A married student studies as his wife serves dinner to their daughter in Coral Gables, Florida, November 1950.
Photograph by Volkmar K. Wentzel, National Geographic
Part of Madrid’s old city walls stands as monumental gate in traffic circle, December 1951.
Photograph by Luis Marden, National Geographic
Students swing to a jazz band in a bamboo-lined student center in Vienna, February 1959.
Photograph by Volkmar K. Wenztel, National Geographic
A young couple peers over the edge of Hopi Point into the Grand Canyon, May 1955.
Photograph by Justin Locke, National Geographic
Apprentice air traffic controllers train with model aircraft at Andrews Air Base in Maryland, March 1957.
Photograph by Robert F. Sisson and Donald McBain, National Geographic
Girls watch artist painting picture of statue of Flemish artist in Bruges, Belgium, May 1955.
Photograph by Luis Marden, National Geographic
Signpost on Kanton Island lists mileage to cities served by Pan American World Airways, January 1955.
Photograph by Howell Walker, National Geographic
Tourists look at Manhattan from a sightseeing boat on the East River, December 1954.
Photograph by Robert Sisson, National Geographic
Boys exploring cave with flashlights look up in wonder near Harpers Ferry, West Virginia, March 1957.Photograph by Volkmar K. Wentzel, National Geographic
Daredevil water skiers ride a foamy wake through a rock tunnel off St. George’s Bay, Beirut, Lebanon, April 1958.Photograph by Thomas J. Abercrombie, National Geographic
A man feeds donkey sulla flowers and foliage from its own load near Gangi, Sicily, Italy, January 1955.Photograph by Luis Marden, National Geographic
A replica of the Mayflower sails into New York Harbor with a welcoming fleet, November 1957.
Photograph by B. Anthony Stewart, National Geographic
South Africans relax on a sunny, cabana-lined beach in Cape Town, South Africa, August 1953.
Photograph by Dr. Gilbert H. Grosvenor, National Geographic
Landing signal officer and assistant wear experimental ear protection aboard the USS Midway, August 1955.
Photograph by Luis Marden, National Geographic
Tourists explore massive dead tree with tunnel cut out for a road in Sequoia National Forest, May 1951.
In December 2012, we published a portrait of a giant 247 foot Sequoia called the President.
Photograph by Andrew H. Brown, National Geographic
