Historical Images

Sheet Music
“The Battle-Cry of Freedom” with Confederate Lyrics
ERA 5: Civil War and Reconstruction (1850-1877)
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
Sir, I Think I Figured Out What the Clinton Legacy Is…
Sir, I Think I Figured Out What the Clinton Legacy Is…
ERA 10: Contemporary United States (1968 to the present)
A Breaking Scene of Western Pioneers
A Breaking Scene of the Western Pioneers
ERA 4: Expansion and Reform (1801-1861)
istribution of College Enrollment and High School Completion Among 18- and 19-Year-Olds: 1967 to 2022
Distribution 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
Political Cartoon
Substance and Shadow Political Cartoon
ERA 5: Civil War and Reconstruction (1850-1877)
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)
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)
Stonewall Jackson
General Thomas J. "Stonewall" Jackson
ERA 5: Civil War and Reconstruction (1850-1877)
Amelia Earhart Signed Photograph
Signed Photograph of Amelia Earhart
ERA 8: The Great Depression and World War II (1929–1945)
The Woman Who Dared
The Woman Who Dared by Thomas Wust
ERA 5: Civil War and Reconstruction (1850-1877)
Beale Street, Memphis, TN
Beale Street, Memphis, Tennessee
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
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)
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)
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)
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
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)

Historical Documents

Picture of Cesar Chavez
1984 Commonwealth Club Address
ERA 10: Contemporary United States (1968 to the present)
AN ACT RELATIVE TO THE WITCHCRAFT TRIAL OF 1692.
ERA 2: Colonialism and Settlement (1585–1763), ERA 10: Contemporary United States (1968 to the present)
The acquitted defendants in the Sleepy Lagoon murder trial reunite with their families.
People v. Zamora
ERA 8: The Great Depression and World War II (1929–1945)
Oberlin College
Oberlin Women’s Suffrage Debate
ERA 5: Civil War and Reconstruction (1850-1877)
Puerto Rico v. Sanchez Valle
ERA 10: Contemporary United States (1968 to the present)
Document
Act to Reverse the Attainders of George Burroughs and Others for Witchcraft
ERA 2: Colonialism and Settlement (1585–1763)
Penelope J. Corfield
All People Are Living Histories—Which Is Why History Matters
Metahistory & Historiography, Multiple Eras
Newspaper image
Old Style Parents and New Style Sons
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
Frederick J. Turner
Frederick Jackson Turner- Short Biography
ERA 4: Expansion and Reform (1801-1861)
El Plan Espiritual de Aztlan (Spiritual Plan of Aztlan)
ERA 9: Postwar United States (1945 to early 1970's), ERA 10: Contemporary United States (1968 to the present)
Susan B. Anthony Conviction Notice
Susan B. Anthony Trial Statement (1873)
ERA 5: Civil War and Reconstruction (1850-1877)
Lincoln Assassination Headline
Announcement to the Army of the Death of President Lincoln
ERA 5: Civil War and Reconstruction (1850-1877)
Rebecca Nurse
Trial of Rebecca Nurse- Excerpt
ERA 2: Colonialism and Settlement (1585–1763)
Daisy Bates Letter
On the Treatment of the Little Rock Nine
ERA 9: Postwar United States (1945 to early 1970's)
Young Mexican men stand outside a jail in Los Angeles, California, after police arrested them during the 1943 Zoot Suit Riots.
Zoot Suit Riots
ERA 8: The Great Depression and World War II (1929–1945)
Letter from Alexander Graham Bell to Helen Keller, March 23, 1907
Letter from Alexander Graham Bell to Helen Keller, March 23, 1907
ERA 6: The Development of the Industrial United States (1870-1900)
Caroline Churchill
"Little Sheaves" Gathered While Gleaning After Reapers. Being Letters of Travel Commencing in 1870, and Ending in 1873
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
Super Heroes: A Modern Mythology (Excerpt, page 18)
ERA 8: The Great Depression and World War II (1929–1945)
Nixon’s "Checkers" Speech
Richard Nixon’s "Checkers" Speech
ERA 9: Postwar United States (1945 to early 1970's), Metahistory & Historiography, Multiple Eras
Temporary Protection Status (TPS)
ERA 10: Contemporary United States (1968 to the present)
Class Photo at a Mexican-American School Featuring Future President Lyndon B. Johnson
Delgado v. Bastrop ISD
ERA 9: Postwar United States (1945 to early 1970's)
Shabana Maani, gives a polio vaccination to a child in the old part of Kabul, Afghanistan, Monday March 29, 2021 (AP Photo/Rahmat Gul)
The Taliban have suspended polio vaccination campaigns in Afghanistan, the UN says
ERA 9: Postwar United States (1945 to early 1970's), ERA 10: Contemporary United States (1968 to the present)
Puerto Ricans rally for civil rights outside City Hall in New York City.
Katzenbach v. Morgan
ERA 9: Postwar United States (1945 to early 1970's)
Tierra Amarilla Land Grant and Courthouse Raid
ERA 9: Postwar United States (1945 to early 1970's)
John L. O'Sullivan
John O'Sullivan, Manifest Destiny
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)
List of Coroner's Jurors, Testimony of John H. Behan and clerk's cover and file sheet
Testimony of John H. Behan and Clerk’s Cover and File Sheet, 1881
ERA 5: Civil War and Reconstruction (1850-1877)
Bill Clinton
“I Have Sinned” Speech
ERA 10: Contemporary United States (1968 to the present)
Seneca Falls Convention
Address Delivered at Seneca Falls
ERA 4: Expansion and Reform (1801-1861)

Collections

The Custer Fight, by Charles Marion Russell
The Battle of Little Bighorn, by Nathaniel Philbrick
ERA 6: The Development of the Industrial United States (1870-1900)
Washington Crossing the Delaware by Emanuel Leutze
America: Experiment or Destiny, by Arthur M. Schlesinger Jr.
ERA 4: Expansion and Reform (1801-1861), ERA 7: The Emergence of Modern America (1890–1930)
Kennedy at his desk
On History, by John F. Kennedy
ERA 9: Postwar United States (1945 to early 1970's), ERA 10: Contemporary United States (1968 to the present), Metahistory & Historiography, Multiple Eras
Lee surrenders
Why The Civil War Still Matters, by James McPherson
ERA 5: Civil War and Reconstruction (1850-1877)
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)