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• FlorentineCodex BK12 F54 smallpox — used in The Columbian Exchange
  FlorentineCodex BK12 F54 smallpox, en:Bernardino de Sahagún (1499-1590), compiler. Original illustration by unknown 16th-century artist; this version of the drawing by unknown 16th-century copyist., circa 1585. Via Wikimedia Commons · Public domain · Source
• ARPA Network, Logical Map, September 1973 — used in The Digital Revolution
  ARPA Network, Logical Map, September 1973, Bolt Beranek and Newman Inc., 1973-09. Via Wikimedia Commons · Public domain · Source
• ODJBcard — used in Jazz
  ODJBcard, Unknown author Unknown author, between 1917 and 1918. Via Wikimedia Commons · Public domain · Source
• JimCrowInDurhamNC — used in Jim Crow
  JimCrowInDurhamNC, Jack Delano, 1940-05. Via Wikimedia Commons · Public domain · Source
• American Progress — used in Manifest Destiny
  American Progress, John Gast, 1872. Via Wikimedia Commons · Public domain · Source
• Wilson Chinn, a branded slave from Louisiana — used in Slavery in America
  Wilson Chinn, a branded slave from Louisiana, Myron Holly Kimball, 1863. Via Wikimedia Commons · Public domain · Source
• The Bosses of the Senate — used in The Gilded Age
  The Bosses of the Senate, Joseph Keppler, 23 January 1889. Via Wikimedia Commons · Public domain · Source
• Judgment, Brown v. Board of Education — used in Brown v. Board of Education
  Judgment, Brown v. Board of Education, Unknown author Unknown author or not provided, 31 May 1955. Via Wikimedia Commons · Public domain · Source
• Judgment in the U.S. Supreme Court Case Dred Scott v. John F. A. Sandford — used in Dred Scott v. Sandford
  Judgment in the U.S. Supreme Court Case Dred Scott v. John F. A. Sandford, Unknown author Unknown author or not provided, 6 March 1857. Via Wikimedia Commons · Public domain · Source
• Fred Korematsu — used in Korematsu v. United States
  Fred Korematsu, Image courtesy of the family of Fred T. Korematsu, 2009-02-09. Via Wikimedia Commons · CC BY 2.0 · Source
• Mildred and Richard Loving 1967 by UPI — used in Loving v. Virginia
  Mildred and Richard Loving 1967 by UPI, United Press International, June 12, 1967. Via Wikimedia Commons · Public domain · Source
• Marbury vs Madison page1 — used in Marbury v. Madison
  Marbury vs Madison page1, US Supreme Court. Calvin Ballantine at German Wikipedia. Via Wikimedia Commons · Public domain · Source
• Mccullochvmaryland — used in McCulloch v. Maryland
  Mccullochvmaryland. Via Wikimedia Commons · Public domain · Source
• Chief Justice Earl Warren - Miranda v. Arizona (1966) — used in Miranda v. Arizona
  Chief Justice Earl Warren - Miranda v. Arizona (1966), Chief Justice Earl Warren (1891–1974), 1966-06-13. Via Wikimedia Commons · Public domain · Source
• Obergefell v. Hodges Decision Announced at the Supreme Court of the United States, June 26, 2015 — used in Obergefell v. Hodges
  Obergefell v. Hodges Decision Announced at the Supreme Court of the United States, June 26, 2015, Mattpopovich, 2015-06-26. Via Wikimedia Commons · CC0 · Source
• Judgment in Plessy v. Ferguson — used in Plessy v. Ferguson
  Judgment in Plessy v. Ferguson, The U.S. National Archives, 1896-05-18 09:09. Via Wikimedia Commons · Public domain · Source
• Justice Harry A. Blackmun — used in Roe v. Wade
  Justice Harry A. Blackmun, Robert S. Oakes, 1976-01-26. Via Wikimedia Commons · Public domain · Source
• Schenck v. United States Leaflet (Obverse) — used in Schenck v. United States
  Schenck v. United States Leaflet (Obverse), Supreme Court of the United States, 1918-05-03. Via Wikimedia Commons · Public domain · Source
• Nixon edited transcripts — used in United States v. Nixon
  Nixon edited transcripts, National Archives & Records Administration, 1974-04-29. Via Wikimedia Commons · Public domain · Source
• Cherokee Phoenix first issue — used in Worcester v. Georgia
  Cherokee Phoenix first issue, Elias Boudinot and Isaac H. Harris, 1828-02-21. Via Wikimedia Commons · Public domain · Source
