Historical Images

Map of the Indian Tribes of North America
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)
Sugarhouse Prison
Rhinelander's sugar house & residence
ERA 3: Revolution and the New Nation (1754–1820s)
Custer’s Column of cavalry, artillery, and wagons
Custer’s Column of cavalry, artillery, and wagons
ERA 5: Civil War and Reconstruction (1850-1877)
Magna Britannia
Magna Britannia
ERA 3: Revolution and the New Nation (1754–1820s)
Map
Map of Troop Movement During Shays’ Rebellion
ERA 3: Revolution and the New Nation (1754–1820s)
Cartoon
An Heir to the Throne, Or the Next Republican Candidate
ERA 5: Civil War and Reconstruction (1850-1877)
Shay's Rebellion Illustration
Soldiers Fire on Protesters- Shays' Rebellion
ERA 3: Revolution and the New Nation (1754–1820s)
General Custer's death struggle. The battle of the Little Big Horn
General Custer's death struggle. The battle of the Little Big Horn
ERA 6: The Development of the Industrial United States (1870-1900)
Sitting Bull
Sitting Bull
ERA 6: The Development of the Industrial United States (1870-1900)
Three Pronged Movements in the Sioux Expedition of 1876
Three Pronged Movements in the Sioux Expedition of 1876
ERA 5: Civil War and Reconstruction (1850-1877)
The Big Stick in the Caribbean Sea Cartoon
The Big Stick in the Caribbean Sea
ERA 7: The Emergence of Modern America (1890–1930)
HMS Jersey
Interior of the HMS Jersey Prison Ship
ERA 3: Revolution and the New Nation (1754–1820s)

Historical Documents

The Royal Academy of Farting
ERA 3: Revolution and the New Nation (1754–1820s)
Custer's Last Charge
Custer's Last Charge (Song)
ERA 5: Civil War and Reconstruction (1850-1877)
Painting of Joh Quincy Adams
"Ripe Fruit" Theory
ERA 3: Revolution and the New Nation (1754–1820s), ERA 4: Expansion and Reform (1801-1861)
Picture of OAS's fifty-second Assembly in Lima, Peru
Organization of American States (OAS) Charter
ERA 9: Postwar United States (1945 to early 1970's)
Franklin
“Plan for Attaining Moral Perfection” from the Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin
ERA 3: Revolution and the New Nation (1754–1820s)
Atlantic Charter
ERA 8: The Great Depression and World War II (1929–1945)
Penelope J. Corfield
All People Are Living Histories—Which Is Why History Matters
Metahistory & Historiography, Multiple Eras
Political cartoon depicting President Roosevelt using the Monroe Doctrine to keep Europe out of Santo Domingo
Roosevelt Corollary
ERA 7: The Emergence of Modern America (1890–1930)
Cover Page
An appeal to the Congress of the United States from the Society of Old Brooklynites : for the erection of a monument over the remains of 11,500 prisoners who died on board the British prison ships during the Revolutionary War- Excerpt
ERA 3: Revolution and the New Nation (1754–1820s)
Big Stick in the Caribbean
Big Stick Diplomacy
ERA 7: The Emergence of Modern America (1890–1930)
Longstreet Letter
Battlefield Dispatches Gettysburg- July 3, 1863
ERA 5: Civil War and Reconstruction (1850-1877)
1853 Treaty on Free Navigation of the Parana and Uruguay Rivers
ERA 4: Expansion and Reform (1801-1861)
Texas Revolution
ERA 4: Expansion and Reform (1801-1861)
No Annexation of Texas
Texas Annexation Treaty
ERA 4: Expansion and Reform (1801-1861)
James Warren
Letter from John Adams to James Warren, 7 October 1775
ERA 3: Revolution and the New Nation (1754–1820s)
Rio Treaty
ERA 9: Postwar United States (1945 to early 1970's)
Camp David Accords
ERA 9: Postwar United States (1945 to early 1970's)
Dominican Republic-Central America Free Trade Agreement
ERA 10: Contemporary United States (1968 to the present)
Manuscript of the Platt Amendment
Platt Amendment
ERA 7: The Emergence of Modern America (1890–1930)
Map illustrating the outcomes of the Adams-Onis Treaty
Adams-Onis Treaty
ERA 3: Revolution and the New Nation (1754–1820s), ERA 4: Expansion and Reform (1801-1861)
"Keep Off!" cartoon
Monroe Doctrine
ERA 3: Revolution and the New Nation (1754–1820s), ERA 4: Expansion and Reform (1801-1861)
Charter of the Organization of American States (OAS)
ERA 9: Postwar United States (1945 to early 1970's)
Poster discussing the Good Neighbor Policy
Good Neighbor Policy
ERA 8: The Great Depression and World War II (1929–1945)
President Carter and Omar Torrijos shaking hands after signing the Torrijos-Carter Treaties
Panama Canal Treaty of 1977
ERA 10: Contemporary United States (1968 to the present)
Third Treaty of San Ildefonso
ERA 3: Revolution and the New Nation (1754–1820s)
Ticket
Maryland state ticket. Election, Tuesday November 6th, 1860...For President of the United States John Bell of Tennessee. For Vice President of the United States, Edward Everett of Massachusetts
ERA 5: Civil War and Reconstruction (1850-1877)
Treaty of Peace with Algiers (1815)
ERA 3: Revolution and the New Nation (1754–1820s)
Sioux Treaty
Sioux Treaty of 1868- Excerpts
ERA 5: Civil War and Reconstruction (1850-1877)
Covenant of the League of Nations
ERA 7: The Emergence of Modern America (1890–1930)
Tobacco Admission Treaty Between the United States and Austria-Hungary
ERA 5: Civil War and Reconstruction (1850-1877)
Cartel for the exchange of prisoners of war between Great Britain and the United States of America
ERA 3: Revolution and the New Nation (1754–1820s)
Fugitive Slave Bill Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture
Fugitive Slave Act of 1850
ERA 4: Expansion and Reform (1801-1861), ERA 5: Civil War and Reconstruction (1850-1877)
Balfour Declaration (1917)
ERA 7: The Emergence of Modern America (1890–1930)
Treaty
Treaty of Alliance with France
ERA 3: Revolution and the New Nation (1754–1820s)

Collections

Benjamin Franklin
Benjamin Franklin’s Years in London, by Joan Paterson Kerr
ERA 3: Revolution and the New Nation (1754–1820s)
Kennedy at his desk
On History, by John F. Kennedy
ERA 9: Postwar United States (1945 to early 1970's), ERA 10: Contemporary United States (1968 to the present), Metahistory & Historiography, Multiple Eras
US Army helicopters fire into the tree line to cover South Vietnamese ground troops in March 1965
First Blood In Vietnam, by Stanley Karnow
ERA 9: Postwar United States (1945 to early 1970's), ERA 10: Contemporary United States (1968 to the present)
The Custer Fight, by Charles Marion Russell
The Battle of Little Bighorn, by Nathaniel Philbrick
ERA 6: The Development of the Industrial United States (1870-1900)