Historical Images

George Armstrong Custer
Major General George Armstrong Custer
ERA 5: Civil War and Reconstruction (1850-1877)
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)
Routes Traveled
British Expedition and Patriot Messengers Map
ERA 3: Revolution and the New Nation (1754–1820s)
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)
Picture of "School Begins" Political Cartoon
School Begins
ERA 6: The Development of the Industrial United States (1870-1900), ERA 7: The Emergence of Modern America (1890–1930)
Scene in the House on the passage of the proposition to amend the Constitution, January 31, 1865
Scene in the House on the passage of the proposition to amend the Constitution, January 31, 1865
ERA 5: Civil War and Reconstruction (1850-1877)
Earhart and her Lockheed Electra “Flying Laboratory.”
Earhart and her Lockheed Electra “Flying Laboratory.”
ERA 8: The Great Depression and World War II (1929–1945)
Towner School Bus Photograph
Towner School Bus Photograph
ERA 8: The Great Depression and World War II (1929–1945)
Fire Insurance Map
1866 Fire Insurance Map of Tombstone, Ariz., Shows the O.K. Corral and Surrounding Streets
ERA 5: Civil War and Reconstruction (1850-1877)
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)
Henry Knox Travel Kit
Henry Knox Travel Kit, ca. 1790
ERA 3: Revolution and the New Nation (1754–1820s)
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)
Chrysler Advertisement 1928 Chrysler Imperial
Chrysler Advertisement 1928 Chrysler Imperial
ERA 8: The Great Depression and World War II (1929–1945)
Political Cartoon
A Family Quarrel, or the Reason Why.
ERA 5: Civil War and Reconstruction (1850-1877)
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
Map of Salem
Map of Salem Village in 1692
ERA 2: Colonialism and Settlement (1585–1763)
Map of the Indian Tribes of North America
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)
The Bostonians Paying the Excise Man, or Tarring and Feathering
The Bostonians Paying the Excise Man, or Tarring and Feathering
ERA 3: Revolution and the New Nation (1754–1820s)
Separated cartoon
Separated
ERA 6: The Development of the Industrial United States (1870-1900), ERA 7: The Emergence of Modern America (1890–1930)
Alexander Hamilton
Portrait of Alexander Hamilton
ERA 4: Expansion and Reform (1801-1861)
Political Cartoon
Substance and Shadow Political Cartoon
ERA 5: Civil War and Reconstruction (1850-1877)
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)
Alexander Graham Bell
Portrait of Alexander Graham Bell
ERA 7: The Emergence of Modern America (1890–1930)
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)
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 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)
map
1562 Map of America
ERA 1: Three Worlds Meet (Beginnings to 1620)
The Woman Who Dared
The Woman Who Dared by Thomas Wust
ERA 5: Civil War and Reconstruction (1850-1877)
Lincoln print
The Union must and shall be preserved. For President Abraham Lincoln of Illinois. For Vice President Hannibal Hamlin of Maine.
ERA 5: Civil War and Reconstruction (1850-1877)
John Calvin
Portrait of John Calvin
ERA 4: Expansion and Reform (1801-1861)
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)
The Revisionist
The Revisionist: Lexington, 1755
ERA 2: Colonialism and Settlement (1585–1763)
"Cowboys off the Trail" - statuary after painting by Frederic Remington, entrance to pike, World's Fair, St. Louis, Mo.
"Cowboys off the Trail" - statuary after painting by Frederic Remington, entrance to pike, World's Fair, St. Louis, Mo.
ERA 5: Civil War and Reconstruction (1850-1877)
Harvest of Death
Pennsylvania, Gettysburg. A Harvest of Death
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)
William Sherman
Gen. William T. Sherman
ERA 5: Civil War and Reconstruction (1850-1877)
Political Cartoon
The political cartoon for the year 1775
ERA 3: Revolution and the New Nation (1754–1820s)
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)
John Brown Cartoon
John Brown. Meeting the slave-mother and her child on the steps of Charlestown jail on his way to execution
ERA 4: Expansion and Reform (1801-1861)
Strange How Some Choose to Live Like That Instead of Choosing to be Rich Like Us, political cartoon by Herb Block
Strange How Some Choose to Live Like That Instead of Choosing to be Rich Like Us, political cartoon by Herb Block
ERA 10: Contemporary United States (1968 to the present)
Alexander Graham Bell with Helen Keller and Annie Sullivan at the meeting of the American Association to Promote the Teaching of Speech to the Deaf, July 1894, in Chautauqua, N.Y
Alexander Graham Bell with Helen Keller and Annie Sullivan at the meeting of the American Association to Promote the Teaching of Speech to the Deaf, July 1894, in Chautauqua, N.Y
ERA 6: The Development of the Industrial United States (1870-1900)
Sugarhouse Prison
Rhinelander's sugar house & residence
ERA 3: Revolution and the New Nation (1754–1820s)
HMS Jersey
HMS Jersey Prison Ship
ERA 3: Revolution and the New Nation (1754–1820s)
Lincoln Photo
Abraham Lincoln on the day of his speech at the Cooper Union
ERA 5: Civil War and Reconstruction (1850-1877)
Secession Movement Political Cartoon
The "Secession Movement"
ERA 5: Civil War and Reconstruction (1850-1877)
Map showing Indian reservations within the limits of the United States : 1883
Map showing Indian reservations within the limits of the United States : 1883
ERA 6: The Development of the Industrial United States (1870-1900)
The Big Stick in the Caribbean Sea Cartoon
The Big Stick in the Caribbean Sea
ERA 7: The Emergence of Modern America (1890–1930)
Infantry regiment
Infantry regiment in camp. [Probably 96th Pennsylvania Infantry at Camp Northumberland near Washington, DC, ca. 1861] Mathew Brady Collection. (Army) ca. 1861
ERA 5: Civil War and Reconstruction (1850-1877)