It is amazing how some great moments in history were captured by photographers who happened to be in the right place at the right time. Many of those memorable events from The New York Times Photo Archives will be on display, January 22-March 21, in an exhibit called Great Moments in Time at the Kern County Museum, 3801 Chester Avenue in Bakersfield.

"How many photos are we talking about," asked museum Curator Jeff Nickell. "Well, let me just say they arrived in four 200 pound crates."

Among the treasures in those crates are Alexander Gardner's famous 1862 photograph of Abraham Lincoln visiting the Antietam battle site during the Civil War. Prominently displayed will be Jesse Owens' immortal sprint to gold at the 1936 Olympics; candid shots of Presidents John F. Kennedy, Lyndon Johnson and Ronald Reagan; the Wright Brothers historic 1903 first flight; the 1937 explosion of the Hindenburg; the 1963 Civil Rights March and Cesar Chavez' 1969 UFW demonstration. More