GCL3145886: BOSTON: ARTISANS, 1766 Artisans and tradesmen of Boston, Massachusetts: engraving, 1766. / Bridgeman Images

GCL3145888: HERNANDO CORTES (1485-1547). Spanish conqueror of Mexico. Woodcut, 16th century. / Bridgeman Images

GCL3145903: ROGERS AND ASTAIRE, 1935 Ginger Rogers (1911-1995) and Fred Astaire (1899-1987). American performers. Still from the motion picture 'Roberta' (1935). / Bridgeman Images

GCL3145907: JACKIE ROBINSON (1919-1972) John Roosevelt Robinson, known as Jackie. American baseball player. Photographed while a member of the Brooklyn Dodgers, the team for which he played from 1947 to 1956. / Bridgeman Images

GCL3145914: CAMERA OBSCURA, 1646 The large camera obscura constructed in Rome, Italy, by Athanasius Kircher in 1646, shown with the top and front cut away. Line engraving, 17th century. / Bridgeman Images

GCL3145920: CLAUDIO MONTEVERDI (1567-1643). Italian composer. Woodcut. / Bridgeman Images

GCL3145921: CLAUDIO MONTEVERDI (1567-1643). Italian composer. Line engraving. / Bridgeman Images

GCL3145927: WILLIAM PENN (1644-1718) Founder of colony of Pennsylvania. Wood engraving, 19th century. 'Landing of William Penn at Philadelphia.' / Bridgeman Images

GCL3145932: ALASKA: GOLD MINERS, c.1897 Prospectors at Daniel's Creek, near Bluff City, Alaska, c.1897. / Bridgeman Images

GCL3145935: ST. FRANCIS OF ASSISI (1182-1226). Italian friar and preacher. Line engraving, 19th century. / Bridgeman Images

GCL3145949: FLAGELLANTS: MIDDLE AGES Line engraving and etching, French, 19th century. / Bridgeman Images

GCL3145951: FILM STILL: TELEPHONES. / Bridgeman Images

GCL3145953: MARTIN R. DELANY (1812-1885) American physician and Union army officer. Lithograph, c.1865. / Bridgeman Images

GCL3145959: ELEANOR STEBER (1916-1990) American operatic soprano. Photograph, mid-20th century., Unknown photographer, (20th century) / Bridgeman Images

GCL3145961: MARIAN ANDERSON (1897-1993) American contralto singer. Anderson in the role of Ulrica in Giuseppe Verdi's opera 'Il Trovatore,' c.1955. / Bridgeman Images

GCL3145966: McGUFFEY'S PRIMER, 1840 Lesson page from an edition of William Holmes McGuffey's 'Eclectic Primer,' 1840. / Bridgeman Images

GCL3145968: McGUFFEY'S PRIMER, 1881 Lesson page from an edition of William Holmes McGuffey's 'Eclectic Primer,' 1881. / Bridgeman Images

GCL3145971: CARTER GLASS (1858-1946) American legislator. / Bridgeman Images

GCL3146775: BREAKFAST IN BED, 1930 Maurice Black, Daphne Pollard and Ed Deerling in a scene from the film. / Bridgeman Images

GCL3146776: THE SOPHOMORE, 1929 Eddie Quillan and Sally O'Neil in a scene from the film. / Bridgeman Images

GCL3146778: SILENT FILM: RESTAURANTS. / Bridgeman Images

GCL3146781: SILENT STILL: BATHERS. / Bridgeman Images

GCL3146784: FILM STILL: EATING & DRINKING. / Bridgeman Images

GCL3146792: VASCO NUNEZ de BALBOA (1475-1519). Spanish explorer. Balboa taking possession of the Pacific Ocean for Spain on 29 September 1513. Line engraving, American, 19th century. / Bridgeman Images

GCL3146796: SILENT FILM STILL: WOMAN. / Bridgeman Images

GCL3146802: SILENT FILM STILL: WOMAN. / Bridgeman Images

GCL3146806: SILENT STILL: CHILDREN. / Bridgeman Images

GCL3146807: SILENT FILM STILL: STUNTS Wallace Beery in 'Wife Savers,' 1928. / Bridgeman Images

GCL3146818: CALIFORNIA: YOSEMITE, 1872 View of the summit of the Sierra Nevada range, California. Wood engraving, 1872. / Bridgeman Images

GCL3146841: SOCRATES (470?-399 B.C.) Greek philosopher. / Bridgeman Images

GCL3146842: LUCKY STRIKE CIGARETTES AD American advertisement, 1929. / Bridgeman Images

GCL3146845: RURAL AMERICA, c.1900 Moving day in a rural community. Photograph, c.1900. / Bridgeman Images

GCL3146854: GRETA GARBO (1905-1990) Née Greta Louisa Gustafsson. Swedish-born American actress. Greta Garbo in the title role of Ninotchka, 1939. / Bridgeman Images

GCL3146858: W.C. FIELDS (1879-1946) American comedian. W.C. Fields in 'The Dentist,' 1932. / Bridgeman Images

GCL3146864: MODERN DANCE, 1935 Martha Graham's dance company in performance, 1935. / Bridgeman Images

GCL3145590: HARRY HOUDINI (1874-1926) American magician. / Bridgeman Images