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A photograph of the Japanese heavy cruiser Mikuma, destroyed at the Battle of Midway of June 1942 during the Pacific War of the Second World War (1939-45). Naval History & Heritage Command

A 1941 aerial photograph of US-held Midway Atoll in the Pacific Ocean, location of the Battle of Midway of June 1942 during the Pacific War of the Second World War (1939-45). Naval History & Heritage Command

The Bayeux Tapestry, created in the late 11th century, probably in England for a Norman patron, is one of the most important surviving visual sources for the Norman...

Liberty Leading the People, 28 July 1830, oil on canvas by Eugène Delacroix, September to December 1830. Depicted here in Delacroix's painting is the bare-breasted allegorical...

A post-war photograph of Admiral Chester W. Nimitz (1885-1966) who famously commanded the US Pacific Fleet in the Second World War (1939-45).

The Bisagra Gate, photograph by Juan Ángel Piqueras, Toledo, Castilla-La Mancha, Spain, 24 July 2026. The Bisagra Gate (Spanish: La Puerta de Bisagra), also known as the New Bisagra Gate, is a monumental entrance located...

The first pages of the Seyahatnâme (Book of Travels, a ten-volume travelogue) by Evliya Çelebi (1611-1682-84?), a traveler and explorer of the Ottoman Empire. Topkapı Palace Museum and Süleymaniye Manuscript Library...

The First Sanctum of Our President, photograph by T. M. Schleier, Greeneville, Tennessee, c. 1865. Before he entered political life, ultimately ascending to the seat of the U.S. presidency, Andrew Johnson laboured as...

Death of the Hon. Andrew Johnson: U.S. Senator from Tennessee and Ex-President of the United States, lithographic print by Currier & Ives, 1875. After the assassination of President Abraham Lincoln in the spring of 1865...

U.S. Senate gallery ticket to the impeachment proceedings against President Andrew Johnson, Washington, D.C., 27 May 1868. After the assassination of President Abraham Lincoln in the spring of...