• Articles page1 — used in Articles of Confederation
  Articles page1, The U.S. Government., 1777-11-15. Via Wikimedia Commons · Public domain · Source
• Bill of Rights - DPLA - a65f6d0b6210c18d17c596908ebcf270 (page 1) — used in The Bill of Rights
  Bill of Rights - DPLA - a65f6d0b6210c18d17c596908ebcf270 (page 1), National Archives and Records Administration. Office of the Federal Register. 4/1/1985, 25 September 1789, 25 September 1789. Via Wikimedia Commons · Public domain · Source
• Chineseexclusionact — used in The Chinese Exclusion Act
  Chineseexclusionact, This work is in the public domain in the United States because it is a work prepared by an officer or employee of the United States Federal Government as part of that person’s official duties under the terms of Title 17, Chapter 1, Section 105 of the US Code . Note : This only applies to original works of the Federal Government and not to the work of any individual U.S. state , territory , commonwealth, county, municipality, or any other subdivision. This template also does not apply to postage stamp designs published by the United States Postal Service since 1978 . (See § 313.6(C)(1) of Compendium of U.S. Copyright Office Practices). It also does not apply to certain US coins; see The US Mint Terms of Use ., 1882. Via Wikimedia Commons · Public domain · Source
• Lyndon Johnson signing Civil Rights Act, July 2, 1964 — used in Civil Rights Act of 1964
  Lyndon Johnson signing Civil Rights Act, July 2, 1964, Cecil Stoughton, White House Press Office (WHPO), Taken on 2 July 1964. Via Wikimedia Commons · Public domain · Source
• Constitution of the United States - DPLA - 9ca804144bd5965e992ae3528bc3c6a3 (page 1) — used in The Constitution of the United States
  Constitution of the United States - DPLA - 9ca804144bd5965e992ae3528bc3c6a3 (page 1), Constitutional Convention, 17 September 1787. Via Wikimedia Commons · Public domain · Source
• Dawes Act - First Page — used in The Dawes Act
  Dawes Act - First Page, 49th Congress of the U.S., 1887-02-08. Via Wikimedia Commons · Public domain · Source
• Declaration of Independence — used in Declaration of Independence
  Declaration of Independence, John Trumbull, 1819. Via Wikimedia Commons · Public domain · Source
• First Reading of the Emancipation Proclamation by President Lincoln — used in The Emancipation Proclamation
  First Reading of the Emancipation Proclamation by President Lincoln, Francis Bicknell Carpenter, 1864. Via Wikimedia Commons · Public domain · Source
• Exclusion orders posted in San Francisco — used in Executive Order 9066
  Exclusion orders posted in San Francisco, Dorothea Lange, 11 April 1942. Via Wikimedia Commons · Public domain · Source
• The Federalist (1st ed, 1788, vol I, title page) - 02 — used in The Federalist Papers
  The Federalist (1st ed, 1788, vol I, title page) - 02, Publius (pseudonym) [ Alexander Hamilton , John Jay , James Madison ]., 1788. Via Wikimedia Commons · Public domain · Source
• The Fifteenth Amendment. Celebrated May 19th, 1870 LCCN2003690776 — used in The Fifteenth Amendment
  The Fifteenth Amendment. Celebrated May 19th, 1870 LCCN2003690776, Popular Graphic Arts, 1871. Via Wikimedia Commons · Public domain · Source
• 14th Amendment Pg1of2 AC — used in The Fourteenth Amendment
  14th Amendment Pg1of2 AC, National Archives of the United States. Via Wikimedia Commons · Public domain · Source
• Gettysburg Address - Bliss copy — used in The Gettysburg Address
  Gettysburg Address - Bliss copy, Abraham Lincoln, March 1864. Via Wikimedia Commons · Public domain · Source
• GI Bill signing — used in G.I. Bill
  GI Bill signing, Not provided, 1944-06-22. Via Wikimedia Commons · Public domain · Source
• America of the melting pot comes to end — used in Immigration Act of 1924
  America of the melting pot comes to end, New York Times, 1924-04-27. Via Wikimedia Commons · Public domain · Source
