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General History

The Declaration of Independence by John Trumbull. Henry Clay (presenting his compromise), Millard Fillmore (presiding), John C. Calhoun (right of Fillmore), and Daniel Webster (head in hand) in the Senate, 1850. By Peter Rothermel. Map of the Presidential Election of 1860. Suffrage parade, New York City, May 6, 1912. Bush signs Martin Luther King Holiday Proclamation, May 17, 1989.

African American History

The Liberator, 1831. "Group of Colored Soldiers. Camp Wikoff, Montauk Point, NY." Ca. 1898. Civil Rights March on Washington, D.C. [Children near the Washington Monument.] School segregation protest. Eisenhower meets with Martin Luther King, Jr. (left) and A. Philip Randolph (right) in the Oval Office on June 23, 1958.

American History 1877 - 1929

Gas masks for man and horse demonstrated by American Soldier, ca 1917-18. Col. Theodore Roosevelt, 1st Calvary, U.S.V. Ca. 1898. Rockwood. Suffragettes register to work as war volunteers during world war I. "Overseas men welcomed home. Parade in honor of returned fighters passing the Public Library, N.Y. City." 1919. Paul Thompson.

Civil War and Reconstruction

Frederick Douglass. Gen George B. McClellan, ca. 1863. Mathew Brady Collection. First reading of the emancipation proclamation. Lincon and his cabinet, by Francis B. Carpenter. Gen Robert E. Lee, C.S.A.,1865. Mathew Brady Collection. McLean's House, Appomattox Court House, Virginia, 1865.

Colonial America and the American Revolution

John Winthrop, based on the painting by Van Dyke. Molly Pitcher at the Battle of Monmouth. June 1978. Copy of engraving by J.C. Armytage after Alonzo Chapel. "Cornwallis Sue for Cessation of Hostilities Under the Flag of Truce." By C. Brumidi. Washington Crossing the Delaware. Artist: E. Leutze. Engraver: J. Rogers. "Drafting of the Declaration of Independence. The Commitee: Franklin, Jefferson, Adams, Livingston, and Sherman." 1776. Copy of engraving after Alonzo Chappel.

Constitutional History

Child Laborer, Newberry, S.C. 1908. The overseer said apologetically, "She just happened in." She was working steadily . photographer, Lewis W. Hine "Scene at the Signing of the Constitution." By Howard Chandler Christy. Civil Rights March on Washington, D.C. [Leaders marching down the street.]. John Marshall (Oil by william James Hubbard, c. 1832). Richard Nixon departing the White House after resigning. Oliver F. Atkins, August 9, 1974.

Early Republic through the Antebellum Period

Abigail Adams. Map of the Presidential Election of 1840. The Liberator, 1831. Thomas Jefferson, by Thomas Sully. The Battle of New Orleans. January 1815. Copy of engraving by H.B. Hall after W. Momberger.

Great Depression and the New Deal

President Herbert Hoover, Henry Ford, Thomas Edison, and Harvey Firestone at Edison's 82nd birthday. Ft. Myers, Florida, February 11, 1929. Cartoon of Herbert Hoover playing a passive role in addressing the depression. Map of the Presidential Election of 1928. Map of the Presidential Election of 1932. Franklin D. Roosevelt delivers a speech in New Albany, IN, during the 1932 Presidential campaign.

Native American History

Indian grammar by John Eliot, 1666. Indians paying tribute to French in Flordia. Franklin's printing of the treaty between the Provinces and the Six Nations, 1746. Flag raising on Iwo Jima. February 23, 1945. Joe Rosenthal, Associated Press. Wounded Knee Indian Occupation, 1973.

Nebraska History

Unknown location along Interstate 80. Photo by Bill Sesow. Inscription on the Nebraska State Capitol. Photo by Bill Sesow. Scotts Bluff National Monument. Photo by Bill Sesow. Cornfields just south of Lincoln, Nebraska. Photo by Sonja Barber. Elkhorn River in Antelope County. Photo by Bill Sesow.

