Resident of Mays Avenue camp making biscuits. Oklahoma City, Oklahoma. Creator(s): Lee, Russell, 1903-1986, photographer Date Created/Published: 1939 July.

Marilyn Monroe and Joe DiMaggio pose for photos as they prepare to leave for Japan. (1954)

John Howland, a Mayflower passenger who narrowly survived falling overboard in 1620, went on to have ten children and thousands of descendants. His lineage includes a remarkable array of influential Americans across centuries.

Established in 1849 in an area rich with placer gold, the business section of Volcano, California, included seventeen hotels, eleven shops, three bakeries, a couple of saloons, a theater, and even a community library. Tens of millions of dollars in gold were eventually mined here.

𝐁𝐀𝐓𝐓𝐋𝐄 𝐎𝐅 𝐒𝐀𝐈𝐏𝐀𝐍 : June 15th - July 9th, 1944 🇺🇸 COOLING OFF HOT DOGS AND LEATHERNECKS -- Marines, just back from the Saipan front Lines, take advantage of fresh water from a cistern near Japanese barracks, to wash their tired, burning, and aching feet. One of them (center) uses a

We take a silent moment today to remember the over 200 men and women brutally lynched on this day in 1919 during the Elaine race massacre in Phillips County, Arkansas. May they each never be forgotten. buff.ly/3rvBZHS

𝐕𝐈𝐄𝐓𝐍𝐀𝐌 𝐖𝐀𝐑: Nov 1st, 1955 – Apr 30th, 1975 🇺🇸 Vietnam. Marine Corps flame thrower tank in action. ORIGINAL HISTORIC WARTIME CAPTION. (NARA)

Stalled in the desert, facing a future in California. No money, ten children. From Chickasaw, Oklahoma, to Southern California,” 1937. Photo by Dorothea Lange during the Great Depression.

The day Ralph Ball turned 18, he quit high school to enlist in the Navy. Ralph was assigned to the USS England, a Buckley-class destroyer escort renowned for its extraordinary record of sinking six Japanese submarines in just 12 days during 1944 -

No place to go and no way to get there. Title: Shack home of a family living in a community camp. Oklahoma City, Oklahoma. Creator(s): Lee, Russell, 1903-1986, photographer Date Created/Published: 1939 July.

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M4A3(76)W Sherman with the 70th Tank Battalion, 1st Cavalry Division, pass by a burning North Korean T-34/85 during the advance on Pyongyang Korea - October 1950 The 70th Tank Battalion was equipped with relatively new M4A3E8 Sherman tanks that were supplied from Rock Island

All are oyster shuckers in the Dunbar Cannery. They began work around 3:00 A.M. and continued until about 5:00 P.M., with only half an hour for lunch. The great hill of shells represents just part of the season's product.” Dunbar, Louisiana, 1911.

In 1968, Japan Airlines pilot Kohei Asoh mistakenly landed a DC-8 jet several miles short of San Francisco International Airport, right into the shallow waters of the bay. Miraculously, all passengers survived, and the aircraft was later salvaged.

First of two brothers to lose their lives in WW2; SGT James Baldwin was killed in Action in the Netherlands on October 4, 1944. He was 23 years old… James Daniel Baldwin was born on September 15, 1921, in Roanoke, Virginia, to Jacob and Mary Baldwin. He had at

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A woman living in a camp near Mays Avenue. Oklahoma City, Oklahoma. Creator(s): Lee, Russell, 1903-1986, photographer Date Created/Published: 1939 July.

We're remembering Milton L. Olive III, who earned the Medal of Honor during the Vietnam War. Olive enlisted at 18, and during a routine patrol in Phu Cuong, while serving as a Private First Class with the 173rd Airborne Brigade, a grenade suddenly dropped near his group.

Today, every single Senate Republican voted against lowering health care costs. EVERY 👏🏾 SINGLE 👏🏾 ONE 👏🏾 And YES, that includes Wisconsin’s Ron Johnson. We see you — and we won’t forget next time you try to keep your job 🗳️ EVERYONE deserves to have healthcare they can afford. EVERYONE.

