Allyn Z. Baum Antarctic photography archive, principally 1962 to 1964, documenting the United States Antarctic Research Program during Operation Deep Freeze. Baum photographed McMurdo Station, the South Pole, Ross Island, the Ross Sea, and the McMurdo Dry Valleys while the National Science Foundation directed the research program and the United.....

Marlon Brando portrait from On the Waterfront, 1954, documents a defining moment in American film history through the visual construction of one of the most influential performances in 20th-century cinema. Directed by Elia Kazan and starring Marlon Brando, the film addressed labor corruption and moral conflict within working-class dock communities.....

An early Zionist cigarette card photo album during the British Mandate period documenting Jewish paramilitary forces, settlement defense, athletics, and infrastructure development in Mandatory Palestine, likely produced in the 1930s-1940s as an educational and propaganda tool. The images illustrate the development of defense forces, collective agricultural settlements, and youth training.....

San Francisco earthquake photo archive depicting the destruction caused by the April 18, 1906 earthquake and the fires that burned through the city afterward. The disaster killed thousands, left much of San Francisco in ruins, and displaced a massive urban population into parks, camps, and temporary shelters. Commercial postcards circulated.....

Women’s participation in early aviation developed despite formidable social, economic, and institutional barriers that restricted female access to flight training and aviation careers during the first half of the twentieth century. Yet a small number of pioneering aviators challenged these limits, establishing flying clubs, participating in competitions, and gaining international.....

[Motorcycle] [Subculture] Motorcycle photograph archive, ca. 1981, documents a connected social network within Southern California biker culture, including individuals associated with Wheelers Motorcycle Club and Monks Motorcycle Club. The archive is structured around recurring named individuals, including a man identified as "Henry" in photographs inscribed "Seal Beach," alongside women identified.....

Brea Chemicals Inc. photo archive, 1954, documenting the construction of a Southern California chemical manufacturing facility during the decades when synthetic fertilizers, industrial chemistry, and large-scale water management transformed agriculture across the American West. Before the twentieth century, agriculture was constrained by the amount of nitrogen naturally available in soils.....

Freedom Train press photographs documenting Tulare, California visit circa 1947 to 1948 visually record a formative moment in the modern Civil Rights era when constitutional language was publicly invoked even as racial inequality remained entrenched. Organized in 1947 under the auspices of the American Heritage Foundation with federal and corporate.....

[War on Drugs] [Policing & Community Organization] Massachusetts drug enforcement and anti-crack protest press photo archive documenting narcotics policing, evidence display, neighborhood mobilization, and women’s rehabilitation in Boston, Springfield, Pittsfield, and Framingham from 1968 through the late 1980s, preserving direct evidence of how the drug crisis was made visible through.....

Segregated U.S. Army soldiers photographed during World War II training era document the lives of African American troops serving in segregated units during the early 1940s. Fifteen photographs dating primarily between 1942 and 1944 identify numerous Black soldiers by name and inscription, providing rare vernacular documentation of individuals serving in.....

[WOMEN IN SPORTS] Photographic collection of 18 rare vintage photos celebrating girls and women in sports. Some are identified with names and locations. Locations include New Jersey, Canada, New York, California, Massachusetts. Dated approximately 1900-1940. Various sizes; mostly between 8.5" x 11" and 6.5x 8.5", with four smaller photos at.....

AFL leadership press photo archive, documenting council meetings, conventions, White House visits, and interunion conferences by the American Federation of Labor, 1924-1943. William Green succeeded Samuel Gompers as AFL president in 1924 and led the federation through the Depression, the New Deal labor laws, and wartime price and wage disputes.....

[African American] [Music] [Photography] Demlinger, Sandor and various press photographers. Photographs of African American musicians, 1930s to 1978 document performance, publicity, and recording culture across multiple generations of Black musical innovation in the United States. The archive brings together images of artists associated with jazz, blues, and soul, including Nat.....