Woman on anthill circa 1922

Frank J. Magee :: A woman sits on top of a large white anthill near Elizabethville (Belgian Congo), before 10-1922. | Nat Geo
Frank J. Magee :: A woman sits on top of a large white anthill near Elizabethville (Belgian Congo), before 10-1922. | Nat Geo

A woman sits on top of a large white anthill, some of which can rise up to 40 feet high, near Elizabethville in the former Belgian Congo. The image was taken for a story in the October 1922 issue about a navy operation in Africa during World War I (National Geographic / Nat Geo). Photograph by Frank J. Magee.

Autochrome of girl with poppies

A 12-year-old girl poses outside her house in Cyprus. This color photo was one of 66 that accompanied a July 1928 article on the Mediterranean island. Photographer: Maynard Owen Williams
Maynard Owen Williams :: A 12-year-old girl poses outside her house in Cyprus. This color photo was one of 66 that accompanied a July 1928 article on the Mediterranean island. | src Nat Geo image collection
A 12-year-old girl poses outside her house in Cyprus. This color photo was one of 66 that accompanied a July 1928 article on the Mediterranean island. Photographer: Maynard Owen Williams. | src Nat Geo image collection
A 12-year-old girl poses outside her house in Cyprus. This color photo was one of 66 that accompanied a July 1928 article on the Mediterranean island. Photographer: Maynard Owen Williams. | src Nat Geo image collection

Femme vue de dos, 1928

Jules Gervais-Courtellemont :: A woman in Brittany, France, leans against a stone wall in this early 1923. Autochrome. This image was featured in a 2010 exhibition of National Geographic's autochromes. | Nat Geo
Jules Gervais-Courtellemont :: A woman in Brittany, France, leans against a stone wall in this early 1923. Autochrome. This image was featured in a 2010 exhibition of National Geographic's autochromes. | Nat Geo
Jules Gervais-Courtellemont :: A woman in Brittany, France, leans against a stone wall in this early 1923. Autochrome. This image was featured in a 2010 exhibition of National Geographic’s autochromes. | Nat Geo

Moonlit path, 1962

A fisherman walks a moonlit path, Flores (Pulau Flores), Lesser Sunda Islands, Indonesia, August 1962. | src and © National Geographic via equator on instagram