National Geographic Found Photo Collection

Found is a new photo collection from the National Geographic archives. These photographs reveal the culture and moments of the past. Many of the photographs have never been released before and are rarely seen by the public. Now that these photos have been made available to a wider audience, they can take on new life. Their beauty has been lost to the outside world, and many of the photographs have no original date or location. This is just the beginning of a great journey.

(Total 25 photos)

1. A student at the Bezalel School of Arts and Crafts in Jerusalem, 1927. (PHOTOGRAPH BY MAYNARD OWEN WILLIAMS)

2. On a mission in Denmark, 1947. (PHOTOGRAPH BY MAYNARD OWEN WILLIAMS)

3. Taj Mahal on the Jumna River, 1923 (PHOTOGRAPH BY JULES GERVAIS COURTELLEMONT)

4. A girl feeds her pet bear in Riggins, Idaho. (PHOTOGRAPH BY MAYNARD OWEN WILLIAMS)

5. Members of the club on the ocean under decorative umbrellas, 1930. (PHOTOGRAPH BY CLIFTON R. ADAMS)

6. Members of the Youth Organization of Thessaloniki imitate the Battle of Macedonia in December 1930. (PHOTOGRAPH BY MAYNARD OWEN WILLIAMS)

7. An animal trainer carries a 136-pound lion in the circus arena in Moscow, March 1966. (PHOTOGRAPH BY DEAN CONGER)

8. Starfish among black algae at low tide in British Columbia in August 1981. (PHOTOGRAPH BY SAM ABELL)

9. Reading the news in France. (PHOTOGRAPH BY MAYNARD OWEN WILLIAMS)

10. A female worker helps separate wires on a large generator in Czechoslovakia, February 1968. (PHOTOGRAPH BY JAMES P. BLAIR)

11. A group of dancers perform at Mississippi State College for Women, 1937. (PHOTOGRAPH BY J. BAYLOR ROBERTS)

12. Portrait of a miner in Omar, West Virginia, 1938. (PHOTOGRAPH BY B. ANTHONY STEWART)

13. Pilgrims bathe in the 48-meter Kadil Dhara waterfall in India. November, 1988. (PHOTOGRAPH BY JAMES P. BLAIR)

14. Auto-cinema with a screen 16 m wide in Alexandria, Virginia, December 1941. (PHOTOGRAPH BY J. BAYLOR ROBERTS)

15. Teenagers have fun on the great white sand dunes in New Mexico, 1957. (PHOTOGRAPH BY J. BAYLOR ROBERTS)

16. Sudanese woman, 1920. (PHOTOGRAPH BY KODAK LTD)

17. Indian film crew on the set of the wedding scene at the Famous Studios in Bombay, March 1948. (PHOTOGRAPH BY VOLKMAR K. WENTZEL)

18. Girl on an ostrich in South Africa, August 1942. (PHOTOGRAPH BY W. ROBERT MOORE)

19. Former soldiers learn to decorate cakes on vacation in Puerto Rico, April 1951. (PHOTOGRAPH BY JUSTIN LOCKE)

20. Ghat on the banks of the Ganges River in India, 1923. (PHOTOGRAPH BY JULES GERVAIS COURTELLEMONT)

21. Beni Sakhr Bedouins await the arrival of their king in Jordan, December 1964. (PHOTOGRAPH BY LUIS MARDEN)

22. A female driver participates in a dog sled race in Nome, Alaska, March 1919. (PHOTOGRAPH BY THOMAS A. ROSS)

23. Girl in a Texas straw hat, October 1939. (PHOTOGRAPH BY LUIS MARDEN)

24. Milkman and his terrier in the back of a truck. May 1948. (PHOTOGRAPH BY MELVILLE B. GROSVENOR)

25. Wooden boats with a red sail on the Turag River in Bangladesh. September 1972. (PHOTOGRAPH BY DICK DURRANCE II)