Nazi propaganda minister Joseph Goebbels and the American Office of War Information took on similar tasks during World War II. View propaganda posters from the U.S. and Germany.
The following sheet music is from the Foster Hall Reproductions: Songs, Compositions and Arrangements by Stephen Foster, created in 1933 privately by Josiah Kirby Lilly, founder of the Foster Hall Collection, which is now part of the Center for American Music at the University of Pittsburgh.
The Burlington Historical Society in La Grange, Illinois is devoted to preserving the legacy of the Chicago, Burlington and Quincy Railroad. The following gallery of Zephyr images is a sampling of the society's collection.
In 1785 Martha Ballard began the diary that she would keep for the next 27 years, until her death. At a time when fewer than half the women in America were literate, Ballard faithfully recorded the weather, her daily household tasks, her midwifery duties (she delivered close to a thousand babies), her medical practice and countless incidents that reveal the turmoil of a new nation.
Raymond D'Addario assigned by the U.S. Army to photograph the Nuremberg War Trials from 1945 to 1946. D'Addario also spent time in the former Nazi capital of Berlin, which was occupied by Soviet, American, British and French troops. There he documented the hardships of Berliners' daily lives. Browse some of these images.
The following posters, advertising Houdini's performances and various tricks, have been collected by magicians, friends, and fans of Houdini. Each colorful ad displays a different stage of his career, from the early days of performing in the circus to his spiritualism exposés.
