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To the left is a colorful WWI propaganda poster that urges women to unite and help with the war…
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This map is considered the map London Underground. Henry Beck was an engineering student. The…
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Although the story of Santa Claus is quite old, it was the American illustrator and cartoonist Thomas Nast that created the American perception of Santa…
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This poster advertises the 1980 Summer Olympics in Moscow. Most Americans and Western Europeans never got to see this poster. Due to the 1979 Soviet…
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In the late 1800's there was an explosion of advertisements for various substances produced for pharmaceutical purposes. This is a…
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G.I. Joe was created in 1963 as a role model soldier for young boys. Introduced to the world 1964, G.I. Joe: "America's Movable…
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This is a train ticket for the Chicago Milwaukee and St. Paul Railroad. The railroad changed its name in 1874 to Chicago, Milwaukee, St. Paul…
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Niblo's Garden was built in 1828 and Niblo's Theater in 1834. The theater was located in New York on the Northeast corner of Broadway at…
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This is a promotional display advertising the 1936 Olympic Games held in Berlin Germany. The advertisment is unique in its marriage of…
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Thanksgiving at Carlisle Indian Industrial School in Carlisle, PA (c. 1879-1918)
This ephemera is a school picture…
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This is an advertisement for Bell telephones. Notice the well placed cup of tea, vacuum cleaner, smile, and picture of husband. Advertisements seem so silly when…
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“Africa Religions and Missions, 1913,” was created by geographer and mapmaker J.G. Bartholomew. A self-proclaimed “geosopher,” Bartholomew often portrayed ideas through mapmaking rather than…
Roller skating became a popular form of recreation in the Victorian Era. Like its much earlier cousin, ice skating, the wheeled form was attractive to…
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BBC News provides streaming of the original…
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This piece of ephemera is the iconic November, 1948 image of President elect Harry S. Truman in Union Station holding up a Chicago Daily Tribune…
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This is one of the most famous photos in Canadian history. It was taken on September 1, 1990
(Shaping Canda). …During World War II, several pamphlets were created to inform people of the crimes of the Axis powers, the war itself, and the mass murders…
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When thinking about baseball, the name Babe Ruth is bound to emerge. He has become one of the leading figures in the history…
For years calendars have been used, thrown away, and forgotten. Many of them can tell us, not only what was culturally popular for that particular…
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Ascenseur pour l'échafaud, also known as Elevator to the Gallows (U.S. release), is a French film directed by Louis Malle in 1958. While…
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In 1935, President Franklin Delano Roosevelt established the Works Progress Administration (In September, 1938 the name was changed to Work Projects Administration), as part of…
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The image to the right depicts a perfume ad during the 1920s. The cosmetic industry grew rapidly during the 1920s. The…
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This photograph depicts an African American family in the year 1914. It is a unique photograph because it offers a real-life view of what day-to-day…
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By the time the United States entered World War II in December 1941, the British, French, and…
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The Venona Project was a secret project run by the forerunner of the NSA (the U.S. Army's Signal Intelligence Service). The…
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After the establishment of an Islamic republic in Iran on April 1, 1979, revolutionary fervor ran high. The leader of this revolution the Ayatollah Ruhollah…
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This is a poster released for the anti-Vietnam war campaign in the late 1960s and early 1970s. It depicts Uncle Sam as a skull,…
During the Civil War, the Union and Confederate armies developed field offices for their topography operations. This allowed both sides to produce the most…
This leaflet advertising Lane Bryant’s sterilized maternity outfit was published around 1910. The leaflet, found at Duke University Libraries Digital Collection, contains four pages stressing…
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Kenneth Cyril Bird, or "Fougasse", was a cartoonist in Britain during WWII. He created a group of cartoons for the Ministry of Information called "Careless…
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Another World War I era cartoon, this also features Kaiser Wilhelm perched atop a German U-Boat, the first viable submarine used in naval warfare (there…
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In the early morning, of February 3rd, 1959, a plane carrying the musicians Big Bopper, Ritchie Valens, and Buddy Holly crashed 8 miles outside Clear Lake,…
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Eng and Chang Bunker, were the original "Siamese Twins." Born in what is today Thailand, in 1811, they are described as having had…
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This 1891 New York Times article discusses the construction of the Congo Railway Company as described by explorer and journalist Henry Stanley. Interviewed by an…
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After the United States entered World War II, American citizens were called upon to serve their country by any means necessary to ensure victory.…
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This comic book was popular in the 1950s and '60s during the "John Wayne" era that romanticized the Old West and frontier life in the…
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The political campaign button dates back to George Washington when they were quite literally brass clothing buttons with a message embossed. By the time…