Organizations

White House, Washington, D.C, ca. 1846. Indepedendence Hall, Philadelphia in 1800. The Capitol at night. Interior of the Capitol dome. The Capitol to the Lincoln Memorial.

Post World War II

Fighting with the 2nd Inf. Div. north of the Chongchon River, Sfc. Major Cleveland, weapons squad leader, points out Communist-led North Korean position to his machine gun crew. NBovember 20,1950. Pfc. James Cox. Family watching television. Evert F. Baumgardner, ca. 1958. Demonstrator at the March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom, August 28, 1963. Anti-Vietnam demonstrator offers a flower to a miltary police, Arlington, Virginia, October 21, 1967. By S. Sgt. Albert Simpson. Reagan and Bush.

Presidency

George Washington, by Rembrandt Peale. Poster from Lincoln's 1864 presidential campaign in New York. Harry Truman, 1945. Franklin D. Roosevelt, W. Wilson, Josephus Daniels,and William Jennings Bryan in Washington, D. C., 1913. Ronald Reagan, 1981.

Reconstruction

Members of the Louisiana Legislature of 1868. Map of the Presidential Election of 1876. Ulysses S. Grant. Electoral commission of 1877 (Florida case), by Cornelia A. Fassett, 1879. Andrew Johnson's Impeachment trial. Sketched by Theodore R. Davis, 1868.

Research on Teaching and Learning History

This cartoon features William Jennings Bryan, the 16 to 1 ratio, and his bid for the White House. Title Mr. Bryan in 1899-"I Stand Just Where I Stood Three Years Ago." Cartoon includes William Jennings Bryan and the democratic donkey, Gray, Johnson, Folk, and Harmon. Title: His Master's Voice. This cartoon depicts William Randolph Hearst and William Jennings Bryan, 1906. Title: In the Limelight. This cartoon depicts Secretary of State William Jennings Bryan reading news from war fronts, 1914 (artist, Berryman, Clifford K.).

Western History

Statue of Brigham Young. "Battle of Molino del Rey, Fought September 8th 1847. Blowing up the Foundry by the Victorious American Army under General Worth." Copy of lithiograph by James Bailie,1848. Gold Rush handbill, 1849. Theodore Roosevelt and John Muir on Glacier Point, Yosemite Valley, California, c1906. "Gen. Villa, Mexican bandit. 1.Gen Fierro. 2.Gen. Villa. 3.Gen. Orgtega. 4.Col. Mediña." Ca. 1913. W.H. Horne Co.

Women's History

Molly Pitcher at the Battle of Monmouth. June 1978. Copy of engraving by J.C. Armytage after Alonzo Chapel. Elizabeth Cady Stanton, seated, and Susan B. Anthony, standing. Head of suffrage parade, Washington, D.C. 1913 March 3. Riveter at Lockheed Aircraft Corp., Burbank, CA. Secretaries, housewives, women from all over central Florida are getting into vocational schools to learn war work. Typical are these in the Daytona Beach branch of the Volusia country vocational school. April 1942.

World War II

Franklin Roosevelt asks Congress to declare war on Japan, December 8, 1941. Riveter at Lockheed Aircraft Corp., Burbank, CA. I Want You for the U.S. Army / Enlist Now. Color poster by James Montgomery Flagg. "Conference of the Big Three at Yalta makes final plans for the defeat of Germany. Here the "Big Three" sit on the patio together, Prime MInister Winston S. Churchill, President Franklin D. Roosevelt, and Premier Josef Stalin." February 1945. "New York City celebrating the surrender of Japan. They threw anything and kissed anybody in Times Square. August 14, 1945." Lt. Victor Jorgensen

History of US Immigration

Map of Territorial Growth, 1790 Map of the United States, 1830 Map of Territorial Growth 1860 Map of Territorial Growth 1880