Legionnaire’s in 2015: Cutting Edge Research Clashing with Public Health Unpreparedness

By Meredith Wright In 1976, the American Legion, a veterans group still active today, met in Philadelphia, PA for a three-day convention. Shortly after the convention ended many of the Legionnaires became ill. By the end of the outbreak, 182 … Continue reading »

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The first successful aerial color photograph—which depicted the…



The first successful aerial color photograph—which depicted the Statue of Liberty—used the Finlay process, 1931. Photograph by Melville B. Grosvenor, National Geographic Creative

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Gala for the opening of the American Ballet Theatre’s…



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A view of New York City with Central Park in the foreground,…



A view of New York City with Central Park in the foreground, August 1930.Photograph by Orren R. Louden, National Geographic