Historical Images

Historical photograph of the assassination of President Garfield
Historical photograph of the assassination of President Garfield
ERA 6: The Development of the Industrial United States (1870-1900)
Court of France
Benjamin Franklin at the Court of France
ERA 3: Revolution and the New Nation (1754–1820s)
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)
Sitting Bull
Sitting Bull
ERA 6: The Development of the Industrial United States (1870-1900)
William Sherman
Gen. William T. Sherman
ERA 5: Civil War and Reconstruction (1850-1877)
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)
Henry Knox Travel Kit
Henry Knox Travel Kit, ca. 1790
ERA 3: Revolution and the New Nation (1754–1820s)
Tragic Prelude
Tragic Prelude by John Steuart Curry
ERA 5: Civil War and Reconstruction (1850-1877)
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)
Emancipation by Thomas Nast
Emancipation by Thomas Nast
ERA 5: Civil War and Reconstruction (1850-1877)
Cartoon
A new declaration of independence in the year 1885
ERA 3: Revolution and the New Nation (1754–1820s), ERA 6: The Development of the Industrial United States (1870-1900)
Marshall Door
Bronze Door Panel of the Supreme Court Building
ERA 3: Revolution and the New Nation (1754–1820s), ERA 8: The Great Depression and World War II (1929–1945)
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)
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)
The Woman Who Dared
The Woman Who Dared by Thomas Wust
ERA 5: Civil War and Reconstruction (1850-1877)
Dodge City [Kans.] Peace Commissioners Camillus S. Fly, 1890
Dodge City [Kans.] Peace Commissioners Camillus S. Fly, 1890
ERA 5: Civil War and Reconstruction (1850-1877)
The Big Stick in the Caribbean Sea Cartoon
The Big Stick in the Caribbean Sea
ERA 7: The Emergence of Modern America (1890–1930)
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)
Map of Salem
Map of Salem Village in 1692
ERA 2: Colonialism and Settlement (1585–1763)
Original Lightbulb Patent
Edison's Lightbulb Patent
ERA 6: The Development of the Industrial United States (1870-1900)
President John Adams
Portrait of John Adams
ERA 3: Revolution and the New Nation (1754–1820s)
Nat Turner's Rebellion
Horrid Massacre in Virginia- Composite of scenes of Nat Turner’s rebellion
ERA 4: Expansion and Reform (1801-1861)
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
Map of Troop Movement During Shays’ Rebellion
ERA 3: Revolution and the New Nation (1754–1820s)
http://www.loc.gov/pictures/resource/cph.3b00423/
Village of Secotan
ERA 1: Three Worlds Meet (Beginnings to 1620)
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
General Custer's death struggle. The battle of the Little Big Horn
General Custer's death struggle. The battle of the Little Big Horn
ERA 6: The Development of the Industrial United States (1870-1900)
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)
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)
Towner School Bus Photograph
Towner School Bus Photograph
ERA 8: The Great Depression and World War II (1929–1945)
Douglas Letter
Bust of Stephen Douglas over Northern Democratic Party's presidential campaign shield
ERA 5: Civil War and Reconstruction (1850-1877)
HMS Jersey
Interior of the HMS Jersey Prison Ship
ERA 3: Revolution and the New Nation (1754–1820s)
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)
Columbus
The first sight of the new world - Columbus discovering America
ERA 1: Three Worlds Meet (Beginnings to 1620), ERA 6: The Development of the Industrial United States (1870-1900)
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)
Photograph of Peter, a formerly enslaved man
Photograph of Peter, a formerly enslaved man
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.
Map of Amelia Earhart’s Final Flight Path
ERA 8: The Great Depression and World War II (1929–1945)
Columbus
Columbus explaining his discovery to King Ferdinand and Queen Isabella
ERA 1: Three Worlds Meet (Beginnings to 1620)
William Franklin
William Franklin
ERA 3: Revolution and the New Nation (1754–1820s)
Seal of Bald Eagle, includes the motto E Pluribus Unum, "Out of Many, One."
Original Design of the Great Seal of the United States (1782)
ERA 3: Revolution and the New Nation (1754–1820s)
Chrysler Advertisement 1928 Chrysler Imperial
Chrysler Advertisement 1928 Chrysler Imperial
ERA 8: The Great Depression and World War II (1929–1945)
Stonewall Jackson
General Thomas J. "Stonewall" Jackson
ERA 5: Civil War and Reconstruction (1850-1877)
John Calvin
Portrait of John Calvin
ERA 4: Expansion and Reform (1801-1861)
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)
Lincoln cartoon
The National Game. Three "Outs" and One "Run" – Abraham Winning the Ball
ERA 5: Civil War and Reconstruction (1850-1877)
Sun Record Studios
Sun Record Studios
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)
"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)
The Revisionist
The Revisionist: Lexington, 1755
ERA 2: Colonialism and Settlement (1585–1763)
John Brown Cartoon
John Brown exhibiting his hangman
ERA 4: Expansion and Reform (1801-1861)
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)