Baiting The Hook For Fishing
Fishing For Tarpon
Paris, France: c. 1925 MIss France, Mlle. Raymonde Allaine, models the latest bathing suit by Jenny, a white creation trimmed with beads of gold.
California: c. 1947 A portrait of astronomer Edwin Hubble.
Berlin, Germany: c. 1929.Pupils at the Dorothea School for gymnastics wash their feet before stepping into the showers after their gym workout.
Woman Taking Care Of Her Nails
Fishing On Great Slave Lake
Barbara Hutton Set To Sail
Bakersfield, California: November, 1936 This 80 year old woman is originally from Oklahoma, she's a grandmother of 22 children, and is now living in a camp outside of Bakersfield.
A Nurse For The Courts
Actress On A Mechanical Horse
Young Patricia Mountbatten
Torquay, England: c. 1933.A young woman enjoying a beverage in beach chair with an umbrella.
Mosaic Floor In Madaba
Alice Paul (1885-1977), American Suffragist, Feminist, and Women's Rights Activist, Portrait, Underwood, Bain News Service, 1920's
Seated Nude Woman, Berlin, Germany, 1925
Nude Woman Reading Newspaper, Paris, France, 1925
Working Family Women Agency
New York, New York: 1947 Women taking the qualifying exam for the New York City police force.
Palm Beach, Florida: c. 1929.An attractive young woman wearing a headscarf sitting by the side of a pool.
Woman Fishing in Tidal Basin, Washington, D.C., USA, photograph by Toni Frissell, September 1957
War On Radio Pirates
United States: c. 1929. An art class in a Girl Scout Sylvan Camp.
Salinas, California: September 17, 1936. News reporters and cameramen covering the Salinas lettuce workers' strike have equipped themselvers with gas masks after suffering the affects of tear gas on previous days.
Two Boys And A Radio Flyer Wagon
Woman Holding A Rifle
Woman With Catch Of The Day
Woman With Her Bicycle Skates
Women Playing Mahjong
Gypsy Cap Headwear
Woman Writing At Her Desk
Shindana Kimmie Doll.
New York, New York: February 5, 1926 Henry Hummel of Maine, (R) lays claim as the son of the late millionaire lawyer Abe Hummel to his fortune. He is shown with his attorneys, Senator F. W. HInckley, Mrs. Glantzberg, Miss Phillips.
Nude Woman on Swing, circa 1925
Washington, D.C.: c. 1926.Emily Clarke at her desk. She is in charge of the Estimates and Reports at the U.S. Bureau of Agricultural Economics.
Las Vegas, Nevada: 1967 The Fremont Hotel has had a new Sylvania closed-circuit television system installed in the gambling casino's money counting room.
Womens Rifle Team
Terracotta model
Psyche Abandoned
Newspaper Truck
Fort Worth, Texas: June, 1944 Two aviation cadets from Brooks Field wearing oxygen masks and winter flying suits as they pilot a B-25 bomber on a routine high altitude training mission.
United States: c. 1926 Reflections on a summer day of a young woman sitting on a rock in a pond with a canoe beside her.
Boston, Massachusetts: 1912 Women working at beaming and yarn inspecting machines at the American Woolen Company.
Memphis, Tennessee: 1955 The 1955 Maid of Cotton, DeLois Faulkner, seated within a huge cotton flower, rides her float during the 'King Cotton's Vacation' Parade of the Memphis Cotton Carnival.
Collecting Eggs For Soldiers
Sending Western Union Quotes
Actress Beverly Garland
Woman Sitting In A Chair
Actress Riding A Scooter
Hanni Hoessrich With Doll
Surprise In The Police Gazette
California: 1936 Actors Ned Sparks, Jack Oakie and Lynne Overman tryig to hitch a ride during the filming of Paramount's movie, 'Collegiate'.
Doctor Checking Pulse Rate
Isadora Duncan
Young British Woman Judge
Woman at the Beach, Chicken Sand-Witch, Lithograph, circa 1915
Seated Nude Woman, 1912
Nude Woman Lounging on Setee, 1913
Junior League Fashion Show
California: 1939 Two women sit on the fenders of a 1939 Lincoln Zephyr sedan at an airport with a single engine plane parked behind them
Aleppo, Syria: 1915 U. S. Consul Jesse Jackson at his office in the Consulate. He is credited with saving the lives of thousands of Christian Armenians from the Turks.
Chicago Factory Worker
An Iraqi Silversmith At Work
Rocky Mountain Touring Cars
Bombay, India: June 22, 1919 The loss of limb does not prevent the injured soldiers of India's forces who were disabled in World War I from becoming good carpenters at Queen Mary's Technical School. This was an exhibit of the Red Cross Institute for Crip
Entrance To North Palace
Paris, France: October 17, 1926.An applicant to be a motorman of a public coveyance taking one of the Psychotechnic Laboratories tests to ensure they will be a safe driver. This man's speed and distance habuts are being tested by the tachodometer.
Women In A Large Office
California: c. 1955 A man in a jockey outfit riding an ostrich.