Frank Lloyd Wright, Fallingwater, Edgar J. Kaufmann House, Mill Run, Pennsylvania, 1935, Color pencil on tracing paper, 15-3/8 x 27-1/4"…
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This advertisement by Tiffany's was placed in The Cosmopolitan magazine in February of 1905. The main purpose of this ad was to inform magazine readers about…
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This was a picture taken in 1928 at Glen Echo Park in Maryland. Years later the picture used on a poster to advertise for the…
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This image is of a poster showing an innocent woman and child surrounded by men with guns. This is a poster remembering all of the…
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Billboards first appearred in the United States in 1835. The first billboard was used to adverise a circus in New York. In the early 1900s,…
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At the conclusion of the Southern Plains Indian war, a group of 72 warriors, primarily Kiowas, Cheyennes, and Arapahoes, were taken prisoner and…
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This is a Navy recruiting poster by artist Howard Chandler Christy issued in 1917. Recruitment posters became commonplace during WWI and in many…
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This site contains a variety of magazine ads dating from the late 1930s through the 1960s for Royal Crown Cola (RC). The ads show…
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This is an postcard promoting the sale of bonds and stamps that would help fund the United States Army during WWII. This advertisement is focusing…
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World War I was a watershed moment in history for a number of reasons. One of the least considered by most secondary students is the…
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During World War Two, the United States Military promoted both combat and civil defense. One great example is the aircraft spotter card, a new…
This 1959-1960 Volkswagen Owner's Manuel is one of the first to be converted to .pdf format and put online. Toshiba has put many of its…
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This advertisement for a build-it-yourself home appeared in the Sears, Roebuck and Co. catalogue in the 1920s.
Image from the online Sears Archive…
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This certificate of live birth was provided by the Obama campaign after accusations that President Obama was not born in the United States. Despite…
This non-color coloring book designed by Morrie Turner in 1987 illustrates a movement that swept the nation after the AIDS disease was first identified in…
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This is an authentic White Star Line vintage poster created by Montague Birrel Black. This circa 1910 poster is titled White Star Line / "Olympic"…
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This magazine article from a November 1944 issue of Modern Woman Magazine, features tips for the military bride. During this particular point in…
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This is a 1925 NC State University yearbook. NCSU has always called the annual the "Agromeck."
I have uploaded images of the yearbook to my
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This poster and
many others were created in WWII. The belief was that enemy spies could use the information…
During a memorial service for victims of the La Coubre explosion, Fidel Castro's cameraman, Alberto Korda, saw a glimpse of Che Guevara. For a couple…
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The Wright brothers sent this telegram to their father in Dayton, Ohio from Kitty Hawk, North Carolina announcing their success of achieving powered flight. The…
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This campaign was introduced by, then head of the U.S. Food Administration, Herbert Hoover (
History Matters). It began at the…
This advertisement shows a young boy riding on a "lead horse." It encouraged children to use the pain and not be worried about problems…
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In the late 19th and early 20th century character maps were all the rage. This map called dogs of war, produced by Johnson, Riddle and…
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This Remington Razor ad dates to the early 1940s, when the United States was in the middle of WWII. The stereotypical American housewife…
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At the turn of the 20th century, parlor games has become a traditional form of popular entertainment in American households. There was a rise and…
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Jesse and Frank James Lindbergh baby Kidnapping John Wilkes Booth
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Wanted posters depict…
Posted by Sue CarterTo the left is a diary entry written by Juri Munzer on January 27, 1936. Munzer was a young Jewish man,living in…
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This "special ticket" for the Southern Pacific Railroad. It was issued in 1893 and gave its bearer the right…
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The invention and introduction of the car changed the world forever. Ford Motor Company based in Detroit, MI also introduced the assembly line that increased…
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The slide rule is a mechanical calculation aid. The device makes use of logarithims to provide an easy method for multiplication, division, roots,…
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This is a political cartoon from the St. Louis Star on March 27, 1920 during the height of the Women's…
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Most people associate almanacs with the Farmers Almanac published in the United States since 1792. Almanacs have served a purpose beyond forecasting the weather and…
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This is an advertisement (dated 1870's) printed on onion skin type paper for a Colt broadside new model army revolving pistol. The Colt Single Action…
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Stamps such as this one is a reminder to all of European colonialism in North Africa. The 1912 Treaty of Lausanne…
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This 1888 advertisement printed in Boston, Massachusetts publicizes ‘one of the wonders of the age.’ Introducing the first electric street railway in Massachusetts,…
