiers are taken from a tower captured by government forces. The fighting took place along the border of Kiangsi and Fukien provinces in January 1934. / Bridgeman Images

Steam ship boilers under construction in Wyandotte, Michigan in 1912. The massive coal fired boilers were 14' in diameter
Steam ship boilers under construction in Wyandotte, Michigan in 1912. The massive coal fired boilers were 14' in diameter

EVB2937832: Steam ship boilers under construction in Wyandotte, Michigan in 1912. The massive coal fired boilers were 14' in diameter / Bridgeman Images

African American steelworker with his family in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. 1935
African American steelworker with his family in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. 1935

EVB2937873: African American steelworker with his family in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. 1935 / Bridgeman Images

Dozens of men in open railroad cars on their way into the underground mines in Idaho in 1909
Dozens of men in open railroad cars on their way into the underground mines in Idaho in 1909

EVB2937909: Dozens of men in open railroad cars on their way into the underground mines in Idaho in 1909 / Bridgeman Images

U.S. Marines in Nicaragua in 1932. Heavy Browning Machine Gun is mounted on a car in preparation for U.S. Supervision of the 1932 Presidential Election and Inauguration of Liberal President Juan Sacasas. In 1933, the Marines left, and National Guard Gen. Anastasio Somoza took over the government in 1936 through a corrupt election
U.S. Marines in Nicaragua in 1932. Heavy Browning Machine Gun is mounted on a car in preparation for U.S. Supervision of the 1932 Presidential Election and Inauguration of Liberal President Juan Sacasas. In 1933, the Marines left, and National Guard Gen. Anastasio Somoza took over the government in 1936 through a corrupt election

EVB2944119: U.S. Marines in Nicaragua in 1932. Heavy Browning Machine Gun is mounted on a car in preparation for U.S. Supervision of the 1932 Presidential Election and Inauguration of Liberal President Juan Sacasas. In 1933, the Marines left, and National Guard Gen. Anastasio Somoza took over the government in 1936 through a corrupt election / Bridgeman Images

Generalissimo Chiang Kai-shek and other Chinese officers. They are outdoors with a map planning their next military campaign. c. 1937-1943. Photo by Marcus J. Clark
Generalissimo Chiang Kai-shek and other Chinese officers. They are outdoors with a map planning their next military campaign. c. 1937-1943. Photo by Marcus J. Clark

EVB2944137: Generalissimo Chiang Kai-shek and other Chinese officers. They are outdoors with a map planning their next military campaign. c. 1937-1943. Photo by Marcus J. Clark / Bridgeman Images

Helen Wills playing tennis at Forest Hills, N.Y. 1933
Helen Wills playing tennis at Forest Hills, N.Y. 1933

EVB2944259: Helen Wills playing tennis at Forest Hills, N.Y. 1933 / Bridgeman Images

Eugene Isaac Meyer, American financier, and newspaper publisher, c. 1930. Among his many positions were: War Finance Corporation during WW1; Chairman, Federal Reserve 1930- 1933; World Bank President, 1946; Owner and Chairman, Washington Post, 1933-1959
Eugene Isaac Meyer, American financier, and newspaper publisher, c. 1930. Among his many positions were: War Finance Corporation during WW1; Chairman, Federal Reserve 1930- 1933; World Bank President, 1946; Owner and Chairman, Washington Post, 1933-1959

EVB2944306: Eugene Isaac Meyer, American financier, and newspaper publisher, c. 1930. Among his many positions were: War Finance Corporation during WW1; Chairman, Federal Reserve 1930- 1933; World Bank President, 1946; Owner and Chairman, Washington Post, 1933-1959 / Bridgeman Images

Congresswoman Edith Nourse Rogers of Massachusetts at her desk, Feb. 1936. She served from 1925 until 1960
Congresswoman Edith Nourse Rogers of Massachusetts at her desk, Feb. 1936. She served from 1925 until 1960

EVB2944315: Congresswoman Edith Nourse Rogers of Massachusetts at her desk, Feb. 1936. She served from 1925 until 1960 / Bridgeman Images

