Tag: national geographic

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.

Young Swan by George Shiras

George Shiras 3rd :: Young swan suffering from lead poisoning. Published in Hunting wild life with camera and flashlight : a record of sixty-five years’ visits to the woods and waters of North America. Volume II, 1935. | src Memorial University of Newfoundland
George Shiras 3rd :: Young swan suffering from lead poisoning. Published in Hunting wild life with camera and flashlight : a record of sixty-five years’ visits to the woods and waters of North America. Volume II, 1935. | src Memorial University of Newfoundland
George Shiras 3rd :: Young swan suffering from lead poisoning. Published in Hunting wild life with camera and flashlight : a record of sixty-five years’ visits to the woods and waters of North America. Volume II, 1935. | src Memorial University of Newfoundland
George Shiras 3rd :: Young swan suffering from lead poisoning. Published in Hunting wild life with camera and flashlight : a record of sixty-five years’ visits to the woods and waters of North America. Volume II, 1935. | src Memorial University of Newfoundland
Caption: Its appetite betrayed it. / This young swan, suffering from lead poisoning and unable to fly, was caught near shore. The ailment comes from shot pellets picked up on the bottom and retained in the gizzard until destroyed by attrition.
George Shiras 3rd :: Young swan suffering from lead poisoning. Published in Hunting wild life with camera and flashlight : a record of sixty-five years’ visits to the woods and waters of North America. Volume II, 1935. Full page 114. | src Memorial University of Newfoundland
Published in Hunting wild life with camera and flashlight : a record of sixty-five years’ visits to the woods and waters of North America. Volume II, 1935. Full page 114. | src Memorial University of Newfoundland

“Boiling Breakfast Eggs in Hot Springs”, Beppu, Oita Prefecture. Japan, 1942. This picture was published in the

National Geographic

August issue of 1942. A woman in Japanese clothing (viewed from behind) besides a sign warning “dangerous attention” uses a stick and is trying to soak a bamboo cage with eggs in hot water. In the lower part of the stand sign, it reads: “boiled egg half-mature 4 minutes, hardly lean 6 minutes”. (uncredited photographer)

source: natgeo.nikkeibp.co.jp

Men at Glacier point

A man and his dog on the Overhanging Rock in Yosemite National Park, May 1924 | src National Geographic
George Fiske (1835-1918) ~ Glacier Point (3200 feet) and Half Dome (5000 feet), negative before 1882, printed later. | src Getty museum
Overhanging Rock. At Glacier Point [Yosemite Valley]. 287. [Photograph by George Fiske.] 1890s | src OAC · Calisphere