Historical Images

Sun Record Studios
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)
Nurses Being Instructed on the Use of Respirator for a Polio Patient
ERA 9: Postwar United States (1945 to early 1970's)
Emancipation by Thomas Nast
ERA 5: Civil War and Reconstruction (1850-1877)
John Smith's Map of Virginia
ERA 2: Colonialism and Settlement (1585–1763)
Political Cartoon
ERA 5: Civil War and Reconstruction (1850-1877)
Earhart's flight started in Oakland, California and made it all the way to Darwin, Australia. She was only 3 stops away from returning to Oakland when she disappeared.
ERA 8: The Great Depression and World War II (1929–1945)
The Cuban Melodrama cartoon
ERA 6: The Development of the Industrial United States (1870-1900), ERA 7: The Emergence of Modern America (1890–1930)
Cartoon
ERA 3: Revolution and the New Nation (1754–1820s), ERA 6: The Development of the Industrial United States (1870-1900)
President John Adams
ERA 3: Revolution and the New Nation (1754–1820s)
Uncle Sam's New Class in the Art of Self-Government cartoon
ERA 6: The Development of the Industrial United States (1870-1900), ERA 7: The Emergence of Modern America (1890–1930)
Join, Or Die Cartoon
ERA 3: Revolution and the New Nation (1754–1820s)
Towner School Bus Photograph
ERA 8: The Great Depression and World War II (1929–1945)
Harvest of Death
ERA 5: Civil War and Reconstruction (1850-1877)
HMS Jersey
ERA 3: Revolution and the New Nation (1754–1820s)
The Woman Who Dared
ERA 5: Civil War and Reconstruction (1850-1877)
Three Pronged Movements in the Sioux Expedition of 1876
ERA 5: Civil War and Reconstruction (1850-1877)
James Buchanan surrounded by criminal quoting the Ostend Manifesto
ERA 4: Expansion and Reform (1801-1861), ERA 5: Civil War and Reconstruction (1850-1877)
Historical photograph of the assassination of President Garfield
ERA 6: The Development of the Industrial United States (1870-1900)
Photograph of Peter, a formerly enslaved man
ERA 5: Civil War and Reconstruction (1850-1877)
George Armstrong Custer
ERA 5: Civil War and Reconstruction (1850-1877)
Call for Black Homesteaders to Leave for Kansas
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)
Women's Suffrage Map
ERA 5: Civil War and Reconstruction (1850-1877), ERA 7: The Emergence of Modern America (1890–1930)
William Sherman
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)
HMS Jersey
ERA 3: Revolution and the New Nation (1754–1820s)
Political Cartoon
ERA 5: Civil War and Reconstruction (1850-1877)
Routes Traveled
ERA 3: Revolution and the New Nation (1754–1820s)
Shay's Rebellion Illustration
ERA 3: Revolution and the New Nation (1754–1820s)
Columbus
ERA 1: Three Worlds Meet (Beginnings to 1620)
Map of the Indian Tribes of North America
ERA 4: Expansion and Reform (1801-1861), ERA 6: The Development of the Industrial United States (1870-1900)
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ERA 1: Three Worlds Meet (Beginnings to 1620)
Many Faces of Polio
ERA 9: Postwar United States (1945 to early 1970's)
Amelia Earhart Signed Photograph
ERA 8: The Great Depression and World War II (1929–1945)
A Group of Immigrants Outside a Building on Ellis Island
ERA 7: The Emergence of Modern America (1890–1930)
Columbus image
ERA 1: Three Worlds Meet (Beginnings to 1620), ERA 6: The Development of the Industrial United States (1870-1900)
Immigrant Children, Ellis Island, New York
ERA 7: The Emergence of Modern America (1890–1930)
Sugarhouse Prison
ERA 3: Revolution and the New Nation (1754–1820s)
The Bostonians Paying the Excise Man, or Tarring and Feathering
ERA 3: Revolution and the New Nation (1754–1820s)
General Custer's death struggle. The battle of the Little Big Horn
ERA 6: The Development of the Industrial United States (1870-1900)
Map
ERA 3: Revolution and the New Nation (1754–1820s)
Political Cartoon
ERA 3: Revolution and the New Nation (1754–1820s)
Map showing Indian reservations within the limits of the United States : 1883
ERA 6: The Development of the Industrial United States (1870-1900)
Chrysler Advertisement 1928 Chrysler Imperial
ERA 8: The Great Depression and World War II (1929–1945)
Sitting Bull
ERA 6: The Development of the Industrial United States (1870-1900)
Custer’s Camp at Hidden Wood Creek
ERA 5: Civil War and Reconstruction (1850-1877)
Dodge City [Kans.] Peace Commissioners Camillus S. Fly, 1890
ERA 5: Civil War and Reconstruction (1850-1877)