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This is what the new immigration processing center looks like at Ellis Island. It shows the acceptance of the growing immigrant population. This building was not used for its intended purpose.

April 26, 1986, signified the boundary between life and death. A new reckoning of time began. This photo was taken from a helicopter on the day following the explosion. The destroyed Chernobyl reactor, one of four units operating at the site in…

Through the IAEA's International Chernobyl Project, some 200 scientists from 25 countries and seven international organizations participated in field visits in 1990-91 to assess the radiological consequences of the 1986 Chernobyl accident. Here a…

A collection of photos that include the hashtag "#Filoli."

Image of a U2 research plane that was used during the Cold War
- Associated Press photograph.
- No. L6176.
- New York World-Telegram and the Sun Newspaper Photograph Collection (Library of Congress).

Cartoon shows a young woman carrying buckets on a yoke, looking up at ladder ascending up to the sky, bottom rungs labeled "Slavery," "House Drudgery," and "Shop Work." Top rungs labeled "Equal Suffrage," "Wage Equity," and "Presidency."

Photograph shows women and men sitting with baby carriages in front of the Sanger Clinic.

Train to enter Petersburg