What does it mean when we say "art is in the eye of the beholder?" How have artists' subjects changed over the centuries? This collection features diverse art forms (from ancient mosaics to modern cubism).
The Illustrated London News published an article, and this picture, in the September 17, 1845 issue. From the article, we learn that these shack...
Jerry Malloy republished Sol White's book, History of Colored Base Ball. From reviews at the amazon.com web site we learn these important facts:...
The Library of Congress provides this background on Siad Barre and Scientific Socialism: Somalia's adherence to socialism became official on the fi...
Now contained in the U.S. National Archives, this facsimile document relates (via the Soviet Union) information on how China viewed America's involvem...
Page from the autobiography of Olaudah Equiano (also known as "Gustavus Vassa, The African"). Captured Africans were placed below decks, Equiano tell...
This image depicts the text from NATURE, written by J. Rand Capron in 1880. He relates his findings following an investigation into "circular sp...
Page from the autobiography of Olaudah Equiano (also known as "Gustavus Vassa, The African"). This page tells the story of what it was like to s...
A page from Olaudah Equiano's book, telling the story of how he and his sister were both kidnapped from their village. Click on the image for a bette...
This is a facsimile of the telegram which General Hooker had his assistant send to President Lincoln, after the Union's defeat at Chancellorsville: ...
This is a facsimile of the telegram which General Burnside sent to President Lincoln, advising him of the Fredericksburg battle results. "Our lo...
James Madison - as "Publius" - wrote "The Federalist No. 10." In this famous essay, Madison addresses the concerns of "majority" versus "minorit...
Bookcover image of Stand Firm Ye Boys from Maine: The 20th Maine and the Gettysburg Campaign, by Thomas A. Desjardin.
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