Photo of the Day

The best photos from last week.

Some pictures stick with you.

Here are the ones from last week, which we posted here on Substack or on our Bluesky page or YouTube Channel, which have stuck with me:

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These boys, who collected scrap rubber during World War II while they waited for their dads and big brothers to come home from the war.

This Siamese war elephant, of the type which the King of Siam wished to give to President Lincoln to aid him in fighting the Civil War.

William Howard Taft, the future president of the US, seated on a water buffalo in the Philippines, 1904.

Dorothea Lange’s 1938 photo of a woman who was born into slavery.

Flight deck crew of the USS Lexington during World War II.

This little schoolgirl doing her assignment in 1935.

First Lady Eleanor Roosevelt behind the wheel. She loved to drive.

This young woman and child, who became war refugees during the Korean Conflict, 1950.

This little sailor, who wanted to be just like his dad, c. 1942.

Theodore Roosevelt, who delivered his famous line, “speak softly and carry a big stick” from the 1901 Minnesota State Fair.

The New York City skyline in the 1930s.

Wild horses running free on US federal land.

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A picture says a thousand words.

I’ll see you tomorrow.

— Brenda