Historical Images

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)
Dorothea Lange Photograph
ERA 5: Civil War and Reconstruction (1850-1877)
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)
Amelia Earhart Signed Photograph
ERA 8: The Great Depression and World War II (1929–1945)
Sir, I Think I Figured Out What the Clinton Legacy Is…
ERA 10: Contemporary United States (1968 to the present)
Beale Street, Memphis, TN
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
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)
Dodge City [Kans.] Peace Commissioners Camillus S. Fly, 1890
ERA 5: Civil War and Reconstruction (1850-1877)

Historical Documents

ERA 4: Expansion and Reform (1801-1861)
Emma Goldman's deportation photo, 1919.
ERA 7: The Emergence of Modern America (1890–1930)
Book Cover
ERA 8: The Great Depression and World War II (1929–1945)
“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)
Sailor Wounds Pageant Spectator Disrespectful to Flag
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)
President Johnson signing the Immigration and Nationality Act of 1965
ERA 9: Postwar United States (1945 to early 1970's)
Mystery Poem
Multiple Eras, ERA 6: The Development of the Industrial United States (1870-1900), ERA 7: The Emergence of Modern America (1890–1930)
List of Coroner's Jurors, Testimony of John H. Behan and clerk's cover and file sheet
ERA 5: Civil War and Reconstruction (1850-1877)
ERA 10: Contemporary United States (1968 to the present)
Title Page
ERA 4: Expansion and Reform (1801-1861)
Joseph Jackson
ERA 9: Postwar United States (1945 to early 1970's)
Corwin Amendment
ERA 5: Civil War and Reconstruction (1850-1877)
Pro-DACA Protestors
ERA 10: Contemporary United States (1968 to the present)
Molefi Kete Asante
ERA 4: Expansion and Reform (1801-1861), ERA 10: Contemporary United States (1968 to the present)
Young Lords members with a sign
ERA 9: Postwar United States (1945 to early 1970's), ERA 10: Contemporary United States (1968 to the present)
Picture of the Proclamation
ERA 10: Contemporary United States (1968 to the present)
A Gold Hunter's Experience
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)
Josephine and Wyatt Earp’s grave, Hills of Eternity Memorial Park, Colma, CA.
ERA 5: Civil War and Reconstruction (1850-1877)
Doris Kearns Goodwin
ERA 5: Civil War and Reconstruction (1850-1877), ERA 10: Contemporary United States (1968 to the present)
Decision delivered by Chief Justice Earl Warren
ERA 9: Postwar United States (1945 to early 1970's)
American Progress
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), Multiple Eras
Earhart Letter
ERA 8: The Great Depression and World War II (1929–1945)
John L. O'Sullivan
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)
Seneca Falls Convention
ERA 4: Expansion and Reform (1801-1861)
ERA 3: Revolution and the New Nation (1754–1820s), ERA 4: Expansion and Reform (1801-1861), ERA 5: Civil War and Reconstruction (1850-1877)
Article
ERA 4: Expansion and Reform (1801-1861), ERA 6: The Development of the Industrial United States (1870-1900)
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
President Reagan signing the Immigration Reform and Control Act
ERA 10: Contemporary United States (1968 to the present)
New York Daily Tribune, “Freedom Triumphant”
ERA 5: Civil War and Reconstruction (1850-1877)
Cover of El Plan de Santa Barbara
ERA 9: Postwar United States (1945 to early 1970's), ERA 10: Contemporary United States (1968 to the present)
Federal Deficit Under Clinton
ERA 10: Contemporary United States (1968 to the present)
Bill Clinton
ERA 10: Contemporary United States (1968 to the present)

Collections

Bill Clinton
ERA 10: Contemporary United States (1968 to the present)
Helen Keller and Alexander Graham Bell
ERA 6: The Development of the Industrial United States (1870-1900)
Daniel Boone Escorting the American Settlers Through the Cumberland Gap by George Caleb Bingham
ERA 4: Expansion and Reform (1801-1861)
Nat Turner
ERA 4: Expansion and Reform (1801-1861), ERA 10: Contemporary United States (1968 to the present)