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Willard Culver

A story in the February 1940 issue documented the production of and many uses for rubber. Here, a factory worker in Ravenna, Ohio, stamps a Mickey Mouse face on balloons.

In this photo from 1935, National Geographic's first chief of the Cartographic Division, Albert H. Bumstead (standing), checks details on an atlas while other staff members operate a photo-typesetter that Bumstead invented. The Cartographic Division has innovated mapmaking for more than a century.

In this photo from 1935, National Geographic's first chief of the Cartographic Division, Albert H. Bumstead (standing), checks details on an atlas while other staff members operate a photo-typesetter that Bumstead invented. The Cartographic Division has innovated mapmaking for more than a century.

A Zenith Electronics worker in Illinois assembles a television set in this image from the December 1953 issue. Zenith Electronics produced American-made TVs and radios until the 1990s, when it was purchased by LG.

A Zenith Electronics worker in Illinois assembles a television set in this image from the December 1953 issue. Zenith Electronics produced American-made TVs and radios until the 1990s, when it was purchased by LG.

A champion chinchilla Persian rests near a stack of books “like a lordly little lion” in Bloomsberg, Pennsylvania.

A pair of Siamese cats huddle together for a photo in Newton, Massachusetts.

“You can throw me on the table, but just try to put me on the shelf!” Eddy captioned this image of a champion red Persian in the 1938 National Geographic magazine article.

Three tailless Manx cats play on furniture in Washington, D.C.

A Burmese cat poses in Cambridge, Massachusetts. At the time, Elmer was one of the only Burmese cats in the eastern U.S.