Historical Images

Separated cartoon
Separated
ERA 6: The Development of the Industrial United States (1870-1900), ERA 7: The Emergence of Modern America (1890–1930)
Three Pronged Movements in the Sioux Expedition of 1876
Three Pronged Movements in the Sioux Expedition of 1876
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)
Custer’s Column of cavalry, artillery, and wagons
Custer’s Column of cavalry, artillery, and wagons
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)
Magna Britannia
Magna Britannia
ERA 3: Revolution and the New Nation (1754–1820s)
William Franklin
William Franklin
ERA 3: Revolution and the New Nation (1754–1820s)
Map
Map of Troop Movement During Shays’ Rebellion
ERA 3: Revolution and the New Nation (1754–1820s)
Lincoln cartoon
The National Game. Three "Outs" and One "Run" – Abraham Winning the Ball
ERA 5: Civil War and Reconstruction (1850-1877)
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)
George Armstrong Custer
Major General George Armstrong Custer
ERA 5: Civil War and Reconstruction (1850-1877)
Court of France
Benjamin Franklin at the Court of France
ERA 3: Revolution and the New Nation (1754–1820s)
Political cartoon depicting President Roosevelt using the Monroe Doctrine to keep Europe out of Santo Domingo
Hands Off!
ERA 7: The Emergence of Modern America (1890–1930)

Historical Documents

Manuscript of the Platt Amendment
Platt Amendment
ERA 7: The Emergence of Modern America (1890–1930)
Fidel Castro signing the first agrarian law in 1959
Law #3 of the Sierra Maestra on Agrarian Reform
ERA 9: Postwar United States (1945 to early 1970's)
Picture of OAS's fifty-second Assembly in Lima, Peru
Organization of American States (OAS) Charter
ERA 9: Postwar United States (1945 to early 1970's)
James Warren
Letter from John Adams to James Warren, 7 October 1775
ERA 3: Revolution and the New Nation (1754–1820s)
Washington Letter to Benjamin Lincoln
George Washington Letter to Benjamin Lincoln
ERA 3: Revolution and the New Nation (1754–1820s)
Cuban Missile Crisis
ERA 9: Postwar United States (1945 to early 1970's)
Custer's Last Charge
Custer's Last Charge (Song)
ERA 5: Civil War and Reconstruction (1850-1877)
Franklin
“Plan for Attaining Moral Perfection” from the Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin
ERA 3: Revolution and the New Nation (1754–1820s)
Sierra Maestra Manifesto
ERA 9: Postwar United States (1945 to early 1970's)
Copley Medal
Copley Medal
ERA 3: Revolution and the New Nation (1754–1820s)
Barack Obama
Barack Obama’s Keynote Address
ERA 10: Contemporary United States (1968 to the present), Metahistory & Historiography
Cover Page
An appeal to the Congress of the United States from the Society of Old Brooklynites : for the erection of a monument over the remains of 11,500 prisoners who died on board the British prison ships during the Revolutionary War- Excerpt
ERA 3: Revolution and the New Nation (1754–1820s)
Rail Splitter
“The Last Race of the Rail-Splitter,” Broadside, ca. 1861
ERA 5: Civil War and Reconstruction (1850-1877)
Republican Party Platform
National Republican platform adopted by National Republican Convention, held in Chicago. May 17, 1860.
ERA 5: Civil War and Reconstruction (1850-1877)
Big Stick in the Caribbean
Big Stick Diplomacy
ERA 7: The Emergence of Modern America (1890–1930)
Texas Revolution
ERA 4: Expansion and Reform (1801-1861)
Hoyt Letter
David Hoyt Jr. to his Father, Regarding Shays' Rebellion- Letter
ERA 3: Revolution and the New Nation (1754–1820s)
Dead Soldiers at Gettysburg
Civil War Battle Statistics
ERA 5: Civil War and Reconstruction (1850-1877)
Longstreet Letter
Battlefield Dispatches Gettysburg- July 3, 1863
ERA 5: Civil War and Reconstruction (1850-1877)
Political cartoon depicting President Roosevelt using the Monroe Doctrine to keep Europe out of Santo Domingo
Roosevelt Corollary
ERA 7: The Emergence of Modern America (1890–1930)
Epitaph
Franklin’s Epitaph
ERA 2: Colonialism and Settlement (1585–1763), ERA 3: Revolution and the New Nation (1754–1820s)
Nixon’s "Checkers" Speech
Richard Nixon’s "Checkers" Speech
ERA 9: Postwar United States (1945 to early 1970's), Metahistory & Historiography, Multiple Eras
Treaty
Treaty of Alliance with France
ERA 3: Revolution and the New Nation (1754–1820s)
Foreign Relations of the United States, 1958–1960, Cuba, Volume VI
ERA 9: Postwar United States (1945 to early 1970's)
Proclamation 3447
Proclamation 3447
ERA 9: Postwar United States (1945 to early 1970's)
Ronald Reagan
Ronald Reagan’s “Evil Empire” Speech
ERA 10: Contemporary United States (1968 to the present), Metahistory & Historiography
Rio Treaty
ERA 9: Postwar United States (1945 to early 1970's)
The Royal Academy of Farting
ERA 3: Revolution and the New Nation (1754–1820s)

Collections

Washington in the French & Indian War
The French and Indian War in Pittsburgh, by Annie Dillard
ERA 2: Colonialism and Settlement (1585–1763), ERA 10: Contemporary United States (1968 to the present)
The Statue of the Freed Slave
The Slaves Freed, by Stephen Oates
ERA 5: Civil War and Reconstruction (1850-1877)
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)
The Battle of Gettysburg
Slaughter on Cemetery Ridge, by Stephen Sears
ERA 5: Civil War and Reconstruction (1850-1877)
Benjamin Franklin
Benjamin Franklin’s Years in London, by Joan Paterson Kerr
ERA 3: Revolution and the New Nation (1754–1820s)
The Boston Tea Party
"The Sparck of Rebellion" (Boston Tea Party), by Douglas Brinkley
ERA 3: Revolution and the New Nation (1754–1820s)
US Army helicopters fire into the tree line to cover South Vietnamese ground troops in March 1965
First Blood In Vietnam, by Stanley Karnow
ERA 9: Postwar United States (1945 to early 1970's), ERA 10: Contemporary United States (1968 to the present)
Abraham Lincoln & Hannibal Hamlin
America’s Oddest Election, by Harold Holzer
ERA 5: Civil War and Reconstruction (1850-1877)
Chromolithograph entitled "Custer's Last Fight," National Museum of American History
A Road They Did Not Know, by Larry McMurtry
ERA 5: Civil War and Reconstruction (1850-1877)