a man sitting in front of the Great Sphinx
Japanese women with cherry blossoms
children posing on an enormous oak tree in Louisiana
a woman walking with a wicker basket, Provins, France
bathers waiting for a swimming lesson, Japan
people walking down a street in Paris
a group of men in Algeria
women picking wildflowers in the San Joaquin Valley
a ship at dock in Ohio
three boys sitting by fishing boats in the Canary Islands
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Great Sphinx, EgyptIn 1928 National Geographic Editor Gilbert H. Grosvenor wanted "outdated" photographs of the Great Sphinx of Giza—images made prior to excavation—removed from the archive. This 1921 photo by Donald McLeish survived and has been in the image collection for over 90 years.
Photograph by Donald McLeish

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