World Images

With many parents engaged in war work, children are being taught the facts of point rationing for helping out in family marketing."
Image-Alfred Palmer, February 1943

 
A young evacuee of Japanese ancestry waits with the family baggage before leaving by bus for an assembly center in the spring of 1942." Image-Clem Albers, California, April [...]

South Pole Markers from 2005 to 2008
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On January 1st of every year a new brass marker is placed to designate the location of the Geographic South Pole at 90 degrees South. The ice sheet where the South Pole is located moves approximately seven to ten meters a year. Previous years’ markers are left standing [...]

 
Enlist Now." Color poster by James Montgomery Flagg
 
Remember Dec. 7th!" Color poster by Allen Saalberg
 
Join the Navy." Color poster by McClelland Barclay, 1942

Go to the nearest recruiting station of the armed service of your choice." Color poster by Steele Savage, 1944
 
Color poster, 1942
 
Color poster by Roy Schatt, 1942
 
Movie star Rita Hayworth  1942
 
Color poster by [...]

 
Before the devastating May 18, 1980 eruption, Mount St. Helens was considered to be one of the most beautiful and most frequently-climbed peaks in the Cascade Range. Spirit Lake was a vacation area offering hiking, camping, boating, and fishing. USFS Photograph taken before May 18, 1980, by Jim Nieland, U.S. Forest Service, Mount [...]

Border Patrol photo by Gerald L. Nino
The U.S. Mexican border. U.S. is on the left side of the photo. 

 
 
Found this at a .gov site.  Would’ve added more, but this was my favorite.
Not sure what the location is and it wasn’t listed on the site.  Still a great image.
fws.gov

Augustine
 
 
Kanaga
 
 
Pavlof
 
 
Shishaldin
 
 
Amukta
 
 Kiska
 
Chiginagak
 
 Roundtop Peaks
 
 Veniaminof
 
 
Mt. Peulik
 
 
Fourpeaked-Alaska
Image - Kay Lawson / AVO/UAF-GI
 
 

Photograph by: Bill McAfee-National Science Foundation
The Dome at Amundsen-Scott South Pole Station is framed by ridges of snow called sastrugi.
 

Photograph by: Mike Usher-National Science Foundation

Photograph by: Chad Carpenter-National Science Foundation  
The first glow of sunrise appears above McMurdo Station, Ross Island, Antarctica.

Photograph by: Patrick Rowe-National Science Foundation

Photograph by: Patrick Rowe-National Science Foundation

Photograph by: [...]