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Background imageSkyscape Collection: USS Thresher On Course

USS Thresher On Course
Nuclear-powered submarine the USS Thresher steers through the sea, early 1960s. The sub sank in April of 1963, killing the entire crew. (Photo by Pictorial Parade/Getty Images)

Background imageSkyscape Collection: Passenger Plane

Passenger Plane
3rd November 1945: A Sunderland flying boat used by British Overseas Airways for business flights to India. The aircraft carries 16 passengers, travelling the 4769 miles in 30 hours and 20 minutes

Background imageSkyscape Collection: Winter Countryside

Winter Countryside
March 1962: Snow covered countryside at Vatnahalsen, Norway (Photo by George Freston/Fox Photos/Getty Images)

Background imageSkyscape Collection: Deganwy

Deganwy
circa 1955: A street and pub in Deganwy a small town on the Conway estuary, North Wales.The estuary and mountains are in the background. (Photo by Woolverton/Fox Photos/Getty Images)

Background imageSkyscape Collection: Paricutin Burns

Paricutin Burns
circa 1950: The ash from Mount Par cutin, El Monstre, pouring into the atmosphere. The volcano erupted from 1943 to 1952. A cross can be seen on the hill in the foreground

Background imageSkyscape Collection: Doomed Lava Hut

Doomed Lava Hut
circa 1950: The lava from Mount Par cutin, El Monstre, flowing into the village of San Juan, soon to destroy everything except the church, which still stands half buried in solidified lava

Background imageSkyscape Collection: Lightning Strike

Lightning Strike
circa 1957: Lightning striking the Empire State Building, New York, during a storm. (Photo by Keystone/Getty Images)

Background imageSkyscape Collection: The Foggy Big Apple

The Foggy Big Apple
circa 1985: A view of the Empire State Building completely cloaked in fog which has clung to the side of the building all day. (Photo by Keystone/Getty Images)

Background imageSkyscape Collection: Wind And Sea

Wind And Sea
circa 1950: A woman silhouetted against a stormy sky on a British beach. (Photo by Fox Photos/Getty Images)

Background imageSkyscape Collection: Solar Eclipse

Solar Eclipse
June 1927: Crowds gathered on a hill near Giggleswick, north Yorkshire, to view a total eclipse of the sun. The previous such eclipse had been in 1724, and the next would occur in 1999

Background imageSkyscape Collection: The Battle Of Bunker Hill

The Battle Of Bunker Hill
British military forces reach the top of Breeds Hill where they clash with colonial militia during the Battle of Bunker Hill in an illustration after a painting by John Trumbull, Charlestown

Background imageSkyscape Collection: 1937 Paris Worlds Fair

1937 Paris Worlds Fair
View of the one of the main gates into the Worlds Fair ground, Paris, Framce, 1937. Visible in the distance is the Eiffel Tower (center)

Background imageSkyscape Collection: New York Night Sky

New York Night Sky
April 1963: A view over New York at dusk from the Rockefeller Centre. The Empire State Building is on the left. (Photo by Gerry Cranham/Fox Photos/Getty Images)

Background imageSkyscape Collection: Crosses

Crosses
circa 1930: Two crosses silhouetted aganist a windswept sky in the countryside near Zurich. (Photo by General Photographic Agency/Getty Images)

Background imageSkyscape Collection: Night Fishermen

Night Fishermen
circa 1930: Fisherman in their boat silhouetted against a darkening sky. (Photo by General Photographic Agency/Getty Images)

Background imageSkyscape Collection: College Of The City Of New York

College Of The City Of New York
Exterior view of Shepard Hall (center), a neo-Gothic structure on the campus of the College Of The City Of New York, 1915. (Photo by Frederic Lewis/Getty Images)

Background imageSkyscape Collection: Trailer Court In Alto

Trailer Court In Alto
Aerial view of mobile homes in a trailer court in Alto, California, 1930s. (Photo by Frederic Lewis/Getty Images)

Background imageSkyscape Collection: Men Load Vehicle Onto Hand Cars

Men Load Vehicle Onto Hand Cars
Two Asian men pose for the camera while others, overseen by men who appear to be railroad officials, load a wheeled vehicle onto hand cars, early 1900s

Background imageSkyscape Collection: Top Of The Chrysler Building

Top Of The Chrysler Building
View of the top of the Chrysler Building, clad in steel, arched, spired and with decorative metal eagles, mid 20th Century. (Photo by Frederic Lewis/Getty Images)

Background imageSkyscape Collection: Chrysler Building From Southwest

Chrysler Building From Southwest
Aerial view of the Chrysler Building, in Midtown Manhattan, with the Chanin Building, visible on the left, New York, mid 20th Century. (Photo by Lawrence Thornton/Getty Images)

Background imageSkyscape Collection: The El In The Financial District

The El In The Financial District
Skyline view of Manhattans financial district that shows an elevated train line and, at the right, the Cities Service Building (later renamed the American International Building), New York, New York

Background imageSkyscape Collection: Nebraska State Capitol

Nebraska State Capitol
The Nebraska State Capitol building (Bertram Grosvenor Goodhue, 1932) as seen from the street, Lincoln, Nebraska, 1930s. The statue on the top of the tower dome is called The Sower

Background imageSkyscape Collection: Lincoln & Washington In Miami Beach

Lincoln & Washington In Miami Beach
View of the traffic at the intersection of Lincoln Road & Washington Avenue, Miami Beach, Florida, February 9, 1954. Visible in the center backgroubnd is the Miami Beach Federal bank

