A woman leans on the entrance to one of Bordighera's gardens in Italy, 1928.Photograph by Hans Hildenbrand, National Geographic Creative
Hillside houses overlook smoke-belching steel mills in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, 1949. Photograph by John E. Fletcher and Anthony B. Stewart, National Geographic Creative
Women sit for a portrait in Salzburg, Austria, 1929. Photograph by Hans Hildenbrand, National Geographic Creative
Children play barefoot in a cactus garden on the Canary Islands, 1955. Photograph by Franc and Jean Shore, National Geographic Creative
A chorus line high kicks during a show at Cafe Le Can Can in Miami Beach, Florida, 1963. Photograph by Dean Conger, National Geographic Creative
People relax beside a swimming pool at a country estate near Phoenix, Arizona, 1928. Photograph by Clifton R. Adams, National Geographic Creative
A man stands next to the cross section of a giant redwood tree in California, 1909. Photograph courtesy U.S. Forest Service
A camper finds insect eggs under a lily pad in Wisconsin, 1974. Photograph by Steve Raymer, National Geographic Creative
Men on horseback run through the surf in Tahiti, 1922. Photograph by Edward Burton MacDowell, National Geographic Creative
Shell hunters in sunglasses examine a lion's paw, a prized find on Sanibel Island in Florida, 1959. Photograph by Paul Zahl, National Geographic Creative
A view of the ornate art and architecture of a building in Chennai, India, 1948. Photograph by Volkmar Wentzel, National Geographic Creative
Elderly garden enthusiasts in raingear take notes in an iris garden in Concord, Massachusetts, 1959. Photograph by M. Williams Woodbridge, National Geographic Creative