The desert on fire. A Canadian firefighting team working to extinguish an oil well fire in Kuwait, one of 700 such started by retreating Iraqi troops in February, 1991. They called it "Desert Hell". The last rig was put out in November.

Snake charmer near the Gateway to India, Bombay in 1939.

The streets of New York in 1930

Female mujahideen fighter, Kabul, 1984.

Titanic's lifeboats are lowered into New York harbor by the RMS Carpathia, 18 April 1912

Kim Jong-il with his father, Kim il-sung, And his mother, Kim jong-suk in 1945

Tiananmen Square Incident Uncropped Photo, 1989

Hand belonging to an X-Ray technician at the Royal London hospital, which shows the damage from radiation exposure, 1900.

The oldest photograph we have of the Taj Mahal, 1800's.

Secret Service agents respond to a hostage crisis at the Augusta National golf course during a visit by President Reagan. They are dressed casually in order to comply with the President's request that they cease wearing suits on the golf course. 1983.

2001: A Space Odyssey" centrifuge set - 1966

1944 – Lieutenant Vernon R Richards of the 361st Fighter Group pilots his P-51D Mustang, nicknamed ‘Tika IV’, during a bomber escort mission.

Actresses Donna Reed (known for "It's a Wonderful Life), Marilyn Maxwell, and Julie Bishop (known for "The Black Cat") in their military outfits poses with soldiers of the 635th Tank Destroyer Battalion, who camped in Burbank, California for defense against a Japanese invasion, May 1942

Detroit, Michigan. 1940s

160th(9th Rhenish) German infantry regiment, December 1914

When Roller skates were the hot new thing, 1910.

Nurses show triplets to the father who passes out with excitement. Photo from 1946, when ultrasound did not exist.

Daleks being loaded on to a lorry outside Shepperton Studios, London en route to the Cannes Film Festival to promote the movie 'Dr Who and the Daleks'. 17th May 1965.

Young punks in the socialist Hungary; Budapest; 1982

Locksmith in Namdaemun Market, Seoul. Photographed in 1956.

NYC Grand Central Station, 1929. The sun can't shine through like that now because of taller buildings.

George W. Bush does phone banking in Ohio for his father George H.W.'s presidential re-election campaign, 1992.

Aftermath of a massive explosion in Halifax, Canada, December 6, 1917

Last known photograph of Karl Marx taken in Algeirs, 1882

Philadelphia City Officials Tour New Interceptor Sewer, 1953