Historical Documents

Manuscript of the Platt Amendment
Platt Amendment
ERA 7: The Emergence of Modern America (1890–1930)
Radio City
Alfred Hitchcock at Radio City Music Hall
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
LULAC Logo
League of United Latin American Citizens (LULAC)
ERA 7: The Emergence of Modern America (1890–1930), ERA 8: The Great Depression and World War II (1929–1945)
Sailor Wounds Pageant Spectator Disrespectful to Flag
Sailor Wounds Pageant Spectator Disrespectful to Flag
ERA 7: The Emergence of Modern America (1890–1930)
Photo of the 1921 Supreme Court
Balzac v. Porto Rico
ERA 7: The Emergence of Modern America (1890–1930)
Emma Goldman's deportation photo, 1919.
Emma Goldman's Deportation
ERA 7: The Emergence of Modern America (1890–1930)
Newspaper image
Old Style Parents and New Style Sons
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
Jovita Idar, shown in this picture, and her family helped organize this event
Meeting of the Mexicanist Congress
ERA 7: The Emergence of Modern America (1890–1930)
“Now for a Round-Up” by W.A. Rogers. This political cartoon was published in the New York Post following the passing of the 1901 Sedition Act, an updated revival of the original law that targeted Filipinos, Latin Americans, and union organizers.
Sedition Act of 1918
ERA 7: The Emergence of Modern America (1890–1930)
Newspaper Headline Announcing Amendment
18th Amendment
ERA 7: The Emergence of Modern America (1890–1930)
A Winter Walk
"A Winter Walk" Essay
ERA 6: The Development of the Industrial United States (1870-1900), 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
Plessy v. Ferguson decided judgement
Plessy v. Ferguson 1896
ERA 7: The Emergence of Modern America (1890–1930)
Address Before the Southern Commercial Congress in Mobile, Alabama
ERA 7: The Emergence of Modern America (1890–1930)

Articles

100 Years Ago: The World’s First Airplane Fatality (Fall 2008 | Volume: 58, Issue: 5)
ERA 7: The Emergence of Modern America (1890–1930)
Funny, Like Us (May/June 1988 | Volume: 39, Issue: 4)
ERA 7: The Emergence of Modern America (1890–1930)
Feeding Russia (February/March 1992 | Volume: 43, Issue: 1)
ERA 7: The Emergence of Modern America (1890–1930)
The Man Who Can Scare Stephen King (December 1995 | Volume: 46, Issue: 8)
ERA 7: The Emergence of Modern America (1890–1930)
The World’s First DJ (November/December 2006 | Volume: 57, Issue: 6)
ERA 7: The Emergence of Modern America (1890–1930)
A Few Excellent Books on Business (November/December 2004 | Volume: 55, Issue: 6)
ERA 7: The Emergence of Modern America (1890–1930)
Rescue Squad (May/June 1996 | Volume: 47, Issue: 3)
ERA 7: The Emergence of Modern America (1890–1930)
The Birth of the Western Pulp Novel (April/May 2002 | Volume: 53, Issue: 2)
ERA 7: The Emergence of Modern America (1890–1930)
A Few Great Books on Sports (November/December 2004 | Volume: 55, Issue: 6)
ERA 7: The Emergence of Modern America (1890–1930)
A Black American in the Paris Salon (February/March 1991 | Volume: 42, Issue: 1)
ERA 7: The Emergence of Modern America (1890–1930)
The McKinley-Era Mega-merger (May/June 1996 | Volume: 47, Issue: 3)
ERA 7: The Emergence of Modern America (1890–1930)
Does This Happen Often? (May/June 1993 | Volume: 44, Issue: 3)
ERA 7: The Emergence of Modern America (1890–1930)
TR Invites Booker T. Washington to the White House (October 2001 | Volume: 52, Issue: 7)
ERA 7: The Emergence of Modern America (1890–1930)
The Actors’ Revolt (September 1996 | Volume: 47, Issue: 5)
ERA 7: The Emergence of Modern America (1890–1930)
The Day The Civil War Ended (June/July 1978 | Volume: 29, Issue: 4)
ERA 7: The Emergence of Modern America (1890–1930)
Thomason U.S.M.C. (November 1993 | Volume: 44, Issue: 7)
ERA 7: The Emergence of Modern America (1890–1930)
The Old Front Line (November 1993 | Volume: 44, Issue: 7)
ERA 7: The Emergence of Modern America (1890–1930)
Those Magnificent Men: 100 Years Of Naval Aviation (Winter 2011 | Volume: 60, Issue: 4)
ERA 7: The Emergence of Modern America (1890–1930)
The Gospel According to Eve (September 1998 | Volume: 49, Issue: 5)
ERA 7: The Emergence of Modern America (1890–1930)
The Calumet Tragedy (April/May 1986 | Volume: 37, Issue: 3)
ERA 7: The Emergence of Modern America (1890–1930)
A Boy From Tampico: Ronald Reagan (Winter 2011 | Volume: 60, Issue: 4)
ERA 7: The Emergence of Modern America (1890–1930)
Full Service at Reighard's Since 1909 (April 2000 | Volume: 51, Issue: 2)
ERA 7: The Emergence of Modern America (1890–1930)
The Spanish Flu Strikes (Spring 2020 | Volume: 65, Issue: 2)
ERA 7: The Emergence of Modern America (1890–1930)
Keep Those Chinese and Other Asians Out of America! (November/December 2001 | Volume: 52, Issue: 8)
ERA 7: The Emergence of Modern America (1890–1930)
Judge Lindsey, the Kids’ Judge (February/March 1997 | Volume: 48, Issue: 1)
ERA 7: The Emergence of Modern America (1890–1930)
Ida B. Wells Marches for Justice (September 2020 | Volume: 65, Issue: 5)
ERA 7: The Emergence of Modern America (1890–1930)
The Wilsonian Century (Fall 2024 | Volume: 69, Issue: 4)
ERA 7: The Emergence of Modern America (1890–1930)
Nanny’s Ride (June/July 2004 | Volume: 55, Issue: 3)
ERA 7: The Emergence of Modern America (1890–1930)
America’s Junction (November 1988 | Volume: 39, Issue: 7)
ERA 7: The Emergence of Modern America (1890–1930)
Queen Marie (October 1994 | Volume: 45, Issue: 6)
ERA 7: The Emergence of Modern America (1890–1930)
The Heartbreaking Loss of Lt. Quentin Roosevelt (Fall 2018 - World War I Special Issue | Volume: 63, Issue: 3)
ERA 7: The Emergence of Modern America (1890–1930)
A Sargent Portrait (October/November 1986 | Volume: 37, Issue: 6)
ERA 7: The Emergence of Modern America (1890–1930)
Finding a Lost World (October/November 1986 | Volume: 37, Issue: 6)
ERA 7: The Emergence of Modern America (1890–1930)
The Meaning of 1918 (Fall 2018 - World War I Special Issue | Volume: 63, Issue: 3)
ERA 7: The Emergence of Modern America (1890–1930)
Herbert Hoover Recalls the Ordeal of Woodrow Wilson (Fall 2018 - World War I Special Issue | Volume: 63, Issue: 3)
ERA 7: The Emergence of Modern America (1890–1930)

Historical Images

Immigrant Children, Ellis Island, New York
Immigrant Children, Ellis Island, New York
ERA 7: The Emergence of Modern America (1890–1930)
istribution of College Enrollment and High School Completion Among 18- and 19-Year-Olds: 1967 to 2022
Distribution of College Enrollment and High School Completion Among 18- and 19-Year-Olds: 1967 to 2022
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