Gene Cox, the first female Congressional Page, Jan. 3, 1939. She was appointed by her father, Rep. Edward Cox, as his personal page
Gene Cox, the first female Congressional Page, Jan. 3, 1939. She was appointed by her father, Rep. Edward Cox, as his personal page

EVB2944321: Gene Cox, the first female Congressional Page, Jan. 3, 1939. She was appointed by her father, Rep. Edward Cox, as his personal page / Bridgeman Images

World War 2 Strategic planning for the invasion of Europe. U.S. Army engineer laying out the aerial photographs. Kew Gardens, England, Jan. 11, 1943
World War 2 Strategic planning for the invasion of Europe. U.S. Army engineer laying out the aerial photographs. Kew Gardens, England, Jan. 11, 1943

EVB2944347: World War 2 Strategic planning for the invasion of Europe. U.S. Army engineer laying out the aerial photographs. Kew Gardens, England, Jan. 11, 1943 / Bridgeman Images

U.S. officer at the periscope of submarine during World War 2. c. 1942
U.S. officer at the periscope of submarine during World War 2. c. 1942

EVB2944361: U.S. officer at the periscope of submarine during World War 2. c. 1942 / Bridgeman Images

USS Sealion picks up British and Australian survivors of Japanese prison ship Rakuyo Maru. USS Sealion and other U.S. submarines torpedoed the ship three days earlier. When the USS Sealion returned it rescued only 54 of the 1159 prisoners in the Luzon Strait. World War 2, Sept. 15, 1944
USS Sealion picks up British and Australian survivors of Japanese prison ship Rakuyo Maru. USS Sealion and other U.S. submarines torpedoed the ship three days earlier. When the USS Sealion returned it rescued only 54 of the 1159 prisoners in the Luzon Strait. World War 2, Sept. 15, 1944

EVB2944370: USS Sealion picks up British and Australian survivors of Japanese prison ship Rakuyo Maru. USS Sealion and other U.S. submarines torpedoed the ship three days earlier. When the USS Sealion returned it rescued only 54 of the 1159 prisoners in the Luzon Strait. World War 2, Sept. 15, 1944 / Bridgeman Images

Japanese envoys in Washington talk 'Peace' as their nation attacks Pearl Harbor. Admiral Kichisaboro Normura and Saburo Kurusu leave a meeting with Sec. of State Cordell Hull on Dec. 7, 1941
Japanese envoys in Washington talk 'Peace' as their nation attacks Pearl Harbor. Admiral Kichisaboro Normura and Saburo Kurusu leave a meeting with Sec. of State Cordell Hull on Dec. 7, 1941

EVB2944373: Japanese envoys in Washington talk 'Peace' as their nation attacks Pearl Harbor. Admiral Kichisaboro Normura and Saburo Kurusu leave a meeting with Sec. of State Cordell Hull on Dec. 7, 1941 / Bridgeman Images

Admiral Husband Kimmel, Commander in Chief of the Pacific Fleet. Kimmel was relieved of his command ten days after the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor on Dec. 7, 1941
Admiral Husband Kimmel, Commander in Chief of the Pacific Fleet. Kimmel was relieved of his command ten days after the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor on Dec. 7, 1941

EVB2944379: Admiral Husband Kimmel, Commander in Chief of the Pacific Fleet. Kimmel was relieved of his command ten days after the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor on Dec. 7, 1941 / Bridgeman Images

Bataan Death March, when about 12,000 American and 63,000 Filipino POWs were force-marched. In the 55 miles from Bataan to prison camps in the Philippine, Japanese abuse reduced their numbers by estimated 7,000–10,000 men. World War 2
Bataan Death March, when about 12,000 American and 63,000 Filipino POWs were force-marched. In the 55 miles from Bataan to prison camps in the Philippine, Japanese abuse reduced their numbers by estimated 7,000–10,000 men. World War 2

EVB2944458: Bataan Death March, when about 12,000 American and 63,000 Filipino POWs were force-marched. In the 55 miles from Bataan to prison camps in the Philippine, Japanese abuse reduced their numbers by estimated 7,000–10,000 men. World War 2 / Bridgeman Images

