Portrait of a Gentleman 19th Century Artist Unknown (American) Oil on canvas David David Gallery, Philadelphia,Pennsylvania USA

Madonna and Child with Saint Catherine Giovanni Agostino da Lodi (16th Century/Italian) Oil on Board Pinacoteca di Brera, Milan

Fan: Woman Seated On Pillow Looking At Sea 20Th Century French Advertisement Pieces 1911 Iribe, Barbier, and Lepape(19th C- French) Newberry Library, Chicago, Illinois, USA

Helmet Mask African/Bamum (Cameroon) 19th Century, Artist Unknown African Wood Sculpture The Lowe Art Musem, The University of Miami

Lighted pylons along Century Boulevard and the airport gateway became a symbol of Los Angeles International Airport in 2000. Ranging from 25 to 100 feet high, the steel truss and translucent glass pylons cycle through 300 color variations in three hours, photograph by Carol M. Highsmith, Los Angeles, California, 2005.

Gulliver in Lilliput Captures the Invading Fleet From "Gulliver's Travels" 19th Century Artist Unknown Chromolithograph Stock Montage, Inc.

Bouquet Of Flowers 18th Century Cornelis van Spaendonck (1756-1839 Dutch) Oil On Canvas Cummer Museum of Art & Gardens, Jacksonville, FL

Horse T'Ang Dynasty, 618-907 8th Century Artist Unknown (Chinese) Earthenware clay The Lowe Art Museum, The University of Miami

Woman paddling outrigger canoe from distant mountains through gentle waves and clear waters Outrigger canoes are native to the Polynesian islands where they have been used for centuries TAHITI French Polynesia Moorea

The 1929 Holmby Hall, in the heart of Los Angeles's Westwood Village - a college town inside a giant metropolis - was once a U.C.L.A. women's dormitory. Redeveloped at the turn of the 21st Century, it is now known locally as the 'Clock Tower.', photograph by Carol M. Highsmith, Los Angeles, California, 2005.

View of NW highland area The northwest of the country the Nicoya Peninsula was the southernmost point of Nahuatl named after Nitin cultural influence when the Spanish conquerors conquistadores came in the sixteenth century COSTA RICA Guanacaste province

Pierre Gustave Toutant Beauregard (1818-1893) American Confederate General during the American Civil War 19th Century Artist Unknown

Haughmond Abbey 12th Century Augustinian near Shrewsbury Shropshire England GB Great Britain UK United Kingdom British Isles EU

Three Women Wearing Cloche & Decorated Wraps 20th Century French Advertisment Pieces 1911 Irbie, Barbier & Lepape Newberry Library, Chicago, Illinois, USA

Stokesay Castle reflected in lake in autumn sun sunshine and blue sky Shropshire England United Kingdom UK Great Britain GB British Isles Europe EU Stokesay Castle is a 13th Century Tudor medieval fortified manor house

President Lincoln at General Grant's Headquarters at City Point, Virginia March 1865 Currier & Ives (active 1857-1907 American) 19th Century Print

Ruins of Haughmond Abbey English Heritage Shrewsbury Shropshire England UK United Kingdom GB Great Britain Europe EU Haughmond Abbey is a 12th Century Augustinian building near Shrewsbury Shropshire England British Isles

Hercules And Keryneisky Doe (detail) Bolognese School (16th Century) Bronze Sculpture State Hermitage Museum, St. Petersburg, Russia

Stokesay Castle with brown and black cows drinking in lake in autumn sun sunshine and blue sky Shropshire England United Kingdom UK Great Britain GB British Isles Europe EU Stokesay Castle is a 13th Century Tudor medieval fortified manor house

Unfinished Alai Minar tower at the Qutub Qutb Minar Complex UNESCO World Heritage 12th - 13th century with courtyard and carved stone pillars Delhi India Asia

Man paddling outrigger canoe from distant mountains through gentle waves and clear waters Outrigger canoes are native to the Polynesian islands where they have been used for centuries TAHITI French Polynesia Bora Bora

The Civil War, Life in Camp, Upset His Coffee, souvenir card showing the daily life of Union soldiers on the front, in the camp and on furlough, chromolithograph by Winslow Homer, circa 1864.

Communist marchers heading towards the White House demanding unemployment insurance and cash relief, Washington DC, December, 7, 1931

Theaters, Ford's Theater, site of the Assassination of President Abraham Lincoln, exterior, 511 Tenth Street Northwest, Washington DC, circa 1930s.

Modern woman contemplates the 2nd Century BC Winged Victory of Samothrace statue in the Louvre Museum Palais du Louvre Paris France Europe

Flight Into Egypt Book Of Hours Mid 15th Century Bedford Master Workshop (1430-1465 French) The Huntington Library, Art Collections and Botanical Gardens, San Marino, CA

Scenes of Los Angeles, the Ahmanson Center Theater and Circular Mark Taper Forum, components of the Los Angeles Performing Arts Center, commonly called the Music Center. It opened in 1967, photograph by Carol M. Highsmith, California, 2005.

Scenes of Los Angeles, the Ventura Theatre, built in 1928, now a concert venue, photograph by Carol M. Highsmith, Ventura, California, 2005.