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B. Anthony Stewart

People sit on the grass at the Temple of Venus and Rome overlooking the Colosseum in Rome, Italy. The image was taken for a story in the April 1957 issue on the historic yet modern city.

In this picture from the December 1953 issue, women compete in a curling match in Ontario, while wearing coordinating tartan outfits. Each curling stone is made up of 44 pounds of granite.

A reproduction of the Mayflower sails into New York Harbour in July of 1957, escorted by boats and a blimp. The ship was constructed in England and sailed across the Atlantic Ocean, now residing permanently in Plymouth, Massachusetts.

A lighthouse overlooks Pemaquid Point, Maine. Built in 1827, the lighthouse was home to 11 keepers over more than a hundred years before being automated in 1934.

This picture from the December 1960 issue shows the September 1960 issue being printed at a facility in Chicago. That year, the National Geographic Society transferred the printing process from Washington, D.C., to Chicago, bringing new depth and vividness to the photography readers knew and loved.

This cottage in Alloway, Scotland, was the birthplace of poet Robert Burns. Considered the national poet of Scotland, Burns is arguably most famous for the poem "Auld Lang Syne," which is often sung on New Year's Eve.

The December 1955 issue featured a personal essay by Louise Parker La Gorce, detailing her Christmas tradition of baking dozens of cookies with which to decorate the family's tree. Here, she uses hairpins to create whiskers on a cookie cat.

In this 1947 image, a woman examines a selection of colorful gloves. Popular for centuries as a status symbol, leisure gloves finally met their downfall in the latter half of the 20th century. In the COVID-19 era, errand gloves may indicate renewed interest in germ-protecting hand coverings.

A story in the November 1959 issue examined the communities off California's famous Highway 1. One stop was a famous nursery specialising in begonias, which travellers often stopped to admire.

In 1961, every member of the National Geographic Society could order a specially made globe-- and more than 120,000 people did. This photo shows part of the production process-- gluing together the northern and southern hemispheres by hand.