DescriptionA huge crowd gathered to welcome American aviator Amelia Earhart upon her arrival in Paris following her historic transatlantic flight, which made her the first woman to fly solo across the Atlantic. Five years later, Earhart mysteriously disappeared over the central Pacific while attempting to circumnavigate the globe, and her fate remains unsolved.
LicenseBibliothèque nationale de France, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons
DescriptionRelatives place warning signs on the coffins of victims of the MV Doña Paz disaster before they are loaded aboard a Philippine Navy ship for transport back to their families. The MV Doña Paz passenger ferry collided with an oil tanker off Mindoro, resulting in what became the deadliest peacetime maritime disaster in history, with more than 4,300 people killed.
DescriptionA view of Praça da Sé in São Paulo during the early 40s, with the Catedral da Sé visible on the right under construction. This entire block of ornate buildings separating Praça da Sé from Praça Clóvis Beviláqua was demolished in the 70s to make way for the Sé Metro station and the unification of the two squares.