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Background imageStairway Collection: Mirador del Rio, an architecturally charming viewpoint in the far north of Lanzarote

Mirador del Rio, an architecturally charming viewpoint in the far north of Lanzarote
architects, cafes, canarian, canaries, canary island, cesar manrique, cities, city portrait, city scape, city view, entrance, europe's, european, facing, gastronomy, group of islands

Background imageStairway Collection: Woman, merchant with a jug, Giocciara on the Spanish Steps

Woman, merchant with a jug, Giocciara on the Spanish Steps
art print, artwork, attraction, central italy, colouring, depiction, digital, ethnologic, ethnology, faro district, female, graphic, historic, historic illustration, individual, isolated, italian

Background imageStairway Collection: Edith Wharton on Stairway

Edith Wharton on Stairway
(Original Caption) Edith Wharton, taken when she was in her early twenties and before she became famous as a writer

Background imageStairway Collection: Lithograph of Family Listening to Radio

Lithograph of Family Listening to Radio
Receiving a message from America by Edison's Phonograph. Drawing, 7/14/1888

Background imageStairway Collection: Blanche Lamont Standing with Students

Blanche Lamont Standing with Students
(Original Caption) Miss Blanche Lamont posing with children outside her school in Hecla, Montana, 1893. BPA2# 1308

Background imageStairway Collection: Anti-Slaver Meeting; Boston Common;Woodc

Anti-Slaver Meeting; Boston Common;Woodc
(Original Caption) Slavery: Anti-slavery meeting on the Common in Boston

Background imageStairway Collection: Mussolini Walks Down Stairs W/ Officers

Mussolini Walks Down Stairs W/ Officers
(Original Caption) Mussolini in the mid-1930's surrounded by his corps of officers. Photograph

Background imageStairway Collection: Winter Palace

Winter Palace
ST. PETERSBURG, RUSSIA: AN UNDATED PHOTOGRAPH SHOWING THE WINTER PALACE IN ST. PETERSBURG

Background imageStairway Collection: Casts of The Brady Bunch and The Brady Brides

Casts of The Brady Bunch and The Brady Brides
TV's Brady Bunch family as they appeared in (top) the original 1969-74 series and (bottom) the 1981 series The Brady Brides

Background imageStairway Collection: Joan Collins Wearing Fur Stole

Joan Collins Wearing Fur Stole
(Original Caption) Joan Collins, standing at the base of a staircase, is shown wearing a fur stole. Ca. 1950s

Background imageStairway Collection: Point Balbianello In Lake Como

Point Balbianello In Lake Como
(Original Caption) Lake Como, Italy- Picture shows Point Balbianello. Undated photo

Background imageStairway Collection: Robot Follows Woman Upstairs

Robot Follows Woman Upstairs
(Original Caption) Robot following young girl up the stair. Movie still, 1941. Universal Picture Company. BPA2#4817

Background imageStairway Collection: Singer Neil Sedaka

Singer Neil Sedaka
A portrait of singer Neil Sedaka at a grand piano

Background imageStairway Collection: 19th-Century Engraving of a Mob Setting Fire to a House

19th-Century Engraving of a Mob Setting Fire to a House
The event took place during the New York Draft Riots which happened in July of 1863

Background imageStairway Collection: Zasu Pitts In Maid Costume Listening

Zasu Pitts In Maid Costume Listening
(Original Caption) American actress Zasu Pitts (1898-1963) playing an eavesdropping maid. Undated movie still

Background imageStairway Collection: Henry Fonda in Pose /From 'Jezebel'

Henry Fonda in Pose /From "Jezebel"
(Original Caption) Photo shows Henry Fonda in Warner Bros. "Jezebel, " starring Bette Davis. Movie released in 1938

Background imageStairway Collection: Study for Perspective with Animals and Figures by Leonardo da Vinci

Study for Perspective with Animals and Figures by Leonardo da Vinci
This drawing is a perspective study for Adoration of the Magi, an unfinished work by Leonardo da Vinci. Located in: Galleria degli Uffizi, Florence, Italy

