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More than a Century National Geographic Photos

National Geographic has been the leading publication in all things Nature, wild and interesting human culture for over a century. The august institution that has taught so many of us about the world, nature and about all living creatures, has released a slew of fantastic photos from all the years it has been going. These golden nuggets of history and beauty give us a little glimpse into what it means to have taken the best photos in the world for over 100 years.

125 years of national geographic
Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, 1931. Clergymen pose in ceremonial attire outside of a cathedral. 

125 years of national geographic
Gobi Desert, 1933. A camel caravan carries supplies for a scientific expedition. 
 
125 years of national geographic
Captive chimpanzee Jou Jou, reaches out its hand to Dr. Jane Goodall. 

125 years of national geographic
Children play outside a Hudson Bay Company store in Ontario, Canada, 1963. 

125 years of national geographic
Rainbow floodlights illuminate the thundering Niagra Falls, New York, November 1956. 

125 years of national geographic
Argentine gauchos race across a lake near Beron de Astrada, November 1980. 

125 years of national geographic
Canada, 2004.  A polar bear travels submerged, a tactic often used to surprise prey. 

125 years of national geographic
1996, South Africa. A lion pushes through a dust storm in Kalahari Gemsbok National Park, South Africa.  

125 years of national geographic
1991. Kuwait. Under the black clouds of burning oil fields during the Gulf War, camels forage desperately for shrubs and water in southern Kuwait. 

125 years of national geographic
2011, Uganda. A lion climbs a tree to sleep in Uganda’s Queen Elizabeth Park. 

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England, 1966. Irish Guards remain at attention after one guardsman faints in London.

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Chicago, 1967. A railway encircles thirty-five blocks of shops, offices, and hotels. 

125 years of national geographic
Surrey, England, 1927. Charles Lindbergh pays a visit to crowds in Surrey, England in his monoplane dubbed the ‘Spirit of St. Louis,’ 

125 years of national geographic
Mosul, Iraq, 1920.  An ancient Roman bridge spans the Wadi al Murr. 

125 years of national geographic
Chicago, 1936. A view of the historic La Salle Street train station. 

125 years of national geographic
Washington, 1963. Hikers stand near the top of a natural rock bridge on Mt. Rainier. 

125 years of national geographic
Elephants performing the long mount signal the end of the show, 1972. 

125 years of national geographic
New York City, 1964. Verdi’s opera Aida enthralls a packed house 

125 years of national geographic
Iowa, 1939. A blue ribbon winner at a horse show in Wateloo. 

125 years of national geographic
A New York Central Mercury train is dwarfed by Cleveland’s Union Station, 1936. 

125 years of national geographic
Connecticut, 1952. A submarine trainee and instructor rise to the surface of a training tank.

125 years of national geographic
Portrait of an Ojibway, or Chippewa Indian girl in 1907. 

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Emperor penguin chicks huddle for warmth with other chicks and adults in Antartica, September 1963. 

125 years of national geographic
People punt on and relax beside the Cam River in Cambridge, England, April 1946.
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