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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
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

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

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

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
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

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

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

'Evacuation Sale' sign on a Japanese-American store in preparation for World War II relocation. Internees were given little notice and forced to abandon or sell their businesses at heavy losses
'Evacuation Sale' sign on a Japanese-American store in preparation for World War II relocation. Internees were given little notice and forced to abandon or sell their businesses at heavy losses

EVB2937733: 'Evacuation Sale' sign on a Japanese-American store in preparation for World War II relocation. Internees were given little notice and forced to abandon or sell their businesses at heavy losses / 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

Gustav Krupp von Bohlen (1870-1950), American born as Gustav Bohlen married Alfred Krupp's granddaughter Bertha in 1906, and Kaiser Wilhelm II immediately granted him the surname 'Krupp.' He ran the Krupp heavy industry conglomerate from 1909 until 1941
Gustav Krupp von Bohlen (1870-1950), American born as Gustav Bohlen married Alfred Krupp's granddaughter Bertha in 1906, and Kaiser Wilhelm II immediately granted him the surname 'Krupp.' He ran the Krupp heavy industry conglomerate from 1909 until 1941

EVB2937797: Gustav Krupp von Bohlen (1870-1950), American born as Gustav Bohlen married Alfred Krupp's granddaughter Bertha in 1906, and Kaiser Wilhelm II immediately granted him the surname 'Krupp.' He ran the Krupp heavy industry conglomerate from 1909 until 1941 / 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

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

Grover Cleveland watches as President William McKinley delivering his inaugural address, March 4, 1897
Grover Cleveland watches as President William McKinley delivering his inaugural address, March 4, 1897

EVB2930572: Grover Cleveland watches as President William McKinley delivering his inaugural address, March 4, 1897 / Bridgeman Images

Aerial view of Wood River Valley with Hailey in the foreground. Color lithograph, 1884
Aerial view of Wood River Valley with Hailey in the foreground. Color lithograph, 1884

EVB2930593: Aerial view of Wood River Valley with Hailey in the foreground. Color lithograph, 1884 / Bridgeman Images

Interior of the Sacred Heart Mission, the oldest building in Idaho, built c. 1846. Cataldo, Idaho. 1957
Interior of the Sacred Heart Mission, the oldest building in Idaho, built c. 1846. Cataldo, Idaho. 1957

EVB2930604: Interior of the Sacred Heart Mission, the oldest building in Idaho, built c. 1846. Cataldo, Idaho. 1957 / Bridgeman Images

'Pilgrims' progress', showing ex-President Andrew Jackson leading the Democratic Party Donkey which carries James K. Polk and George Dallas to political disaster in the election of 1844. Watercolored engraving, 1844
'Pilgrims' progress', showing ex-President Andrew Jackson leading the Democratic Party Donkey which carries James K. Polk and George Dallas to political disaster in the election of 1844. Watercolored engraving, 1844

EVB2930617: 'Pilgrims' progress', showing ex-President Andrew Jackson leading the Democratic Party Donkey which carries James K. Polk and George Dallas to political disaster in the election of 1844. Watercolored engraving, 1844 / Bridgeman Images

Cattle round up, branding calves, Colorado, photochrom, 1898
Cattle round up, branding calves, Colorado, photochrom, 1898

EVB2930674: Cattle round up, branding calves, Colorado, photochrom, 1898 / Bridgeman Images

In mid air. A wonderful blast in building railroad to Deadwood. Dakota Territory. photo by John C. Grabill, 1887
In mid air. A wonderful blast in building railroad to Deadwood. Dakota Territory. photo by John C. Grabill, 1887

EVB2930689: In mid air. A wonderful blast in building railroad to Deadwood. Dakota Territory. photo by John C. Grabill, 1887 / Bridgeman Images

Frank Sinatra (1915-1998), signs his induction papers while Chief Clerk Mrs. Mae E. Jones helps out at local board No. 19-160 in Jersey City. Sinatra was exempted from military service due to a perforated eardrum
Frank Sinatra (1915-1998), signs his induction papers while Chief Clerk Mrs. Mae E. Jones helps out at local board No. 19-160 in Jersey City. Sinatra was exempted from military service due to a perforated eardrum

EVB2933130: Frank Sinatra (1915-1998), signs his induction papers while Chief Clerk Mrs. Mae E. Jones helps out at local board No. 19-160 in Jersey City. Sinatra was exempted from military service due to a perforated eardrum / Bridgeman Images

Stephen Douglas (1813-1861) was the leading Democratic candidate for the Presidency in 1860 and could have won if the Southern Democrats had not split and run John Breckenridge. With the Democratic Party's vote divided, the Republican, Abraham Lincoln won
Stephen Douglas (1813-1861) was the leading Democratic candidate for the Presidency in 1860 and could have won if the Southern Democrats had not split and run John Breckenridge. With the Democratic Party's vote divided, the Republican, Abraham Lincoln won