Background imageStairway Collection: General Grant Entering the McLean House by B. West Clinedinst

General Grant Entering the McLean House by B. West Clinedinst
(Original Caption) General Grant entering the McLean house to receive the surrender of General Lee's army

Background imageStairway Collection: Ink Drawing of the Hofburg Palace

Ink Drawing of the Hofburg Palace
Vienna's Hofburg Palace, circa 19th century

Background imageStairway Collection: Little Girl Climbing Stairs

Little Girl Climbing Stairs
A little girl climbs the front stairway of a building with huge columns

Background imageStairway Collection: Art Carney Looking Down Stairwell

Art Carney Looking Down Stairwell
(Original Caption) Actor Art Carney looks over a stairwell during a scene from the television program "The Honeymooners". Undated tv still

Background imageStairway Collection: The Library of Columbia University

The Library of Columbia University
Exterior view of the main building at Columbia University, circa 1905

Background imageStairway Collection: F.W.Woolworth Company Store in Montpelier

F.W.Woolworth Company Store in Montpelier
(Original Caption) Montpelier, Vermont: A front view of a F.W. Woolworth 5 and 10 cent store. Ca. 1910

Background imageStairway Collection: American Olympian Jim Thorpe in Stockholm

American Olympian Jim Thorpe in Stockholm
American athlete Jim Thorpe wears his Olympic uniform as he stands on a stairway in front of a building at the 1912 Summer Olympics in Stockholm, Sweden

Background imageStairway Collection: President William Taft with Republican Committee

President William Taft with Republican Committee
(Original Caption) 1912- Washington

Background imageStairway Collection: Franklin D. Roosevelt Standing with Inventors

Franklin D. Roosevelt Standing with Inventors
Front row, left to right: FDR, inventor Hudson Maxim, inventor Thomas Edison, and Secretary of the Navy Josephus Daniels

Background imageStairway Collection: St. Louis Hotel's Winding Staircase

St. Louis Hotel's Winding Staircase
(Original Caption) 1/15/1916-New Orleans, LA-: The wonderful winding stairway of the St. Louis Hotel which has been pronounced architecturally perfect in every detail

Background imageStairway Collection: Man Moving Belongings

Man Moving Belongings
An African American man moves his belongings to a safety zone under police protection during the Chicago Race Riot of 1919

Background imageStairway Collection: Colored Resident Moving Belongings

Colored Resident Moving Belongings
Police officers oversee a Black resident of the South Side of Chicago, moving shortly after the riots of 1919. (Photo by © Bettmann/CORBIS/Bettmann Archive)

Background imageStairway Collection: The Summer Palace

The Summer Palace
View of the Summer Palace in the Forbidden City

Background imageStairway Collection: Franklin D. Roosevelt with Anna Eleanor Roosevelt

Franklin D. Roosevelt with Anna Eleanor Roosevelt
Vice Presidential candidate Franklin D. Roosevelt at his summer home in Campobello with his 14 year old daughter Anna. | Location: Campobello, Campobello Island, New Brunswick, Canada

Background imageStairway Collection: Woman Powdering Her Legs on Stairs

Woman Powdering Her Legs on Stairs
(Original Caption) 4/18/1921- Washington, DC- Are the knees shiny girls? Powder em- it's a new fad. Pretty Mrs. Mildred Wilson of Washington shown applying a little powder to her dimpled knee

Background imageStairway Collection: Actress Miss DuPont Driving Automobile Up Hotel Steps

Actress Miss DuPont Driving Automobile Up Hotel Steps
(Original Caption) In movie land. Entering the casino at Monte Carlo in same

Background imageStairway Collection: Woman and Automobile on Steps of Hotel

Woman and Automobile on Steps of Hotel
(Original Caption) In movie land. Entering the casino at Monte Carlo in same

Background imageStairway Collection: Mustafa Kemal & Officers On Stairs

Mustafa Kemal & Officers On Stairs
(Original Caption) 3/6/1923-Turkey: Photo shows his excellency Mustafa Kemal Ataturk and his officers, Smyrna (now Izmir)

