Historical Images

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)
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)
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)
Map of Salem
Map of Salem Village in 1692
ERA 2: Colonialism and Settlement (1585–1763)
Map
Waldseemüller Map 1507
ERA 1: Three Worlds Meet (Beginnings to 1620)
Join, Or Die Cartoon
Join, or Die
ERA 3: Revolution and the New Nation (1754–1820s)
John Calvin
Portrait of John Calvin
ERA 4: Expansion and Reform (1801-1861)
Many Faces of Polio
Many Faces of Polio
ERA 9: Postwar United States (1945 to early 1970's)
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)
Sitting Bull
Sitting Bull
ERA 6: The Development of the Industrial United States (1870-1900)
A Breaking Scene of Western Pioneers
A Breaking Scene of the Western Pioneers
ERA 4: Expansion and Reform (1801-1861)
William Franklin
William Franklin
ERA 3: Revolution and the New Nation (1754–1820s)
Call for Black Homesteaders to Leave for Kansas
Benjamin Singleton- Recruitment of Black Homesteaders, 1878
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)
HMS Jersey
Interior of the HMS Jersey Prison Ship
ERA 3: Revolution and the New Nation (1754–1820s)
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)
Clara Barton
Miss Clara Barton
ERA 5: Civil War and Reconstruction (1850-1877)
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)
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)
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)
L'Amerique Septentrionale 1700 Map by Guilaume Delisle
L'Amerique Septentrionale 1700 Map by Guilaume Delisle
ERA 2: Colonialism and Settlement (1585–1763)
Amelia Earhart Signed Photograph
Signed Photograph of Amelia Earhart
ERA 8: The Great Depression and World War II (1929–1945)
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)
Harvest of Death
Pennsylvania, Gettysburg. A Harvest of Death
ERA 5: Civil War and Reconstruction (1850-1877)
Custer’s Camp at Hidden Wood Creek
Custer’s Camp at Hidden Wood Creek
ERA 5: Civil War and Reconstruction (1850-1877)
Data Chart
Economic Growth in America
ERA 3: Revolution and the New Nation (1754–1820s)
Map of the Union 1864
Bacon and Company, Map of the United States, showing the territory in possession of the Federal Union, January, 1864
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)
Truman Wipes out Segregation in Armed Forces
Truman Wipes out Segregation in Armed Forces
ERA 9: Postwar United States (1945 to early 1970's)
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)
John Brown Cartoon
John Brown exhibiting his hangman
ERA 4: Expansion and Reform (1801-1861)
Shay's Rebellion Illustration
Soldiers Fire on Protesters- Shays' Rebellion
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)
Stonewall Jackson
General Thomas J. "Stonewall" Jackson
ERA 5: Civil War and Reconstruction (1850-1877)
Sheet Music
“The Battle-Cry of Freedom” with Confederate Lyrics
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
England's Vietnam
England's Vietnam [Not Original Title]
ERA 2: Colonialism and Settlement (1585–1763), ERA 3: Revolution and the New Nation (1754–1820s)
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)
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)
Sugarhouse Prison
Rhinelander's sugar house & residence
ERA 3: Revolution and the New Nation (1754–1820s)
William Sherman
Gen. William T. Sherman
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)
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)
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
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)
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
Lincoln Photo
Abraham Lincoln on the day of his speech at the Cooper Union
ERA 5: Civil War and Reconstruction (1850-1877)
The Freedmen's Bureau Cartoon
"The Freedman's Bureau"
ERA 5: Civil War and Reconstruction (1850-1877)
Separated cartoon
Separated
ERA 6: The Development of the Industrial United States (1870-1900), ERA 7: The Emergence of Modern America (1890–1930)
Park map of Little Bighorn Battlefield National Monument, Montana.
Little Bighorn Battlefield National Monument Map
ERA 5: Civil War and Reconstruction (1850-1877)