Here are the photos in the category "First and Last."
The back of the Hoover Dam just before it was submerged and never seen again. [1936] |
View from the top on the opening day of the Empire State Building. [1931] |
The very first Rockefeller Christmas Tree is revealed to the public. [1931] |
Traffic on the Golden Gate Bridge moments after it opened seen from atop one of the arches. [1937] |
Crowds flock to the first World Series Game in New York. [1912] |
The first ever underground train journey. Edgware Road Station, London. [1862] |
Norway receive their first ever shipment of bananas. [1905] |
Three men run in the marathon at the first modern Olympic Games. [1896] |
The last few prisoners of Alcatraz leave as the prison is shut down for good. [1963] |
Race organisers attempt to stop Kathrine Switzer from competing in the Boston Marathon. She became the first woman to finish the race. [1967] |
The last known photo of the Titanic above water. [1912] |
The iceberg that is thought to have sunk the Titanic. Black and red paint is smeared along the side. [1912] |
The traffic jam at the Brandenburg Gate as East and West Germans cross freely on the first Saturday after the fall of the Berlin Wall. [November, 1989] |