Background imageStairway Collection: Mustafa Kemal & Officers At Doorway

Mustafa Kemal & Officers At Doorway
(Original Caption) 3/6/1923-Turkey: Mustafa Kemal Ataturk (1881 - 1938, centre, left), founder and President of the Turkish Republic, and officers on outdoor staircase, Smyrna (now Izmir)

Background imageStairway Collection: League of Women Voters with Petition

League of Women Voters with Petition
Minnesota members of the League of Women Voters outside the national office with a very long petition

Background imageStairway Collection: Lon Cheney in Phantom of the Opera

Lon Cheney in Phantom of the Opera
(Original Caption) Lon Cheney descends the grand staircase of the Paris operahouse, dressed as Red Death, during a masquerade scene from the 1925 film, "Phantom of the Opera."

Background imageStairway Collection: Bomb Explosion Imperils 40 in Tenement

Bomb Explosion Imperils 40 in Tenement
With a blast that threw the neighborhood into a panic a time bomb exploded early Monday, August 3, in the hallway of a four story dwelling in Brooklyn, New York

Background imageStairway Collection: High Hat Society of NYU

High Hat Society of NYU
Young men in suits and top hats form the High Hat Society of New York University. They stood on the steps of City Hall, but the mayor of New York refused to see them. ca. 1926

Background imageStairway Collection: Two female golf players on porch, 1928

Two female golf players on porch, 1928
1928-Women's golf Championship-Glenna Collett and Virginia Van Wie

Background imageStairway Collection: Vanderbilt Mansion Being Demolished on Fifth Avenue

Vanderbilt Mansion Being Demolished on Fifth Avenue
The latest of the Vanderbilt homes on Fifth Avenue in New York City was demolished in 1928 to make way for the march of building progress in New York City

Background imageStairway Collection: Wall Street After Crash

Wall Street After Crash
After the stock market plummeted, 400 extra police were dispatched to protect the financial district. Here, crowds of worried pedestrians walk on Wall Street

Background imageStairway Collection: Three Boys Going To Play Baseball

Three Boys Going To Play Baseball
(Original Caption) Two young boys stop and wait for their younger friend to catch, up on their way to play a game of baseball. Undated photograph circa 1930s

Background imageStairway Collection: Passengers Come Down Ocean Liner Ladder

Passengers Come Down Ocean Liner Ladder
(Original Caption) Passengers disembark from a steamliner. Ca. 1900

Background imageStairway Collection: Kate Smith Stepping Off Train

Kate Smith Stepping Off Train
(Original Caption) 2/6/1932- Washington, DC- Singer Kate Smith arrives in Washington (her hometown), where she will appear on R.K.O. Keith's Theatre

Background imageStairway Collection: Franklin D. Roosevelt Wins the 1932 Presidential Election

Franklin D. Roosevelt Wins the 1932 Presidential Election
President-elect, and Governor of New York, Franklin D. Roosevelt stands arm in arm with his son James. Roosevelt's wife Eleanor is to his right on a lower step

Background imageStairway Collection: Winthrop Rockefeller

Winthrop Rockefeller
(Original Caption) 1933- Picture shows Winthrop Rockefeller walking down a flight of stairs outside wearing a suit

Background imageStairway Collection: Women Entering Zep Diner

Women Entering Zep Diner
Two women enter the Zep Diner, a diner shaped like a dirigible airship in Los Angeles

Background imageStairway Collection: Roosevelts Arrive at White House

Roosevelts Arrive at White House
President Franklin Delano Roosevelt, First Lady Eleanor and their son James are greeted by journalists and friends as they move into the White House in 1933

Background imageStairway Collection: US Postal Workers Cheering for the NRA

US Postal Workers Cheering for the NRA
Postal workers at the New York Post Office cheer the unfurling of the National Recovery Administration banner by Postmaster General James Farley and NRA Administrator Grover A. Whalen in 1933

