1001
Kids Having fun at East 167th Street, South Bronx, 1973.
1002
Urnes Stave Church, Norway, was built c.1130 in a unique blend of Viking and Christian styles (Photos: Micha Rieser)
1003
Ring with an inscription to Hera. Greece, about 575 BCE
1004
A zookeeper gives penguins a cooling shower from a watering can, 1930.
1005
Robin Williams and Whoopi Goldberg testifying in front of a Senate committee hearing on the Homelessness Prevention and Revitalization Act of 1990
1006
A crowded Huntington Beach, California, during the Oil boom of 1928.
1007
Lorenza D'Alessandro during the restoration of the tomb of the great Egyptian queen Nefertari, wife of Ramses II, who ruled in the 13th century BCE.
1008
An 18th century iron Scold’s Bridle. These heavy metal masks were common implements of torture and public humiliation used on women whose gossip or speech caused scandal or division in society.
1009
An indigenous man knocks over a statue of Spanish conquistador Diego de Mazariegos on the 500th year anniversary of Columbus arriving in the Americas. Chiapas, Mexico, 1992.
1010
Ancient Egyptians believed cats had magical powers. Wealthy families hung jewelry & ornaments on their cats and dressed them in expensive clothes. They would treat cats just as they did pharaohs. If the cat died, it was embalmed.
1011
Irish family eating a meal of potatoes and milk, 1917.
1012
"One Hundred Townspeople" is a set of figurines showing people from all walks of life. Japan, Edo period, 1717
1013
Teenagers at an Elvis Presley concert, Philadelphia Arena, 1957.
1015
A 3,400 year old painter's palette originating from ancient Egypt.
1016
West German schoolchildren speak with East German border guards at an opening in the Berlin Wall during the collapse of communism in East Germany in November 1989. Photo: Stephen Jaffe
1017
A crewman on a British airship prepares to drop a bomb from the rear cockpit during WWI.
1018
Gold ring (circa 500 CE) found between some boulders by a deer hunter in Sweden, 2022
1019
Two girls gallop full speed on sheep in Cornwall, England 1969. Photo by John Drysdale.
1020
Ernest Hemingway kicking a can of beer. Ketchum, Idaho, 1959.
1021
Albert Einstein playing his violin, 1941
1022
The man who standardized the use of mugshots, Alphonse Bertillon. This is a mugshot he took of himself, 1913.
1023
The guards of Maharajah Ram Singh III in the Royal Palace of Jaipur in India, 1858.
1024
Manitowoc, Wisconsin saloon that allowed children their own child-size beers. Circa 1890.
1025
Paris, 50s. Photo by Georg Stefan Troller
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