RMS Carpathia made her maiden voyage in 1903 and became famous for rescuing the survivors of rival White Star Line's RMS Titanic after it struck an iceberg and sank with a loss of 1,517 lives on 15 April 1912; circa 1912 .
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Former slave and abolitionist Frederick Douglass, circa 1855.
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U.S. President Lyndon Baines Johnson Signs the Civil Rights Act of 1964 while Martin Luther King and others witness the signing. Photo by Cecil Stoughton, White House Press Office
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Malcolm X waiting for a press conference to begin on March 26, 1964. Photo by By Marion S. Trikosko
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Sigmund Freud, founder of psychoanalysis, smoking cigar, 1922
Photo by Max Halberstadt
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Arrangement in Grey and Black No. 1 (Alternate Titles: Portrait of the Artist's Mother, Whistler's Mother) by James Abbott McNeill Whistler
Depicted person: Anna McNeill Whistler
Place of creation: London, Summer 1871
oil on canvas
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Steve Jobs and Bill Gates at "D5: All Things Digital' conference in Carlsbad, California, 2007. Photo by Joi Ito
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Salvador Dali with Babou, the ocelot and cane, 1965
Photo by Roger Higgins
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Salvador Dalí, November 29, 1939
Photo by Carl Van Vechten
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1,527 Volkswagens from Germany are unloaded at the ship channel. Non-bulk cargo, such as vehicles, used to be common imports through the Port of Toronto, Canada. April 18, 1966
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Photograph of Princess Diana dancing with John Travolta at a White House dinner for the Prince and Princess of Wales, November 9, 1985
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President Lyndon B. Johnson and Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. meet at the White House, March 18, 1966
Photo: Yoichi Robert Okamoto
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Mexican painter Frida Kahlo, October16, 1932
Photo by Guillermo Kahlo
File Reference # 1003_601THA
Diego Rivera with a xoloitzcuintle dog in the Blue House, Coyoacan circa 1943
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Billy the Kid (born Henry McCarty; also known as William H. Bonney), an American Old West gunfighter, circa 1880
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U.S.S. Arizona, December 7, 1941
Photograph: The Gilder Lehrman Institute of American
History
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George Washington posthumous portrait by Rembrandt Peale, circa 1823
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Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756-1791). This posthumous portrait of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart was painted by Barbara Krafft at the request of Joseph Sonnleithner in 1819, long after Mozart died.
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Vincent van Gogh - Self-Portrait 1887
Painting current location, Art Institute of Chicago
File Reference # 1003_566THA
Vincent van Gogh - Self-Portrait 1889
Painting current location, National Gallery of Art, Washington DC
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Richard M. Nixon campaign 1968
Photo by: Oliver F. Atkins
File Reference # 1003_562THA
The Martin Droeshout Portrait engraving of William Shakespeare (1564-1616), from the First Folio, published in 1623
File Reference # 1003_564THA
A posthumous portrait of Christopher Columbus painted in 1519 by Italian Renaissance painter Sebastiano Del Piombo, in Rome at Palazzo Venezia. Painting currenyly resides at Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York, NY
File Reference # 1003_559THA
US President Harry S. Truman and French President Charles de Gaulle, standing at attention during welcoming ceremonies on the White House lawn. August 22, 1945
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Portrait of Marie Antoinette (1755-1793) attributed to Jean-Baptiste Gautier Dagoty. Painting current location Mus�e Antoine-L�cuyer in Saint-Quentin, France
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French scientist Louis Pasteur (1822 - 1895), father of modern bacteriology, circa 1891
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Portrait of Louis Pasteur (1822 - 1895), French microbiologist and chemist, circa 1880
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Portrait of Galileo Galilei (1564-1642), painting by Flemish painter Justus Sustermans, 1636. Painting Current location, National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London
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Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750)- painting by Elias Gottlob Haussmann 1746. Painting current location, Stadtgeschichtliches Museum Leipzig, Germany
