fter the Queen passed away, the family evicted Karim from the home the queen had given him and deported him back to India. The unusual friendship between the Queen and her Indian servant began in 1887 and spanned for 14 years. Mohammed Abdul Karim was born into a Muslim family at Lalitpur near Jhansi in 1863. He was taught Persian and Urdu privately and, as a teenager, traveled across North India and into Afghanistan....

As a skilled mountaineer and expert in physiology, Kellas believed that with the right precautions and the right equipment, given time, they could establish a means to not only fly planes competently at such extreme altitudes but also take useful reconnaissance photographs. However, it would take another 15 years for the technology to catch up. The attempt could not be made without significant funding and in September 1932 Lord Clydesdale visited Lady Houston at her Scottish shooting estate, Kinrara, to ask her to fund the expedition....

On 1 May 1940, Hoess was appointed commandant of a prison camp in western Poland. The camp was built around an old Austro-Hungarian (and later Polish) army barracks near the town of Oswiecim; its German name was Auschwitz. Hoess commanded the camp for three and a half years, during which he expanded the original facility into a sprawling complex known as Auschwitz-Birkenau concentration camp. After visiting Treblinka’s extermination camp to study its methods of human extermination, Hoess, beginning on 3 September 1941, tested and perfected the techniques of mass killing that made Auschwitz the most efficiently murderous instrument of the Final Solution....

In these photographs, she shows a pioneering spirit, embracing the distinctive style of the 1980s with flair and grace. The 1985 movie “Perfect” introduced an intriguing narrative centered on romantic relationships within the high-energy and revealing ambiance of Los Angeles fitness studios. This storyline catapulted Jamie Lee Curtis into the spotlight, positioning her as an enticing figure within the athletic community. Her portrayal in the film solidified her status as a captivating fitness icon, capturing the attention and admiration of fitness enthusiasts nationwide....

In March 1993 Kevin Carter made a trip to Sudan. Near the village of Ayod, Carter found a girl who had stopped to rest while struggling to a United Nations feeding center, whereupon a vulture had landed nearby. Careful not to disturb the bird, he waited for twenty minutes until the vulture was close enough, positioned himself for the best possible image, and only then chased the vulture away. At this point, Carter was probably not yet aware that he had shot one of the most controversial photographs in the history of photojournalism....

The title signaled Waldseemüller’s intention to combine or harmonize in a unified cosmographic depiction the traditional Ptolemaic geography of Europe, Asia, and Africa with the new geographical information provided by Amerigo Vespucci and his fellow discoverers of lands in the western hemisphere. He explained: “In designing the sheets of our world-map we have not followed Ptolemy in every respect, particularly as regards the new lands … We have therefore followed, on the flat map, Ptolemy, except for the new lands and some other things, but on the solid globe, which accompanies the flat map, the description of Amerigo that is appended hereto”....

Through this photo collection, we take a journey through time to show you what air travel looked like from the 1930s to the 1950s. While manned, heavier-than-air flight has been around since the early 1900s, it didn’t really take off as a common endeavor for two decades. Post-WWI, the aviation industry really started to grow and many commercial airlines began operating. The Contract Air Mail Act of 1925 (also known as the Kelly Act) directly contributed to the growth of airlines and the Air Commerce Act of 1926 gave the government the responsibility for promoting air commerce, establishing airways, certifying aircraft, licensing pilots, and issuing and enforcing regulations....

Taco Bell, the Mexican-inspired fast-food chain, has established a reputation for serving affordable and delicious tacos, burritos, and more for over half a century. However, Taco Bell’s rich history as seen through these vintage menus and advertisements offers a unique perspective on the company’s early branding and advertising endeavors. Exploring the old menus and advertisements is a journey through time that allows us to reflect on how fast-food dining has evolved....

As his haunting pictures, taken with a Contessa camera, make all too clear, life in the trenches was a harrowing experience. The images provide an insight into the epic machinery of war – and capture the darkest moments of the battle, with bodies strewn among the rubble. Returning home in 1918, Walter set up a photography shop in the town of Tubingen, where he worked until his death in 1945....

The movement gained support in the 1880s and 1890s from social reformers who saw alcohol as the cause of poverty, industrial accidents, and the break-up of families; others associated alcohol with urban immigrant ghettos, criminality, and political corruption. With America’s entry into the First World War in 1917, prohibition was linked to grain conservation. It was also aimed at brewers, many of whom were of German descent. Limits on alcohol production were enacted first as a war measure in 1918, and prohibition became fully established with the ratification of the 18th Amendment in 1919 and its enforcement from January 1920 onward....

