Historical Images

Historical photograph of the assassination of President Garfield
ERA 6: The Development of the Industrial United States (1870-1900)
Cartoon
ERA 5: Civil War and Reconstruction (1850-1877)
The Big Stick in the Caribbean Sea Cartoon
ERA 7: The Emergence of Modern America (1890–1930)
March on Washington
ERA 9: Postwar United States (1945 to early 1970's)
Shay's Rebellion Illustration
ERA 3: Revolution and the New Nation (1754–1820s)
Map
ERA 3: Revolution and the New Nation (1754–1820s)
Cartoon
ERA 3: Revolution and the New Nation (1754–1820s), ERA 6: The Development of the Industrial United States (1870-1900)
Lincoln cartoon
ERA 5: Civil War and Reconstruction (1850-1877)
Sir, I Think I Figured Out What the Clinton Legacy Is…
ERA 10: Contemporary United States (1968 to the present)

Historical Documents

The Alien and Sedition Act
ERA 3: Revolution and the New Nation (1754–1820s)
Picture of the Proclamation
ERA 10: Contemporary United States (1968 to the present)
ERA 5: Civil War and Reconstruction (1850-1877)
Theodore Roosevelt mountain climbing in the West, 1880
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
Adams Letter
ERA 3: Revolution and the New Nation (1754–1820s)
Stamp Act
ERA 3: Revolution and the New Nation (1754–1820s)
“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.
ERA 7: The Emergence of Modern America (1890–1930)
Rail Splitter
ERA 5: Civil War and Reconstruction (1850-1877)
Children from different ethnic background pledging allegiance to the U.S. flag
ERA 10: Contemporary United States (1968 to the present)
Cover of Life Magazine 1913
ERA 5: Civil War and Reconstruction (1850-1877)
ERA 5: Civil War and Reconstruction (1850-1877)
James Warren
ERA 3: Revolution and the New Nation (1754–1820s)
ERA 9: Postwar United States (1945 to early 1970's)
SVREP logo
ERA 9: Postwar United States (1945 to early 1970's), ERA 10: Contemporary United States (1968 to the present)
Protestors at the Supreme Court
ERA 3: Revolution and the New Nation (1754–1820s), ERA 10: Contemporary United States (1968 to the present)
Sailor Wounds Pageant Spectator Disrespectful to Flag
ERA 7: The Emergence of Modern America (1890–1930)
Statement by Frank E. Gannett
ERA 8: The Great Depression and World War II (1929–1945)
Adams Letter
ERA 4: Expansion and Reform (1801-1861)
Photo of the 1921 Supreme Court
ERA 7: The Emergence of Modern America (1890–1930)
John Paul Stevens, the author of the majority opinion
ERA 10: Contemporary United States (1968 to the present)
Nixon’s "Checkers" Speech
ERA 9: Postwar United States (1945 to early 1970's), Metahistory & Historiography, Multiple Eras
ERA 10: Contemporary United States (1968 to the present)
President Reagan signing the Immigration Reform and Control Act
ERA 10: Contemporary United States (1968 to the present)
National Chicano Moratorium sign
ERA 9: Postwar United States (1945 to early 1970's), ERA 10: Contemporary United States (1968 to the present)
Marbury v. Madison
ERA 3: Revolution and the New Nation (1754–1820s), ERA 4: Expansion and Reform (1801-1861)
Newspaper documenting the court case
ERA 6: The Development of the Industrial United States (1870-1900), ERA 7: The Emergence of Modern America (1890–1930)
ERA 6: The Development of the Industrial United States (1870-1900), ERA 10: Contemporary United States (1968 to the present)
1901 Supreme Court
ERA 7: The Emergence of Modern America (1890–1930)
In this isolated mountainous Spanish American community in Ojo Sarco, New Mexico, a one-room school serves students across eight grades with just two teachers. These teachers work with minimal equipment, relying on the blackboard to teach the alphabet, penmanship, and grammar.
ERA 9: Postwar United States (1945 to early 1970's), ERA 10: Contemporary United States (1968 to the present)
Rachel Carson
ERA 9: Postwar United States (1945 to early 1970's), ERA 10: Contemporary United States (1968 to the present), Multiple Eras
Emma Goldman's deportation photo, 1919.
ERA 7: The Emergence of Modern America (1890–1930)
Charles Guiteau to William T. Sherman
ERA 6: The Development of the Industrial United States (1870-1900)
ERA 3: Revolution and the New Nation (1754–1820s), ERA 8: The Great Depression and World War II (1929–1945)
ERA 3: Revolution and the New Nation (1754–1820s), ERA 10: Contemporary United States (1968 to the present)
Pro-DACA Protestors
ERA 10: Contemporary United States (1968 to the present)

Collections

Assassination of James Garfield
ERA 6: The Development of the Industrial United States (1870-1900), ERA 7: The Emergence of Modern America (1890–1930)
Emigrants crossing the plains, by F.O.C. Darley
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
Susan B. Anthony
ERA 5: Civil War and Reconstruction (1850-1877)
Kennedy at his desk
ERA 9: Postwar United States (1945 to early 1970's), ERA 10: Contemporary United States (1968 to the present), Metahistory & Historiography, Multiple Eras