• McConnell's historical map Kansas-Nebraska Act, 1854 — used in The Kansas-Nebraska Act
  McConnell's historical map Kansas-Nebraska Act, 1854, McConnell Map Co., 1919. Via Wikimedia Commons · Public domain · Source
• The Mayflower Compact, 1620 — used in The Mayflower Compact
  The Mayflower Compact, 1620, Jean Leon Gerome Ferris. Via Wikimedia Commons · Public domain · Source
• The Monroe Doctrine must be respected (F. Victor Gillam, 1896) restored — used in The Monroe Doctrine
  The Monroe Doctrine must be respected (F. Victor Gillam, 1896) restored, Victor Gillam, 1896-02-15. Via Wikimedia Commons · Public domain · Source
• The 19th amendment. — used in The Nineteenth Amendment
  The 19th amendment., U.S. Congress, 1919-05-19. Via Wikimedia Commons · Public domain · Source
• The Old Northwest Territory preceding and following the Ordinance of 1787 — used in The Northwest Ordinance
  The Old Northwest Territory preceding and following the Ordinance of 1787, Northern Trust Co., Chicago, 1936. Via Wikimedia Commons · Public domain · Source
• Signing Of The Social Security Act — used in Social Security Act
  Signing Of The Social Security Act, Social Security Online, 1935-08-14. Via Wikimedia Commons · Public domain · Source
• 13th Amendment Pg1of1 AC — used in The Thirteenth Amendment
  13th Amendment Pg1of1 AC, Nationalbdgf Archives of the Unites States. Via Wikimedia Commons · Public domain · Source
• LyndonJohnson signs Voting Rights Act of 1965 — used in Voting Rights Act of 1965
  LyndonJohnson signs Voting Rights Act of 1965, Yoichi Okamoto, 1965-08-06. Via Wikimedia Commons · Public domain · Source
• Queen Liliʻuokalani — used in The Overthrow and Annexation of Hawaiʻi
  Queen Liliʻuokalani, James J. Williams, circa 1891. Via Wikimedia Commons · Public domain · Source
• Aldrin Apollo 11 original — used in Apollo 11
  Aldrin Apollo 11 original, Neil Armstrong, 1969-07-21. Via Wikimedia Commons · Public domain · Source
• Atomic bombing of Japan — used in Atomic Bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki
  Atomic bombing of Japan, George R. Caron / Charles Levy, 1945-08-06/09. Via Wikimedia Commons · Public domain · Source
• Battle of Gettysburg — used in The Battle of Gettysburg
  Battle of Gettysburg, Thure de Thulstrup / Adam Cuerden, 1887. Via Wikimedia Commons · Public domain · Source
• Battle of Little Bighorn — used in The Battle of the Little Bighorn
  Battle of Little Bighorn, White Swan, circa 1890. Via Wikimedia Commons · Public domain · Source
• The Fall of the Alamo — used in The Alamo and the Texas Revolution
  The Fall of the Alamo, Robert Jenkins Onderdonk, circa 1903. Via Wikimedia Commons · Public domain · Source
• Killed in clash with Texas Rangers — used in Bonnie and Clyde
  Killed in clash with Texas Rangers, Attributed to Buck Barrow, Original: 1933; This version: 23 May 193. Via Wikimedia Commons · Public domain · Source
• Boston Tea Party Currier colored — used in The Boston Tea Party
  Boston Tea Party Currier colored, Nathaniel Currier, 1846. Via Wikimedia Commons · Public domain · Source
• California gold miners with long tom — used in The California Gold Rush
  California gold miners with long tom, George H. Johnson, between circa 1850 and circa 1852. Via Wikimedia Commons · Public domain · Source
• The Four Voyages of Columbus, 1492–1503 — used in The Voyages of Columbus
  The Four Voyages of Columbus, 1492–1503, Albert Bushnell Hart, 1906-01-01. Via Wikimedia Commons · Public domain · Source
• The United States Senate, A.D. 1850 — used in The Compromise of 1850
  The United States Senate, A.D. 1850, Drawn by Peter F. Rothermel / engraved by Robert Whitechurch (1814-ca. 1880), circa 1855. Via Wikimedia Commons · Public domain · Source
• Farce of 1876 poster — used in The Disputed Election of 1876 and the End of Reconstruction
  Farce of 1876 poster, N.J. Newark, Copyrighted 1877.. Via Wikimedia Commons · Public domain · Source
• Scene at the Signing of the Constitution of the United States — used in The Constitutional Convention
