Stories 1912-1950 | We Were There

1912-1950

woman and man in uniform

1950: The Korean War

April 27, 1950

Photo of the United Nations building in New York City — Bettmann/Corbis

1946: Creating the Postwar World

December 31, 1946

Congress assembled — Corbis

1945: Covering Congress

December 01, 1946

photo of sign pointing to "waiting room for colored only" — Photo by William Lovelace/Getty Images/77558656

1946: Fighting Jim Crow

November 02, 1946

photo of Soldiers storming the beach on D-Day — Photo by Robert F. Sargent/U.S. Coast Guard

1944: D-Day

June 06, 1944

The Tetons and the Snake River, a black and white photograph taken by Ansel Adams in 1942, at the Grand Teton National Park, in Wyoming. — Photo by Ansel Adams/The National Archives

1941: America’s Natural Wonders

May 18, 1941

photo of German tanks rolling into Poland — Bettmann/Corbis

1940: World War II

April 28, 1940

Photo of wanted poster for missing Lindberg baby — The New York Times

1935: The Lindbergh Kidnapping Trial

February 14, 1935

Photo of Eleanor Roosevelt — The New York Times

1934: Eleanor Roosevelt

March 14, 1934

Photo of people living in tents during the Great Depression — Photo by Dorothea Lange/The Library of Congress

1929: The Great Depression

December 01, 1929

Photo of Pablo Picasso — Bettmann/Corbis

1929: Modern Art

June 08, 1929

photo of the Sunday Times 1923 — The New York Times

1923: The Sunday Times

March 11, 1923