Images

In western Pennsylvania, a mob has tarred and feathered a federal tax collector in the unrest surrounding the Whiskey Rebellion, 1791-1794. Illustration from the book Our first century: being a popular descriptive portraiture of the one hundred...

Alexander Hamilton, oil on canvas portrait by John Trumbull, 1806. National Portrait Gallery, Washington, D.C.

Jean-Paul Sartre and Simone de Beauvoir arriving in Israel, photo by Milner Moshe, 1967. Government Press Office, Israel.

Jean-Paul Sartre, Simone de Beauvoir, and Eremildo Viana at Faculdade Nacional de Filosofia, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, 1967. Brazilian National Archives.

Jean-Paul Sartre (1905-1980) speaking at Freiburg University, photo by Willy Pragher, 1953. Landesarchiv Baden-Württemberg, Staatsarchiv Freiburg.

South African troops training looking for enemy mines during the Western Desert Campaigns (June 1940 to January 1943) in North Africa. (Imperial War Museums)

A photograph showing Allied troops under Axis fire during the Second Battle of El Alamein (Oct-Nov 1942) in the Western Desert Campaigns (June 1940 to January 1943) in North Africa. (Imperial War Museums)

A photograph showing a Martin Baltimore bomber of the Allied Desert Air Force bombing targets behind the Axis lines during the Second Battle of El Alamein (Oct-Nov 1942) in the Western Desert Campaigns (June 1940 to January 1943) in North...

A photograph showing US-made Sherman tanks of the British Eight Army during the Second Battle of El Alamein (Oct-Nov 1942) in the Western Desert Campaigns (June 1940 to January 1943) in North Africa. (Imperial War Museums)

A photograph of British General Bernard Montgomery (1887-1976) having a break with his tank protection crew shortly after the Second Battle of El Alamein (Oct-Nov 1942) during the Western Desert Campaigns (June 1940 to January 1943) in North...