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An informal group portrait of a family with nine sons in Nova Scotia, Canada, March 1916//Photograph by Gilbert H. Grosvenor, National Geographic
Victoria amazonica water lilies can reach 20 feet in circumference and support up to 300 pounds each. Perching children atop the massive leaves was all the rage in water gardens of the time. Salem, North Carolina, c. 1892.
Photograph by Frank Hege, National Geographic