
Mickey’s future home
Seventeen years after this 1954 aerial photograph was taken, the Walt Disney World resort opened at this location in Lake Buena Vista, Florida. Today, this landscape...

Not so fast
On May 9, 1862, Gen. David Hunter declared all slaves in Georgia, South Carolina, and Florida “forever free” and authorized them to serve in the U.S. Army....

Temporary home
This 1898 photograph shows troops marching into camp at Tampa, Florida, during the Spanish-American War. Tampa was a staging point for U.S. troops going to Cuba.

U-2 view
This 1962 aerial photograph shows a missile launch site, located in Guanajay, Cuba. The photo alerted the Kennedy administration to the possibility of a Soviet...