Hilda Hempl Heller, US bacteriologist
Actress Alberta Vaughn, Full-Length Publicity Portrait, 1920's
Actress Pauline Garon (1900-1965), Half-Length Publicity Portrait, Paramount Pictures, 1923
Leatrice Joy, Half-Length Publicity Portrait for the Silent Film, "The Clinging Vine", Producers Distributing Corporation, 1926
Edna Murphy, Head and Shoulders and Seated Publicity Portraits, Motion Picture Classic Magazine, May 1927
American Stage and Film Actress Betty Ross Clarke, Half-Length Publicity Portrait, Evans L.A., early 1920's
Lingerie Model Seated Beside Mirror Holding a Cigarette, circa 1920
Seated Woman in Lingerie and Garters Smoking Cigarette, French Postcard
Eugene O'Brien, Gloria Swanson, Helen Dunbar, on-set of the Silent Film, "Fine Manners", 1926
Judge Monaghan At Thaw Trial
Woman in a beauty salon
Woman cooking
Woman using laptop in office
Nude Woman Seated at Dressing Table, 1923
Nude Woman Seated on Bed, 1923
Nude Woman Seated Against Pillow, 1923
Actress Lillian Gish, 1930
Man Driving A Daniels Car
Princely Motorcycle Ride
New York, New York: 1938 Pharmacist MInnie McAvoy in her drugstore at 163 Christopher Street in Greenwich Village. She bought it in 1905 for $3500.
Washington, D.C., 1926. A nurse at the Children's Hospital measures the height of a wiggling child with this device.
United States: c. 1961 A woman riding her Honda 160 motorcycle.
Persian Dolls On Display
Portrait Of Mother Jones
Grand Duchess Is Crossword Fan
Using A Radio In The Classroom
Mary Brian In Airplane Cockpit
British Nurses On Motorcycles
One Man Band
Hopeful Fishermen
Berlin, Germany: c. 1929 A modern girls' school where minds and bodies are given equal development. Here some of the girls are learning how to row for crew races at the school.
Allendale, New Jersey: January 10, 1967 A student using the closed-circuit television system installed by Sylvania at the Northern HIghlands Regional HIgh School here.
Washington, D.C. July 3, 1958 Teamster president James Hoffa (right) with Longshoreman president William V. Bradley as they announced plans to form a conference of transportation unions with the National Maritime Union.
Anti Vietnam War Demonstration
Yokut Medicine Man
Summertime Fashion
San Francisco, California c. 1954 A young man on his motorcycle in a parking lot.
A 1949 Delahaye Coupe
Baseball Fans At Polo Grounds
New York, New York: c. 1917 Crowds attending the Liberty Loan Committee Midnight Program.
Margaret Sanger Clinic
Admiring A Tiny Trophy
People Playing Roulette
Tent Revival Meeting
Women Spectators
New York, New York: November 20, 1925.Stage actors Marie Saxon and Harry Puck, (standing) go over thier roles to help raise money for the American Guardian Associations fund for permanent assistance to American-Philipino children
Women Laughing On Coffee Break
Dorothea Lange, US photographer
Patients In A Dentist's Office
Two Women Seated on Table, "Where Did you get Those Girls?"' Hand-Colored Postcard, circa 1916
Couple With Stearn Automobile, USA, 1911
Soumitra Chatterjee, Madhabi Mukherjee, on-set of the Film, "Charulata", 1964
Jewel Carmen, Douglas Fairbanks, on-set of the Silent Film, "Flirting with Fate", 1916
Seated Older Woman in Long Dress and Hat Sitting Next to Young Girl Holding Lute, Cabinet Card, circa 1911
Native American Couple, Luck, Wisconsin, USA, circa 1905
Fashionable Woman, Seated, in Striped Dress and Large Ostrich Hat, Chicago, Illinois, USA, circa 1915
Susan Hayward, on-set of the film, "I'll Cry Tomorrow", 1955
Jitka Novakova, Karel Novak, on-set of the Film "Fruit of Paradise" (aka Ovoce Stromu Rajskych Jime), 1969
Adele Jergens, Publicity Portrait for the Film, "Fighting Trouble", Allied Artists, 1956
Jennifer Jones, on-set of the Film, "Ruby Gentry", 20th Century-Fox, 1952
Mabel Normand Seated on Bi-Plane, circa 1915
Man Seated on Woman's Lap, Leap Year, Postcard, circa 1912
Woman Wearing Large Hat, Portrait, circa 1909
Seated Woman Putting on Nylon Stockings, Pin-up Card, 1940's
Clara Barton (1821-1912), American Humanitarian, Founder of American Red Cross, Portrait, 1902
New York, New York: c. 1930.A woman practioneer is about to administer a treatment of the new Frigidine Photoletic process of skin peeling to a client. It is administered 20 minutes a day for 5 days at which time six hours after the last treatment the ol
Washington, D.C.: June, 1936.A worker at the National Archives making a photographic copy of a historical document with a Recordak so that the original will not need to be disturbed for future reference.
