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20 photographs from the twentieth century. One free conversation per day, subject to availability.

The first flight — John T. Daniels · Public domain

Building the Model T — Unknown photographer · Public domain

A day at Coney Island — 8x10 inch dry plate glass negative, Detroit Publishing Company. · Public domain

The Golden Gate Bridge — U.S. Navy · Public domain

A mother and her children — Dorothea Lange · Public domain

Women building aircraft — Alfred T. Palmer. · Public domain

The March on Washington — U.S. Information Agency, Press and Publications Service. · Public domain

The Moon landing — Neil A. Armstrong · Public domain

Columbia takes flight — NASA · Public domain

Baseball news in Times Square — Credited to the Brown Brothers · Public domain

Paris at the world fair — Unknown photographer · Public domain

Celebrating VE Day — British official photographer · Public domain

At the Berlin Wall — joey zanotti · CC BY 2.0

London before the coronation — Ben Brooksbank · CC BY-SA 2.0

Titanic at Southampton — Unknown photographer · Public domain

A Roman palazzo — Sans nom d'auteur ni d'éditeur. · CC BY-SA 4.0

Piccadilly Circus — Léon & Lévy · Public domain

Concorde prepares to fly — André Cros · CC BY-SA 4.0

Amsterdam celebrates liberation — Fotograaf Onbekend / Anefo · CC0

The Stockholm Olympics — Bain News Service · Public domain