PreviousDays✦THE WIKI
5 MOMENTS · ONE LIVING ARCHIVE

History.
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Every picture opens a door.
Wander through the years, then step into a story.

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THE IMAGE ATLAS

Oldest to newest. Follow the years; watch the world change.

A JOURNEY THROUGH TIME1504 — 1958
The marble head, shoulders and sling-bearing hand of David rise above Renaissance citizens outside Palazzo Vecchio.1500–17991500–1799Public unveiling of Michelangelo’s David in FlorencePublished A tailor's hands hold a riveted brown work-trouser pocket beside copper fasteners, scissors and a leather strap.The 19th centuryThe 19th centuryJacob Davis and Levi Strauss’s riveted-trouser patentPublished Visitors study modern paintings and sculpture in a theatre foyer while musicians perform beyond.1900–19451900–1945The opening of São Paulo’s Modern Art Week in 1922Published Visitors look up at a slender metal tower suspended between steel supports beside the Thames.1946–19991946–1999Skylon greets visitors at the opening of the Festival of BritainPublished An inventor presses colorful studded building bricks together beside a small model house on a wooden workbench.1946–1999LEGO files its stud-and-tube brick patent in DenmarkPublished
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