  Scene at the Signing of the Constitution of the United States, Howard Chandler Christy, 1940. Via Wikimedia Commons · Public domain · Source
• Novel Coronavirus SARS-CoV-2 — used in COVID-19 Pandemic
  Novel Coronavirus SARS-CoV-2, NIAID - RML ( https://www.niaid.nih.gov/ & https://www.niaid.nih.gov/about/rocky-mountain-laboratories ), 2020-02-12 01:27:40. Via Wikimedia Commons · CC BY 2.0 · Source
• Missile launch site at San Cristobal, Cuba — used in The Cuban Missile Crisis
  Missile launch site at San Cristobal, Cuba, see above, 1962-11-01. Via Wikimedia Commons · Public domain · Source
• Second World War: Europe; " Into the Jaws of Death — U.S. Troops wading through water and Nazi gunfire”, circa 1944-06-06. — used in D-Day
  Second World War: Europe; " Into the Jaws of Death — U.S. Troops wading through water and Nazi gunfire”, circa 1944-06-06., Chief Photographer's Mate (CPHoM) Robert F. Sargent, Taken on 6 June 1944. Via Wikimedia Commons · Public domain · Source
• Dust Storm Texas 1935 — used in The Dust Bowl
  Dust Storm Texas 1935, George Everett Marsh Jr., 1935-04-18. Via Wikimedia Commons · Public domain · Source
• Jefferson banner — used in The Election of 1800
  Jefferson banner, Unknown Unknown, 1800. Via Wikimedia Commons · Public domain · Source
• West and East Germans at the Brandenburg Gate in 1989 — used in The End of the Cold War
  West and East Germans at the Brandenburg Gate in 1989, Unknown photographer, Reproduction by Lear 21 at English Wikipedia ., 1989. Via Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Source
• Lockport on the Erie Canal — used in The Erie Canal
  Lockport on the Erie Canal, After W. H. Bartlett, 1839. Via Wikimedia Commons · Public domain · Source
• Landing at Jamestown from a Dutch Man-of-War, 1619 (illustration by Howard Pyle, 1901) — used in The First Africans in Virginia
  Landing at Jamestown from a Dutch Man-of-War, 1619 (illustration by Howard Pyle, 1901), Howard Pyle (1853-1911). Compare slaveryimages.org slaveryimages.org item1974, 1901. Via Wikimedia Commons · Public domain · Source
• Migrant mother, Nipomo, California — used in The Great Depression
  Migrant mother, Nipomo, California, Dorothea Lange, 6 March 1936. Via Wikimedia Commons · Public domain · Source
• Lehman Brothers headquarters, New York — used in The Great Recession
  Lehman Brothers headquarters, New York, Robert Scoble, 2008-09-15. Via Wikimedia Commons · CC BY 2.0 · Source
• Lyndon Johnson signing Medicare bill, with Harry Truman, July 30, 1965 — used in The Great Society
  Lyndon Johnson signing Medicare bill, with Harry Truman, July 30, 1965, White House Press Office, 1965-07-30. Via Wikimedia Commons · Public domain · Source
• HaymarketRiot-Harpers — used in The Haymarket Affair
  HaymarketRiot-Harpers, Thure de Thulstrup, 1886-05-15. Via Wikimedia Commons · Public domain · Source
• Fourth of July in Centre Square — used in Independence Day (the Fourth of July)
  Fourth of July in Centre Square, John Lewis Krimmel, by 1812. Via Wikimedia Commons · Public domain · Source
• Trails of Tears en — used in Indian Removal
  Trails of Tears en, User:Nikater, 2007-09-04. Via Wikimedia Commons · Public domain · Source
• Jamestown-Virginia-settlement-ships-NOAA — used in The Founding of Jamestown
  Jamestown-Virginia-settlement-ships-NOAA, The original uploader was Wikid77 at English Wikipedia ., 5 January 2007 (original upload date). Via Wikimedia Commons · Public domain · Source
• Manzanar Relocation Center, Manzanar, California. View of barracks at this War Relocation Authority . . . — used in Japanese American Incarceration
  Manzanar Relocation Center, Manzanar, California. View of barracks at this War Relocation Authority . . ., Dorothea Lange, 30 June 1942. Via Wikimedia Commons · Public domain · Source
• General order No. 3 of June 19, 1865 — used in Juneteenth
  General order No. 3 of June 19, 1865, General Graham Granger, b 1821, d 1876, 1865-06-19. Via Wikimedia Commons · Public domain · Source
