A man stands next to the cross section of a giant redwood tree…



A man stands next to the cross section of a giant redwood tree in California, 1909. Photograph courtesy U.S. Forest Service

A man stands next to the cross section of a giant redwood tree…



A man stands next to the cross section of a giant redwood tree in California, 1909. Photograph courtesy U.S. Forest Service

Elsie Bell Grosvenor stares straight at the camera in this…



Elsie Bell Grosvenor stares straight at the camera in this portrait taken in 1901, possibly when she was pregnant with Melville B. Grosvenor. She is wearing a hat decorated with a huge ostrich feather.Photograph by Gilbert H. Grosvenor, National Geographic Creative

A Native American sends smoke signals in Montana, June…



A Native American sends smoke signals in Montana, June 1909.Photograph by Dr. Joseph K. Dixon, National Geographic Creative

A young Kenyan woman holds her pet deer in Mombassa, March…



A young Kenyan woman holds her pet deer in Mombassa, March 1909.Photograph by Underwood and Underwood

Portrait of an Ojibway, or Chippewa Indian girl in…



Portrait of an Ojibway, or Chippewa Indian girl in 1907.
Photograph by Roland W. Reed, National Geographic

A Sicilian teenage girl draped in lace and a scarf, December…



A Sicilian teenage girl draped in lace and a scarf, December 1909.
Photograph by Baron Wilhelm Von Gloeden, National Geographic