Photos of a Square Dance in McIntosh County, Oklahoma (1940)
Photographs taken during a square dance in McIntosh County in Oklahoma by photographers working for the U.S. government’s Farm Security Administration (FSA). The FSA and …Continued
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Dazzle Ships
Dazzle camouflage (also known as Razzle Dazzle or Dazzle painting) was a military camouflage paint scheme used on ships, extensively during World War I and …Continued
Presidents and Turkeys
Happy Thanksgiving!
The pictures below are from the National Thanksgiving Turkey Presentation, a ceremony that takes place at the White House every year at which …Continued
World War II from the Air
A selection of World War II aerial photographs collected from Wikimedia Commons, including the Allied bombing of Hamburg, scenes from Operation Market Garden, and views …Continued
Space Colony Art from the 1970s
In the 1970s the Princeton physicist Gerard O’Neill with the help of NASA Ames Research Center and Stanford University held a series of space colony …Continued
Operation Doorstep (1953)
Operation Doorstep was a Civil Defense test from 1953 in which blast and thermal effects were evaluated on mannequins, automobiles, and wooden frame houses. …Continued