DescriptionPresident Gerald R. Ford Signing a proclamation in the White House Cabinet Room designating 26 August as Women's Equality Day. The event commemorated the 1920 adoption of the 19th Amendment guaranteeing women the right to vote and featured Ford's strong public reaffirmation of support for the Equal Rights Amendment (ERA).
LicenseNational Archives and Records Administration, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons
DescriptionA view of Lisbon's Restauradores Square and the monument dedicated to the Portuguese Restoration War (1640-68) between Portugal and Spain, which ended 60 years of Spanish rule under the Iberian Union with the Treaty of Lisbon.
LicenseAnnemarie Schwarzenbach, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons
DescriptionA scene in a bustling market in Baghdad during the mid 90s. During that time, Iraq faced severe UN economic sanctions following its 1990 invasion of Kuwait, forcing residents of all social classes to rely on second-hand markets for basic necessities and hard-to-find spare parts.
DescriptionSir Philip Game, Governor of New South Wales, delivering a speech during an Empire Day demonstration in Martin Place, Sydney, with a banner calling for greater unity within the British Empire and opposition to influences that might lead to its 'disintegration'. Empire Day was an annual celebration observed in Australia as a way of promoting loyalty to the Crown and emphasizing the country’s ties to Britain.