A view of the city as seen from the fountain of Santa Maria in Santiago de Compostela, Spain, 1929.Photograph by Jules Gervais Courtellemont, National Geographic

A view of the city as seen from the fountain of Santa Maria in Santiago de Compostela, Spain, 1929.
Photograph by Jules Gervais Courtellemont, National Geographic

A group of scarabs from the Scarabaeid family, July 1929.Photograph by Edwin L. Wisherd, National Geographic

A group of scarabs from the Scarabaeid family, July 1929.
Photograph by Edwin L. Wisherd, National Geographic

View of the Palace of Maharaja’s pond from the Island of the Sultans in Udaipur, India, 1923.Photograph by Jules Gervais Courtellemont, National Geographic

View of the Palace of Maharaja’s pond from the Island of the Sultans in Udaipur, India, 1923.
Photograph by Jules Gervais Courtellemont, National Geographic

An Autochrome depicts a 1920’s gas station in front of the U.S. Capitol Building.Photograph by Edwin L. Wisherd, National Geographic

An Autochrome depicts a 1920’s gas station in front of the U.S. Capitol Building.
Photograph by Edwin L. Wisherd, National Geographic

Bathing beauties emerge from a “solarium” (a tanning booth), in St. Petersburg, Florida, June 1929.Photograph by Clifton R. Adams, National Geographic

Bathing beauties emerge from a “solarium” (a tanning booth), in St. Petersburg, Florida, June 1929.
Photograph by Clifton R. Adams, National Geographic

Actors dress for a pageant as Britannia and her four knights in Hampshire, England, November 1928.Photograph by Clifton R. Adams, National Geographic

Actors dress for a pageant as Britannia and her four knights in Hampshire, England, November 1928.
Photograph by Clifton R. Adams, National Geographic

A locomotive and two coaches of the “Atlantic” in railroad exhibit near Baltimore, Maryland, November 1927.Photograph by Charles Martin, National Geographic

A locomotive and two coaches of the “Atlantic” in railroad exhibit near Baltimore, Maryland, November 1927.
Photograph by Charles Martin, National Geographic

The interior of La Compania Church in Quito, Ecuador, January 1929.Photograph by Jacob J. Gayer, National Geographic

The interior of La Compania Church in Quito, Ecuador, January 1929.Photograph by Jacob J. Gayer, National Geographic

Sheik Jacob Boukhari poses for a photograph in Jerusalem, December 1927.Photograph by Maynard Owen Williams, National Geographic

Sheik Jacob Boukhari poses for a photograph in Jerusalem, December 1927.
Photograph by Maynard Owen Williams, National Geographic

A view of a bathing ghat on the shores of the Ganges River in India, 1923.Photograph by Jules Gervais Courtellemont, National Geographic

A view of a bathing ghat on the shores of the Ganges River in India, 1923.
Photograph by Jules Gervais Courtellemont, National Geographic

Portrait of a Sudanese woman from Kodak (Egypt) Ltd., purchased abroad by Maynard Owen Williams, 1920.Photograph by Kodak Ltd.

Portrait of a Sudanese woman from Kodak (Egypt) Ltd., purchased abroad by Maynard Owen Williams, 1920.
Photograph by Kodak Ltd.

The Johanneskirche Protestant Church reflects on the water in Stuttgart, Germany, August 1928.Photograph by Hans Hildenbrand, National Geographic

The Johanneskirche Protestant Church reflects on the water in Stuttgart, Germany, August 1928.
Photograph by Hans Hildenbrand, National Geographic

Two girls wearing shawls pose for a portrait in Huwara, Palestine, 1926.Photograph by Maynard Owen Williams, National Geographic

Two girls wearing shawls pose for a portrait in Huwara, Palestine, 1926.
Photograph by Maynard Owen Williams, National Geographic

A view of the Taj Mahal on the Jumna River, 1923. Photograph by Jules Gervais Courtellemont, National Geographic

A view of the Taj Mahal on the Jumna River, 1923.
Photograph by Jules Gervais Courtellemont, National Geographic

A student works at the Bezalel School of Arts and Crafts in Jerusalem, 1927.Photograph by Maynard Owen Williams, National Geographic

A student works at the Bezalel School of Arts and Crafts in Jerusalem, 1927.
Photograph by Maynard Owen Williams, National Geographic