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1918: Inside Amiens Cathedral post image

1918: Inside Amiens Cathedral

A journalist describes a poignant service in a barricaded and subdued church

1918: Parliament Square, London post image

1918: Parliament Square, London

The Armistice: a strange and uncertain peace

1864: A Family Portrait post image

1864: A Family Portrait

Wet plate photography and the American Civil War

1902: Gliding Over Kill Devil Hills post image

1902: Gliding Over Kill Devil Hills

On this day 121 years ago the Wright Brothers, Wilbur and Orville, were having great success with their experiments in flight near Kitty Hawk Bay on the Outer Banks

1879: Frederick Douglass post image

1879: Frederick Douglass

How the most photographed man in America harnessed the portrait as a political tool

1932: Mount Rushmore Under Construction post image

1932: Mount Rushmore Under Construction

Doane Robinson, Gutzon Borglum and the Making of a Monument

1905: The Empire State Express post image

1905: The Empire State Express

A look back at the 'fastest long-distance train in the world'

1899: A Slum in Amsterdam post image

1899: A Slum in Amsterdam

Between 1830 and 1900, Amsterdam's population doubled in size, with the lower classes displaced and live in appalling conditions

1918: War's End on Wall Street post image

1918: War's End on Wall Street

On November 7th, 1918, America prematurely celebrated the end of World War I, four days before the formal declaration of Armistice

1963: TWA Flight Center post image

1963: TWA Flight Center

An iconic, innovative 1960s airport terminal hailed as a critically-acclaimed architectural masterpiece

1941: Main Street at Fayetteville post image

1941: Main Street at Fayetteville

Traffic roars by in this iconic shot of North Carolina by Jack Delano

1906: Hopi Maidens post image

1906: Hopi Maidens

Pictured are the maiden’s manta and the distinctive squash blossom whorl - a symbol of fertility