Blind women weaving at looms accompanied by an orchestrion, a self playing musical instrument, at right. Photo taken by Byron Company for the New York Association for the Blind
Blind women weaving at looms accompanied by an orchestrion, a self playing musical instrument, at right. Photo taken by Byron Company for the New York Association for the Blind

EVB2937950: Blind women weaving at looms accompanied by an orchestrion, a self playing musical instrument, at right. Photo taken by Byron Company for the New York Association for the Blind / Bridgeman Images

Four engine passenger plane of the Imperial Airways refueling from a Shell Oil Company mobile fuel tank at Semakh, in north Palestine in October 1931. Imperial Airways was the early British commercial long range air transport company, operating from 1924 to 1939 and serving parts of Europe and the extended British Empire
Four engine passenger plane of the Imperial Airways refueling from a Shell Oil Company mobile fuel tank at Semakh, in north Palestine in October 1931. Imperial Airways was the early British commercial long range air transport company, operating from 1924 to 1939 and serving parts of Europe and the extended British Empire

EVB2937963: Four engine passenger plane of the Imperial Airways refueling from a Shell Oil Company mobile fuel tank at Semakh, in north Palestine in October 1931. Imperial Airways was the early British commercial long range air transport company, operating from 1924 to 1939 and serving parts of Europe and the extended British Empire / Bridgeman Images

Men cutting and burning 'girdled' tree to clear land on the American frontier in 1841. Girdling, cutting through the bark starves the tree which dies after a few years, when it is removed
Men cutting and burning 'girdled' tree to clear land on the American frontier in 1841. Girdling, cutting through the bark starves the tree which dies after a few years, when it is removed

EVB2937969: Men cutting and burning 'girdled' tree to clear land on the American frontier in 1841. Girdling, cutting through the bark starves the tree which dies after a few years, when it is removed / Bridgeman Images

Kip's Bay Suite construction project, showing finished modern apartment building by Architect I.M. Pei and foundations for additional buildings, New York City in 1961
Kip's Bay Suite construction project, showing finished modern apartment building by Architect I.M. Pei and foundations for additional buildings, New York City in 1961

EVB2937993: Kip's Bay Suite construction project, showing finished modern apartment building by Architect I.M. Pei and foundations for additional buildings, New York City in 1961 / Bridgeman Images

Founders of the Knights of Labor in 1886. Front Row: James S. Wright, portrait of Uriah S. Stevens, Robert W. Keen. Back row, L to R.: William Cook, R.C. Macaukey, James M. Hilsee, Joseph S. Kennedy. Seated left is James S. Wright, seated right is Robert W. Keen. 1886 by H.J. Skeffington
Founders of the Knights of Labor in 1886. Front Row: James S. Wright, portrait of Uriah S. Stevens, Robert W. Keen. Back row, L to R.: William Cook, R.C. Macaukey, James M. Hilsee, Joseph S. Kennedy. Seated left is James S. Wright, seated right is Robert W. Keen. 1886 by H.J. Skeffington

EVB2938029: Founders of the Knights of Labor in 1886. Front Row: James S. Wright, portrait of Uriah S. Stevens, Robert W. Keen. Back row, L to R.: William Cook, R.C. Macaukey, James M. Hilsee, Joseph S. Kennedy. Seated left is James S. Wright, seated right is Robert W. Keen. 1886 by H.J. Skeffington / Bridgeman Images

Llwynpia, South Wales, a colliery village built up around a coal mine. Photo taken during the British Coal strike of 1910
Llwynpia, South Wales, a colliery village built up around a coal mine. Photo taken during the British Coal strike of 1910

EVB2938057: Llwynpia, South Wales, a colliery village built up around a coal mine. Photo taken during the British Coal strike of 1910 / Bridgeman Images

Joe Ettor (1886–1948), a leading member of the International Workers of the World, addresses striking Brooklyn barbers in Union Square, New York City, May 16, 1913
Joe Ettor (1886–1948), a leading member of the International Workers of the World, addresses striking Brooklyn barbers in Union Square, New York City, May 16, 1913

