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The President coming off the wharf at Ponce Playa

The President coming off the wharf at Ponce Playa

Theodore Roosevelt walking on wharf with other men. H86202 U.S. Copyright Office. Copyright by Waldrop Photographic Co., San Juan, P.R.

The President on wharf at Ponce Playa meeting committee of ladies

The President on wharf at Ponce Playa meeting committee of ladies

H86199 U.S. Copyright Office. "Copyright 1908 by Waldrop Photographic Co., San Juan, P.R."

This is obviously not the stereotypical sun-parched summer day in Death Valley. Snow dots the ground amid a field of cacti along the dead-end road to a playa known as the "Racetrack," a dry lakebed known for its rocks that mysteriously move, from time to time, along the surface

This is obviously not the stereotypical sun-parched summer day in Deat...

Title, date, and keywords provided by the photographer. Credit line: The Jon B. Lovelace Collection of California Photographs in Carol M. Highsmith's America Project, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs... More

"The Racetrack," a playa with large volcanic outcroppings, in Death Valley National Park, California

"The Racetrack," a playa with large volcanic outcroppings, in Death Va...

Title, date, and keywords provided by the photographer. The site gets its name from what appear to "moving rocks" that leave short, mysterious trails on the crust of the playa. Credit line: The Jon B. Lovelace ... More

The President coming off the wharf at Ponce Playa

The President coming off the wharf at Ponce Playa

Theodore Roosevelt walking on wharf with other men. H86202 U.S. Copyright Office. Copyright by Waldrop Photographic Co., San Juan, P.R.

This is obviously not the stereotypical sun-parched summer day in Death Valley. Snow dots the ground amid a field of cacti along the dead-end road to a playa known as the "Racetrack," a dry lakebed known for its rocks that mysteriously move, from time to time, along the surface

This is obviously not the stereotypical sun-parched summer day in Deat...

Title, date, and keywords provided by the photographer. Credit line: The Jon B. Lovelace Collection of California Photographs in Carol M. Highsmith's America Project, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs... More

A few scrubby shrubs survive on this playa in Death Valley National Park

A few scrubby shrubs survive on this playa in Death Valley National Pa...

Picryl description: Public domain image of a dry desert landscape, sand, sky, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Plano de la playa de miel a 10 leguas a sotauento de Pta. Maysi y puerto y pueblo de Baracoa en el qe. serenuen los practicos para enbocar la canal vieja los Navios qe. pasan de[?] Europa para el puerto de la Havana y donde se proveen de carnes y yirutas ella tiene palmas ebanas granadillo /

Plano de la playa de miel a 10 leguas a sotauento de Pta. Maysi y puer...

Depths shown by soundings. Alternate title: Baracoa. Oriented with north toward the lower left. Watermark: Strasburg fleur-de-lis over the characters VDL. Watermark dated ca. 1725. Pen-and-ink and yellow waterc... More