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20th Century Collection (page 6)

"Capturing the Essence of the 20th Century: A Kaleidoscope of Moments" The 20th century, a time of remarkable achievements and profound transformations

Background image20th Century Collection: Sputnik 1 postcard

Sputnik 1 postcard. Artwork of Sputnik 1, the worlds first artificial satellite, on a postcard issued by the communist government of the former Soviet Union

Background image20th Century Collection: Orwell Bridge

Orwell Bridge, Ipswich, England. This bridge spans 1287 metres, carrying the A14 road 39 metres above the River Orwell. When completed in 1982, it was the longest concrete bridge in the world

Background image20th Century Collection: Soviet Pe-2 bomber and pilot, 1944

Soviet Pe-2 bomber and pilot, 1944
Soviet Pe-2 bomber and pilot. The pilot, Grigory Pasynkov, held the title of Hero of the Soviet Union. Photographed in December 1944, in the St Petersburg region of Russia

Background image20th Century Collection: Soviet lunar craft Zond 5, 1968

Soviet lunar craft Zond 5, 1968
Soviet lunar exploration craft Zond 5, being taken onboard the ship Vasilli Golovnin in Russia, 1968. Zond 5 was intended to be a precursor for Soviet manned Moon missions

Background image20th Century Collection: Dmitry Mendeleyev, Russian chemist

Dmitry Mendeleyev, Russian chemist
Dmitry Ivanovich Mendeleyev (1834-1907), Russian chemist. Mendeleyev (or Mendeleev) was initially an indifferent student, but left college at the top of his class

Background image20th Century Collection: Nikola Tesla, Serb-US physicist

Nikola Tesla, Serb-US physicist
Nikola Tesla (1856-1943), Serb-US physicist and electrical engineer. Tesla was educated at Graz and Prague, but in 1884 he emigrated to the USA

Background image20th Century Collection: Henri Poincare, French mathematician

Henri Poincare, French mathematician
Henri Poincare (1854-1912), French mathematician. Poincare is considered one of the greatest mathematicians of all time. He worked on celestial mechanics, topology

Background image20th Century Collection: Lev Landau, Soviet physicist

Lev Landau, Soviet physicist
Lev Davidovich Landau (1908-1968), Soviet physicist. Landau was a theoretician who made important contributions to quantum mechanics, diamagnetism, superfluidity

Background image20th Century Collection: 1960s Soviet Union poster

1960s Soviet Union poster
" Proletarians of All Countries, Unite!" Early Soviet poster by an unknown artist. Lenin Library, Moscow

Background image20th Century Collection: Launch of Vostok 1 spacecraft, 1961

Launch of Vostok 1 spacecraft, 1961
Launch of Vostok 1 spacecraft. Close-up of the exhaust flames of the rocket launching Soviet cosmonaut Yuri Gagarin (1934-1968) into orbit from Baikonur, Kazakhstan, on 12 April 1961

Background image20th Century Collection: Vostok 1 Soviet spacecraft

Vostok 1 Soviet spacecraft
Vostok (Russian осток, translated as "East") was a family of rockets derived from the Soviet R-7 Semyorka ICBM designed for the humanspaceflight programme but later used for other sputnik

Background image20th Century Collection: WORLD WAR I: NAVY POSTER. I Want You for the Navy. American World War I poster, 1917

WORLD WAR I: NAVY POSTER. I Want You for the Navy. American World War I poster, 1917, by Howard Chandler Christy

Background image20th Century Collection: GEORGE GERSHWIN. (1898-1937). American composer. Caricature by William Auerbach-Levy

GEORGE GERSHWIN. (1898-1937). American composer. Caricature by William Auerbach-Levy

Background image20th Century Collection: ROUSSEAU: LION. Henri Rousseau: The Repast of the Lion. Oil on canvas

ROUSSEAU: LION. Henri Rousseau: The Repast of the Lion. Oil on canvas

Background image20th Century Collection: CHARLIE CHAPLIN (1889-1977). Charles Spencer Chaplin. English film actor and comedian

CHARLIE CHAPLIN (1889-1977). Charles Spencer Chaplin. English film actor and comedian. Photograph, early 20th century

Background image20th Century Collection: MARILYN MONROE (1926-1962). American cinema actress

MARILYN MONROE (1926-1962). American cinema actress

Background image20th Century Collection: GROVER CLEVELAND ALEXANDER (1887-1950). American baseball pitcher

GROVER CLEVELAND ALEXANDER (1887-1950). American baseball pitcher. Photographed while with the Philadelphia Phillies, early 20th century

