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Nov 17, 2014 · A new, special issue of Smithsonian magazine attempts the impossible: to list out the most significant people in United States history.
- The Terror Of War, 1972. The faces of collateral damage and friendly fire are generally not seen. This was not the case with 9-year-old Phan Thi Kim Phuc.
- The Burning Monk, 1963. Full story on this article. In June 1963, most Americans couldn’t find Vietnam on a map. But there was no forgetting that war-torn Southeast Asian nation after Associated Press photographer Malcolm Browne captured the image of Thich Quang Duc immolating himself on a Saigon street.
- Starving Child And Vulture, 1993. Full story on this article. Kevin Carter knew the stench of death. As a member of the Bang-Bang Club, a quartet of brave photographers who chronicled apartheid-era South Africa, he had seen more than his share of heartbreak.
- Lunch Atop A Skyscraper, 1932. It’s the most perilous yet playful lunch break ever captured: 11 men casually eating, chatting and sneaking a smoke as if they weren’t 840 feet above Manhattan with nothing but a thin beam keeping them aloft.
Feb 14, 2020 · From heartbreak to joy and everything in between, each of these iconic photos tell a truly American story.
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- July 1863 — Battlefield at Gettysburg.
- April 1906 — Destruction after the San Francisco earthquake.
- Nov. 19, 1863 — Lincoln delivers the Gettysburg Address.
- 1870 — Bison skulls used as fertilizer.
- Abraham Lincoln. Lincoln has been educated and was from a poor family. He abolished slavery, helped preserve the Union, headed the United States throughout the American war, reinforced the federal government, and modernized the economy.
- George Washington. Washington became the first president of the USA. Even Washington was labeled ‘father’. Observers commended physical power and his horsemanship.
- Franklin D. Roosevelt. He stated, “The only thing we must fear is fear itself,” and he then demonstrated it.
- Thomas Jefferson. The writer of the most important words in American history: “All men are created equal”
Oct 12, 2021 · This collection of the most famous photos in American history includes pictures like that — photographs that shook the country, like the 1937 explosion of the Hindenburg or the 1970 shooting at Kent State — and images that present quieter truths about American life.
Featuring scientists, statesmen, and film stars, glimpsed through rare nineteenth-century daguerreotypes or year-old digital video, the National Portrait Gallery collections bring you face to face with America.
