Franz Kebl photographed the propeller sled Schneespatz, used in Alfred Wegener’s 1930 Greenland expedition.
Archival Gems
Photograph: Alfred Wegener's propeller sled Schneespatz, 1930
Photograph: Suna River, 1915
An early color photograph of the Suna River by Sergey Prokudin-Gorsky (1863–1944), who is also featured in the picture.
Lithograph: Lena River, 1856
Lithograph by Leopold Niemirowski from Puteshestvie po vostochnoi Sibiri I. Bulychova (Bulychov’s Travels in Eastern Siberia), 1856.
Photograph: Anti-nuclear protest, Wyhl, Germany, 1975
An unexpected group of activists, consisting of mostly farmers and vintners, occupied the construction site of a nuclear reactor near the German town of Wyhl in 1975.
Photograph: Theodore Roosevelt in Nahuel Huapi National Park, 1913
A photograph of Theodore Roosevelt visiting the Nahuel Huapi National Park in Argentina, 1913.
Map: CB&Q map of Chicago, 1880
This 1880 map centered on Chicago displays the early CB&Q railroad route.
Photograph of Rachel Carson testifying before Congress, 1963
Rachel Carson testifying before the Senate Government Operations subcommitte.
Broadsheet: “The Great Waters,” January 1682
An account of the destruction in Nuremberg by major flooding along the Pegnitz River.
Broadsheet: “Depiction of a Memorable Incident with Mice,” 1675
A curious and memorable incident with mice around the village Brochdorp near Hannover in 1675.
Broadsheet: “History of Sea Creatures,” 1753
Natural scientific paper from 1753 with an illustration of a full-grown crocodile and a hatching baby as well as a lizard, reportedly the crocodile’s main food.