EVB2934006: Harry F. Sinclair (1876-1956), president of Sinclair Consolidated Oil Corporation, on the steps of the Capitol in Washington D.C. He bribed Albert Fall for Teapot Dome oil leases, paid hush money to Harding enemies, paid Harding a fortune for his modest newspaper, MARION STAR, and regularly lost thousands in poker games with influential politicians. January 22, 1923 / Bridgeman Images
EVB2936430: A man in Turkish dress slashes an opium poppy bud to extract the sap from the seed capsule. Opium was introduced to Europe from Asia in the 16th century, and used as a painkiller. European engraving from the title page of OPIOLOGIA, A TREATISE CONCERNING THE NATURE, PROPERTIES, TRUE PREPARATION AND SAFE USE AND ADMINISTRATION OF OPIUM. 17th century / Bridgeman Images
EVB2936505: Polio (Poliomyelitis) virus, the cause of Infantile Paralysis, was discovered in 1908 by Karl Landsteiner. The vaccine for polio was developed between 1948 and 1953, when the researchers were able to grow large amounts of the virus, and Jonas Salk developed a safe killed-virus vaccine / Bridgeman Images
EVB2936233: General Leslie Groves (1896-1970), walking across the site of the first atomic bomb blast site at Alamogordo, N.M. in July 1945. Groves was the military leader of the Manhattan Project to develop the Atomic Bomb. He was played by Paul Newman in the 1989 movie, FAT MAN AND LITTLE BOY / Bridgeman Images