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).
This image—part of the U.S. military art gallery maintained at the U.S. Army Center of Military History—depicts American soldiers, during 1950, at...
Eisenhower and his generals (plus their staff members) planned the Normandy invasion over a period of several years.
W.A. Rogers, an artist whose illustrations depict scenes from the American West, created several drawings of cowboys in action.
The Easter Story has been depicted by artists for centuries, especially during Medieval and Renaissance times. Da Vinci's "Last Supper," a fresco in a...
Harold Richmond, a philanthropist, grew-up loving Sir Thomas Clapperton’s "Wonderland" sculpture located in Oamaru, on New Zealand’s South Island.
Leo X, a member of the de' Medici family, had an eventful papacy. In addition to ordering Martin Luther to withdraw 41 of his 95 Theses, Leo X designe...
By the time America joined World War II - on the 8th of December, 1941 - Britain had already been fighting in Europe for more than two years.
After attacking Secretary of State William Seward - on the night of April 14, 1865 - Lewis Powell (also known as Lewis Paine/Payne) hid in a wooded ar...
Leyden Jars are used by many experimenters in the 18th century, including Benjamin Franklin who proposes (and conducts) experiments to understand how ...
Marion Post Wolcott took thousands of pictures for the U.S. government’s Farm Security Administration. This image, made in 1939, depicts a migrant c...
Thousands of Irish children were sent to places called "Industrial Schools" throughout the 1950s. Many of these "schools" were not suitable for childr...
As Abraham Lincoln's funeral train made its way to Springfield, Illinois - where the President would be buried - one of the stops on its 1,654-mile jo...
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