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Friends and Memories
A memoir of Maude Valérie White's life written in the early 1910s and published in 1914. It is the first of two memoirs White wrote and details her early life and career. -
Frieze from the Parthenon
The British Museum currently has 247 feet (75 m.) of the original Parthenon frieze within their permanent collection. The frieze was the sculpted high-relief, which adorned the upper part, or naos of the Parthenon. In the exhibit space, each section of the frieze has a placard, which describes the scene depicted on the section of frieze as well as the cardinal direction and number in the frieze series. The marble frieze, which dates c. 438- 432 BC, depicts a Panathenaic procession. -
German Cookbook
This is an image of a Deutsch cookbook belonging to Martha (Marta) Stein, Gisela Stein Rieger's mother. Marta was the wife of Arnold Stein, and a part of the second group of Germans that came over to work for the Rocket team with Von Braun. -
German women of the St. Marks Lutheran church gather in traditional German dress to sing and socialize.
The establishment of the St. Marks Lutheran church in Huntsville was fundamental in providing the German Rocket Team - primarily the women - not only for worship and faith-activities, but as a communal place to cultivate cultural continuity and social connections.
Here, the women are gathered for an event, dressed in traditional German clothing and provided vocal entertainment. -
Glenda Hollis reads to children at A Baby's Place
Founder Glenda Hollis reads to an 8 month old baby that is a resident of the specialized foster home A Baby's Place. This is a digitization of a photo in an issue of the Birmingham Post-Herald. -
Glenda Hollis Taking Care of a Sick Baby
A scan of a newspaper clipping with a photograph from Birmingham photographer Melissa Springer of Glenda Hollis, founder of A Baby's Place, taking care of a sick child, that appeared in a 1996 edition of the Birmingham Post-Herald. -
Graphic of Concorde construction locations
As a collaboration between Aérospatiale and the British Aircraft Corporation (BAC), parts of Concorde were constructed in various locations in Britain and France, as shown in this graphic. This graphic originates from Brooklands Museum, a major factory for Concorde. -
Group for Research in Chemical Microbiology for Cambridge University, 1947-1948.
This document was viewed and photographed at the National Archives in Kew, UK. It's purpose serves as a review of chemical microbiology research occurring at the University of Cambridge as well as the list of people involved in said research from the years 1947-1948, though some of the individuals listed have moved onto other labs at the time of publication. -
Hackney Advertiser Tower Hamlets
Hackney Advertiser Tower Hamlets: Describing how the development of the Docklands would put the citizens at risk as it is unsuitable. -
Hampton Court Palace Haunted Gallery
A gallery lined with 16th century paintings, including portraits of Tudor monarchs. Legend has it that when Queen Katherine Howard discovered she was being charged with adultery, she broke free from her guards stationed outside her room and ran along this route in the hope of finding King Henry in the Chapel to plead her innocence to. It is said that her ghost can still be seen running through this "Haunted Gallery," wailing for mercy. -
Himalayan Plant bed in the Temperate House at Kew gardens.
A photo of a plant bed in the Temperate House showcasing a collection of plants from the Himalayas. From 1847-1851, J.D. Hooker collected over 5,000 specimens from the Himalayan range. -
Historia Coelestis Britannica [British Account of the Heavens], second edition, volume 1, by John Flamsteed, produced by Margaret Flamsteed, London 1725
This is the volume pertaining to all of John Flamsteed's work, produced after his death by Margaret Flamsteed, in 1725. -
HIV Incidence in the United States 2021
A chart of the new HIV infections in the United States in 2021 by geographic region -
HIV Infection Rates by Minority Group (per 100,000)
A visual representation of HIV infection rates per 100,000 for various minority groups based on data from HIV.gov. -
HIV's Silent Spread
A digitization of a staff report about the spread of HIV through infants and children in Alabama in the Montgomery Advertiser in 1993. -
Home of Mary Shelley marked by blue plaque
Home of Mary Shelley marked by blue plaque in London, England. Plaque reads "MARY SHELLEY 1797-1851 Author of Frankenstein lived here 1846-1851." Photo taken by Sophia Vanderwaal.