EVB2935749: Senate pages, Barry Sullivan and Robert March, carry electoral votes as they lead the Senators to the joint session of Congress at which President Roosevelt and Vice President Henry Wallace were officially elected. Pages are followed by Col. Edward Halsey, Secretary of the Senate, Col. Chesley Jurney, Senate Sergeant-at Arms, Vice President John Nance Garner and Senator Pat Harrison. January 1941 / Bridgeman Images
EVB2936035: French cartoon about the rush to try photography after Louis Daguerre revealed his process in 1839. Long lines of people wait to be photographed while others provide training on photographic equipment. A balloon hovers in the air with a large camera as its basket. 1840 cartoon by Theodore Maurisset / Bridgeman Images
EVB2936080: Irvin S. Cobb (1876-1944), American journalist, story teller, and film actor. Some of his humorous stories set in Kentucky were made into films, PECK'S BAD BOY (1921), JUDGE PRIEST (1934), and THE WOMAN ACCUSED (1933). He hosted the 1935 Academy Awards . 1914 portrait by Pirie Macdonald / Bridgeman Images
EVB2936251: Helmet and dog tags of Sgt. Lionel J. Paquette on a cross made from bamboo, in Burma (Myanmar). He was a World War II special forces soldier with Merrill's Marauders, who entered Burma in April 1944 with a force of 2,200. At the end of five months of fighting against the Japanese, wounds, disease and hunger reduced the original force to 130 fighting men / Bridgeman Images