Photos: Presidential Inaugurations Through HistoryFrom pomp and circumstance to protests, see how presidential inaugurations have looked over the years.Read more
Extraordinary 1915 Photos from Ernest Shackleton’s Disastrous Antarctic ExpeditionFrank Hurley’s photos were originally intended as scientific documentation of an unexplored continent. Instead, they recorded an epic survival story.Read more
Photos: Hiroshima and Nagasaki, Before and After the BombsBefore the 1945 atomic blasts, they were thriving cities. In a flash, they became desolate wastelands.Read more
Harlem Renaissance: Photos From the African American Cultural ExplosionFrom jazz and blues to poetry and prose to dance and theater, the Harlem Renaissance of the early 20th century was electric with creative expression by African American artists.Read more
Women of the WWII Workforce: Photos Show the Real‑Life Rosie the RivetersEmbodying patriotism and strength, American women stepped into roles once closed off to them to support the war efforts on the home front and abroad.Read more
These Photos Show the Harsh Reality of Life in WWII Japanese American Internment CampsMore than 100,000 Japanese Americans were sent to ‘War Relocation Centers’ between 1942 and 1946.Read more
An Intimate View of MLK Through the Lens of a Friend“Outside of my immediate family, his was the greatest friendship I have ever known or experienced,” photographer Flip Schulke said of Martin Luther King Jr.Read more
Dreaming of a White (House) Christmas: 17 PhotosChristmas at the first residence has evolved from an understated, intimate affair in 1800 to an all‑out media event.Read more
How Stunning Photos Portraying Native American Life Carry a Mixed LegacyAt the turn of the century, photographer Edward Curtis spent 30 years documenting more than 80 Native American tribes.Read more
World War II Ends: 22 Photos of Jubilant Celebrations After Allied VictorySoldiers and civilians let out a collective sigh of relief—and then celebrated—after Germany’s and then Japan’s surrender.Read more
10 Awe‑Inspiring Photos of the Ancient Pyramids of EgyptFrom the early step pyramids to the towering Great Pyramids of Giza, the tombs are among the few surviving wonders of the ancient world.Read more
20 Ellis Island Immigration Photos That Capture the Hope and Diversity of New ArrivalsAn Ellis Island clerk and amateur photographer captured the wide‑ranging origins of immigrants entering the United States in the early 1900s.Read more