• Lewis and clark-expedition — used in The Lewis and Clark Expedition
  Lewis and clark-expedition, Charles Marion Russell, 1905. Via Wikimedia Commons · Public domain · Source
• The Assassination of President Lincoln - Currier and Ives — used in The Assassination of Abraham Lincoln
  The Assassination of President Lincoln - Currier and Ives, Currier & Ives, 1865., circa 1865. Via Wikimedia Commons · Public domain · Source
• Robert F. Wagner with Little Rock students NYWTS — used in The Little Rock Nine
  Robert F. Wagner with Little Rock students NYWTS, New York World-Telegram and the Sun staff photographer: Albertin, Walter, photographer., 1958. Via Wikimedia Commons · Public domain · Source
• Louisiana Purchase — used in The Louisiana Purchase
  Louisiana Purchase, William Morris, 2015-09-01. Via Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Source
• Civil Rights March on Washington, D.C. [Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. and Mathew Ahmann in a crowd.] — used in March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom
  Civil Rights March on Washington, D.C. [Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. and Mathew Ahmann in a crowd.], Rowland Scherman / Adam Cuerden, 28 August 1963. Via Wikimedia Commons · Public domain · Source
• Marshall Plan poster — used in The Marshall Plan
  Marshall Plan poster, E. Spreckmeester (also credited as "I. Spreekmeester"), published Economic Cooperation Administration, 1950. Via Wikimedia Commons · Public domain · Source
• Welch-McCarthy-Hearings — used in McCarthyism and the Second Red Scare
  Welch-McCarthy-Hearings, United States Senate, August 22, 2013 08:56:32. Via Wikimedia Commons · Public domain · Source
• Map of the Missouri Compromise, 1820 — used in The Missouri Compromise
  Map of the Missouri Compromise, 1820, McConnell Map Co., 1919. Via Wikimedia Commons · Public domain · Source
• Rosa Parks being fingerprinted by Deputy Sheriff D.H. Lackey after being arrested on February 22, 1956, during the Montgomery bus boycott — used in Montgomery Bus Boycott
  Rosa Parks being fingerprinted by Deputy Sheriff D.H. Lackey after being arrested on February 22, 1956, during the Montgomery bus boycott, Gene Herrick for the Associated Press; restored by Adam Cuerden, 1956-02-22. Via Wikimedia Commons · Public domain · Source
• New Deal collage — used in The New Deal
  New Deal collage, LordHarris at English Wikipedia, 11 January 2008 (original upload date). Via Wikimedia Commons · Public domain · Source
• The USS Arizona (BB-39) burning after the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor - NARA 195617 - Edit — used in Attack on Pearl Harbor
  The USS Arizona (BB-39) burning after the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor - NARA 195617 - Edit, Photographer: Unknown Unknown Retouched by: Mmxx, 1941-12-07. Via Wikimedia Commons · Public domain · Source
• Peopling of America through Beringia — used in The Peopling of the Americas
  Peopling of America through Beringia, User:Roblespepe, 2014-05-04 18:37:46. Via Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Source
• Meeting of Governor Carver and Massasoit - drawn by H.L. Stevens ; eng'd. by Augustus Robin, N.Y. LCCN89707285 (cropped) — used in Plymouth Colony and the Wampanoag
  Meeting of Governor Carver and Massasoit - drawn by H.L. Stevens ; eng'd. by Augustus Robin, N.Y. LCCN89707285 (cropped), Robin, Augustus, engraver, 1870. Via Wikimedia Commons · Public domain · Source
• Prohibition agents destroying barrels of alcohol (United States, prohibition era) — used in Prohibition
  Prohibition agents destroying barrels of alcohol (United States, prohibition era). Via Wikimedia Commons · Public domain · Source
• Loren Mozley Pueblo Revolt 1680 installed 1936 ABQ NM — used in The Pueblo Revolt
  Loren Mozley Pueblo Revolt 1680 installed 1936 ABQ NM, Loren Mozley for TRAP (USgov), 1936, 1936-01-01. Via Wikimedia Commons · Public domain · Source
