Historical Images

Dorothea Lange Photograph
ERA 5: Civil War and Reconstruction (1850-1877)
Nurses Being Instructed on the Use of Respirator for a Polio Patient
ERA 9: Postwar United States (1945 to early 1970's)
Towner School Bus Photograph
ERA 8: The Great Depression and World War II (1929–1945)
Many Faces of Polio
ERA 9: Postwar United States (1945 to early 1970's)
Map showing Indian reservations within the limits of the United States : 1883
ERA 6: The Development of the Industrial United States (1870-1900)
Sitting Bull
ERA 6: The Development of the Industrial United States (1870-1900)
Map of Salem
ERA 2: Colonialism and Settlement (1585–1763)
Amelia Earhart Signed Photograph
ERA 8: The Great Depression and World War II (1929–1945)
Political Cartoon
ERA 5: Civil War and Reconstruction (1850-1877)
Sheet Music
ERA 5: Civil War and Reconstruction (1850-1877)
Map of the Indian Tribes of North America
ERA 4: Expansion and Reform (1801-1861), ERA 6: The Development of the Industrial United States (1870-1900)
Clara Barton
ERA 5: Civil War and Reconstruction (1850-1877)
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)
Chrysler Advertisement 1928 Chrysler Imperial
ERA 8: The Great Depression and World War II (1929–1945)
General Custer's death struggle. The battle of the Little Big Horn
ERA 6: The Development of the Industrial United States (1870-1900)

Historical Documents

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
ERA 2: Colonialism and Settlement (1585–1763)
Letters from An American Farmer
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)
Book Cover
ERA 8: The Great Depression and World War II (1929–1945)
Shabana Maani, gives a polio vaccination to a child in the old part of Kabul, Afghanistan, Monday March 29, 2021 (AP Photo/Rahmat Gul)
ERA 9: Postwar United States (1945 to early 1970's), ERA 10: Contemporary United States (1968 to the present)
Amnesty Oath
ERA 5: Civil War and Reconstruction (1850-1877)
Earhart Letter
ERA 8: The Great Depression and World War II (1929–1945)
Tom McLaury, Frank McLaury and Billy Clanton (left to right) lie dead after the gunfight.
ERA 5: Civil War and Reconstruction (1850-1877)
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)
Oberlin College
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)
P.V.H. Weems' Letter to Amelia Earhart
ERA 8: The Great Depression and World War II (1929–1945)
Lincoln Assassination Headline
ERA 5: Civil War and Reconstruction (1850-1877)
ERA 2: Colonialism and Settlement (1585–1763), ERA 10: Contemporary United States (1968 to the present)
Transcript of Letter from Franklin Delano Roosevelt to Dr. Egleston Regarding his Polio Attack, 10/24/1924
ERA 8: The Great Depression and World War II (1929–1945), ERA 9: Postwar United States (1945 to early 1970's)
Seneca Falls Convention
ERA 4: Expansion and Reform (1801-1861)
An outstanding picture of 1937 – tragedy. Photo by Acme Newspictures, Inc., 1937 Dec. 15.
ERA 8: The Great Depression and World War II (1929–1945)
Penelope J. Corfield
Metahistory & Historiography, Multiple Eras
News Article: “Many Deaths”
ERA 8: The Great Depression and World War II (1929–1945)
Grant Inauguration
ERA 5: Civil War and Reconstruction (1850-1877)
Josephine and Wyatt Earp’s grave, Hills of Eternity Memorial Park, Colma, CA.
ERA 5: Civil War and Reconstruction (1850-1877)
John F. Kennedy
ERA 4: Expansion and Reform (1801-1861), ERA 9: Postwar United States (1945 to early 1970's)
Alexis de Tocqueville
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)

Collections

Scribner's Illustrated Magazine for Girls and Boys
Multiple Eras, ERA 8: The Great Depression and World War II (1929–1945), ERA 7: The Emergence of Modern America (1890–1930), ERA 6: The Development of the Industrial United States (1870-1900), ERA 10: Contemporary United States (1968 to the present)
James Dean
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
Alfred Hitchcock
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
ERA 9: Postwar United States (1945 to early 1970's)
Daniel Boone Escorting the American Settlers Through the Cumberland Gap by George Caleb Bingham
ERA 4: Expansion and Reform (1801-1861)
Amelia Earhart
ERA 8: The Great Depression and World War II (1929–1945)
The American Cowboy
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
The Custer Fight, by Charles Marion Russell
ERA 6: The Development of the Industrial United States (1870-1900)
Washington Crossing the Delaware by Emanuel Leutze
ERA 4: Expansion and Reform (1801-1861), ERA 7: The Emergence of Modern America (1890–1930)