Robert and John F. Kennedy date Straight from The Times archives

Straight from The Times archives

first woman to fly the Atlantic

3 in the 2017 Times guide

This view of Times Square is looking south from 42nd Street

it's striking to note just how few faces of color were present for such a significant moment in black history

Robert and John F. Kennedy date Straight from The Times archivesPresident John F. Kennedy and his brother Robert F. Kennedy at the White House, May 4, 1961. This image was captured by Times staff photographer George Tames (1919 1994), whose work for nearly half a century changed the way Americans looked at presidents and political power. Tames's photographs chronicled 10 Presidents from Franklin D. Roosevelt to George Bush, countless members of Congress and heads of state, from Winston Churchill to Nikita