• Puerto Rico’s first autonomous cabinet, 1898 — used in Puerto Rico Under the United States
  Puerto Rico’s first autonomous cabinet, 1898, Anonymous Unknown author, 1898. Via Wikimedia Commons · Public domain · Source
• Pullman strikers outside Arcade Building — used in The Pullman Strike
  Pullman strikers outside Arcade Building, Unknown author Unknown author ; 'Pullman Company negative jacket labeled "Fife and Drum Corp"' [1], Taken in 1894. Via Wikimedia Commons · Public domain · Source
• First Colored Senator and Representatives — used in Reconstruction
  First Colored Senator and Representatives, Currier and Ives / Adam Cuerden, 1872. Via Wikimedia Commons · Public domain · Source
• Fort Raleigh (artist's reconstruction) — used in The Roanoke Colony
  Fort Raleigh (artist's reconstruction), Uncredited, 1962. Via Wikimedia Commons · Public domain · Source
• Trial of George Jacobs, August 5, 1692 — used in The Salem Witch Trials
  Trial of George Jacobs, August 5, 1692, T. H. Matteson, 1855. Via Wikimedia Commons · Public domain · Source
• Selma to Montgomery Marches — used in Selma to Montgomery Marches
  Selma to Montgomery Marches, Peter Pettus, 1965. Via Wikimedia Commons · Public domain · Source
• Wesleyan Chapel, Seneca Falls — used in The Seneca Falls Convention
  Wesleyan Chapel, Seneca Falls, Jane023, 2019-06-19. Via Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Source
• National Park Service 9-11 Statue of Liberty and WTC fire — used in September 11 Attacks
  National Park Service 9-11 Statue of Liberty and WTC fire, National Park Service, Taken on 11 September 2001. Via Wikimedia Commons · Public domain · Source
• Shays forces flee Continental troops, Springfield — used in Shays’ Rebellion
  Shays forces flee Continental troops, Springfield, C. Kendrick, circa 1902. Via Wikimedia Commons · Public domain · Source
• Celebrating Explorer 1, 1958 — used in The Space Race
  Celebrating Explorer 1, 1958, NASA/JPL, 1958. Via Wikimedia Commons · Public domain · Source
• 1765 BostoniansReadingStampAct — used in The Stamp Act Crisis
  1765 BostoniansReadingStampAct, New York Public Library., 18th-19th c.. Via Wikimedia Commons · Public domain · Source
• Crowd outside nyse — used in Stock Market Crash of 1929
  Crowd outside nyse, US-gov, Taken on 29 October 1929. Via Wikimedia Commons · Public domain · Source
• Stonewall Inn raid sign pride weekend 2016 — used in Stonewall Uprising
  Stonewall Inn raid sign pride weekend 2016, Rhododendrites, 2016-06-25 16:58:01. Via Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Source
• George Washington's October 3, 1789, Thanksgiving Day Proclamation. — used in Thanksgiving Day
  George Washington's October 3, 1789, Thanksgiving Day Proclamation., Unknown author Unknown author or not provided, 3 October 1789. Via Wikimedia Commons · Public domain · Source
• Trails of Tears en — used in The Trail of Tears
  Trails of Tears en, User:Nikater, 2007-09-04. Via Wikimedia Commons · Public domain · Source
• "East and West Shaking Hands at Laying Last Rail" — used in The Transcontinental Railroad
  "East and West Shaking Hands at Laying Last Rail", Andrew J. Russell / Adam Cuerden, 10 May 1869. Via Wikimedia Commons · Public domain · Source
• Image of Triangle Shirtwaist Factory fire on March 25 - 1911 — used in The Triangle Shirtwaist Factory Fire
  Image of Triangle Shirtwaist Factory fire on March 25 - 1911, Unknown author Unknown author, March 25, 1911 First published on front . Via Wikimedia Commons · Public domain · Source
• Tulsa Aftermath — used in Tulsa Race Massacre
  Tulsa Aftermath, Unknown author Unknown author, 1921-06-01. Via Wikimedia Commons · Public domain · Source
• Richard Nixon boards Army One in 1974 — used in The Watergate Scandal
  Richard Nixon boards Army One in 1974, Ollie Atkins, Taken on 9 August 1974. Via Wikimedia Commons · Public domain · Source
• Blanket tent and the crowd awaits — used in Woodstock
