Pictures of Americans during the Great Depression of the 1930s

The Great Depression, which lasted from 1929 to the early 1940s, was a severe economic downturn caused by an overly-confident, over-extended stock market and a drought that struck the South. In an attempt to end the Great Depression, the U.S. government took unprecedented direct action to help stimulate the economy. Despite this help, the Great Depression finally ended with the increased production needed for World War II.

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Rare and Utterly Charming Photos of Audrey Hepburn

A style icon and Hollywood legend, there's not much to say about Audrey Hepburn that hasn't already been said — but we'll say it again anyway. She's worth it.

Acting goofy in front of the camera

Audrey posing with a donkey in the countryside, 1955

Preparing for academy awards, nominated for her role in ‘Roman Holiday’, 1954

Overwhelmed after winning an academy award

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Black and White Pictures of Animals in World War I

Animals were used in World War I on a scale never before seen -- and never again repeated. Horses by the millions were put in service as cavalry mounts and beasts of burden, but they were not the only animals active in the war. Mules, dogs, camels, and pigeons all played vital roles, as well as many others -- all at great risk, and with heavy cost.

A single soldier on his horse, during a cavalry patrol in World War I. At the start of the war every major army had a substantial cavalry, and they performed well at first. However, the development of barbed wire, machine guns and trench warfare soon made attacks from horseback far more costly and ineffective on the Western Front. Cavalry units did prove useful throughout the war in other theatres though, including the Eastern Front, and the Middle East. (National Library of Scotland)

Gas attack on the West Front, near St. Quentin 1918 -- a German messenger dog loosed by his handler. Dogs were used throughout the war as sentries, scouts, rescuers, messengers, and more. (Brett Butterworth)

German soldiers pose near a horse mounted with a purpose-built frame, used to accommodate a captured Russian Maxim M1910 machine gun complete with its wheeled mount and ammunition box. (Brett Butterworth)

Bandages retrieved from the kit of a British Dog, ca. 1915. (Library of Congress)

A pigeon with a small camera attached. The trained birds were used experimentally by German citizen Julius Neubronner, before and during the war years, capturing aerial images when a timer mechanism clicked the shutter. (Deutsches Bundesarchiv)

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San Francisco Panorama, ca. 1880-1890

Old Photos of Rome in the Late 19th Century

Piazza Colonna, c.1865

Place du Quirinal, c.1850

Villa Massimo, c.1870

Trajan's Column, c.1865

Academia di Francia, c.1870

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Everyday Life in Detroit, Michigan in 1972

Dave Jordano was born in Detroit, Michigan in 1948. He received his degree in photography from the College for Creative Studies in Detroit in 1974. After moving to Chicago in 1977 he established a successful freelance commercial photography studio for 30 years. The wonderful black and white photographs here has been a long time observer of Detroit, the city where he was born and traversed with a 35mm as a student.

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Pictures of President Woodrow Wilson Attends the Paris Peace Conference, 1919

On January 18, 1919, President Woodrow Wilson attends the Paris Peace Conference that would formally end World War I and lay the groundwork for the formation of the League of Nations.

Wilson envisioned a future in which the international community could preempt another conflict as devastating as the First World War and, to that end, he urged leaders from France, Great Britain and Italy to draft at the conference what became known as the Covenant of League of Nations. The document established the concept of a formal league to mediate international disputes in the hope of preventing another world war.

The Council of Four at the Paris Peace Conference. Left to right: Lloyd George of Great Britain, Orlando of Italy, Clemenceau of France, and President Wilson.

Wilson and President Poincare on parade in Paris, France. Wilson became the first president to leave the United States while in office when he traveled to France in December, 1918.

Wilson and President Poincare on parade in Paris, France.

President and Mrs. Woodrow Wilson in Paris, France, pictured with French President Raymond Poincare.

President Wilson and his coterie parade through Paris.

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