Historical Images

Shay's Rebellion Illustration
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)
The Big Stick in the Caribbean Sea Cartoon
ERA 7: The Emergence of Modern America (1890–1930)
A Group of Immigrants Outside a Building on Ellis Island
ERA 7: The Emergence of Modern America (1890–1930)
The Woman Who Dared
ERA 5: Civil War and Reconstruction (1850-1877)
Marshall Door
ERA 3: Revolution and the New Nation (1754–1820s), ERA 8: The Great Depression and World War II (1929–1945)
Political Cartoon
ERA 3: Revolution and the New Nation (1754–1820s)

Historical Documents

Abigail Adams
ERA 4: Expansion and Reform (1801-1861)
Washington Letter to Benjamin Lincoln
ERA 3: Revolution and the New Nation (1754–1820s)
Stamp Act
ERA 3: Revolution and the New Nation (1754–1820s)
Montesquieu The Spirit of the Laws Book XI- Excerpts
ERA 2: Colonialism and Settlement (1585–1763), ERA 8: The Great Depression and World War II (1929–1945)
Photo of the 1921 Supreme Court
ERA 7: The Emergence of Modern America (1890–1930)
Ronald Reagan
ERA 10: Contemporary United States (1968 to the present), Metahistory & Historiography
Cover of Life Magazine 1913
ERA 5: Civil War and Reconstruction (1850-1877)
Susan B. Anthony Conviction Notice
ERA 5: Civil War and Reconstruction (1850-1877)
In this isolated mountainous Spanish American community in Ojo Sarco, New Mexico, a one-room school serves students across eight grades with just two teachers. These teachers work with minimal equipment, relying on the blackboard to teach the alphabet, penmanship, and grammar.
ERA 9: Postwar United States (1945 to early 1970's), ERA 10: Contemporary United States (1968 to the present)
Cover of El Plan de Santa Barbara
ERA 9: Postwar United States (1945 to early 1970's), ERA 10: Contemporary United States (1968 to the present)
First edition cover of Bill Clinton's autobiography
ERA 10: Contemporary United States (1968 to the present)
ERA 10: Contemporary United States (1968 to the present)
Sailor Wounds Pageant Spectator Disrespectful to Flag
ERA 7: The Emergence of Modern America (1890–1930)
Original document of the enrolled acts and resolutions of Congress pertaining to the Civil Rights Act
ERA 9: Postwar United States (1945 to early 1970's)
Newspaper documenting the court case
ERA 6: The Development of the Industrial United States (1870-1900), ERA 7: The Emergence of Modern America (1890–1930)
ERA 10: Contemporary United States (1968 to the present)
John Paul Stevens, the author of the majority opinion
ERA 10: Contemporary United States (1968 to the present)
Ronald Schouten
ERA 6: The Development of the Industrial United States (1870-1900), ERA 10: Contemporary United States (1968 to the present)
Young Lords members with a sign
ERA 9: Postwar United States (1945 to early 1970's), ERA 10: Contemporary United States (1968 to the present)
ERA 6: The Development of the Industrial United States (1870-1900), ERA 10: Contemporary United States (1968 to the present)
Corwin Amendment
ERA 3: Revolution and the New Nation (1754–1820s), ERA 5: Civil War and Reconstruction (1850-1877)
Emma Goldman's deportation photo, 1919.
ERA 7: The Emergence of Modern America (1890–1930)
Class Photo at a Mexican-American School Featuring Future President Lyndon B. Johnson
ERA 9: Postwar United States (1945 to early 1970's)
The President Dead
ERA 6: The Development of the Industrial United States (1870-1900)
Arraignment of Guiteau
ERA 6: The Development of the Industrial United States (1870-1900)
Decision delivered by Chief Justice Earl Warren
ERA 9: Postwar United States (1945 to early 1970's)
ERA 10: Contemporary United States (1968 to the present)
A. Mitchell Palmer
ERA 7: The Emergence of Modern America (1890–1930)
Clinton OK City Bombing Speech
ERA 10: Contemporary United States (1968 to the present)
ERA 9: Postwar United States (1945 to early 1970's)
ERA 3: Revolution and the New Nation (1754–1820s)
ERA 3: Revolution and the New Nation (1754–1820s), ERA 8: The Great Depression and World War II (1929–1945)
Judiciary Act
ERA 3: Revolution and the New Nation (1754–1820s), ERA 4: Expansion and Reform (1801-1861)
Rail Splitter
ERA 5: Civil War and Reconstruction (1850-1877)

Collections

US Army helicopters fire into the tree line to cover South Vietnamese ground troops in March 1965
ERA 9: Postwar United States (1945 to early 1970's), ERA 10: Contemporary United States (1968 to the present)
Benjamin Franklin, John Adams, and Thomas Jefferson
ERA 4: Expansion and Reform (1801-1861)
The Seventies
ERA 10: Contemporary United States (1968 to the present)
Signing the Magna Carta
ERA 3: Revolution and the New Nation (1754–1820s)
A Nation of Immigrants
ERA 7: The Emergence of Modern America (1890–1930), ERA 8: The Great Depression and World War II (1929–1945), Multiple Eras
Red Scare
ERA 7: The Emergence of Modern America (1890–1930)
Abraham Lincoln & Hannibal Hamlin
ERA 5: Civil War and Reconstruction (1850-1877)