Historical Documents

The President Dead
ERA 6: The Development of the Industrial United States (1870-1900)
ERA 5: Civil War and Reconstruction (1850-1877)
Emma Goldman's deportation photo, 1919.
ERA 7: The Emergence of Modern America (1890–1930)
Ronald Schouten
ERA 6: The Development of the Industrial United States (1870-1900), ERA 10: Contemporary United States (1968 to the present)
Charles Guiteau to William T. Sherman
ERA 6: The Development of the Industrial United States (1870-1900)
This map shows the land acquired through the Gadsden Purchase Treaty
ERA 4: Expansion and Reform (1801-1861), ERA 5: Civil War and Reconstruction (1850-1877)
Homestead Act Commemorative Stamp
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)
Caroline Churchill
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)
Theodore Roosevelt mountain climbing in the West, 1880
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
FDR, 1936. Library of Congress
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
Rail Splitter
ERA 5: Civil War and Reconstruction (1850-1877)
President Joe Biden gives his Farewell Address
ERA 10: Contemporary United States (1968 to the present)
“Now for a Round-Up” by W.A. Rogers. This political cartoon was published in the New York Post following the passing of the 1901 Sedition Act, an updated revival of the original law that targeted Filipinos, Latin Americans, and union organizers.
ERA 7: The Emergence of Modern America (1890–1930)
Hoyt Letter
ERA 3: Revolution and the New Nation (1754–1820s)
Arraignment of Guiteau
ERA 6: The Development of the Industrial United States (1870-1900)
ERA 3: Revolution and the New Nation (1754–1820s), ERA 10: Contemporary United States (1968 to the present)
ERA 4: Expansion and Reform (1801-1861)
American Progress
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
Map showing American territorial gains
ERA 4: Expansion and Reform (1801-1861)
ERA 3: Revolution and the New Nation (1754–1820s), ERA 8: The Great Depression and World War II (1929–1945)
John L. O'Sullivan
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)
Stamp Act
ERA 3: Revolution and the New Nation (1754–1820s)
A. Mitchell Palmer
ERA 7: The Emergence of Modern America (1890–1930)
Nixon’s "Checkers" Speech
ERA 9: Postwar United States (1945 to early 1970's), Metahistory & Historiography, Multiple Eras
Roosevelt shortly after giving one of his famous fireside chats.
ERA 8: The Great Depression and World War II (1929–1945)
Rachel Carson
ERA 9: Postwar United States (1945 to early 1970's), ERA 10: Contemporary United States (1968 to the present), Multiple Eras
Ronald Reagan
ERA 10: Contemporary United States (1968 to the present), Metahistory & Historiography
Luisa Moreno, one of the main organizers of the Congress
ERA 8: The Great Depression and World War II (1929–1945)
James Warren
ERA 3: Revolution and the New Nation (1754–1820s)
U.S. Constitution
ERA 3: Revolution and the New Nation (1754–1820s)
A Gold Hunter's Experience
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)
Joseph Foraker, the sponsor of the bill
ERA 6: The Development of the Industrial United States (1870-1900), ERA 7: The Emergence of Modern America (1890–1930)
Judiciary Act
ERA 3: Revolution and the New Nation (1754–1820s), ERA 4: Expansion and Reform (1801-1861)

Collections

Lincoln at the Time of the Cooper Union Speech
ERA 5: Civil War and Reconstruction (1850-1877)
U.S. Constitution
ERA 3: Revolution and the New Nation (1754–1820s), ERA 10: Contemporary United States (1968 to the present)
Red Scare
ERA 7: The Emergence of Modern America (1890–1930)
First Sunday School Class
ERA 3: Revolution and the New Nation (1754–1820s), ERA 10: Contemporary United States (1968 to the present)
Bill Clinton
ERA 10: Contemporary United States (1968 to the present)
Emigrants crossing the plains, by F.O.C. Darley
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
Franklin at the Court of France
ERA 3: Revolution and the New Nation (1754–1820s)
The Statue of the Freed Slave
ERA 5: Civil War and Reconstruction (1850-1877)
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)
Kennedy at his desk
ERA 9: Postwar United States (1945 to early 1970's), ERA 10: Contemporary United States (1968 to the present), Metahistory & Historiography, Multiple Eras
The Seventies
ERA 10: Contemporary United States (1968 to the present)

Historical Images

Cartoon
ERA 3: Revolution and the New Nation (1754–1820s), ERA 6: The Development of the Industrial United States (1870-1900)
Political Cartoon
ERA 3: Revolution and the New Nation (1754–1820s)
Lincoln cartoon
ERA 5: Civil War and Reconstruction (1850-1877)
Court of France
ERA 3: Revolution and the New Nation (1754–1820s)
Shay's Rebellion Illustration
ERA 3: Revolution and the New Nation (1754–1820s)
Marshall Door
ERA 3: Revolution and the New Nation (1754–1820s), ERA 8: The Great Depression and World War II (1929–1945)