Children in front of world’s largest log cabin in Portland, Oregon, USA 1938. Built In 1905 burned down In 1964 [700 x 1014]

Only one of two photographs in existence of the US Supreme Court in session. Cameras are forbidden in the Supreme Court, but this photograph was taken by a young woman who concealed her small camera in her handbag, cutting a hole through which the lens peeped, 1937. [568x384] (x-post)

German and a Soviet officer shaking hands at the end of the Invasion of Poland, October 1939 [816×564]

Remember that photo of the construction workers having lunch on the unfinished Empire State Building? Well here's the photographer Charles Ebbets taking that photo. 9/20/1932 [1024 - 1024]

A man rides a bus in Durban, meant for white passengers only, in resistance to South Africa’s apartheid policies, 1986. [500 x 333]