Background imageSkyscape Collection: Manhattan Docks On The Hudson River

Manhattan Docks On The Hudson River
View of the Manhattan docks along the Hudson River, New York, New York, 1930s. The Italian ocean liner Conte di Savoia is visible in the distance (center, with two smoke stacks)

Background imageSkyscape Collection: Brooklyn Bridge And Manhattan Skyline

Brooklyn Bridge And Manhattan Skyline
View of the Brooklyn Bridge and the Manhattan skyline, New York, New York, 1930s. (Photo by Frederic Lewis/Getty Images)

Background imageSkyscape Collection: Lower Manhattan

Lower Manhattan
View of the lower Manhattan and the East River docks, New York, New York, 1930s. (Photo by Frederic Lewis/Getty Images)

Background imageSkyscape Collection: Hell Gate Bridge In Queens, mid 20th Century

Hell Gate Bridge In Queens, mid 20th Century
The Hell Gate Bridge over a part of the East River called Hell Gate, which separates Astoria, Queens, from Wards Island, is exclusively a railroad bridge, New York, mid 20th Century

Background imageSkyscape Collection: Times Sqaure, 1917

Times Sqaure, 1917
Aerial view of Manhattans Times Square looking south-east, New York, New York, early or mid 1917. (Photo by FPG/Getty Images)

Background imageSkyscape Collection: Cleopatras Needle In NY

Cleopatras Needle In NY
View of Cleopatras Needle, Central park, New York, Nwe York, mid 1900s. The obelisk was originally erected by Tuthmosis III during his reign in Eqypt between 1504 and 1450 BC

Background imageSkyscape Collection: Aleutian Headland

Aleutian Headland
A US Navy base on a headland in the Aleutian Islands of Alaska, 1944. (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

Background imageSkyscape Collection: Lighthouse In Atlantic City, NJ

Lighthouse In Atlantic City, NJ
Postcard shows a view of a lighthouse in Atlantic City, New Jersey, 1910. The caption at the top reads The Lighthouse, Atlantic City, N.J. (Photo by Huklton Archive/Getty Images)

Background imageSkyscape Collection: Fokker Dr. 1 Triplane Replica

Fokker Dr. 1 Triplane Replica
View of a modern replica (built in 1967 by Cole Palen) of a World War I-era German Fokker Dr.1 triplane as it sits on the grass at an airshow, Rhinebeck, New York, July 1975

Background imageSkyscape Collection: Fokker Dr. 1 Triplane Replica In Flight

Fokker Dr. 1 Triplane Replica In Flight
View of a modern replica (built in 1967 by Cole Palen) of a World War I-era German Fokker Dr.1 triplane in flight at an airshow near Rhinebeck, New York, July 1975

Background imageSkyscape Collection: Dogfight At Airshow

Dogfight At Airshow
A modern replica of a World War I-era German Fokker Dr.1 triplane (left) engages a British Avro 504K replica at an airshow near Rhinebeck, New York, July 1975

Background imageSkyscape Collection: Old Smokey

Old Smokey
Smoke billows out from the summit of the active volcano Mount Shishaldin, known locally as Old Smokey, in the Aleutian Islands of Alaska, 1970. (Photo by Keystone/Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

Background imageSkyscape Collection: View Of Atlantic City, NJ, And Lighthouse

View Of Atlantic City, NJ, And Lighthouse
Postcard shows a view of a residential district and lighthouse in Atlantic City, New Jersey, 191. The caption at the top reads 281-Bird s-Eye View of Atlantic City, N.J

Background imageSkyscape Collection: Influenza Epidemic Tent Hospital Camp

Influenza Epidemic Tent Hospital Camp
Masked doctors and nurses treat flu patients lying on cots and in outdoor tents at a hospital camp during the influenza epidemic of 1918. (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

Background imageSkyscape Collection: Lake Baikal At Head Of Angara River, Siberia

Lake Baikal At Head Of Angara River, Siberia
Lake Baikal, at the start of the Angara River, Irkutsk, Siberia, Russia, 1980s. Baikal is the largest freshwater lake in Asia and the deepest lake in the world. (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

Background imageSkyscape Collection: Battle On Lake Superior

Battle On Lake Superior
Engraving depicts a battle fought on canoes on Lake Superior between Ojibwe (Chippewa) and Sacs and Fox tribes, circa 1800s. (Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

Background imageSkyscape Collection: View Along The St. Lawrence River

View Along The St. Lawrence River
Engraving depicts a view of the St. Lawrence River with several canoes in the distance, Ontario, circa 1800s. (Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

Background imageSkyscape Collection: Skyline Of Lower Manhattan

Skyline Of Lower Manhattan
View from the water of the skyline of lower Manhattan above Battery Park, New York, New York, 1930s. (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

Background imageSkyscape Collection: RCA Building

RCA Building
Low angle view of the RCA Building (later the GE Building) at 30 Rockefeller Plaza in the Rockefeller complex, New York, New York, April 1938. (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

Background imageSkyscape Collection: Looking North Over Prospect Park

Looking North Over Prospect Park
View looking north over Prospect Park, Brooklyn, New York, 1910s. The park was designed by Frederick Law Olmsted and Calvert Vaux and was completed in the late 1860s

Background imageSkyscape Collection: Brooklyn Bridge & Manhattan Skyline

Brooklyn Bridge & Manhattan Skyline
View across the Brooklyn Bridge with the Manhattan skyline behind it, New York, New York, 1930s. (Photo by Lawrence Thornton/Getty Images)

Background imageSkyscape Collection: Midtown Over Roosevelt Island

Midtown Over Roosevelt Island
View of the Manhattan skyline over the Goldwater Memorial Hospital on the southern tip of Welfare (now Roosevelt) Island, New York, 1940s


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