  Blanket tent and the crowd awaits, James M Shelley, Taken on 17 August 1969. Via Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Source
• Wounded Knee aftermath5 — used in The Wounded Knee Massacre
  Wounded Knee aftermath5, Wounded_Knee_aftermath3.jpg : Trager & Kuhn, Chadron, Nebr. derivative work: Durova ( talk ), 2010-03-15 22:49. Via Wikimedia Commons · Public domain · Source
• The first flight, December 17, 1903 — used in The Wright Brothers’ First Flight
  The first flight, December 17, 1903, John T. Daniels, 1903. Via Wikimedia Commons · Public domain · Source
• US Capitol west side — used in Congress
  US Capitol west side, Martin Falbisoner, 2013-09-05 15:28:36. Via Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Source
• 1st-continental-congress-1 — used in The Continental Congress
  1st-continental-congress-1, Henry Samuel Sadd, 1848. Via Wikimedia Commons · Public domain · Source
• The Freedmen's Bureau - Drawn by A.R. Waud. LCCN92514996 — used in The Freedmen’s Bureau
  The Freedmen's Bureau - Drawn by A.R. Waud. LCCN92514996, Waud, Alfred R. (Alfred Rudolph), 1828-1891, artist, 1868. Via Wikimedia Commons · Public domain · Source
• Iroquois chiefs from the Six Nations Reserve reading wampum belts in Brantford, Ontario — used in The Haudenosaunee Confederacy
  Iroquois chiefs from the Six Nations Reserve reading wampum belts in Brantford, Ontario, Hale, Horatio (collector), 14 September 1871. Via Wikimedia Commons · Public domain · Source
• Political Evolution of United States Parties — used in Political Parties
  Political Evolution of United States Parties, Plan8-63, 2025-03-16. Via Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Source
• White House north and south sides — used in The Presidency
  White House north and south sides, (top) Cezary p (bottom) MattWade, (top) July 17, 2008 (bottom) May 26, 200. Via Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Source
• Panorama of United States Supreme Court Building at Dusk — used in The Supreme Court
  Panorama of United States Supreme Court Building at Dusk, Joe Ravi, 2011-10-10. Via Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Source
• General Assembly of the United Nations — used in United Nations
  General Assembly of the United Nations, azugaldia, 2005-09-20. Via Wikimedia Commons · CC BY 2.0 · Source
• A Tribute for the Negro - frontispiece — used in Abolitionism
  A Tribute for the Negro - frontispiece, Wilson Armistead, 1848. Via Wikimedia Commons · Public domain · Source
• Indians of All Tribes flag — used in Red Power and the American Indian Movement
  Indians of All Tribes flag, United Indians of All Tribes, 1969/1970. Via Wikimedia Commons · Public domain · Source
• Civil rights demonstration at Fort Lauderdale's segregated public beach, 1961 — used in The Civil Rights Movement
  Civil rights demonstration at Fort Lauderdale's segregated public beach, 1961, photographer unidentified, 1961-07-24. Via Wikimedia Commons · Public domain · Source
• The Blue Marble — used in The Environmental Movement
  The Blue Marble, NASA/Apollo 17 crew; taken by either Harrison Schmitt or Ron Evans, 7 December 1972. Via Wikimedia Commons · Public domain · Source
• Grape strikers in Delano, California — used in The Farm Workers Movement
  Grape strikers in Delano, California, Frank Q. Brown, Los Angeles Times, 1965-10-17. Via Wikimedia Commons · CC BY 4.0 · Source
• Camp meeting — used in The First Great Awakening
  Camp meeting, Bridport, Hugh, 1794-ca. 1868, lithographer, circa 1829. Via Wikimedia Commons · Public domain · Source
• GreatMigration1910to1970-UrbanPopulation — used in The Great Migration
  GreatMigration1910to1970-UrbanPopulation, US Census Bureau, 2012-09-13. Via Wikimedia Commons · Public domain · Source
• Langston Hughes by Carl Van Vechten 1936 — used in The Harlem Renaissance
  Langston Hughes by Carl Van Vechten 1936, Carl Van Vechten, 1936. Via Wikimedia Commons · Public domain · Source
