Collections

Wyatt Earp
Who Was Wyatt Earp? by Allen Barra
ERA 5: Civil War and Reconstruction (1850-1877), ERA 6: The Development of the Industrial United States (1870-1900)
Helen Keller and Alexander Graham Bell
A Conquest of Solitude, by Robert V. Bruce
ERA 6: The Development of the Industrial United States (1870-1900)

Articles

Exceptional Books on Technology (November/December 2004 | Volume: 55, Issue: 6)
ERA 6: The Development of the Industrial United States (1870-1900)
McKinley and Mismanagement in the Spanish-American War (February/March 2021 | Volume: 66, Issue: 2)
ERA 6: The Development of the Industrial United States (1870-1900)
“You Press the Button. We Do the Rest” (October 2003 | Volume: 54, Issue: 5)
ERA 6: The Development of the Industrial United States (1870-1900)
The Meaning of 1898 for America and the World (May/June 1998 | Volume: 49, Issue: 3)
ERA 6: The Development of the Industrial United States (1870-1900)
The Wizard of Your Christmas Tree (November/December 2003 | Volume: 54, Issue: 6)
ERA 6: The Development of the Industrial United States (1870-1900)
Edison and the Electric Chair (October 2000 | Volume: 51, Issue: 6)
ERA 6: The Development of the Industrial United States (1870-1900)
Going Home with Mark Twain (October 1996 | Volume: 47, Issue: 6)
ERA 6: The Development of the Industrial United States (1870-1900)
The America’s Cup (February/March 2000 | Volume: 51, Issue: 1)
ERA 6: The Development of the Industrial United States (1870-1900)
Billy-the-Kid Country (April 1991 | Volume: 42, Issue: 2)
ERA 6: The Development of the Industrial United States (1870-1900)
Leadville, Where the Streets Were Paved with Silver (April 2000 | Volume: 51, Issue: 2)
ERA 6: The Development of the Industrial United States (1870-1900)
Model Workplace (October 1994 | Volume: 45, Issue: 6)
ERA 6: The Development of the Industrial United States (1870-1900)
When Robert Louis Stevenson Was One of Us (December 1988 | Volume: 39, Issue: 8)
ERA 6: The Development of the Industrial United States (1870-1900)
The Ultimate Congressional Scandal (November/December 2022 | Volume: 68, Issue: 6)
ERA 6: The Development of the Industrial United States (1870-1900)
Did Alexander Graham Bell Steal the Telephone Patent? (Spring/Summer 2008 | Volume: 58, Issue: 4)
ERA 6: The Development of the Industrial United States (1870-1900)
The Public Be Damned (September/October 1989 | Volume: 40, Issue: 6)
ERA 6: The Development of the Industrial United States (1870-1900)
Saving the Businessman’s Soul (October/November 1985 | Volume: 36, Issue: 6)
ERA 6: The Development of the Industrial United States (1870-1900)
Robert Ingersoll: The Illustrious Infidel (February/March 1985 | Volume: 36, Issue: 2)
ERA 6: The Development of the Industrial United States (1870-1900)
It All Began In Wyoming (April 1973 | Volume: 24, Issue: 3)
ERA 6: The Development of the Industrial United States (1870-1900)
Building the Transcontinental Railroad (Summer 2019 | Volume: 64, Issue: 3)
ERA 6: The Development of the Industrial United States (1870-1900)
The Showplace of Thomasville, Georgia (November/December 2002 | Volume: 53, Issue: 6)
ERA 6: The Development of the Industrial United States (1870-1900)
The Other Sherman’s Legacy (May/June 1990 | Volume: 41, Issue: 4)
ERA 6: The Development of the Industrial United States (1870-1900)
The Weather Vane (March 1988 | Volume: 39, Issue: 2)
ERA 6: The Development of the Industrial United States (1870-1900)
Snapshots of General Custer (April/May 1985 | Volume: 36, Issue: 3)
ERA 6: The Development of the Industrial United States (1870-1900)
Billy the Kid: From Outlaw to Legend (Spring 2018 | Volume: 63, Issue: 1)
ERA 6: The Development of the Industrial United States (1870-1900)
10 Moments that Made American Business (February/March 2007 | Volume: 58, Issue: 1)
ERA 6: The Development of the Industrial United States (1870-1900)
Johnstown: “Run For Your Lives!” (September 2022, Summer 2025 | Volume: 67, Issue: 4)
ERA 6: The Development of the Industrial United States (1870-1900)
A History of the Kentucky Derby (May/June 1999 | Volume: 50, Issue: 3)
ERA 6: The Development of the Industrial United States (1870-1900)
The Origin of QWERTY, etc. (May/June 2000 | Volume: 51, Issue: 3)
ERA 6: The Development of the Industrial United States (1870-1900)

Historical Documents

Homestead Act Commemorative Stamp
Homestead Act Commemorative Stamp
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)
Sitting Bull Arrest Letter
Sitting Bull Arrest Letter
ERA 6: The Development of the Industrial United States (1870-1900)
American Progress
American Progress by John Gast
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
Picture of Henry Teller, the author of the Teller Amendment
Teller Amendment
ERA 6: The Development of the Industrial United States (1870-1900), ERA 7: The Emergence of Modern America (1890–1930)
Joseph Foraker, the sponsor of the bill
Foraker Act of 1900
ERA 6: The Development of the Industrial United States (1870-1900), ERA 7: The Emergence of Modern America (1890–1930)
“The Land of Romance” Poem
“The Land of Romance” Poem
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
Declaration of the Rights of the Negro Peoples of the World
ERA 7: The Emergence of Modern America (1890–1930), ERA 6: The Development of the Industrial United States (1870-1900)
Letters from An American Farmer
Letters from an American Farmer, J. Hector St. John De Crevecoeur
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)
Naturalization Convention Between the United States and Austria Hungry
ERA 5: Civil War and Reconstruction (1850-1877), ERA 6: The Development of the Industrial United States (1870-1900)
The President Dead
The President Dead- September 19, 1881
ERA 6: The Development of the Industrial United States (1870-1900)
Poem
Nat Turner by T. Thomas Fortune
ERA 4: Expansion and Reform (1801-1861), ERA 6: The Development of the Industrial United States (1870-1900)
Representatives meeting in Paris to sign the Treaty
Treaty of Paris of 1898
ERA 6: The Development of the Industrial United States (1870-1900), ERA 7: The Emergence of Modern America (1890–1930)
Timeline of Alexander Graham Bell, 1847-1922 (Excerpts)
ERA 6: The Development of the Industrial United States (1870-1900)

Historical Images

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)
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)
St. Nicholas Magazine
St. Nicholas Magazine Cover
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
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
Sitting Bull
Sitting Bull
ERA 6: The Development of the Industrial United States (1870-1900)
Original Lightbulb Patent
Edison's Lightbulb Patent
ERA 6: The Development of the Industrial United States (1870-1900)
Separated cartoon
Separated
ERA 6: The Development of the Industrial United States (1870-1900), ERA 7: The Emergence of Modern America (1890–1930)