Netherlands

 

Lithuania

 

France

 

Lithuania, Raseiniai 1935: Singer Veronika Siuskiene

 

Lithuania, Vilnius, 1968: Palm Sunday at the Gate of Dawn

 

Greenland: Sheep herding on horseback near Tasiusaq in Sounth Greenland

 

Greenland: Dogsledding in West Greenland

 

Morocco

 

U.S.A., Los Angeles, California. 1895: Employees of the Southerm California Packing Company, Macy and Anderson Streets

 

U.S.A., 1911: Workers fitting the Titanic's propeller shafts into place

 

U.S.A., 1912: A lifeboat of survivors from the Titanic

 

Russia, Karachay-Cherkess Republic: Elders of Besleney Village

 

 

Flusin and Muhammad are very kind, wise and ready to help everyone.

Sierra Leone: Fishing at Lumley Beach

 

Monaco: Carabinier of S.A.S. Pince of Monaco

 

U.S.A.: The Great Chicago Fire of 1871

 

W. D. Kerfoot's block following the fire.

Tibet: A Hidden World, 1905-1935

 

The artist Tsering completing a tanka in commemoration of Thirtheenth Dalai Lama, Norbu Linga, Lhasa. Photograph by C.Suydam Cutting, 1937

Georgia: Street Market

 

France, Alsace: Alcaseans in costumes

 

Spain, Zamora: The Oath of Silence

 

Uzbekistan, Kashkadarya: Skillful Weaver

 

India, Jaisalmer: Entrance of a mudhouse

 

Uzbekistan, Khiva: Souvenirs

 

Vietnam: Drying Dyed Insense Sticks

 

U.S.A.: Maricopa Girl

 

by Edward S. Curtis (1868-1952)

U.S.A.:Wisham Child

 

by Edward S. Curtis (1868-1952)

Armenia: A Rich Woman from Akhaltsikh

 

Russia: Granny, 1961

 

Egypt: Nuweiba

 

Vietnam, Khong River: Catfish

 

USA: Plains Indian Women "Preparation for Dinner" 1899

 

The Sioux Indian women of the Teton if Western Dakota tribe sustained and perpetuated village life using their agriculture and domestic skills. Among Dakota women's many skills were porcupine quill work and bead embroidery. They also performed such essential tasks as dressing hides for clothing and shelter, caring for the children and cooking.

(photo: Heyn 1899)

Belgium: Shrimp fishermen

 

U.S.A.: Mayflower Landing

 

The arrival of the Mayflower in Plymouth Harbor marked the end of the Piligrims' harrowing journey accross the Atlantic Ocean to a new and unfamiliar world. 

U.S.A.: Amish Country

 

After lightning struck and set fire to this barn, the Helping Hands surrounding the Barrs Mills area have gathered today for a barn raising.

U.S.A.: Votes for Women, 1891

 

For five decades, Susan B. Anthony (1820-1906) and Elisabeth Cady Stanton (1815-1902) led the campain for women's voting rights. Of Anthony's organizing  prowess and her own skillful theorizing, Stanton said, "I forged the thunderbolts and she fired them".

U.S.A.: Saguaro Gatherers

 

by Edward S.Curtis (1868-1952)

U.S.A: Crow Chief's Daughter

 

by Edward S.Curtis (1868-1952)

U.S.A.: Navajo Weaver

 

"Showing Her How", Suzzie Yazzie demonstrates the art of Navajo rug weaving to her granddaughter. 

U.S.A. : Man on The Moon, 1969

 Astronaut Buzz Aldrin walks on the surface of the moon as photographed by astronaut Neil Armstrong during Apollo 11 mission. 

China:

 

Japan