Background imageStairway Collection: Actor Buster Keaton at Bottom of Steps

Actor Buster Keaton at Bottom of Steps
Buster Keaton frowns after being asked by a cameraman to smile at the bottom of the steps of the Isle de France

Background imageStairway Collection: Bill Robinson and Shirley Temple in The Little Colonel

Bill Robinson and Shirley Temple in The Little Colonel
Bill Robinson and Shirley Temple holding hands descending staircase. Undated movie still. BPA2# 3199

Background imageStairway Collection: Marlene Dietrich Smoking on Staircase

Marlene Dietrich Smoking on Staircase
Ca. 1935-ORIGINAL CAPTION READS: An ode to grace is offered by this white chiffon evening gown which Marlene Dietrich, Paramount star of "The Devil is a Woman, " is wearing

Background imageStairway Collection: Workers Take Stairs

Workers Take Stairs
(Original Caption) It is a long climb to the 40th floor. New York. Puff! Puff! This is no sort of climb for a short winded man. With the elevator operators on strike at no

Background imageStairway Collection: Edward G. Robinson and Wife on Stairs

Edward G. Robinson and Wife on Stairs
(Original Caption) 3/3/1935- Hollywood, CA: Actor Edward G. Robinson and his wife arrive at the Academy Awards Dinner

Background imageStairway Collection: Rosa Ponselle on Ship Staircase

Rosa Ponselle on Ship Staircase
(Original Caption) 6/8/1935-New York, NY - Rosa Ponselle, Metropolitan Opera favorite, is shown on a staircase as she sailed this morning on the S. S. Condi Di Savoia

Background imageStairway Collection: Police Hold Woman in Poisoning

Police Hold Woman in Poisoning
Mrs. John Creighton of Baldwin, L.I. who, according to Inspector Harold R. King of the Nassau County police, confessed she had killed Mrs

Background imageStairway Collection: Governor Alfred Landon at State Capitol

Governor Alfred Landon at State Capitol
(Original Caption) 11/26/1935- Topeka, KS- A fine snapshot of Governor Alfred M. Landon of Kansas, made as he descended the steps of the State Capitol Building, after a hard day's work

Background imageStairway Collection: Soprano Florence Vickland

Soprano Florence Vickland
(Original Caption) 1936-Photo shows Florence Vickland, NBC soprano, in this publicity shot

Background imageStairway Collection: Hollywood Stars Gather On Stairs

Hollywood Stars Gather On Stairs
According to rows ? starting from front..Miss Marion Davies; Douglas Fairbanks Jr. Carole Lombard, and Prince Serge Obelenski; 2?Douglas Fairbanks Sr.; 3d row?Mrs

Background imageStairway Collection: Backstage at a Burlesque Show

Backstage at a Burlesque Show
(Original Caption) Backstage Burlesque

Background imageStairway Collection: President Franklin D. Roosevelt with Herbert H. Lehman and Fiorello La Guardia

President Franklin D. Roosevelt with Herbert H. Lehman and Fiorello La Guardia
The "Big Three" of the Triborough Bridge project in New York. President Franklin D. Roosevelt (front center), whose New Deal fathered the project, Governor Herbert H

Background imageStairway Collection: Vicki Baum

Vicki Baum
(Original Caption) 11/28/1936-Hollywood, CA: Vicki Baum on the S.S.Berengaria before leaving Hollywood

Background imageStairway Collection: Beryl Markham Arriving In New York

Beryl Markham Arriving In New York
Adventurous pilot Beryl Markham arrives in New York City on the S.S. Isle De France ocean liner

Background imageStairway Collection: Charles Bedaux Arriving On S.S. Europa

Charles Bedaux Arriving On S.S. Europa
(Original Caption) 11/1/37-New York: Charles Bedaux, who, with his wife, was the host of the Duchess of Windsor before her marriage to the former King

Background imageStairway Collection: Dionne Quintuplets Dressed For Bed

Dionne Quintuplets Dressed For Bed
(Original Caption) 12/25/1937- Callender, Ontario- Christmas Eve the following year found the tots dressed in warm pajamas and armed with candles as they prepared to go to bed