Background image20th Century Collection: ROY ROGERS (1912-1998). NÔÇÜ Leonard Slye. American singing cowboy actor

ROY ROGERS (1912-1998). NÔÇÜ Leonard Slye. American singing cowboy actor. From one of his many Republic Pictures
ROY ROGERS (1912-1998). N© Leonard Slye. American singing cowboy actor. From one of his many Republic Pictures

Background image20th Century Collection: BETTE DAVIS (1908-1989). American actress

BETTE DAVIS (1908-1989). American actress

Background image20th Century Collection: GRETA GARBO (1905-1990). NÔÇÜ e Greta Louisa Gustafsson. Swedish-born American actress

GRETA GARBO (1905-1990). NÔÇÜ e Greta Louisa Gustafsson. Swedish-born American actress
GRETA GARBO (1905-1990). N© e Greta Louisa Gustafsson. Swedish-born American actress

Background image20th Century Collection: Gibbs Hill Lighthouse, Bermuda, Central America

Gibbs Hill Lighthouse, Bermuda, Central America

Background image20th Century Collection: Yuri Gagarin, Soviet cosmonaut

Yuri Gagarin, Soviet cosmonaut
Yuri Gagarin (1934-1968), soviet cosmonaut and first man in space. Gagarin made the first manned space flight on 12 April 1961

Background image20th Century Collection: Steppe-desert border, satellite image

Steppe-desert border, satellite image. North is at top. Arid areas of desert rock are brown, while grassy steppe areas are green. A small area of desert sands (yellow) is seen at far centre right

Background image20th Century Collection: William A. Doberck, Danish astronomer

William A. Doberck, Danish astronomer
William A. Doberck (1852-1941), Danish astronomer. Doberck became the first director of the Hong Kong Observatory from its foundation in 1883 until 1907

Background image20th Century Collection: Second Byrd Antarctic Expedition, 1933-35

Second Byrd Antarctic Expedition, 1933-35
Second Byrd Antarctic Expedition, historical map. This expedition took place between 1933 and 1935, and followed an earlier expedition from 1928 to 1930

Background image20th Century Collection: 1950s American car on the beach, Goanabo, Cuba, Caribbean Sea, Central America

1950s American car on the beach, Goanabo, Cuba, Caribbean Sea, Central America

Background image20th Century Collection: Hornsey Road Baths PLA01_03_0113

Hornsey Road Baths PLA01_03_0113
Hornsey Road Baths, Hornsey Road, Finsbury Park, Islington, Greater London. The entrance block of the former Hornsey Road Baths, Islington, seen from the south at dusk

Background image20th Century Collection: Solidity of Fog, 1912

Solidity of Fog, 1912
Luigi Russolo (1885-1947), Solidity of Fog, 1912

Background image20th Century Collection: Sunsphere in Worlds Fair Park, Knoxville, Tennessee, United States of America, North America

Sunsphere in Worlds Fair Park, Knoxville, Tennessee, United States of America, North America

Background image20th Century Collection: Chicago Board of Trade Building, Downtown Chicago, Illinois, United States of America, North America

Chicago Board of Trade Building, Downtown Chicago, Illinois, United States of America, North America

Background image20th Century Collection: (1889-1951). British (Austrian born) philosopher

(1889-1951). British (Austrian born) philosopher
LUDWIG WITTGENSTEIN (1889-1951). British (Austrian born) philosopher

Background image20th Century Collection: JOHN UPDIKE (1932-2009). American writer

JOHN UPDIKE (1932-2009). American writer

Background image20th Century Collection: JUDAISM: MENORAH. Line engraving

JUDAISM: MENORAH. Line engraving

Background image20th Century Collection: CHARLES EVANS HUGHES (1862-1948). American jurist. Steel engraving, c1930

CHARLES EVANS HUGHES (1862-1948). American jurist. Steel engraving, c1930

Background image20th Century Collection: Early electronic valve, diagram

Early electronic valve, diagram
Audion amplifier. Diagram of an Audion triode valve that was the first amplifier. It was invented by Lee De Forest in 1907

Background image20th Century Collection: Ghost village, Belarus

Ghost village, Belarus. On 26th April 1986, the Chernobyl nuclear power plant exploded causing the worst nuclear power plant diaster in history

Background image20th Century Collection: PSOC2C-00013

PSOC2C-00013
Social reformer Jane Addams against a photo of downtown Chicago in the 1890s. Composite of hand-colored photograph and Albertype photograph

