Swordmaker in Damascus, Syria (c.1900)

"Girls deliver ice. Heavy work that formerly belonged to men only is being done by girls. The ice girls are delivering ice on a route and their work requires brawn as well as the patriotic ambition to help." (16 Sept. 1918)

In 1990 Canada's Minister of Justice, Kim Campbell posed for a photo bare-shouldered and holding her robes in front of herself. It caused a minor scandal, but did not stop her party from choosing her as leader in 1993, making her Canada's first, and to date only, female prime minister.

A convoy of ships assembling in the Bedford Basin of Halifax Harbour during WWII (c.1941)

The Gateway Arch in St. Louis, MO, under construction in June 1965. The truss to support the legs during final construction can be seen on the ground.

A young Oglala girl sitting in front of a tipi, with a puppy beside her, probably on or near Pine Ridge Reservation (1891)

Members of the Toronto Maple Leafs march through a trench in a pre-war military training session (1939)

Future folk singer and political activist Pete Seeger (known for 'Where Have All the Flowers Gone', 'If I Had A Hammer', 'Turn Turn Turn', etc) sitting on his father's lap during a family camping trip, while his parents perform music (1921)

Captain Martin Clemens (rear centre), a 'coastwatcher' on Guadalcanal, provided intelligence to Allied forces in advance of the battle for the island. The men with him are members of the Solomon Islands police force. (1942)

Dummy WWII coastal battery near Blackhead, Newfoundland

Heavy clouds of dust rising over the Texas Panhandle during the Dust Bowl (1936)