Patients trusted in their doctors’ education and expertise and, for the most part, followed their advice. When health concerns about cigarettes began to receive public attention, tobacco companies took preemptive action. From the 1930s to the 1950s, advertising’s most powerful phrase—“doctors recommend”—was paired with the world’s deadliest consumer product. Cigarettes weren’t seen as dangerous then, but they still made smokers cough. To allay fears, tobacco brands hired throat “doctors” (that is, models dressed in white coats) to explain that dust, germs, or a lack of menthol were to blame, not the cigs themselves....

Citizens were asked to scour their homes and businesses for spare metal. From pots and pans to metal toys, to car bumpers, to farm equipment- any metal was considered valuable. Communities melted down Civil War cannons and tore down wrought iron fences, sacrificing their history for their future. When people came together to find scrap metal, these drives became larger community events that included performers, speeches, and games. In Lubbock, Texas, a bust of Hitler was erected as a target for patriotic citizens to hurl their unwanted items....

The railroad was a massive undertaking, with three companies building the 3,069 km (1,907 mi) line over six years. With the final “Golden Spike” driven into the ground on May 10, 1869, the revolution in transportation allowed a flood of people and goods to travel directly from Council Bluffs, Iowa all the way to Sacramento, California. Although by the 1860s, Native Americans had signed away the rights to much of their land in treaties with the federal government, they likely never imagined that a disruptive and massive system like the railroad would be constructed through their traditional hunting grounds....

At the Battle of the Coral Sea, the Japanese won a tactical victory, but suffered an operational-level defeat: it did not invade Port Moresby in New Guinea and set up a base from which its land-based planes could dominate the skies over northern Australia. However, the overall military initiative was still in the hands of the Japanese Their carrier striking force was still the strongest mobile air unit in the Pacific, and Admiral Isoroku Yamamoto, the Japanese fleet commander, hoped to use it to smash what remained of the U....

He was assigned to the SS headquarters for Operation Reinhard in Lublin in German-occupied Poland in 1942. Operation Reinhard was the plan to evacuate the Jews from the Ghettos in Poland to three death camps: Treblinka, Sobibor, and Belzec, all of which were in eastern Poland. In February 1943, Goeth received a promotion and became the third SS officer to hold the job of Commandant of the Plaszow labor camp....

Once alive with the cries of fruit-sellers, fish-vendors, butchers, and florists, the scent of brightly-colored flower bouquets intermingling with wafts of freshly baked bread, and heaving with swarms of market-goers, today there is no trace of the 900-year-old market place that used to stand in the center of Paris at Les Halles. During the twelfth century, a Royal Decree established there the great market of the capital. But the area was not appropriate for a market, since the city was evolving very quickly....

The solution? They split it in two and moved one of the halves to the other side of the road. They dug under the building, put railways and wheels, and moved it 55 meters away (180 ft). The whole operation took 5 hours and 40 minutes and the (now) 2 separate buildings were moved apart on a 33-degree inclined angle. All this was done with the residents still inside the building....

His story is a intriguing blend of rebellion, heroism, and a relentless pursuit of justice for the poor. The Mexican Revolution erupted in 1910, leading to the overthrow of Porfirio Díaz’s dictatorship. However, the aftermath was turbulent. Francisco Madero, a leader of the revolution, replaced Díaz as president but was assassinated in 1913 by Victoriano Huerta, a former ally turned enemy. This event sparked further conflict, with different rebel groups vying for power....

William Bullard, born in Worcester, Massachusetts, worked as a photographer without a studio, visiting clients around the town with his camera strapped to his bicycle. From 1897 to 1917, Bullard, who was white, took portraits of his predominantly black and Native American neighbors capturing them in their yards, gardens, and living rooms. Bullard identified over 80% of his sitters in his logbook, making this collection especially rare among extant photographic collections of people of color taken before World War I and enabling the photographs to tell specific stories about individuals and recreate a more accurate historical context....

One of his favorite things was the documenting of car accidents. In the 1930s, he rushed to the scenes of hundreds of crashes, fender-benders, pileups, and captured the aftermaths in photos that ranged from morbid and tragic to bizarre and comical. What sets Jones apart from his contemporaries, and what makes his photograph collection truly great, is his keen sense of composition and human interest. As a press photographer, he was always under the pressure of looming deadlines....