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On
September 3, 1864 Union General Sherman sent one of the most famous telegrams of the Civil War to General…
Thomas Tuttell created this unique deck of cards in 1701 that feature the tools and trade of navigation. Each card depicts a different aspect…
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American Indian Movement poster, circa 1973
Called onto the Pine Ridge reservation to protect the traditionalists and full-blooded elders, American Indian Movement (AIM) leaders decried the reservation…
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Jan. 3, 1820
This particular play starred Junius Brutus Booth a well known London born actor. Junius was named for Marcus Junius Brutus, one…
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In the early 1900's newsboys played an important role in Illinios' society. In big cities, they could be found on every corner or on…
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This t-shirt is an original product of George McGovern's presidential campaign for the 1972 election. Political advertisements and propaganda can be seen in elections for…
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During the 1950's the People's Republic of China engaged in a concerted effort to solidify the new political regime in part through use of a…
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This is a selection from “Apartment Houses of the Metropolis” the book was published in 1908 to assist people in finding an apartment home in…
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This website is devoted to maintaining political advertisements from both parties for presdiential elections since the television era began. Included "Daisy Girl" a Lyndon Johnson…
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The website for the Academic Film Archive (
http://www.afana.org/) is an unusual treat offering a variety of looks back at educational film dating from the…
This is a WWII footlocker used by my fiance's grandfather in 1943. The locker was found recently in the attic of his grandmother's apartment along…
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James Marshall had a work crew camped on the American River near Sacramento, California in January of 1848. The crew was building a saw mill…
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This poster is for an incredibly cheezy yet famous 50's science fiction movie, "Attack of the 50 Foot Woman." My Dad made me watch this as a kid and we…
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This anti-Apartheid propaganda poster was created in 1989 and includes quotations from the Freedom Charter, written in 1953. “Voices from the youth” expresses ideologies of…
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Although the signed parchment copy of the Declaration of Independence itself is still kept at the National Archives in the "Rotunda for the Charters of Freedom,"…
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Menus can tell us many things about our past. The best way to study menus would be to compile many menus from several restaurants…
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"Who's been here since Ise been gone?"
This political cartoon ran in a newspaper during the late 1860s, It clearly refers to the solider,…
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Written by Sue Carter
To the left is a 1932 advertisement to elect Franklin Roosevelt. The presidential campaign of 1932 was centered around the…
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This London Herald newspaper is depicting the events from the 1929 U.S. stock market crash. It decribes the suicides, problems, and expectations as the U.S…
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The image to the left represents the front page of Raleigh's own News & Observer on December 7th, 1941. On this day, Japan attacked the United States…
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The tradition of choosing class rings dates back to 1835 with Westpoint Military Academy. The ring below is a 1837 class ring from Westpoint. I…
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This is the cover of the January 2, 1939 edition of TIME magazine. The cover depicts Adolf Hitler playing an organ in a cathedral. From…
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Fallout shelters were a common staple of American life during the 1950's and 60's. These fallout shelters were a defense measure designed to decrease the…
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This is a poster for the Hillside Agricultural Society Fair that was held in Cummington, Massachusetts from September 25, 1888 to September 26,…
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"We Shall Overcome--register-vote" is an adapted poster from the Civil Rights movement. This poster was adapted and put in a textbook, America: …
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This is the 1970 NCAA Final Four basketball tournament bracket located on website (ncaahoops.net) that provides site visitors with all of the winners and…
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This image depicts a Vietnamese ad supporting Ho Chi Minh. The icon in this image is Ho Chi Minh. The purpose…
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Hurricane Katrina is one of the most devastating natural disasters in American History. There are thousands of video files and satellite photographs of…
The doomed maiden voyage of RMS Titanic will forever live in infamy. This photo is the last known picture ever taken of the ship as…
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The archival collection at the Hagley Museum and Library is surprisingly eclectic. The non-profit organization, founded by the DuPont corporation--at the…
By Rachel Palmer
In reading
Wayne Hanley's article about Jetons I got intrigued. Jetons were small tokens often produced to commemorate some event…
Sperry & Hutchinson (S & H) Green Stamps were an important part of retail commerce in the mid-twentieth century. Although these shopper premiums were first…
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During World War II, several pamphlets were created to inform people of the crimes of the Axis powers, the war itself, and the mass murders of the Jewish people. This specific pamphlet explaines the history of the rise and fall of Germany and Japan. The contents of the pamphlet are a list of the countries that fell to these two empires and several other readings. The authors, a professor and a former ambassador to Germany, explain what happened to each country and depict the evil that has occurred since the Axis rose to power.
