Roped together and breathing through oxygen masks, Hillary (left) and Tenzing approach a site at almost 28,000ft (8,534m) where they establish their final camp. The expedition’s photographer, Alf Gregory, turned back at this point, leaving the other two to climb higher than anyone ever had
Famous architects dressed as their buildings, 1931
L-R: A. Stewart Walker (Fuller Building), Leonard Schultze (Waldorf-Astoria), Ely Jacques Kahn (Squibb Building), William Van Alen (Chrysler Building), Ralph Walker (1 Wall Street), D.E.Ward (Metropolitan Tower), Joseph H. Freelander (Museum of New York) (via Retronaut)
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