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Joan of Arc (circa 1412-1431) posthumous painting circa 1485. Current location, Archives Nationales, Paris, France
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Joan of Arc (circa 1412-1431) Kissing the Sword of Liberation - posthumous painting by Dante Gabriel Rossetti, 1863. Painting current location Strasbourg Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art, Strasbourg, France
File Reference # 1003_539THA
The Emperor Napoléon Bonaparte in his study at the Tuileries. Painting by Jacques-Louis David, 1812. Painting current location, National Gallery of Art, Washington DC
File Reference # 1003_538THA
Portrait of Isabella Clara Eugenia of Spain, Archduchess of Austria painting by Frans Pourbus the younger, 17th century. Painting is currently at
Groeningemuseum in Bruges, Belgium
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Posthumous painting of George Washington by Gilbert Stuart circa 1821
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Engraved portrait of Polish astronomer Nicolas Copernicus (1473 - 1543) drawing the sun as the center of the universe
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General Charles de Gaulle at Casablanca Conference January 17, 1943, Casablanca, Morocco
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Charles de Gaulle in Strasbourg, France, April 7, 1945
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General Charles de Gaulle looking over a map, circa 1943
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General de Gaulle, accompanied by General Mast, saluting as the band plays Marseillaise outside the summer palace of the bay of Tunis. June 1943
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Charles Darwin, photographed by Julia Margaret Cameron 1868
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Standing portrait of Richard Nixon by White House Photographer Oliver Atkins, 1972
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Portrait of Benjamin Franklin. Original painting by Joseph-Siffrein Duplessis in circa 1785
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Portrait of Ludwig van Beethoven when composing the Missa Solemnis 1820 - painting by Joseph Karl Stieler
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Bust of Aristotle. Marble, Roman copy after a Greek bronze original by Lysippos from 330 BC. Bust is currently at National Roman Museum, Rome Italy
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From left to right: Menachem Begin, President Jimmy Carter and Anwar Sadat in Camp David, September 7, 1978
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United States President Jimmy Carter, left and President Anwar Sadat of Egypt, right, walk behind Aspen Lodge at Camp David, near Thurmont, Maryland prior to their meeting on Tuesday, September 12, 1978. Photo by White House
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President Jimmy Carter welcomes Egyptian President Anwar Sadat at the White House, Washington, D.C, April 8, 1980
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Leo Tolstoy, circa 1856, was a Russian novelist regarded as one of the greatest of all time
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A LCVP (Landing Craft, Vehicle, Personnel) from the U.S. Coast Guard-manned USS Samuel Chase disembarks troops of Company E, 16th Infantry, 1st Infantry Division (the Big Red One) wading onto the Fox Green section of Omaha Beach (Calvados, Basse-Normandie, France) on the morning of June 6, 1944. American soldiers encountered the newly formed German 352nd Division when landing. During the initial landing two-thirds of the Company E became casualties.
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President John F. Kennedy and Prime Minister of Great Britain, Harold Macmillan, Inspect Honor Guard Troops, April 27, 1962
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Breaker boys working in Ewen Breaker. S. Pittston, Pa, January 1911
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Child Worker Addie Laird, 12 years old. Spinner in a Cotton Mill. February 1910
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Csar Nicholas II of Russia with his physically similar cousin, King George V of the United Kingdom (right), in German military uniforms in Berlin before the war, 1913
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Emperor Nicholas II of Russia with the family (left to right): Olga, Maria, Nicholas II, Alexandra Fyodorovna, Anastasia, Alexei, and Tatiana. Livadiya, 1913. Portrait by the Levitsky Studio, Livadiya.
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Emperor Nicholas II, was the last czar of Russia, circa 1905
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Emperor Nicholas II, was the last czar of Russia, circa 1905
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Railroad officials and employees celebrate the completion of the first railroad transcontinental link in Promontory, Utah, 1869
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Vice President Spiro Agnew and former President Lyndon B. Johnson view the liftoff of Apollo 11 from pad 39A at Kennedy Space Center at 9:32 am EDT on July 16, 1969.
