Historical Images

Magna Britannia
ERA 3: Revolution and the New Nation (1754–1820s)
Emancipation by Thomas Nast
ERA 5: Civil War and Reconstruction (1850-1877)
Cartoon
ERA 3: Revolution and the New Nation (1754–1820s), ERA 6: The Development of the Industrial United States (1870-1900)
John Brown Cartoon
ERA 4: Expansion and Reform (1801-1861)
William Franklin
ERA 3: Revolution and the New Nation (1754–1820s)
Political Cartoon
ERA 3: Revolution and the New Nation (1754–1820s)
Women's Suffrage Map
ERA 5: Civil War and Reconstruction (1850-1877), ERA 7: The Emergence of Modern America (1890–1930)

Historical Documents

Stamp Act
ERA 3: Revolution and the New Nation (1754–1820s)
Cesar Chavez holding a NFWA sign
ERA 9: Postwar United States (1945 to early 1970's)
Stop forced sterilization poster/image
ERA 10: Contemporary United States (1968 to the present)
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)
Picture of Mexican American students protesting
ERA 10: Contemporary United States (1968 to the present), ERA 9: Postwar United States (1945 to early 1970's)
ERA 4: Expansion and Reform (1801-1861)
Decision delivered by Chief Justice Earl Warren.
ERA 9: Postwar United States (1945 to early 1970's)
U.S. Constitution
ERA 3: Revolution and the New Nation (1754–1820s)
ERA 3: Revolution and the New Nation (1754–1820s), ERA 10: Contemporary United States (1968 to the present)
Epitaph
ERA 2: Colonialism and Settlement (1585–1763), ERA 3: Revolution and the New Nation (1754–1820s)
Judiciary Act
ERA 3: Revolution and the New Nation (1754–1820s), ERA 4: Expansion and Reform (1801-1861)
Thoreau
ERA 4: Expansion and Reform (1801-1861)
ERA 5: Civil War and Reconstruction (1850-1877)
Rep. Joe Courtney
ERA 5: Civil War and Reconstruction (1850-1877), ERA 10: Contemporary United States (1968 to the present)
H.R. 14
ERA 5: Civil War and Reconstruction (1850-1877)
ERA 3: Revolution and the New Nation (1754–1820s), 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)
ERA 3: Revolution and the New Nation (1754–1820s)
Corwin Amendment
ERA 3: Revolution and the New Nation (1754–1820s), ERA 5: Civil War and Reconstruction (1850-1877)
New York Daily Tribune, “Freedom Triumphant”
ERA 5: Civil War and Reconstruction (1850-1877)
Sylvia Mendez, one of the children at the center of this civil rights case.
ERA 9: Postwar United States (1945 to early 1970's)
Corwin Amendment
ERA 5: Civil War and Reconstruction (1850-1877)
Oberlin College
ERA 5: Civil War and Reconstruction (1850-1877)
ERA 5: Civil War and Reconstruction (1850-1877), ERA 10: Contemporary United States (1968 to the present)
Doris Kearns Goodwin
ERA 5: Civil War and Reconstruction (1850-1877), ERA 10: Contemporary United States (1968 to the present)
Luisa Moreno, one of the main organizers of the Congress
ERA 8: The Great Depression and World War II (1929–1945)
Rachel Carson
ERA 9: Postwar United States (1945 to early 1970's), ERA 10: Contemporary United States (1968 to the present), Multiple Eras
Marbury v. Madison
ERA 3: Revolution and the New Nation (1754–1820s), ERA 4: Expansion and Reform (1801-1861)
Cover of Life Magazine 1913
ERA 5: Civil War and Reconstruction (1850-1877)
Susan B. Anthony Conviction Notice
ERA 5: Civil War and Reconstruction (1850-1877)

Collections

Signing the Magna Carta
ERA 3: Revolution and the New Nation (1754–1820s)
Susan B. Anthony
ERA 5: Civil War and Reconstruction (1850-1877)
Clark Gable and Vivien Leigh in Gone With the Wind
ERA 5: Civil War and Reconstruction (1850-1877), ERA 10: Contemporary United States (1968 to the present)
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
John Brown, the Abolitionist
ERA 4: Expansion and Reform (1801-1861)
Benjamin Franklin
ERA 3: Revolution and the New Nation (1754–1820s)
Chief Justice John Marshall
ERA 4: Expansion and Reform (1801-1861)