Historical Documents

Hitchcock Scene
ERA 7: The Emergence of Modern America (1890–1930), ERA 8: The Great Depression and World War II (1929–1945), ERA 9: Postwar United States (1945 to early 1970's), ERA 10: Contemporary United States (1968 to the present), Multiple Eras
ERA 5: Civil War and Reconstruction (1850-1877)
Custer's Last Charge
ERA 5: Civil War and Reconstruction (1850-1877)
Liberator
ERA 4: Expansion and Reform (1801-1861)
Photo of the 1921 Supreme Court
ERA 7: The Emergence of Modern America (1890–1930)
Picture of Ernesto Miranda
ERA 9: Postwar United States (1945 to early 1970's)
Caroline Churchill
ERA 3: Revolution and the New Nation (1754–1820s), ERA 4: Expansion and Reform (1801-1861), ERA 5: Civil War and Reconstruction (1850-1877), ERA 6: The Development of the Industrial United States (1870-1900)
Grand Opening, 1995. Rock and Roll Hall of Fame
ERA 7: The Emergence of Modern America (1890–1930), ERA 8: The Great Depression and World War II (1929–1945), ERA 9: Postwar United States (1945 to early 1970's), ERA 10: Contemporary United States (1968 to the present)
Signing the Magna Carta
ERA 3: Revolution and the New Nation (1754–1820s)
work at Jamestown
ERA 2: Colonialism and Settlement (1585–1763)
Page 1. of the Emancipation Act D.C.
ERA 5: Civil War and Reconstruction (1850-1877)
The U.S. Constitution
ERA 3: Revolution and the New Nation (1754–1820s)
Plessy v. Ferguson decided judgement
ERA 7: The Emergence of Modern America (1890–1930)
Alliance for Progress Postage
ERA 9: Postwar United States (1945 to early 1970's)
Philip Frenau
ERA 3: Revolution and the New Nation (1754–1820s)
Supports of the Dream Act holding a Banner
ERA 10: Contemporary United States (1968 to the present)
Picture of Mexican American students protesting
ERA 10: Contemporary United States (1968 to the present), ERA 9: Postwar United States (1945 to early 1970's)
George Mason
ERA 3: Revolution and the New Nation (1754–1820s)
James Warren
ERA 3: Revolution and the New Nation (1754–1820s)
The Boston Tea Party, which led to the passage of the Intolerable Acts
ERA 3: Revolution and the New Nation (1754–1820s)
Original Document of the Kansas-Nebraska Act
ERA 5: Civil War and Reconstruction (1850-1877)
ERA 7: The Emergence of Modern America (1890–1930)
Original document of the enrolled acts and resolutions of Congress pertaining to the Civil Rights Act
ERA 9: Postwar United States (1945 to early 1970's)
ERA 4: Expansion and Reform (1801-1861)
Dead Soldiers at Gettysburg
ERA 5: Civil War and Reconstruction (1850-1877)
Tom McLaury, Frank McLaury and Billy Clanton (left to right) lie dead after the gunfight.
ERA 5: Civil War and Reconstruction (1850-1877)
ERA 9: Postwar United States (1945 to early 1970's)
ERA 9: Postwar United States (1945 to early 1970's)
ERA 9: Postwar United States (1945 to early 1970's)
ERA 7: The Emergence of Modern America (1890–1930)
ERA 9: Postwar United States (1945 to early 1970's)
George Putnam’s response to Commander Weems
ERA 8: The Great Depression and World War II (1929–1945)
Image of the first page of Declaration of Independance
ERA 3: Revolution and the New Nation (1754–1820s)
President Thomas Jefferson
ERA 3: Revolution and the New Nation (1754–1820s)
Molefi Kete Asante
ERA 4: Expansion and Reform (1801-1861), ERA 10: Contemporary United States (1968 to the present)
ERA 9: Postwar United States (1945 to early 1970's)
ERA 3: Revolution and the New Nation (1754–1820s), ERA 10: Contemporary United States (1968 to the present)
Picture of Cesar Chavez
ERA 10: Contemporary United States (1968 to the present)
ERA 9: Postwar United States (1945 to early 1970's)
ERA 9: Postwar United States (1945 to early 1970's)
Banner calling for the U.S. Navy to leave Vieques
ERA 10: Contemporary United States (1968 to the present)
ERA 10: Contemporary United States (1968 to the present), Multiple Eras
Abigail Adams
ERA 4: Expansion and Reform (1801-1861)
ERA 7: The Emergence of Modern America (1890–1930)
Calvin Coolidge and group of Native Americans at the White House, 1924. Library of Congress
ERA 7: The Emergence of Modern America (1890–1930)
ERA 4: Expansion and Reform (1801-1861)