Historical photo sources · Page 2

• Opening a parliament house

  Unknown photographer / Museum of Australian Democracy, Mildenhall collection

  Public domain
  How this photo was verified

  Year and named location documented in the source caption/date fields. Pin represents the named site or area; exact camera position is unrecorded. Low-resolution archival source; original available detail retained.

• A library and its gardens

  Unknown photographer / African Studies Centre Leiden, Koopman Collection

  Public domain
  How this photo was verified

  Named library-site pin. This is a historic hand-tinted photographic postcard; no AI colorization or generated content was added.

• A polar hut and research station

  Emiliofloris / Wikimedia Commons

  Public domain
  How this photo was verified

  Year and named location documented in the source caption/date fields. Pin represents the named site or area; exact camera position is unrecorded.

• A palace after the earthquake

  SCMS Spike Call / U.S. Navy

  Public domain (U.S. federal government)
  How this photo was verified

  Year and named location documented in the source caption/date fields. Pin represents the named site or area; exact camera position is unrecorded.

• Unloading earthquake relief supplies

  Lance Cpl. Mandaline Hatch / U.S. Marine Corps

  Public domain (U.S. federal government)
  How this photo was verified

  Year and named location documented in the source caption/date fields. Pin represents the named site or area; exact camera position is unrecorded.

• Building a dam in the canyon

  National Archives, Herbert Hoover Presidential Library and Museum

  Public domain (U.S. federal government)
  How this photo was verified

  Pin denotes the dam; source caption identifies a downstream view from the Arizona side.

• A ship arrives for the fair

  U.S. Navy

  Public domain (U.S. federal government)
  How this photo was verified

  Approximate Seattle waterfront pin; source identifies arrival in Seattle, not the precise ship/camera position.

• Belongings saved from the fire

  Edith Irvine

  Public domain
  How this photo was verified

  Approximate Russian Hill area pin; source identifies the view below Russian Hill toward North Beach. Existing archival scan border retained.

• The first shuttle lifts off

  NASA

  Public domain (U.S. federal government)
  How this photo was verified

  Uses launch-pad object coordinates recorded on Commons, not the camera position. Location audit 2026-09-09 supersedes any earlier city approximation: Source-recorded location. Full location credit within 1 km; this is not a surveyed camera position.

• A rocket bound for the Moon

  NASA

  Public domain (U.S. federal government)
  How this photo was verified

  Pin denotes the documented Launch Complex 39A, not the camera position.

• A canal opens to shipping

  Panama Railroad Company

  Public domain (U.S. federal government)
  How this photo was verified

  Pin denotes the named Pedro Miguel Locks, not an asserted camera coordinate.

• A procession after the revolution

  Joshua Benoliel / Arquivo Municipal de Lisboa, JBN001477

  Public domain
  How this photo was verified

  Uses camera coordinates recorded on Commons, at Largo do Rato. Location audit 2026-09-09 supersedes any earlier city approximation: Source-recorded location. Full location credit within 1 km; this is not a surveyed camera position.

• A band in the streets

  Wilhelm Schirp Laabs (d. 1948)

  Public domain
  How this photo was verified

  Pin denotes Calle 59 near Calle 60, opposite Biblioteca Cepeda Peraza, as described on Commons.

• Landing craft approach the shore

  U.S. Marine Corps / Naval History and Heritage Command, NH 42351

  Public domain (U.S. federal government)
  How this photo was verified

  Pin denotes the named Red Beach landing area; the camera was offshore.

• A cinema at the corner

  Trans-Lux Movies Corp.

  Public domain
  How this photo was verified

  Year and named location documented in the source caption/date fields. Pin represents the named site or area; exact camera position is unrecorded.

• A neighborhood crossroads

  Gottscho-Schleisner Collection

  Public domain
  How this photo was verified

  Year and named location documented in the source caption/date fields. Pin represents the named site or area; exact camera position is unrecorded. Low-resolution archival source; original available detail retained.

• A hospital ship arrives

  Petty Officer 3rd Class John Q. Hightower / U.S. Coast Guard

  Public domain (U.S. federal government)
  How this photo was verified

  Approximate New York Harbor pin for the documented arrival; exact vessel/camera coordinates are not supplied.

• Ponies at a polar base

  Herbert Ponting

  Public domain
  How this photo was verified

  Cape Evans winter-base pin inferred from the documented expedition winter and its base, not a recorded camera coordinate. The source dates the photograph 30 May 1911; Royal Collection record RCIN 2580014 documents these men wintering at Cape Evans. Low-resolution archival source; original available detail retained.

• City lights around a bay

  NASA

  Public domain (U.S. federal government)
  How this photo was verified

  Pin denotes the depicted city beside Guanabara Bay, not the astronaut’s camera position in orbit.

• A port city after the tsunami

  Osvaldo Avila

  CC0 1.0 Universal
  How this photo was verified

  Approximate named street/site pin: Cristóbal Colón Street beside the market in Talcahuano, as identified by the photographer.

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