This eider duck decoy was carved in 1910 and was still in use by the artist-hunter seven decades later. The picture appeared in a November 1983 story about the folk art of hand-carved duck decoys.
PHOTOGRAPH BY KENNETH GARRETT, NAT GEO IMAGE COLLECTION
Grunions are a unique fish native to southern and Baja California, known for laying their eggs on land. This photo from the May 1969 issue shows people scrambling to catch the fish with their bare hands, as the California law required.
PHOTOGRAPH BY ROBERT SISSON, NAT GEO IMAGE COLLECTION
A story in the October 1990 issue depicts the colorful lives within Cajun country in Louisiana. Here, a car waits to join the parade line at the annual Louisiana Sugar Cane Festival in New Iberia.
PHOTOGRAPH BY WILLIAM ALBERT ALLARD, NAT GEO IMAGE COLLECTION
Father and son enjoy a game of baseball in their yard. This photo was part of a spread in August 1973 that covered the life and longevity of the Great Lakes.
PHOTOGRAPH BY MARTIN ROGERS, NAT GEO IMAGE COLLECTION
Before Jim Inhofe was a US Senator for Oklahoma, he was the mayor of Tulsa from 1978-1984. While writing the September 1983 story, writer Robert Paul Jordan got a private ride from the pilot-mayor himself.
PHOTOGRAPH BY ANNIE GRIFFITHS, NAT GEO IMAGE COLLECTION
National Geographic photographer Jean Shor picnics with an American family while overlooking the Parthenon in Athens, Greece. Jean and Franc Shor wrote and photographed this story together, detailing a journey from Athens to Istanbul. It was published in January 1956.
PHOTOGRAPH BY FRANC & JEAN SHOR, NAT GEO IMAGE COLLECTION
A story in the June 1994 issue detailed the life cycle and many uses of cotton. Here, a paper maker takes waste from worn denim and uses it to dye paper.
PHOTOGRAPH BY CARY WOLINSKY, NAT GEO IMAGE COLLECTION
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