(Left) A firefighter's boot used to collect money from motorists for the "Fill the Boot" campaign for muscular dystrophy which started in 1954. (Center) A Habitat for Humanity belt was used by a volunteer in rebuilding homes in Louisiana after Hurricane Katrina. (Right) Bucket used by Jeanette Senerchia in 2014 launching the viral ALS Ice Bucket Challenge. Courtesy of National Museum of American History hide caption
Cleve Jones speaks outside the Supreme Court in June 2013. Hachette Books hide caption
Big companies, like The Kolache Factory, which is headquartered in Texas, have started to build franchises in other states. Victoria Milko/NPR hide caption
Heavy smog in London's Piccadilly Circus on Dec. 6, 1952, was part of a five-day fog that killed thousands of people. Central Press/Hulton Archive/Getty Images hide caption
Tonya Stands recovers from being pepper sprayed by police after swimming across a creek with other protesters hoping to block construction of the Dakota Access Pipeline, near Cannon Ball, N.D., on November 2. John L. Mone/AP hide caption
Rep. John Lewis views for the first time images and his arrest record for leading a nonviolent sit-in at Nashville's segregated lunch counters in 1963. Rick Diamond/Getty Images hide caption
Minneapolis Institute of Art curator Tom Rassieur stands in a gallery showcasing objects honoring the 500th anniversary of Martin Luther posting his 95 Theses against the Catholic Church. Lisa Burke/Courtesy of Lisa Burke hide caption
Some of the indigenous corn varieties growing in Taylor Keen's backyard. Cherokee White is a kind of sweet corn with white, purple, and yellower kernels that is ground for flour. Green Oaxacan is processed to make hominy and corn meal. Grant Gerlock/Harvest Public Media hide caption
Kansas Secretary of State Kris Kobach supports Donald Trump during a rally in Wichita, Kan. Wichita Eagle/TNS via Getty Images hide caption
In 1876, O.G. Mason, Bellevue's official photographer, took a carefully staged photograph of a blood transfusion in progress. Courtesy of the Lillian and Clarence de la Chapelle Medical Archives at NYU/Doubleday hide caption
HNLMS De Ruyter before it sank in 1942. Netherlands Institute of Military History hide caption
Polls, pundits, politicians and journalists mostly predicted the outcome of this election incorrectly. How did they get it so wrong? Allan Lichtman says the answer to this question gets at what's wrong with politics in America. John Locher/AP hide caption
Younger and older generations at the St. Thomas Syro-Malabar Church in the Bronx grapple with how much of their faith and culture to retain, honor and leave behind. Teresa Mathew hide caption