Amelia Earhart |
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Amelia Earhart may have been the most well-known woman pilot of her time, but she was neither the first nor the last to achieve great heights in the world of American Aviation.
Influenza 1918 |
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The surprise pandemic of 1918 shook Americans’ confidence in the medical establishment that had previously found vaccines for other lethal diseases.
RFK |
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See photos of Kennedy with his family, as a young politician, with his brother, John F. Kennedy, and campaigning on his own.
Death and the Civil War |
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A photo gallery of images from the Civil War battlefields.Â
Henry Ford |
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To reduce costs and increase production, Henry Ford borrowed a tactic from the meatpacking industry – the assembly line.
Annie Oakley |
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Browse a selection of posters promoting Annie Oakley and Buffalo Bill's Wild West show.
Silicon Valley |
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Twelve men whose work and innovations helped to launch the some of the most significant technological advances in history.
War of the Worlds |
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In the early 1900s, Martians were a hot topic in American popular culture.
Fly Girls |
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Tour the inside of the B-29.
Into the Deep: America, Whaling & the World |
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The whaling industry was immortalized through maps, paintings, and photographs. Browse a gallery of images.Â
The Amish |
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Thought a violation of the Second Commandment, which prohibits the making of "graven images," the Amish believe photographs of themselves promote individualism and vanity.
The Amish |
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While the Amish generally do not pose for pictures, some will cooperate with photographers they know and trust.
