NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC: The Past and Future Present

Charles Bittinger, Eclipse of the Sun by the Earth, 1930s

Gouache on paper, 1930s, 23 x 19 in (58.4 x 48.3 cm)

10082

Vittorio Sella, A Cascade of Weathered Ice Spills From the 14 Square Mile Glacier, Karagour Glacier, Caucasus Mountains, Russia, 1910s

Vintage gelatin silver, printed 1920s, 11 x 14 in (27.9 x 35.6 cm)

10064

Ned M. Seidler, Freshwater Pond Life, 1970s

Gouache and watercolor on paper, 1970s, 14 x 35 in (35.6 x 88.9 cm)

10076

Vittorio Sella, Framed in Foliage and Flowers, the River Cascades from Two Plateaus, Buamba, Mobuku River, Uganda, 1910s

Vintage gelatin silver, printed 1920s, 14 x 11 in (35.6 x 27.9 cm)

10069

Thorton Oakley, Liquid Steel Pours From an Electric Furnace, 1940s

Charcoal and gouache on board, 1940s, 40 x 28 1/2 in (101.6 x 72.4 cm)

10057

Washburn-Crosby Company, The Minneapolis Milling District, the Largest U.S. Flour Producer, 1910s

Vintage gelatin silver, printed 1910s, 8 x 10 in (20.3 x 25.4 cm)

10085

David Meltzer, Lunar Excursion Module Prepares to Dock with its Mothership, 1960s

Gouache on paper, 1960s, 22 x 22 in (55.9 x 55.9 cm)

10078

Louis Agassi Fuertes, Wings of a Falcon (Top) and a Goshawk Hawk (Lower), 1920s

ink on paper, mounted, 1920s, 15 x 10 in (38.1 x 25.4 cm)

10083

Roland Reed, Native Americans Paying Tribute, Montana, ca. 1907

Vintage gelatin silver, printed ca. 1907, 11 x 14 in (27.9 x 35.6 cm)

10073

Charles R. Knight, Bison Hunted by Early Americans

Gouache and watercolor on paper, 1940s, 28 x 40 in (71.1 x 101.6 cm)

10061

Louis Agassi Fuertes, Male and Female Goshawk, 1920s

Watercolor, gouache and pencil on board, 1920s, 15 x 10 in (38.1 x 25.4 cm)

10084

Roy Anderson, Tyrannosaurus Rex, 1940s

Gouache on paper, 1930s, 19 x 19 in (48.3 x 48.3 cm)

10081

Richard Hewitt Stewart, Stone Head, La Venta Site, Tabasco, Mexico, 1940

Vintage gelatin silver, printed 1940, 10 x 8 in (25.4 x 20.3 cm)

10071

Else Bostelmann, A Saber-Toothed Viperfish Attacking Young Ocean Sunfish, 1930s

Gouache on paper , 1930s, 13 1/4 x 10 1/4 in (33.7 x 26.0 cm)

10056

Tom Lovell, Referee Watches Greek Wrestlers in Ancient Olympic Games

Oil on board, 1960s, 15 x 30 in (38.1 x 76.2 cm)

10059

Pierre Mion, Habitat in Space, 1970s

Acrylic on board, 1970s, 14 x 17 in (35.6 x 43.2 cm)

10075

Asahel Curtis, A Tourist Truck Drives Through a Forest of Towering Fir Trees, Mount Rainier National Park, Washington State, 1910s

Vintage gelatin silver, printed 1910s, 10 x 8 in (25.4 x 20.3 cm)

10070

Charles R. Knight, The Slow Megatherium was no Match for the Saber Tooth Tiger

Gouache and watercolor on paper, 1940s, 15 x 11 in (38.1 x 27.9 cm)

10066

Thorton Oakley, Cars, Trucks, and Military Vehicles Jam a Dual Highway, 1940s

Charcoal and gouache on board, 1940s, 28 x 40 in (71.1 x 101.6 cm)

10039

Thorton Oakley, Military Transport Trucks Mingle with Heavy Traffic on a Bridge, 1940s

Charcoal and gouache on board, 1940s, 28 x 40 in (71.1 x 101.6 cm)

10060

William Crowder, Aurora Australis near Antarctica, 1940s

Gouache on paper, 1930s, 19 x 13 in (48.3 x 33.0 cm)

10080

Else Bostelmann, A Tailless Eel Worms Deep in the Atlantic., 1930s

Gouache on paper , 1930s, 13 1/4 x 10 1/4 in (33.7 x 26.0 cm)

10051

Louis Agassi Fuertes, Hooded Falcons Perch on a Cadge Before a Hunt, 1920s

Vintage gelatin silver, printed ca, 1920s, 8 x 10 in (20.3 x 25.4 cm)

10058

Ned M. Seidler, Marsh Life, 1970s

Gouache on paper, 1970s, 14 x 35 in (35.6 x 88.9 cm)

10077

Tom Lovell, Abraham's Wife, Sarai, and a Slave Bargain for Cloth in a Marketplace

Oil on board, 1960s, 30 x 30 in (76.2 x 76.2 cm)

10065

Thorton Oakley, A Super Chief Train Speeds Through a Canyon on the Navajo Reservation, 1940s

Watercolor, 1940s, 24 x 40 in (61.0 x 101.6 cm)

10037

Thorton Oakley, Machine Used for Testing the Speed and Pull of Giant Locomotives, 1940s

Charcoal and gouache on board, 1940s, 28 x 40 in (71.1 x 101.6 cm)

10041

W. Langdon Kihn, One Bull, 95 Year-Old Sioux Chief, 1940s

Oil on canvas, 1940s, 30 x 18 in (76.2 x 45.7 cm)

10074

Charles Bittinger, Mars Seen From the Moon, 1930s

Gouache on paper, 1930s, 23 x 19 in (58.4 x 48.3 cm)

10079

Jean-Leon Huens, Sir Frances Drake, Unmanned British Ships with Flammables Explode Among Spanish Ships, 1500s

Gouache on paper, 1970s, 10 1/2 x 6 in (26.7 x 15.2 cm)

10040

A.W. Cutler, Mud Covered Boys After a Swim, Evesham, Worcestershire, England, 1920s

Vintage gelatin silver, printed 1920s, 8 x 10 in (20.3 x 25.4 cm)

10054

Else Bostelmann, Polynesian Swimmers Dive to Pluck Pearl Shells from the Sea Floor, 1930s

Watercolor and goauche on paper, 1930s, 14 x 11 in (35.6 x 27.9 cm)

10053

Thorton Oakley, Men Drive Trucks Loaded with Massive Tree Trunks, 1940s

Charcoal and gouache on board, 1940s, 40 x 30 in (101.6 x 76.2 cm)

10046

Thorton Oakley, Whirling Baskets Separate Sulfa Crystals, 1940s

Charcoal and gouache on board, 1940s, 40 x 28 1/2 in (101.6 x 72.4 cm)

10047

Maynard Owen Williams, A Group of Men Gather Outside a Cafe Along the Waterfront, Patras, Greece, 1930s

Vintage gelatin silver, printed 1930s, 10 x 8 in (25.4 x 20.3 cm)

10048

Maynard Owen Williams, Girls in Summer Attire Hold Cup, Ribbons, and Awards They've Won, Washington, D.C., 1923

Vintage gelatin silver, printed ca. 1923, 10 x 8 in (25.4 x 20.3 cm)

10038

Else Bostelmann, Whalers Attack a Bowhead Whale with Harpoons, 1930s

Watercolor and goauche on paper, 1930s, 14 x 11 in (35.6 x 27.9 cm)

10062