Birth Control Advocate Sanger
Woman Using Rotary Calculator
Sophie Desmarets, Publicity Portrait for the Film, "A Royal Affair", Original Title, "Le Roi", Speva Films with U.S. Distribution via Discina International Films, 1949
Felicia Farr, Publicity Portrait for the Film, "Charley Varrick", Universal Pictures, 1973
Rita Tushingham, on-set of the British Film, "The Girl with Green Eyes", United Artists, Lopert Pictures, 1964
Frances Fuller, Half-Length Publicity Portrait for the Film, "One Sunday Afternoon", Paramount Pictures, 1933
Cleveland, Ohio: January, 1951 Workers operating data punch card machines at the Erie Railroad offices.
Tennis Star Althea Gibson
Myrt And Marge Film
Stockholm, Sweden: c. 1930.Princess Ingrid of Sweden (left in foreground) learning how to apply a compress to a patient as part of her course in nursing. She is the only daughter of Crown Prince Gustavus Aldolphus, son of KIng Gustav.
New York, New York: January 6, 1946 Ziegfeld dancer and actress Susanne Remos keeps in limber by stretching
Hollywood, California: 1930 Edmund Lowe and Leila Hyams in the comedy film, 'Part Time Wife'.
Tokyo Rose
Official Photograph Of Jackie
Yokut Home Interior
Three Women Examine Exhibit
Female Praline Vendor sitting on Steps holding a Basket, New Orleans, Louisiana, USA, Arnold Genthe, 1920's
Gibson Gowland, Jean Hersholt, on-set of the Silent Film, "Greed", 1924
New York, New York: July 14, 1924 Young men enjoy the opening of the world's largest indoor pool in Madison Square Garden during these sweltering days of July.
Berlin, Germany: July 25, 1923.A portrait of Danish scholar, critic, and philosopher, George Brandes at his desk.
Cats Composing
Woman looking in makeup bag
City break
Opera Singer Beniamino Gigli (1890-1957), wearing Spats, holding Photograph of Two Children, Bain News Service, early 1920's
John Barrymore (1882-1942), American Actor, full-length seated Portrait, Francis Joseph Brugiere, 1922
U.S. President Calvin Coolidge and Chief Justice and former U.S. President William Howard Taft, seated Portrait, Washington, D.C., USA, Harris & Ewing, 1923
Gene Tunney (1897-1978), American Professional Boxer, World Heavyweight Champion 1926-1928, seated Portrait, Underwood & Underwood, 1926
Thomas Alva Edison (1847-1931), American Inventor, half-length seated Portrait, Louis Bachrach, Bachrach Studios, 1922
Thomas Alva Edison (1847-1931), American Inventor, half-length Portrait, Louis Bachrach, Bachrach Studios, 1922
Woman fishing
Typewriting Championship
Birth Control Pioneer Sanger
Woman polishing nails
Blond woman polishing nails
Older woman wrapping cardboard box
Gaston Glass, Kate Lester, Eleanor Boardman, on-set of the Silent Film, "Gimme", 1923
Lingerie Model Sitting on Stool, circa 1920
Betty Compson, George Bancroft, on-set of the Silent Film, "The Docks of New York", 1928
Miss DuPont, Erich von Stroheim, on-set of the Silent Film, "Foolish Wives', 1922
Seated Fashionable Woman in Three-Piece Outfit and Hat, Portrait, circa 1922
French Lingerie Model Seated on Swing, circa 1920
French Lingerie Model Seated on Chaise Lounge, Hands on Knees, circa 1920
French Lingerie Model Posing on Chair, circa 1920
French Lingerie Model Wearing Mask, circa 1920
French Lingerie Model Posing with Hands Covering Breasts, circa 1920
French Lingerie Model Sitting on Arm of Chair, 1920
French Lingerie Model in Nylons and Ornate Hat, 1920
French Lingerie Model Sitting on Stool, circa 1920
French Lingerie Model Seated on Edge of Bed, 1920
Glamour Portrait of Partially Nude Woman in Lingerie, Edwin Bower Hesser, circa 1920's
Woman Wearing Garters, Nylons & Pantaloons Sitting on Cabinet, French Postcard, circa 1920
Women Dressed in Sports Attire and Holding Ball
Grace Abbott, Chief of Children's Bureau of Department of Labor, Seated Portrait, National Photo Company, August 1929
Jaro Furth, Greta Garbo, on-set of the Silent Film, "The Joyless Street" (aka Die Freudlose Gasse), 1925
Smiling woman polishing toenails
Woman In Victorian Dress
Washington, D.C.: February 23, 1931 Assistant Attorney General John Lord O'Brian at his desk.
Baltimore, Maryland: May 1, 1925 Dr. Francis Nicholas, Dean of the Maryland Academy of Sciences, assembling bones of a prehistoric animal found in the state of Maryland.
United States: c. 1928 A man wearing a Davy Crockett outfit with a coonskin cap and a musket.
United States: c. 1935 A man working at dismantling railroad tracks by cutting them with a torch.
Washington, D.C.: c. 1934 The United States ambassador to Japan, Joseph Clark Grew.
Washington, D.C.: May 8, 1945 U.S. Acting Secretary of State Joseph Clark Grew stresses 'unfinished business' in the Pacific during a V-E Day broadcast from the U.S. State Department.