DescriptionConductor Leonard Bernstein speaking to members of the press during a Peace Concert in Hiroshima, Japan on the 40th anniversary of the atomic bombing of the city.
DescriptionA billboard advertising plots for the Altos Del Mar development on Miami Beach during the 1920s Florida land boom. The speculative bubble it represented burst in 1925, foreshadowing the Great Depression four years later.
LicenseState Library and Archives of Florida, via Library of Congress
DescriptionMembers of the Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (SPCA) watching an elephant seal cornered on a street in Gordon's Bay, South Africa nearly 1km (0.62 miles) inland. The seal was safely sedated and rescued.
DescriptionU.S. Navy Sailors enjoying downtime in Panama City during shore leave just weeks after the end of WWII. For many of the men it was their first liberty ashore in months.
DescriptionThe set for The Beatles "Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band" album cover being assembled before the now iconic photoshoot. Visible to the right is a cut-out of Adolf Hitler, included at John Lennon's request but deemed too controversial and hidden behind the band before the final shot was taken.