Sir Winston

Winston Churchill and his fiancee Clementine Hosier shortly before their marriage in 1908.

The Wienermobile

In 1936 Karl G. Mayer, nephew of the famous Oscar Mayer, had a creative idea for promoting the family company's famous franks. Pictured to the right is the original Wienermobile, which remains popular to this day.

Affordable Gas

Dome Gas Station, Maryland 1926. Note the 23 cent price.

The 1894 Champion Orioles

The Orioles Champion Baseball Club

Baltimore, 1894

Inside The White House

The Cabinet Room in The White House, photographed around 1893.

Golden Gate

This picture of Golden Gate, circa 1891, shows the area prior to the building of the Golden Gate Bridge. Ferry service between San Francisco and Sausalito was the most popular method of travel to Marin County at the time. On May 27, 1937, San Francisco's Golden Gate Bridge was officially opened.

Quabbin Reservoir

Part of the Chicopee River Watershed, the Quabbin Reservoir was built between 1930 and 1939. In addition to the town of Enfield Massachusetts, pictured on the left, the towns of Dana, Greenwich, and Prescott were all officially dissolved and some of their buildings and cemeteries were relocated.

In April of 1938, the area covered by these towns was flooded and became the Quabbin Reservoir, which supplies the drinking water supply to the city of Boston as well as 40 other communities.

Aluminum Bridge, 1958

With the implementation of the Federal Aid Highway Act of 1956, the construction of the Interstate Highway System began in many states. The Iowa Highway Commission began experimenting with aluminum with the building of an overpass in the town of Urbandale in 1958. This aluminum bridge was to become the only one of its' kind, as it was decided to switch back to steel once it became more readily available in the 1960's.

The Great Wall of China

The Great Wall of China, a portion of which is seen in this 1907 photograph, was built between the 5th Century BC and the 16th Century to protect the northern border from attacks during various dynasties. The total length of the wall is 4000 miles.

Ebbets Field

Photograph of Ebbets Field, home of the Brooklyn Dodgers, taken on Opening Day April 5, 1913. Below, Genevieve Ebbets, youngest daughter of Charley Ebbets, throws out the first ball.