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Walt Disney introduces each of the seven dwarfs in a scene from the original 1937 Snow White theatrical trailer.

Archive / 5621Added Sep 24, 2023

Walt Disney introduces each of the seven dwarfs in a scene from the original 1937 Snow White theatrical trailer.

U.S. Navy airship USS Shenandoah (ZR-1) flying over the Lincoln Memorial, Washington, D.C. September 22, 1923

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U.S. Navy airship USS Shenandoah (ZR-1) flying over the Lincoln Memorial, Washington, D.C. September 22, 1923

1968 portrait of Portuguese dictator Antonio de Oliveira Salazar during the final year of his rule. Despite his relative obscurity compared to other European authoritarian leaders who rose to power in the 1930's, Salazar was one of the longest-serving dictators of 20th-century Europe. (901 X 1200)

Archive / 5623Added Sep 24, 2023

1968 portrait of Portuguese dictator Antonio de Oliveira Salazar during the final year of his rule. Despite his relative obscurity compared to other European authoritarian leaders who rose to power in the 1930's, Salazar was one of the longest-serving dictators of 20th-century Europe. (901 X 1200)

Helen Keller teaching a girl sign language. Helen Keller was an American author, disability rights advocate, political activist, and lecturer. In 1904 she became the first deafblind person to earn a Bachelor of Arts degree ( 1907)

Archive / 5624Added Sep 24, 2023

Helen Keller teaching a girl sign language. Helen Keller was an American author, disability rights advocate, political activist, and lecturer. In 1904 she became the first deafblind person to earn a Bachelor of Arts degree ( 1907)

Members of the Japanese "Marxist Youth League" in a protest, 1970s.

Archive / 5625Added Sep 23, 2023

Members of the Japanese "Marxist Youth League" in a protest, 1970s.

PHOTO-COLORED. Bellevue Hospital circa 1896 New York 2400x2031

Archive / 5626Added Sep 23, 2023

PHOTO-COLORED. Bellevue Hospital circa 1896 New York 2400x2031

A messenger dog leaps over a German trench during World War One, 1915

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A messenger dog leaps over a German trench during World War One, 1915

Al Ahmadi oil field, Kuwait, 1991. Photo by Steve McCurry.

Archive / 5628Added Sep 23, 2023

Al Ahmadi oil field, Kuwait, 1991. Photo by Steve McCurry.

Vietnam founder and former leader, Hồ Chí Minh, meets North Korea's founder and former leader, Kim Il-Sung. February, 1957, Hanoi, North Vietnam.

Archive / 5629Added Sep 23, 2023

Vietnam founder and former leader, Hồ Chí Minh, meets North Korea's founder and former leader, Kim Il-Sung. February, 1957, Hanoi, North Vietnam.

Chained indigenous "workers" of Anglo-Peruvian Amazon Rubber Co., photographed by Roger Casement and published in his 1913 report.

Archive / 5630Added Sep 22, 2023

Chained indigenous "workers" of Anglo-Peruvian Amazon Rubber Co., photographed by Roger Casement and published in his 1913 report.

A group of hippies recovering bags of marijuana from the frozen Lower Merced Pass Lake in Yosemite National Park, which fell from a crashed smuggler's plane. January 1977.

Archive / 5631Added Sep 22, 2023

A group of hippies recovering bags of marijuana from the frozen Lower Merced Pass Lake in Yosemite National Park, which fell from a crashed smuggler's plane. January 1977.

A wounded German prisoner of war (POW) is given a drink of water at a U.S. medical center in Altavilla, Italy. 20 September, 1943

Archive / 5632Added Sep 22, 2023

A wounded German prisoner of war (POW) is given a drink of water at a U.S. medical center in Altavilla, Italy. 20 September, 1943

Madame Marzella and her trained parrots - performing on the Tivoli Circuit in Sydney, Australia, circa 1890.

Archive / 5633Added Sep 22, 2023

Madame Marzella and her trained parrots - performing on the Tivoli Circuit in Sydney, Australia, circa 1890.

A rescue dog takes a needed break as FEMA's Urban Search and Rescue teams search for survivors amongst the wreckage of the World Trade Center. September 21, 2001

Archive / 5634Added Sep 21, 2023

A rescue dog takes a needed break as FEMA's Urban Search and Rescue teams search for survivors amongst the wreckage of the World Trade Center. September 21, 2001

Grand Duchesses Olga, Tatiana, Maria & Anastasia Nikolaevna Romanov of Russia posing for their last Formal Photo Session - 1916

Archive / 5635Added Sep 21, 2023

Grand Duchesses Olga, Tatiana, Maria & Anastasia Nikolaevna Romanov of Russia posing for their last Formal Photo Session - 1916

Two young resistance fighters in Josip Tito’s partisan army during the Second World War. The girl on the left is 15 year old Fana Kočovska, the youngest recipient of Yugoslavia’s Order of the National Hero (1943) (662 x 800)

Archive / 5636Added Sep 21, 2023

Two young resistance fighters in Josip Tito’s partisan army during the Second World War. The girl on the left is 15 year old Fana Kočovska, the youngest recipient of Yugoslavia’s Order of the National Hero (1943) (662 x 800)

The breach in the Aurelian Walls (R), near Porta Pia (L), opened by the Italian artillery fire during the capture of Rome. On 20 September 1870, the capture of Rome by the Italian Army brought an end to the Papal States, which had existed since 756 (Rome, Italy 1870)

Archive / 5637Added Sep 21, 2023

The breach in the Aurelian Walls (R), near Porta Pia (L), opened by the Italian artillery fire during the capture of Rome. On 20 September 1870, the capture of Rome by the Italian Army brought an end to the Papal States, which had existed since 756 (Rome, Italy 1870)

U.S. Army mules are tied in a long picket line at the docks in Palermo, Sicily, before being loaded on a boat for the invasion of Italy. 20 September, 1943

Archive / 5638Added Sep 20, 2023

U.S. Army mules are tied in a long picket line at the docks in Palermo, Sicily, before being loaded on a boat for the invasion of Italy. 20 September, 1943

Saladin Citadel, Cairo 1870

Archive / 5639Added Sep 20, 2023

Saladin Citadel, Cairo 1870

Preparing and printing the New York Times, 1942.

Archive / 5640Added Sep 20, 2023

Preparing and printing the New York Times, 1942.