Saloon, bank, bath house and livery stable fronts on Mane Street sic in Pioneertown, California, an unincorporated and inhabited town built in 1946 as a TV and film set by, among others, Roy Rogers. The town was designed to provide a place for the actors to live while simultaneously having their homes used as part of the set.

Photo credit: Matthew Field

American singer-songwriter and folk musician Woody Guthrie, with the slogan "This Machine Kills Fascists" on his guitar. His best known song is probably "This Land Is Your Land", which is regularly sung in American schools. Many of his recorded songs are archived in the Library of Congress, and his musical legacy encompasses hundreds of political, traditional and children's songs, ballads and improvised works.

Photo credit: New York World-Telegram and Sun

The 26-metre (85 ft) radio telescope at Mount Pleasant Radio Observatory, located 20 kilometres (12 mi) east of Hobart, Tasmania, is the southernmost antenna used in Australia's Very Long Baseline Interferometry network. The facility is owned and operated by the University of Tasmania.

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The Speckled Wood (Pararge aegeria ssp. aegeria shown here) is a small butterfly (4-to-4.5 cm (1.6-to-1.8 in) wingspan) found in and on the borders of woodland throughout much of Europe.

Photo credit: Joaquim Alves Gaspar

A woodcut print of the Quaternion Eagle, the double-headed eagle armorial of the Holy Roman Empire. It showed the shields of the various parts of the empire in groups of four on the feathers of the eagle supporting, in place of a shield, Christ on the True Cross. The top, larger shields, are those of the seven Prince-electors, as well as one for the titular "Prefect of Rome".

Woodcut: Hans Burgkmair; print: David de Negker

United States Army situation map for 2400 hours, 6 June 1944, the first day of the Normandy Landings, popularly known as "D-Day". The assault was conducted in two phases: an air assault landing of American, British and Canadian airborne troops shortly after midnight, and an amphibious landing of Allied infantry and armoured divisions on the coast of France commencing at 06:30 British Double Summer Time

Map credit: Twelfth United States Army Group

Detail of a Portuguese crochet tablecloth, from about 1970. Crocheting, similar to knitting, consists of pulling loops of yarn through other loops. Crochet differs from knitting in that only one loop is active at one time (the sole exception being Tunisian crochet), and that a crochet hook is used instead of knitting needles.

Photo credit: Joaquim Alves Gaspar

The City of London skyline as viewed toward the northwest from the top floor viewing platform of London City Hall on the southern side of the River Thames. Not to be confused with the London metropolitan area, the City covers 1.12 sq mi (2.90 km²) and, along with Westminster is the historic core of London around which the modern conurbation grew.

Photo credit: David Iliff

Cry for noble Saichō, a poem written by Emperor Saga of Japan in the 9th century, upon the death of the Buddhist monk Saichō—an early example of Japanese calligraphy. Although calligraphy as an art form had existed prior to that time, Japanese practitioners tended to imitate the styles developed by Chinese calligraphists. The influence of Chinese styles had weakened after the Heian period, with this text as one of the few surviving examples of the transformation to a native Japanese style.

Image credit: Emperor Saga

Panorama of the view southwest into Coachella Valley (California, United States) from Keys View in the Little San Bernardino Mountains within Joshua Tree National Park. Visible landmarks are the Salton Sea at rear left, along towards the center the Santa Rosa Mountains behind Indio and the San Jacinto Mountains behind Palm Springs. In the valley floor, the San Andreas Fault is clearly visible. At the rear right is the 11,500 ft (3,500 m) San Gorgonio Mountain, in the San Bernardino Mountains.

Photo credit: Matthew Field

Attempting to block racial integration at the University of Alabama, Governor George Wallace (left) stands defiantly at the door on June 11, 1963, in an incident known as the Stand in the Schoolhouse Door. Wallace moved aside after being ordered to do so by President John F. Kennedy; years later, he became a born-again Christian and recanted his segregationist views.

Photo credit: U.S. News & World Report