View of a smoke cloud on the second day of naval and air bombardment on Iwo Jima, February 17, 1945. The photo was taken by a plane from the USS...
Drawing depicts the interior of a one-room, log cabin school with a fireplace where a group of students is being instructed while a second wait their...
Members of the First US Air Force Combat Control Team watch paratroopers of the Army of Vietnam Airborne Division drop into a Viet Cong infiltrated...
Portrait of American soldier and political leader Sam Houston, the first president of the Republic of Texas, 19th century.
Aerial view of the US Sixth Fleet during the invasion of Iwo Jima, February 14, 1945. Mt Suribachi is in the background.
Woman walks along a deserted East Berlin street past portraits of Communist leaders, including Ho Chi Minh and Mao Tse Tung, East Berlin, 1961.
General William C Westmoreland, Commanding General, MACV, watches the ceremonies at the arrival of the Royal Thai Volunteer Regiment, Vietnam,...
Women of the CUWS picket outside the White House daily in support of the women's vote, Washington DC, circa 1918.
Formal portrait of members of the United States Supreme Court,Washington DC, 1962. Pictured are, front row, from left, Justice Tom C Clark, Justice...
Trick photograph entitled 'The Haunted Lane,' depicts a pair of men terrified by a female 'ghost,' mid to late 19th century.
Prime Minister Winston Churchill takes out a new cigar as Premier Josef Stalin of Russia gives a smile of approval at the Crimea Conference at Yalta,...
President Harry S Truman stands with General George S Patton and General Dwight D Eisenhower during a special flag-raising ceremony, Berlin, Germany,...
President Ngo Dinh Diem of Free Vietnam is seen kneeling during midnight Mass, held on grounds of the Presidential mansion palace, Saigon , Vietnam,...
View of the US Navy's NC-4, first American airplane to fly the Atlantic Ocean , early to mid 20th century. The commanding officer and navigator of...
Wall paper printing press as exhibited in Machinery Hall at the Philadelphia Centennial Celebration, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, December 23, 1876.
Chairman Nguyen Van Thieu, President Lyndon B Johnson, and Prime Minister Nguyen Cao Ky salute during the playing of the US and Vietnamese National...
American Vice President Richard M Nixon and Russian Communist Party leader Nikita Khrushchev meet, during the Nixon's visit, Moscow, Russia, July...
Naturalization class at the Bureau of Labor for immigrants striving to become US citizens, Washington DC, 1918.
View of citizens as they crowd the streets as German Transport detachments parade through the streets in front of the Cathedral during the occupation...
These Marines hugged the beach when land mines exploded nearby and snipers opened fire, Guam, 1944. The Leathernecks bent over are about to dive for...
Portrait of First Lady Mamie Eisenhower as she poses in her inauguration gown, Washington DC, January 18, 1957.
Portrait of the head of the Congressional Union for Women Suffrage Lucy Burns, circa 1918. She led demonstrations and daily picketing at the White...
General Douglas MacArthur reads a speech before a microphone at surrender ceremonies aboard USS Missouri in Tokyo Bay, as representatives of Allied...
President Lyndon Johnson and his wife, First Lady Ladybird Johnson, pose with Philippine President Ferdinand Marcos and his wife, Imelda Marcos,...
Secretary of Defense Robert McNamara reports to President Lyndon Johnson after a recent on-the-spot survey of the situation in the Republic of...
View of Ruth and Elliott Roosevelt at an even, 1934. Elliot was the son of President Franklin Roosevelt and his wife, First Lady Eleanor Roosevelt.
As part of his Goodwill Tour of Southeast Asia, American Vice President Lyndon B Johnson meets with Vietnamese President Ngo Dinh Diem at...
Prior to before World War I, hundreds of recruits form a human American flag at the Great Lakes Training Station, 1918.
Former President Dwight D Eisenhower talks with President John F Kennedy during a White House visit, Washington DC, 1961. General Eisenhower reported...
President Ho Chi Minh poses with two children who presented him with flowers on the occasion of the 2nd anniversary of the founding of Vietnam's Lao...
Marine, his injured arm in a crude sling, waits to be evacuated, Saigon , Vietnam, December 12, 1966. He was wounded in an ambush during Operation...
Interior of Edison Kinetoscope Parlor at 1155 Broadway, New York, New York, 1894. The first kinetoscope exhibition in the world opened April 14, 1894.
Illustration , entitled 'The Laying of the Cable--John and Jonathan Joining Hands,' depicts a gesture of goodwill between Great Britain and the...
President John F Kennedy signs the instruments of ratification of the limited Nuclear Test Ban Treaty at the White House, Washington DC, October 7,...
American President Dwight D Eisenhower and Secretary of State John Foster Dulles greet South Vietnamese President Ngo Dinh Diem at National...
Portrait of George Creel , head of the United State Committee on Public Information during World War Ix This committee developed and managed...
American President Franklin D Roosevelt and First Lady Eleanor Roosevelt as they leave church, 1940s.
Under Secretary of State for Political Affairs W Averell Harriman confers with President Kennedy at the White House before departing for Moscow to...
An automobile approaches an overpass on the Autobahn, with view of countryside and mountains in the background, Germany, circa 1936
Backed by high-pressure water trucks and armored cars, East German soldirs bar traffic through the Brandenburg Gate in the center of divided Berlin,...
American President Franklin D. Roosevelt and his wife, First Lady Eleanor Roosevelt, as they ride in an automobile, Warm Springs, Georgia, November...
Map entitled 'Chart of the submarine Atlantic Telegraph' features a portrait of Cyrus W Field Esq, an illustration of various cables, and an...
