Historical Images

Reported polio cases and deaths, United States, 1910 to 2022
Reported polio cases and deaths, United States, 1910 to 2022
ERA 9: Postwar United States (1945 to early 1970's), ERA 10: Contemporary United States (1968 to the present)
Political Cartoon
The political cartoon for the year 1775
ERA 3: Revolution and the New Nation (1754–1820s)
Chrysler Advertisement 1928 Chrysler Imperial
Chrysler Advertisement 1928 Chrysler Imperial
ERA 8: The Great Depression and World War II (1929–1945)
Map
U.S. Territorial Acquisition Map
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
President John Adams
Portrait of John Adams
ERA 3: Revolution and the New Nation (1754–1820s)
March on Washington
March On Washington
ERA 9: Postwar United States (1945 to early 1970's)
Columbus
Columbus explaining his discovery to King Ferdinand and Queen Isabella
ERA 1: Three Worlds Meet (Beginnings to 1620)
Political cartoon depicting President Roosevelt using the Monroe Doctrine to keep Europe out of Santo Domingo
Hands Off!
ERA 7: The Emergence of Modern America (1890–1930)
Magna Britannia
Magna Britannia
ERA 3: Revolution and the New Nation (1754–1820s)
James Buchanan surrounded by criminal quoting the Ostend Manifesto
The Ostend Doctrine
ERA 4: Expansion and Reform (1801-1861), ERA 5: Civil War and Reconstruction (1850-1877)
The Freedmen's Bureau Cartoon
"The Freedman's Bureau"
ERA 5: Civil War and Reconstruction (1850-1877)
John Calvin
Portrait of John Calvin
ERA 4: Expansion and Reform (1801-1861)
Secession Movement Political Cartoon
The "Secession Movement"
ERA 5: Civil War and Reconstruction (1850-1877)
The White Man's Burden cartoon
The White Man's Burden
ERA 6: The Development of the Industrial United States (1870-1900), ERA 7: The Emergence of Modern America (1890–1930)
Alfred Hitchcock
Portrait of Alfred Hitchcock
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
Title Page.
Title Page of Nova Brittania: Offering Most Excellent Fruits by Planting in Virginia, Illustrated with Sailing Ship, 1609.
ERA 1: Three Worlds Meet (Beginnings to 1620)
The Cuban Melodrama cartoon
The Cuban Melodrama
ERA 6: The Development of the Industrial United States (1870-1900), ERA 7: The Emergence of Modern America (1890–1930)
Custer’s Camp at Hidden Wood Creek
Custer’s Camp at Hidden Wood Creek
ERA 5: Civil War and Reconstruction (1850-1877)
Women's Suffrage Map
Virginia Memory: The Rights of the People– Women are People. Suffrage Victory Map, 1920
ERA 5: Civil War and Reconstruction (1850-1877), ERA 7: The Emergence of Modern America (1890–1930)
Dorothea Lange Photograph
Sign Near Tombstone, Arizona. Boot Hill Graveyard
ERA 5: Civil War and Reconstruction (1850-1877)
Nat Turner's Rebellion
Horrid Massacre in Virginia- Composite of scenes of Nat Turner’s rebellion
ERA 4: Expansion and Reform (1801-1861)
Poster discussing the Good Neighbor Policy
Strengthen Good Neighbor Policy: Understand Our Southern Neighbors
ERA 8: The Great Depression and World War II (1929–1945)
Shay's Rebellion Illustration
Soldiers Fire on Protesters- Shays' Rebellion
ERA 3: Revolution and the New Nation (1754–1820s)
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 Founders Would Have Loved It, political cartoon by Herb Block
The Founders Would Have Loved It, political cartoon by Herb Block
ERA 10: Contemporary United States (1968 to the present)
Emancipation by Thomas Nast
Emancipation by Thomas Nast
ERA 5: Civil War and Reconstruction (1850-1877)
HMS Jersey
Interior of the HMS Jersey Prison Ship
ERA 3: Revolution and the New Nation (1754–1820s)
Sitting Bull
Sitting Bull
ERA 6: The Development of the Industrial United States (1870-1900)
Join, Or Die Cartoon
Join, or Die
ERA 3: Revolution and the New Nation (1754–1820s)
Benjamin Franklin
Portrait of Benjamin Franklin
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)
Park map of Little Bighorn Battlefield National Monument, Montana.
Little Bighorn Battlefield National Monument Map
ERA 5: Civil War and Reconstruction (1850-1877)
Columbus image
Christopher Columbus: Discoverer of America 1492
ERA 1: Three Worlds Meet (Beginnings to 1620), ERA 6: The Development of the Industrial United States (1870-1900)
Uncle Sam's New Class in the Art of Self-Government cartoon
Uncle Sam's New Class in the Art of Self-Government
ERA 6: The Development of the Industrial United States (1870-1900), ERA 7: The Emergence of Modern America (1890–1930)
Beale Street, Memphis, TN
Beale Street, Memphis, Tennessee
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
Dyer Anti-Lynching bill and the Congressmen who voted against it.
Dyer Anti-Lynching Bill 1922
ERA 7: The Emergence of Modern America (1890–1930)
Harvest of Death
Pennsylvania, Gettysburg. A Harvest of Death
ERA 5: Civil War and Reconstruction (1850-1877)
Marshall Door
Bronze Door Panel of the Supreme Court Building
ERA 3: Revolution and the New Nation (1754–1820s), ERA 8: The Great Depression and World War II (1929–1945)
Custer’s Column of cavalry, artillery, and wagons
Custer’s Column of cavalry, artillery, and wagons
ERA 5: Civil War and Reconstruction (1850-1877)
Henry Knox Travel Kit
Henry Knox Travel Kit, ca. 1790
ERA 3: Revolution and the New Nation (1754–1820s)
Sheet Music
“The Battle-Cry of Freedom” with Confederate Lyrics
ERA 5: Civil War and Reconstruction (1850-1877)
Political Cartoon
A Family Quarrel, or the Reason Why.
ERA 5: Civil War and Reconstruction (1850-1877)
William Franklin
William Franklin
ERA 3: Revolution and the New Nation (1754–1820s)
Many Faces of Polio
Many Faces of Polio
ERA 9: Postwar United States (1945 to early 1970's)
A Group of Immigrants Outside a Building on Ellis Island
A Group of Immigrants Outside a Building on Ellis Island
ERA 7: The Emergence of Modern America (1890–1930)
L'Amerique Septentrionale 1700 Map by Guilaume Delisle
L'Amerique Septentrionale 1700 Map by Guilaume Delisle
ERA 2: Colonialism and Settlement (1585–1763)
Sugarhouse Prison
Rhinelander's sugar house & residence
ERA 3: Revolution and the New Nation (1754–1820s)
Amelia Earhart Signed Photograph
Signed Photograph of Amelia Earhart
ERA 8: The Great Depression and World War II (1929–1945)
Call for Black Homesteaders to Leave for Kansas
Benjamin Singleton- Recruitment of Black Homesteaders, 1878
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)
Coroner Page
Cochise County Case No. 48. Coroner’s Transmittal Page to the Clerk of the District Court Cochise County
ERA 5: Civil War and Reconstruction (1850-1877)