This photo from the March 1951 issue shows New Yorkers spending a hot day at the Flushing Meadows pool in Queens. The pool and surrounding park hosted events during the World Fairs of 1939 and 1964.
In Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, a woman walks her dog along a sidewalk set with Portuguese pavement-- a technique that involves workers placing small black and white stones together to create intricate patterns.
Feirante ajeita caixas em Salvador, Bahia.
Secretaries work in the headquarters of what's now known as S.C.Johnson and Son in Racine, Wisconsin. The building was designed by Frank Lloyd Wright, and its "lily pad" columns became instantly recognizable.
A story in the October 1997 issue celebrated the American tradition of county fairs. Here, a young boy uses bottles of milk to coax his pet lamb and calf into a trailer, by which they'll be taken to a compeition at Oregon's Curry County Fair.
In 1961, every member of the National Geographic Society could order a specially made globe-- and more than 120,000 people did. This photo shows part of the production process-- gluing together the northern and southern hemispheres by hand.
In Cornwall, England, cows peer over a hedgerow while munching on their breakfast. A whole story was devoted to Britain's iconic hedgerows in the September 1993 issue.
Cars, motorcycles, and sun bathers share one strip of sand in Daytona Beach, Florida. The beach's hard-packed sand is what made the city a hot spot for speedsters.
Quando estes soldados porto-riquenhos deixaram a carreira militar nos EUA, em meados do século 20, eles foram encorajados a entrar em escolas técnicas para aprender novas habilidades. Aqui, um grupo se junta em torno de um confeiteiro para aprender a arte da decoração de bolos.
#SuaFoto Sucuri toma sol durante fim de tarde no Pantanal Matogrossense.
Quando esta foto de uma comunidade de aposentados no estado americano do Arizona foi publicada em março de 1963, o estado tinha apenas 50 anos de idade. Uma explosão de aposentados se mudando para a cidade levou o estado a desenvolver várias comunidades planejadas, como a Sun City (na foto), que hoje abriga cerca de 40 mil pessoas.
Trabalhador pinta a ponte Golden Gate com uma nova camada de tinta alaranjada em São Francisco. A cor icônica foi escolhida para ajudar a deixar a ponte visível mesmo sob a famosa neblina da cidade.
Um grupo de langures-cinzentos-das-planícies-do-norte se juntam em um açude no Parque Nacional Bandhavgarh, na Índia. Eles foram fotografados por armadilha fotográfica instalada para capturar tigres que frequentam a mesma poça.
In California, a laborer loads freshly cut flowers into a truck for shipment to a market. This April 2001 story tracked the flower trade all over the world.
Writer Ralph Gray and his family occupied this motor home as they traveled along Highway 89. Published in April 1964, the story followed their adventure from Maryland to Canada, through many of America's iconic national parks.
On a farm near Lake Bohinj in Slovenia, a boy pretends to pole vault with a kind of hay rake called a grablje. The farm was documented in a book on the Alps by James P. Blair.
Male students at Georgetown University in the early 1950's use headphones and tape recorders to study foreign languages. The university would eventually become a co-ed school in 1969.
A story in the August 1965 issue followed the lives of an Amish community in Mascot, Pennsylvania. Here, some 150 people work together to build a barn in a day for a neighbor who lost his in a fire.
Flamingos fly over the Maputo Elephant Reserve in Mozambique. This picture didn't make the cut for its story in the September 2001 issue-- but then photo editor Bill Allen loved it so much, the magazine staff found a spot for it in one of the final pages.
Em Bilcice, República Tcheca, recém-casados caminham em direção à casa da noiva depois do casamento em uma igreja rural. A foto apareceu originalmente em reportagem de setembro de 1993 que documentava o divórcio do veludo na República Tcheca e Eslováquia.
Women in Shangai, China, get perms in a salon featuring equipment that was vintage even when this photo was published in 1980.
A story in the November 1959 traveled California's coast on the famous Highway 1. One stop was a famous nursery specializing in begonias, which some travelers stopped to admire.
A brass band leads a funeral procession on New Orleans, Louisiana, in this photo from the February 1971 issue. Funerals in the city often involve one of these unique parades from the service to the burial site.
#SuaFoto Arco-íris enfeita a Serra de São José atrás das casas coloniais de Tiradentes (MG).
Students dance to a jazz band at the University of Vienna. This photo accompanied a story in the February 1959 issue called "Building A New Austria."
On a coral reef near Papua New Guinea's Milne Bay, a goby finds food and shelter on the mantle of a giant clam. This photo appeared on the cover of the January 1999 issue.
Enfermeira segura um recém-nascido embrulhado em um hospital de Ulan Bator, capital da Mongólia. Nos anos 1980, quando esta reportagem foi publicada, família ganhavam subsídio do governo para cada filho que tivessem.
The sun sets behind onlookers at the Big Rodeo in Burwell, Nebraska. This story from the November 1998 issue tracked the state's economic rebirth, and was photographed by Nebraska native Joel Sartore.
An employee of Cabela's dusts off an elaborate taxidermy display at the outdoor outfitter's flagship store in Sidney, Nebraska.
The 1964-1965 New York World's Fair welcomed more than 50 million visitors to its exhibitions. In this picture, a young girl drives a toy car across an enormous map of New York State.
Two young women dressed as lobsters participate in the annual Lobster Festival in Rockland, Maine. The event was popular when this picture appeared in the September 1952 issue, and it's remained so. Some 30,000 people attend the festival every year.