Background image20th Century Collection: Diagram and cross-section of passenger and steering gondola of the Graf Zeppelin LZ 127 airship

Diagram and cross-section of passenger and steering gondola of the Graf Zeppelin LZ 127 airship
GRAF ZEPPELIN. Diagram and cross-section of passenger and steering gondola of the Graf Zeppelin LZ 127 airship. Early 20th century postcard

Background image20th Century Collection: Roker Park PLA01_08_051

Roker Park PLA01_08_051
Roker Park Football Ground, Sunderland. The Main Stand and Fulwell End at Roker Park football ground, seen from the east, Roker End stand during a football game

Background image20th Century Collection: Proconsul africanus

Proconsul africanus
An illustration of the extinct primate, Proconsul africanus. Like Dendropithecus, they mostly lived in tropical forests in East Africa during the Miocene about 50 million years ago

Background image20th Century Collection: Basidiomycota: filamentous fungi

Basidiomycota: filamentous fungi
Coloured lithograph by Ernst Haeckel from Kunstformen der Natur, 1899-1904. Date: 1904

Background image20th Century Collection: HOMESTEAD STEEL MILL. The Homestead Steel Works in Homestead, Pennsylvania. Photograph

HOMESTEAD STEEL MILL. The Homestead Steel Works in Homestead, Pennsylvania. Photograph, early 20th century

Background image20th Century Collection: The skyline of Sydney at sunset, New South Wales, Australia, Pacific

The skyline of Sydney at sunset, New South Wales, Australia, Pacific

Background image20th Century Collection: Illustration of flag of Iraq, 1991-2004, a horizontal tricolor of red, white, and black

Illustration of flag of Iraq, 1991-2004, a horizontal tricolor of red, white, and black, with Takbir between three green stars

Background image20th Century Collection: BLACKSMITHS, c1903. Two blacksmiths making a metal hoop, possibly for a wagon wheel

BLACKSMITHS, c1903. Two blacksmiths making a metal hoop, possibly for a wagon wheel. Photograph, c1903

Background image20th Century Collection: The Thinker by Rodin. 1906 Copyright: R. Sheridan / aA Collection

The Thinker by Rodin. 1906 Copyright: R. Sheridan / aA Collection
The Thinker. By Rodin. 1906. France. NOTE: This image avail. up to 100MB. Call for details

Background image20th Century Collection: Composition of the foreign-born population of the United States by country of birth, 1850-1940

Composition of the foreign-born population of the United States by country of birth, 1850-1940
IMMIGRATION CHART, 1850-1940. Composition of the foreign-born population of the United States by country of birth, 1850-1940

Background image20th Century Collection: Italian World War II recruitment poster for the auxiliary service of the 10th Flotilla

Italian World War II recruitment poster for the auxiliary service of the 10th Flotilla
WWII: ITALIAN POSTER. Italian World War II recruitment poster for the auxiliary service of the 10th Flotilla



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"Capturing the Essence of the 20th Century: A Kaleidoscope of Moments" The 20th century, a time of remarkable achievements and profound transformations, left an indelible mark on our collective memory. From the iconic Pale Blue Dot image captured by Voyager 1 to Earthrise over Moon witnessed by Apollo 8 astronauts, humanity's perspective expanded beyond imagination. Artists like Laura Knight with her masterpiece "Gypsy Splendour" and Arthur Spooner's depiction of "The Goose Fair, Nottingham" showcased the vibrant spirit and cultural diversity that defined this era. Meanwhile, in 1919, a solar eclipse mesmerized observers worldwide as they marveled at nature's celestial spectacle. In the realm of entertainment, Laurel and Hardy brought laughter to millions through their timeless comedy routines. Their comedic genius transcended borders and generations alike. Similarly, Laura Knight immortalized Elsie on Hassan with her brush strokes capturing both beauty and strength. Photographs such as the awe-inspiring Earthrise photograph became symbols of environmental awareness while igniting a sense of unity among mankind. On a different note, even Bigfoot made its appearance in film during this period - sparking curiosity about unknown creatures lurking within our world. Diego Rivera's mural titled "RIVERA: DAY OF THE DEAD, " adorning Mexico City's Ministry of Public Education building celebrated life amidst death during the Feast of Day Dead—an enduring testament to Mexican culture and traditions. As we journeyed through time together, witnessing milestones like Stan Laurel alongside Oliver Hardy or admiring London's Thames Barrier guarding against rising tides with Canary Wharf looming behind it all—these snapshots encapsulate just some facets that shaped an extraordinary century filled with progress and wonderment.