[Man climbs 85-foot ladder to secure torch on the plastic Statue of Liberty erected at Times Square for the Sixth War Loan Drive, New York]

[Burlesque dancer entertaining servicemen and other patrons while balancing a glass on her head, Leon & Eddie's Nightclub, 52nd Street, New York]

[Emmett Kelly as Weary Willie, Ringling Brothers and Barnum & Bailey Circus, Madison Square Garden, New York]

[Emmett Kelly as Weary Willie, Ringling Brothers and Barnum & Bailey Circus, Madison Square Garden, New York]

[Emmett Kelly as Weary Willie, Ringling Brothers and Barnum & Bailey Circus, Madison Square Garden, New York]

[Emmett Kelly as Weary Willie, Ringling Brothers and Barnum & Bailey Circus, Madison Square Garden, New York]

[Harry S. Truman and John F. Kennedy at a dinner for Eleanor Roosevelt's 75th birthday, New York]

[Exhibition poster for Close to Home: Bea Nettles, RIT Photography Gallery, Rochester Institute of Technology, New York]