Historical Images

Nurses Being Instructed on the Use of Respirator for a Polio Patient
Nurses Being Instructed on the Use of Respirator for a Polio Patient
ERA 9: Postwar United States (1945 to early 1970's)
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
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)

Historical Documents

Winston Churchill, Franklin D. Roosevelt, and Joseph Stalin at the Yalta Conference in February 1945
The Yalta Conference
ERA 9: Postwar United States (1945 to early 1970's)
Original document of the enrolled acts and resolutions of Congress pertaining to the Civil Rights Act
Civil Rights Act 1964
ERA 9: Postwar United States (1945 to early 1970's)
The Palestinian National Charter
ERA 9: Postwar United States (1945 to early 1970's)
Mexican girls in San Antonio, Texas
San Antonio ISD v. Rodriguez
ERA 9: Postwar United States (1945 to early 1970's), ERA 10: Contemporary United States (1968 to the present)
Rachel Carson
Silent Spring- Excerpt
ERA 9: Postwar United States (1945 to early 1970's), ERA 10: Contemporary United States (1968 to the present), Multiple Eras
Camp David Accords
ERA 9: Postwar United States (1945 to early 1970's)
Picture of Mexican American students protesting
East Los Angeles Walkouts
ERA 10: Contemporary United States (1968 to the present), ERA 9: Postwar United States (1945 to early 1970's)
“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
DoD News Briefing on Pentagon Attack 6:42 p.m. EDT
ERA 9: Postwar United States (1945 to early 1970's)
Students Praying in School
Engel v. Vitale
ERA 3: Revolution and the New Nation (1754–1820s), ERA 9: Postwar United States (1945 to early 1970's)
Cesar Chaves with Robert Kennedy at the end of his fast
1968 Fasting Statement
ERA 9: Postwar United States (1945 to early 1970's), ERA 10: Contemporary United States (1968 to the present)
A Winter Walk
"A Winter Walk" Essay
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
Cover of El Plan de Santa Barbara
El Plan de Santa Barbara (Plan of Santa Barbara)
ERA 9: Postwar United States (1945 to early 1970's), ERA 10: Contemporary United States (1968 to the present)
Joseph Jackson
Annual Address by Joseph Jackson
ERA 9: Postwar United States (1945 to early 1970's)

Articles

The Cult of Tiki (August/September 2006 | Volume: 57, Issue: 4)
ERA 9: Postwar United States (1945 to early 1970's)
Help From on High (May/June 1993 | Volume: 44, Issue: 3)
ERA 9: Postwar United States (1945 to early 1970's)
How a Cocker Spaniel Saved Ike in '52 (August/September 2002 | Volume: 53, Issue: 4)
ERA 9: Postwar United States (1945 to early 1970's)
How America Met the Mob (July/August 2000 | Volume: 51, Issue: 4)
ERA 9: Postwar United States (1945 to early 1970's)
The Car of the Year (and a Half) (October 2006 | Volume: 57, Issue: 5)
ERA 9: Postwar United States (1945 to early 1970's)
Where the Media Critics Went Wrong (March 1988 | Volume: 39, Issue: 2)
ERA 9: Postwar United States (1945 to early 1970's)
Past Masters (February/March 1985 | Volume: 36, Issue: 2)
ERA 9: Postwar United States (1945 to early 1970's)
Leaving for Korea (February/March 1997 | Volume: 48, Issue: 1)
ERA 9: Postwar United States (1945 to early 1970's)
What Was a Woman Doing There? (Fall 2023 | Volume: 68, Issue: 7)
ERA 9: Postwar United States (1945 to early 1970's)
Eisenhower’s “Middle Way” (Winter 2025 | Volume: 70, Issue: 1)
ERA 9: Postwar United States (1945 to early 1970's)
The Little Diplomat (December 1995 | Volume: 46, Issue: 8)
ERA 9: Postwar United States (1945 to early 1970's)
Country (November 1994 | Volume: 45, Issue: 7)
ERA 9: Postwar United States (1945 to early 1970's)
The Sage of Black Rock (Spring 2012 | Volume: 62, Issue: 1)
ERA 9: Postwar United States (1945 to early 1970's)
Home-grown Terror (September 1995 | Volume: 46, Issue: 5)
ERA 9: Postwar United States (1945 to early 1970's)
Rachel Carson and Silent Spring (Winter 2020 | Volume: 64, Issue: 1)
ERA 9: Postwar United States (1945 to early 1970's)
Western Star: The Life and Legends of Larry McMurtry (Spring 2026 | Volume: 71, Issue: 2)
ERA 9: Postwar United States (1945 to early 1970's)
Uncle Scrooge’s Father (February/March 2001 | Volume: 52, Issue: 1)
ERA 9: Postwar United States (1945 to early 1970's)
Up by the Bootstraps from Slavery (December 1986 | Volume: 38, Issue: 1)
ERA 9: Postwar United States (1945 to early 1970's)
Truman Dogged by Charges of “Favoritism and Influence” (February/March 2021 | Volume: 66, Issue: 2)
ERA 9: Postwar United States (1945 to early 1970's)
“Freedom is in My Soul” (September 2022 | Volume: 67, Issue: 4)
ERA 9: Postwar United States (1945 to early 1970's)
Love, Jackie (September 1994 | Volume: 45, Issue: 5)
ERA 9: Postwar United States (1945 to early 1970's)
Revenge of the Nevada (June 2021 | Volume: 66, Issue: 4)
ERA 9: Postwar United States (1945 to early 1970's)
LBJ’s Alter Ego (February 1989 | Volume: 40, Issue: 1)
ERA 9: Postwar United States (1945 to early 1970's)
The Great Coronation War (December 1993 | Volume: 44, Issue: 8)
ERA 9: Postwar United States (1945 to early 1970's)
Up Strolls Jackie (July/August 2001 | Volume: 52, Issue: 5)
ERA 9: Postwar United States (1945 to early 1970's)
The Sporting Life of Roger Khan (October 1999 | Volume: 50, Issue: 6)
ERA 9: Postwar United States (1945 to early 1970's)
NATO’s Nativity (October 1998 | Volume: 49, Issue: 6)
ERA 9: Postwar United States (1945 to early 1970's)
Designer of the American Dream (November 1996 | Volume: 47, Issue: 7)
ERA 9: Postwar United States (1945 to early 1970's)
LBJ's Spiritual Brokenness Even by 1965 (September 1997 | Volume: 48, Issue: 5)
ERA 9: Postwar United States (1945 to early 1970's)

Collections

Alfred Hitchcock
Alfred Hitchcock's America, by David Lehman
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
Jonas Salk, Inventor of Polio Vaccine
The Miracle Workers, by David Oshinsky
ERA 9: Postwar United States (1945 to early 1970's)
Henry Louis Gates, Jr.
Growing Up Colored, by Henry Louis Gates, Jr.
ERA 9: Postwar United States (1945 to early 1970's), ERA 10: Contemporary United States (1968 to the present)
James Dean
The Rise and Decline of the Teenager, by Thomas Hine
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