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In the 1940s, Volkmar Wentzel went on assignment with the only direction being “Do India.” He spent 2 years filming, photographing, and exploring the country and used an old WWII ambulance as his mobile darkroom. – Sara Manco

Staff photographer Volkmar K. Wentzel was largely responsible for the Society’s photo archive as it is today. He preserved and archived film, glass plates, prints, etc., which were often destroyed due to deterioration or attempts to make space. – Kendall Crumpler

The same year as the Society’s founding: Jack the Ripper terrorized London, Vincent van Gogh severed his left ear, and George Eastman unveiled his “Kodak” camera. There were 38 states, but no electric lights in US President Grover Cleveland’s White House residence. – Michael Fry

Staff photographer, Luis Marden, discovered 2 new species of flora and fauna, which were named after him: an orchid from Brazil (Epistephium mardeni) and a sea flea (Dolobrotus mardeni) while doing a story on the American lobster. – Karen Cerka

In the early years, membership was small and local enough that each year NGS sponsored a members’ field trip. A few examples were Brandywine Valley (1901), Annapolis, MD (1903), and Luray Caverns, VA (1906). – Renee Braden

Composer Elmer Bernstein wrote the famous National Geographic TV theme in 1965 for Voyage of the Brigantine Yankee, even though it was first used on-air in Americans On Everest. (He also scored The Ten Commandments, Ghostbusters, & more.) – Maggie Turqman youtu.be/pIpGs8tAAu0?t=39

This clip of an NGS baseball game in the early 1930s shows how staff socialized! The teams were Main HQ vs. the Annex, which at the time was located in Eckington on the corner of 3rd & Randolph St. NE. – Tiana Trutna youtube.com/watch?v=y0Lkzbkz…