Background imageStairway Collection: Cary Grant Looks Confused in Mansion

Cary Grant Looks Confused in Mansion
(Original Caption) 1938-: Cary Grant, looks confused in the foyer of a mansion in a scene from Columbia's "Holiday, " in which he co-stars with Katharine Hepburn. George Cukor directs

Background imageStairway Collection: Portrait of Rose Elizabeth Fitzgerald Kennedy

Portrait of Rose Elizabeth Fitzgerald Kennedy
Rose Kennedy, wife of the US Ambassador to Great Britain, Joseph P. Kennedy, stands by staircase. She attends a reunion with Boston friends at the Hotel Somerset

Background imageStairway Collection: Staircase in Winchester Mystery House

Staircase in Winchester Mystery House
(Original Caption) Photo of the staircase leading down one floor and continuing up to the same floor level at the Winchester Mystery House, planned and built by the late Sarah Winchester

Background imageStairway Collection: Woman on Narrow Staircase at Winchester Mystery House

Woman on Narrow Staircase at Winchester Mystery House
(Original Caption) This photo shows a blind stairway on inside of the Winchester Mystery House. Miss Maxine Upham is shown in photo

Background imageStairway Collection: Laurence Olivier at Samuel Goldwyn Studios

Laurence Olivier at Samuel Goldwyn Studios
11/19/1938-Laurence Olivier, British star, shown at the Samuel Goldwyn Studios

Background imageStairway Collection: Scarlett, Soldier On Stairs;'Gone W/Wind'

Scarlett, Soldier On Stairs;"Gone W/Wind"
(Original Caption) Exhausted from field work, Scarlett (Vivien Leigh) deals with Union soldiers on the stairs at Tara. Movie still from Gone with the Wind'. (Photo by VCG Wilson/Bettmann Archive)

Background imageStairway Collection: Photographers Awaiting Arrival of Queen Elizabeth

Photographers Awaiting Arrival of Queen Elizabeth
Photographers in Ottawa wear formal attire as they wait to snap pictures of Queen Elizabeth and King George VI

Background imageStairway Collection: Portrait of Clare Boothe Luce

Portrait of Clare Boothe Luce
11/14/1927-Born on a cow pasture, now identified as the City of Chicago, Nah-Nee-Num-Nah-Skuk, 118 year old Pottawatomoie Indian, feels as fit as a fiddle and is quite active for his age

Background imageStairway Collection: Young Woman Walking Down Steps

Young Woman Walking Down Steps
(Original Caption) Young woman is shown coming down school steps in a skirt and a coat and carrying her books. Undated photo circa 1940s

Background imageStairway Collection: African American Maid Cleaning Staircase

African American Maid Cleaning Staircase
(Original Caption) Domestic help. An African American maid cleans the staircase in a Washington home. Photograph, 1941

Background imageStairway Collection: Contortionist in 'Human Stair' Pose

Contortionist in "Human Stair" Pose
(Original Caption) 3/3/1941-Zagreb, Yugoslavia: Strenuous daily workouts give this young lady, Jacqueline Vubrankovic of Zagreb

Background imageStairway Collection: Dignitaries Leaving The State Department

Dignitaries Leaving The State Department
Secretary of State Hull

Background imageStairway Collection: Chief Iginianere of Western Ubhobo

Chief Iginianere of Western Ubhobo
(Original Caption) 1943-Ibadan, Nigeria- With bone strung from his neck and huge bracelets covering each wrist

Background imageStairway Collection: Porter And Musician Walk Up Stairs

Porter And Musician Walk Up Stairs
(Original Caption) 9/23/1943-New York, NY: The elevator strike in Rockefeller Center mot with standing, the radio show must go

Background imageStairway Collection: Mickey Rooney In Army Uniform

Mickey Rooney In Army Uniform
(Original Caption) 6/16/1944-Los Angeles, CA: Mickey Rooney, more famous as the screen's "Andy Hardy", had a "MAN TO MAN" with his draft board, at their invitation



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