A woman leans on the entrance to one of Bordighera’s…



A woman leans on the entrance to one of Bordighera’s gardens in Italy, 1928.Photograph by Hans Hildenbrand, National Geographic Creative

A woman leans on the entrance to one of Bordighera’s…



A woman leans on the entrance to one of Bordighera’s gardens in Italy, 1928.Photograph by Hans Hildenbrand, National Geographic Creative

Children read a Sylvan Drew Circus billboard, 1931. Photograph…



Children read a Sylvan Drew Circus billboard, 1931. Photograph by Jacob J. Gayer, National Geographic Creative

A child sitting on a Hereford bull near Pleasanton, California,…



A child sitting on a Hereford bull near Pleasanton, California, 1926. Photograph by Charles Martin, National Geographic Creative

Woman adorned like a Chinese goddess poses in a garden in…



Woman adorned like a Chinese goddess poses in a garden in California, 1915. Photograph by Franklin Price Knott, National Geographic Creative

A child sits among the produce from a Florida citrus grove,…



A child sits among the produce from a Florida citrus grove, 1930. Photograph by Clifton R. Adams, National Geographic Creative

A girl sits by a lake with snow-capped mountains in the…



A girl sits by a lake with snow-capped mountains in the background, California, 1929. Photograph by Charles Martin, National Geographic Creative

Locals relax by the tulip fields along the canal in Haarlem, The…



Locals relax by the tulip fields along the canal in Haarlem, The Netherlands, 1931.Photograph by Wilhelm Tobien, National Geographic Creative

A woman gazes at lions in the Museum of Natural History in…



A woman gazes at lions in the Museum of Natural History in Washington, D.C. in 1931. These lions were brought to the U.S. from Africa by Theodore Roosevelt.Photograph by Charles Martin, National Geographic Creative

A Tibetan spiritual figure holds a Mongolian blade after…



A Tibetan spiritual figure holds a Mongolian blade after twisting it with his seemingly superhuman strength, 1935.Photograph by Charles Martin, National Geographic Creative