Historical Images

Emancipation by Thomas Nast
ERA 5: Civil War and Reconstruction (1850-1877)
Political Cartoon
ERA 5: Civil War and Reconstruction (1850-1877)
Secession Movement Political Cartoon
ERA 5: Civil War and Reconstruction (1850-1877)
Dorothea Lange Photograph
ERA 5: Civil War and Reconstruction (1850-1877)
The Revisionist
ERA 2: Colonialism and Settlement (1585–1763)
Sheet Music
ERA 5: Civil War and Reconstruction (1850-1877)
Alexander Hamilton
ERA 4: Expansion and Reform (1801-1861)
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)
Sitting Bull
ERA 6: The Development of the Industrial United States (1870-1900)
John Calvin
ERA 4: Expansion and Reform (1801-1861)
Tragic Prelude
ERA 5: Civil War and Reconstruction (1850-1877)
The able doctor, or, America swallowing the bitter draught
ERA 3: Revolution and the New Nation (1754–1820s)
Poster discussing the Good Neighbor Policy
ERA 8: The Great Depression and World War II (1929–1945)
map
ERA 1: Three Worlds Meet (Beginnings to 1620)
Join, Or Die Cartoon
ERA 3: Revolution and the New Nation (1754–1820s)
Truman Wipes out Segregation in Armed Forces
ERA 9: Postwar United States (1945 to early 1970's)
President John Adams
ERA 3: Revolution and the New Nation (1754–1820s)
Historical photograph of the assassination of President Garfield
ERA 6: The Development of the Industrial United States (1870-1900)
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)
Picture of "School Begins" Political Cartoon
ERA 6: The Development of the Industrial United States (1870-1900), ERA 7: The Emergence of Modern America (1890–1930)
Dyer Anti-Lynching bill and the Congressmen who voted against it.
ERA 7: The Emergence of Modern America (1890–1930)
Man waiting in the colored-waiting room bus station in Durham, NC.
ERA 8: The Great Depression and World War II (1929–1945)
A Group of Immigrants Outside a Building on Ellis Island
ERA 7: The Emergence of Modern America (1890–1930)
The White Man's Burden cartoon
ERA 6: The Development of the Industrial United States (1870-1900), ERA 7: The Emergence of Modern America (1890–1930)
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)
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ERA 1: Three Worlds Meet (Beginnings to 1620)
The Founders Would Have Loved It, political cartoon by Herb Block
ERA 10: Contemporary United States (1968 to the present)
St. Nicholas Magazine
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
Lincoln cartoon
ERA 5: Civil War and Reconstruction (1850-1877)
Clara Barton
ERA 5: Civil War and Reconstruction (1850-1877)
Map
ERA 1: Three Worlds Meet (Beginnings to 1620)
Amelia Earhart Signed Photograph
ERA 8: The Great Depression and World War II (1929–1945)
Immigrant Children, Ellis Island, New York
ERA 7: The Emergence of Modern America (1890–1930)
istribution of College Enrollment and High School Completion Among 18- and 19-Year-Olds: 1967 to 2022
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
HMS Jersey
ERA 3: Revolution and the New Nation (1754–1820s)
James Buchanan surrounded by criminal quoting the Ostend Manifesto
ERA 4: Expansion and Reform (1801-1861), ERA 5: Civil War and Reconstruction (1850-1877)
The Freedmen's Bureau Cartoon
ERA 5: Civil War and Reconstruction (1850-1877)
Towner School Bus Photograph
ERA 8: The Great Depression and World War II (1929–1945)
Marshall Door
ERA 3: Revolution and the New Nation (1754–1820s), ERA 8: The Great Depression and World War II (1929–1945)
Call for Black Homesteaders to Leave for Kansas
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)
Lincoln Photo
ERA 5: Civil War and Reconstruction (1850-1877)
The Bostonians Paying the Excise Man, or Tarring and Feathering
ERA 3: Revolution and the New Nation (1754–1820s)
Cartoon
ERA 3: Revolution and the New Nation (1754–1820s), ERA 6: The Development of the Industrial United States (1870-1900)
Chrysler Advertisement 1928 Chrysler Imperial
ERA 8: The Great Depression and World War II (1929–1945)
Custer’s Camp at Hidden Wood Creek
ERA 5: Civil War and Reconstruction (1850-1877)