Sergeant William Harvey Carney of the 54th Massachusetts Volunteer Infantry, an all-Black Union army regiment, prevented the regimental flag from falling into Confederate hands at the Battle of Fort Wagner in July 1863. Carney received the Medal of Honor for his bravery. [482 x 719] 2 Comments Vintage
Owen John Baggett, second lieutenant, the only person to shoot down an aircraft with a pistol. March 31, 1943. [640×336] 4 Comments Vintage
A man adjusts the antenna of the first television set to be installed in a taxi, Chicago 1948. [877×1000] 1 Comment Vintage
John Lewis addresses a crowd at the 1963 March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom. (1419 x 1044). Comment Vintage
Young women resting after collecting water from the Nile at Elephantine Island. The structure they are standing on is a Nilometer, which was used to measure the Nile’s clarity and water level during the annual flood season. Aswad, Egypt, circa 1900. [2600×3139] Comment Vintage
A solemn crowd gathers outside the Stock Exchange in New York City after the stock market crash of 1929. [718×1024] Comment Vintage