EVB2938079: Joe Ettor (1886–1948), a leading member of the International Workers of the World, addresses striking Brooklyn barbers in Union Square, New York City, May 16, 1913 / Bridgeman Images

On May Day, striking cloak makers display a sign reading, SUCH MANUFACTURERS WHO REFUSE TO DISCUSS PEACE ARE NOT FIT HEADS FOR SO IMPORTANT AN INDUSTRY. New York City, May 1, 1916
On May Day, striking cloak makers display a sign reading, SUCH MANUFACTURERS WHO REFUSE TO DISCUSS PEACE ARE NOT FIT HEADS FOR SO IMPORTANT AN INDUSTRY. New York City, May 1, 1916

EVB2938088: On May Day, striking cloak makers display a sign reading, SUCH MANUFACTURERS WHO REFUSE TO DISCUSS PEACE ARE NOT FIT HEADS FOR SO IMPORTANT AN INDUSTRY. New York City, May 1, 1916 / Bridgeman Images

Felled logs ready to enter the Aroostook River. A lumberjack in the foreground holds axe. Aroostook Woods, Maine, 1903
Felled logs ready to enter the Aroostook River. A lumberjack in the foreground holds axe. Aroostook Woods, Maine, 1903

EVB2938092: Felled logs ready to enter the Aroostook River. A lumberjack in the foreground holds axe. Aroostook Woods, Maine, 1903 / Bridgeman Images

Men walking on Dawson City's 'Riverside Drive,' in 1897 during the Yukon Gold Rush. The new street is lined with the town's first log and canvas structures
Men walking on Dawson City's 'Riverside Drive,' in 1897 during the Yukon Gold Rush. The new street is lined with the town's first log and canvas structures

EVB2938097: Men walking on Dawson City's 'Riverside Drive,' in 1897 during the Yukon Gold Rush. The new street is lined with the town's first log and canvas structures / Bridgeman Images

Two men burning marijuana in field in Garner North Carolina in 1942
Two men burning marijuana in field in Garner North Carolina in 1942

EVB2938160: Two men burning marijuana in field in Garner North Carolina in 1942 / Bridgeman Images

Prince Faisal l bin Abdulaziz of Saudi Arabia and King Farouk of Egypt. They dine at Ras el-Tin Palace in Alexandria following a meeting of the Arab League, April 9, 1946. Five of the nine resolutions passed in this Arab League session addressed actions to resist Jewish settlement in Palestine.
Prince Faisal l bin Abdulaziz of Saudi Arabia and King Farouk of Egypt. They dine at Ras el-Tin Palace in Alexandria following a meeting of the Arab League, April 9, 1946. Five of the nine resolutions passed in this Arab League session addressed actions to resist Jewish settlement in Palestine.

EVB2946805: Prince Faisal l bin Abdulaziz of Saudi Arabia and King Farouk of Egypt. They dine at Ras el-Tin Palace in Alexandria following a meeting of the Arab League, April 9, 1946. Five of the nine resolutions passed in this Arab League session addressed actions to resist Jewish settlement in Palestine. / Bridgeman Images

Athens Police and Greek National guardsmen maintain order at the polls in the first free election in ten years. Picture of candidates are posted on the walls of the polling place in the Kolonos District of Athens. March 31, 1946.
Athens Police and Greek National guardsmen maintain order at the polls in the first free election in ten years. Picture of candidates are posted on the walls of the polling place in the Kolonos District of Athens. March 31, 1946.

EVB2946814: Athens Police and Greek National guardsmen maintain order at the polls in the first free election in ten years. Picture of candidates are posted on the walls of the polling place in the Kolonos District of Athens. March 31, 1946. / Bridgeman Images

A Washington D.C. parking lot on 14th Street charged 15 cents a hour in 1939. LC-USF33-015622-M2
A Washington D.C. parking lot on 14th Street charged 15 cents a hour in 1939. LC-USF33-015622-M2

EVB2938286: A Washington D.C. parking lot on 14th Street charged 15 cents a hour in 1939. LC-USF33-015622-M2 / Bridgeman Images


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