Credit: NASA/APOLLO 11
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President John F. Kennedy and Mrs. Jacqueline Kennedy deplane from Air Force One at Love Field, Dallas, Texas. November 22, 1963
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President John F. Kennedy eating an ice cream cone aboard his boat named "Honey Fitz" in Hyannisport, Massachussetts, August 31, 1963
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John F. Kennedy and Son John F. Kennedy Jr. coming out of candy store in Hyannisport, August 13, 1963
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The Kennedy family (Jacqueline Kennedy, John F. Kennedy Jr. and Caroline Kennedy at Easter Vacation in Palm Beach, April 13, 1963
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Trip to New York City: Madison Square Garden, Birthday Salute to President John F. Kennedy, May 9, 1962
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Photograph of Secretary of State Henry Kissinger Making a Point during a Meeting to Discuss the Situation in Lebanon , June 17, 1976
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At the White House in Washington, DC, Henry A. Kissinger is seated during a meeting in the Oval Office, January 18, 1975
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Photograph of President Gerald Ford and Secretary of State Henry Kissinger Conferring on the Train Ride to Vladivostok, 11/23/1974
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1974, November 12 �?? State Dining Room �?? The White House �?? Washington, DC �?? Henry Kissinger, Lee Bouvier Radziwill�?? seated at table, talking; formal wear �?? State Dinner for Bruno Kreisky, Chancellor of the Federal Republic of Austria - Sister of Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis
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President John F. Kennedy Attends First Lady Jacqueline Kennedy's Third Musical Program for Youth, April 16, 1962
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President John F. Kennedy En Route to the Commencement Ceremony at the United States Naval Academy, Annapolis, Maryland, June 7, 1961
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President John F. Kennedy with His White House Staff, January 1961
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President John F. Kennedy and Vice President Lyndon B. Johnson Walk to Greet Winners of National Science Talent Search, March 6, 1961
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Gas Station in Portland, Oregon Closed Because of a Lack of Fuel Allocation. It Was One of Many Stations Closed During the Fuel Crisis in the Winter of 1973-74. Circa 1973
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The State of Oregon Was the First to Go to a System of Odd and Even Numbers During the Gasoline Crisis in the Fall and Winter of 1973-74. Here Motorists with Even Numbered Licenses Line Up for Gasoline on an Even Numbered Day. The Plan Was in Effect Monday through Friday. Anyone Could Get Gas on Saturdays If It Was Available. All Stations Were Closed Sundays. Portland OR, February 1974
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General William T. Sherman, circa 1861
Photographer: Mathew Brady
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Abraham Lincoln, President, U.S. circa 1863
Photo by Mathew Brady
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General Ulysses S. Grant, circa 1861
Photographer: Mathew Brady
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Preseident Ronald Reagan and First Lady Nancy Reagan with Michael Jackson at the White House Ceremony to Launch the Campaign Against Drunk Driving, May 14, 1984
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Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., President of the Southern Christian Leadership Conference, and Mathew Ahmann, executive Director of the National Catholic Conference for Interrracial Justice, in a crowd during the Civil Rights March on Washington, D.C. August 28, 1963
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Allan Pinkerton, President Abraham Lincoln and Major General John A. McClernand, circa 1862
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"Top Women" at U.S. Steel's Gary, Indiana, Works. Their Job Is to Clean Up at Regular Intervals Around The Tops of Twelve Blast Furnaces. As A Safety Precaution, the Girls Wear Oxygen Masks., circa 1940 - 1945
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President Kennedy Greets Peace Corps Volunteers on the White House South Lawn August 9, 1962
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Mrs. Abraham Lincoln (Mary Todd Lincoln), circa 1860 -1865
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A Bell System switchboard where overseas calls are handled. Not all of the services shown are available during wartime conditions. December 22,1943
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Cajun boys fishing in a bayou near their school, Schriever, Louisiana, 1940
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A cross roads store, bar, "juke joint," and gas station in the cotton plantation area, Melrose, Louisiana, 1940. Photograph shows Sign on left building: Frenchie's Beer Garden; above porch: Frenchie's Bar.
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Governor John Connally, Nellie Connally, President John F. Kennedy, and Jacqueline Kennedy in presidential limousine, Dallas, November 22, 1963.
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Lee Harvey Oswald, the assassin of President Kennedy in 1963, had defected to the Soviet Union several years earlier, but returned to the U.S. after becoming disillusioned with that country. He is shown here in a Dallas police station after his arrest for Kennedy's shooting, November 23, 1963
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President John F. Kennedy, Jacqueline Kennedy, Nellie Connally, and Governor John Connally, moments before the assassination in Dallas, Texas, November 22, 1963
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Paris Las Vegas Casino Resort, Las Vegas, Nevada circa 2006
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Historic Stardust Sign, Las Vegas. Built in 1958, the famed Stardust sign became a symbol of Las Vegas. Young Electric Sign Company was hired to fabricate the sign. Kermit Wayne's design was selected for both the façade and the roadside signs. circa 1990
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Showgirls in front of the historic Las Vegas sign, circa 1986
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Day laborers picking cotton near Clarksdale, Miss. Delta
November1940
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Tenant's home beside the Mississippi River levee, near Lake Providence, La.
June 1940
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J.R. Oppenheimer, often called the "father of the atomic bomb" for his role in the Manhattan Project, circa 1944. Oppenheimer's badge photo from Los Alamos Laboratory
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