Figures From History Who Lived Long Enough To Be Photographed

Calamity Jane

Calamity Jane, a frontierswoman, was born in 1852 and has been the subject of several legends from the days of the Wild West. Indeed, there are so many legends surrounding her life that it’s still uncertain what’s true! This photograph was taken in the 1880s.

Calamity Jane

Marie Curie

Marie Curie was an 1867-born Polish physicist and chemist. She was the first woman to get a Nobel Prize and the first woman to receive it twice. She was photographed in 1900.

Marie Curie