EVB2933157: Stephen Douglas (1813-1861) was the leading Democratic candidate for the Presidency in 1860 and could have won if the Southern Democrats had not split and run John Breckenridge. With the Democratic Party's vote divided, the Republican, Abraham Lincoln won / Bridgeman Images

The crowd at Abraham Lincoln's second inauguration 1865 shows a rain soaked street. March 4, 1865
The crowd at Abraham Lincoln's second inauguration 1865 shows a rain soaked street. March 4, 1865

EVB2933201: The crowd at Abraham Lincoln's second inauguration 1865 shows a rain soaked street. March 4, 1865 / Bridgeman Images

President Abraham Lincoln (1809-1865), portrait taken on the balcony at the White House, March 6, 1865, by Henry Warren
President Abraham Lincoln (1809-1865), portrait taken on the balcony at the White House, March 6, 1865, by Henry Warren

EVB2933210: President Abraham Lincoln (1809-1865), portrait taken on the balcony at the White House, March 6, 1865, by Henry Warren / Bridgeman Images

Abraham Lincoln (1809-1856) in the classic 1863 portrait photograph by Alexander Gardner
Abraham Lincoln (1809-1856) in the classic 1863 portrait photograph by Alexander Gardner

EVB2933214: Abraham Lincoln (1809-1856) in the classic 1863 portrait photograph by Alexander Gardner / Bridgeman Images

A Daring act! Woman on cart drawn by two bison. Postcard c1910
A Daring act! Woman on cart drawn by two bison. Postcard c1910

EVB2930795: A Daring act! Woman on cart drawn by two bison. Postcard c1910 / Bridgeman Images

Buffalo Bill's Wild West and congress of rough riders of the world., 1899 (poster)
Buffalo Bill's Wild West and congress of rough riders of the world., 1899 (poster)

EVB2933265: Buffalo Bill's Wild West and congress of rough riders of the world., 1899 (poster) / Bridgeman Images

James Purdy, (b. 1923) American novelist and short-story writer
James Purdy, (b. 1923) American novelist and short-story writer

EVB2933290: James Purdy, (b. 1923) American novelist and short-story writer / Bridgeman Images

Dr. Joyce Brothers (b. 1925) having breakfast and reading newspaper with her husband Milton. Dr. Brothers emerged in the 1950's as a popularizer of psychology via books and television. 1955
Dr. Joyce Brothers (b. 1925) having breakfast and reading newspaper with her husband Milton. Dr. Brothers emerged in the 1950's as a popularizer of psychology via books and television. 1955

EVB2933293: Dr. Joyce Brothers (b. 1925) having breakfast and reading newspaper with her husband Milton. Dr. Brothers emerged in the 1950's as a popularizer of psychology via books and television. 1955 / Bridgeman Images

United States helicopters air lift Vietnamese government Rangers into battle against communist Viet Cong guerrillas, Saigon. 1965
United States helicopters air lift Vietnamese government Rangers into battle against communist Viet Cong guerrillas, Saigon. 1965

EVB2933297: United States helicopters air lift Vietnamese government Rangers into battle against communist Viet Cong guerrillas, Saigon. 1965 / Bridgeman Images

Ruggiero Leoncavallo (1858-1919) Italian opera composer of PAGLIACCI, which is still popular. 1906
Ruggiero Leoncavallo (1858-1919) Italian opera composer of PAGLIACCI, which is still popular. 1906

EVB2933648: Ruggiero Leoncavallo (1858-1919) Italian opera composer of PAGLIACCI, which is still popular. 1906 / Bridgeman Images

Antonio Scotti (1866-1936), an Italian baritone, sang with New York's Metropolitan Opera for thirty five years
Antonio Scotti (1866-1936), an Italian baritone, sang with New York's Metropolitan Opera for thirty five years

EVB2933666: Antonio Scotti (1866-1936), an Italian baritone, sang with New York's Metropolitan Opera for thirty five years / Bridgeman Images

Richard Wagner (1913-1883) German composer. Detail of portrait etching by German born artist Hubert von Herkomer (1849-1914)
Richard Wagner (1913-1883) German composer. Detail of portrait etching by German born artist Hubert von Herkomer (1849-1914)

EVB2933682: Richard Wagner (1913-1883) German composer. Detail of portrait etching by German born artist Hubert von Herkomer (1849-1914) / Bridgeman Images

Sarah Bernhardt (1844-1923), French actress, in the role of the dying Camille, with her maid helping her put on her slippers. c. 1887
Sarah Bernhardt (1844-1923), French actress, in the role of the dying Camille, with her maid helping her put on her slippers. c. 1887

EVB2933726: Sarah Bernhardt (1844-1923), French actress, in the role of the dying Camille, with her maid helping her put on her slippers. c. 1887 / Bridgeman Images

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
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

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

John Drew (1853-1927), American actor, seated at dressing table, in Empire Theatre, New York, 1902
John Drew (1853-1927), American actor, seated at dressing table, in Empire Theatre, New York, 1902

EVB2933757: John Drew (1853-1927), American actor, seated at dressing table, in Empire Theatre, New York, 1902 / Bridgeman Images


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