Women of the world
1. These women from Cortina d’Ampezzo are conversing in Ladin, an obscure Alpine tongue rarely heard outside their valley. Photograph by B Anthony Stewart, Italy (1930s) 2. Two girls wait at a Singapore tram stop. They look the very picture of Asian sophistication. Photograph by J Baylor Roberts, British Singapore, (c. 1939)
3. Families are displaced by gold miners in Ghana. Photograph by Randy Olson (2009) 4. Welcoming a distinguished passenger in Texas. Photograph by B Anthony Stewart (1938) 5. Two women lean on a National Geographic car. Photograph by Maynard Owen Williams, Denmark (1948)
6. Smartly dressed ladies pass a shepherd on a busy street in Beirut. Photograph by Thomas J Abercrombie, Lebanon (1957) 7. In Alaska, the wife of the photographer holds chunks of congealed lava. Photograph by Winfield Parks (1962)
8. Mothers and daughters wear traditional bonnets on Walcheren Island, the Netherlands. Photograph by Wilhelm Tobien (date unknown) 9. National Geographic Around The World In 125 Years is published by TASCHEN, priced £349 10. After the spring rains, California’s San Joaquin Valley is carpeted with wildflowers. Photograph by B Anthony Stewart, California (1941)
11. Surfboards tower over girls at Waikiki Beach. Photograph by Richard H Stewart, Hawaii (1937) 12. The first issue of National Geographic to be printed on new presses in Chicago. Photograph by B Anthony Stewart and John E Fletcher (1960)National Geographic Around The World In 125 Years is publisheed by TASCHEN priced £349.