Stewart County, Tennessee, ca. 1920... Though you might think this is a picture of a couple, this is actually a picture of a father and daughter. The picture was taken around 1920 by photographer Sam A. Feltner. Mr. Feltner's collection is now owned by the Stewart County Public Library.

A fascinating description of Pottsville, Pennsylvania, during the Civil War, as told by Charles Kershner. He was a teenager living in town when the war broke out. He later served in the 48th Pennsylvania. His recollection was recorded in 1927:

In the autumn of 1933, dramatic scenes were taking place on the southwestern end of Pennsylvania’s anthracite coal fields. Amid the Great Depression, the Susquehanna Collieries Company made the decision to abandon and dismantle the Short Mountain Colliery near Lykens, in Dauphin County.

British and German Soldiers with French civilians during the 60-hour truce to allow refugees to evacuate from Dunkirk, France - 4 October 1944 The 60-hour truce was negotiated at the initiative of the Red

Marine Cpl. Michael J. Dutcher Died September 15, 2011, Serving During Operation Enduring Freedom 22, of Asheville, N.C.; assigned to 1st Battalion, 5th Marine Regiment, 1st Marine Division, I Marine Expeditionary Force, Camp Pendleton, Calif.; died Sept. 15 in Helmand province,

Soldiers, Sailors, and marines drinking hot chocolate ORIGINAL HISTORIC WARTIME CAPTION. (NARA) 𝟐𝟓𝟎𝐓𝐇 𝐁𝐈𝐑𝐓𝐇𝐃𝐀𝐘 𝐎𝐅 𝐓𝐇𝐄 𝐔.𝐒. 𝐌𝐀𝐑𝐈𝐍𝐄 𝐂𝐎𝐑𝐏𝐒 - 𝐍𝐎𝐕 𝟏𝟎, 𝟏𝟕𝟕𝟓

We're honoring Army Sgt. Eduviges Guadalupe “Duvi” Wolf, a courageous and selfless soldier who made the ultimate sacrifice in service to her country. Inspired by the TV show “Cops,” Duvi dreamed of becoming a police officer, joining the Junior ROTC at Leuzinger High

Iron Eyes Cody, born Espera Oscar de Corti to Sicilian parents in Louisiana, built a six-decade career playing Native American roles in Hollywood. He fully embraced the identity, wearing traditional regalia, speaking in broken English, and

A homemade housecar built by pea pickers, 1936. Photo by Dorothea Lange. The improvised vehicle reflects the ingenuity and resilience of migrant workers during the hardships of the Great Depression.

Mine cave-in swallows a home in Scranton, Pennsylvania | 1906 In Pennsylvania's Coal Region, mine subsidence has been an issue since deep mining began in the mid-19th century. The sudden collapse of the earth into old mine workings happened regularly in the 19th and early 20th century,

In May 1921, the USS R-14, a U.S. Navy submarine, was conducting a surface search for the missing tug USS Conestoga when it ran out of fuel roughly 100 nautical miles southeast of Hawaii. With its reserve tanks empty and radio communications down, the crew faced a dire situation,

After knee surgery, a Dutch teen awoke speaking only fluent English, unable to recognize Dutch or his parents. Within 18 hours, his native language returned, baffling doctors who suspect anesthesia briefly rewired his brain’s language circuits.

Marines Sitting on a Tree, 1944. ORIGINAL HISTORIC WARTIME CAPTION. (Official USMC archive photograph)

Remembering the Apollo 1 Astronauts, Roger Chaffee, Ed White and Gus Grissom who tragically died on this day in 1967

1913... 7-year-old Rosie. Regular oyster shucker. Her second year at it. Illiterate. Works all day. Shucks, only a few pots a day. (Showing process) Varn & Platt Canning Co. Location: Bluffton, South Carolina... Source National Child Labor Committee, Lewis Hine, photographer

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