Beach Beauty

A bathing beauty poses on the beach in this 1922 photograph.

Christmas at The Rock

Two Rockefeller Center trees are pictured in December 1938.

William Penn Adair "Will" Rogers

Will Rogers was a Cherokee-American cowboy, comedian, humorist, social commentator, and vaudeville actor. Born in Oologah, Indian Territory (now Oklahoma) on November 4, 1879, he will always be remembered for his famous quotation "I never yet met a man that I dident[sic] like" The sentence was part of an original quote published in the November 6, 1926 edition of the Saturday Evening Post.

Wild Bill Hickok's Grave

This photograph of "Wild Bill's" Monument and Grave in Deadwood, South Dakota was taken in 1891. Born May 27, 1837, he was killed by Jack McCall on August 2, 1876 at this very spot.

'The British Are Coming!'

Old unused real photo postcard showing Christ Church in Boston, built in 1723. It is more famously known as The Old North Church, from where the lanterns were hung on the night of Paul Revere's historic ride.

Birth of The Kodak Camera

In 1888, George Eastman developed the 'Kodak' camera. It came preloaded with Eastman Celluloid film, capable of taking 100 pictures. Once the film was completely exposed, the camera itself was returned in order to have the pictures developed. The entire package sold for $25.

Thanksgiving Preparation

This photo, taken in 1900, shows a woman plucking a turkey on her front porch in preparation for Thanksgiving.

Roosevelt Visits Denver

President Teddy Roosevelt is seen riding in an open car during a visit to Denver in this undated photograph.

Tombstone, Arizona

Bat Masterson and Wyatt Earp are pictured in Tombstone, Arizona in 1880.

The ENIAC Computer

In 1946, John Mauchly and John Presper Eckert invented the ENIAC I computer (Electrical Numerical Integrator And Calculator), a project that was sponsored by the American military. Replacing a bad tube in the computer meant checking its' 19,000 possibilities, as pictured above.