• The Lawrence textile strike begins 1912 — used in The Labor Movement
  The Lawrence textile strike begins 1912, Unknown author Unknown author, 1912-12-31. Via Wikimedia Commons · Public domain · Source
• Christopher Street Liberation Day. June 28 1970 — used in LGBTQ+ Rights Movement
  Christopher Street Liberation Day. June 28 1970, Unknown author Unknown author, 1970. Via Wikimedia Commons · Public domain · Source
• Bryan, Judge magazine, 1896 — used in Populism and the People’s Party
  Bryan, Judge magazine, 1896, 1896. Via Wikimedia Commons · Public domain · Source
• Bandits' Roost, 59 1-2 Mulberry Street by Jacob August Riis, 1888 — used in Progressivism
  Bandits' Roost, 59 1-2 Mulberry Street by Jacob August Riis, 1888, Jacob August Riis, 1888. Via Wikimedia Commons · Public domain · Source
• American Association of University Women members with President John F. Kennedy as he signs the Equal Pay Act into law — used in Second-Wave Feminism
  American Association of University Women members with President John F. Kennedy as he signs the Equal Pay Act into law, Abbie Rowe, 1963-06-10. Via Wikimedia Commons · Public domain · Source
• The Underground Railroad — used in The Underground Railroad
  The Underground Railroad, Charles T. Webber, 1893. Via Wikimedia Commons · Public domain · Source
• The woman-suffrage movement in New York City cph.3g12521 — used in The Woman Suffrage Movement
  The woman-suffrage movement in New York City cph.3g12521, Benjamin West Clinedinst, 1894-05-03. Via Wikimedia Commons · Public domain · Source
• Abigail Adams — used in Abigail Adams
  Abigail Adams, Benjamin Blyth, 1766. Via Wikimedia Commons · Public domain · Source
• Abraham Lincoln — used in Abraham Lincoln
  Abraham Lincoln, Alexander Gardner, 8 November 1863. Via Wikimedia Commons · Public domain · Source
• Portrait of Alexander Hamilton — used in Alexander Hamilton
  Portrait of Alexander Hamilton, John Trumbull, 1805. Via Wikimedia Commons · Public domain · Source
• Amelia Earhart — used in Amelia Earhart
  Amelia Earhart, NBC Radio, 1935-03-05. Via Wikimedia Commons · Public domain · Source
• Andrew Carnegie, three-quarter length portrait, seated, facing slightly left, 1913-crop — used in Andrew Carnegie
  Andrew Carnegie, three-quarter length portrait, seated, facing slightly left, 1913-crop, Theodore C. Marceau, Copyright 1913. Via Wikimedia Commons · Public domain · Source
• Andrew jackson head — used in Andrew Jackson
  Andrew jackson head, Ralph Eleaser Whiteside Earl, 2011-01-18. Via Wikimedia Commons · Public domain · Source
• Babe Ruth — used in Babe Ruth
  Babe Ruth, Paul Thompson, 1920. Via Wikimedia Commons · Public domain · Source
• President Barack Obama — used in Barack Obama
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• Benjamin Franklin — used in Benjamin Franklin
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• Booker T Washington retouched flattened-crop — used in Booker T. Washington
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• Cesar chavez crop2 — used in Cesar Chavez
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• President Donald Trump — used in Donald Trump
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• President Dwight D. Eisenhower — used in Dwight D. Eisenhower
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• Eleanor Roosevelt portrait 1933 — used in Eleanor Roosevelt
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• Elizabeth Cady Stanton — used in Elizabeth Cady Stanton
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• Elvis Presley promoting Jailhouse Rock — used in Elvis Presley
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• FDR in 1933 — used in Franklin D. Roosevelt
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• Frederick Douglass (circa 1879) — used in Frederick Douglass
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• George Washington — used in George Washington
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• Harriet Tubman by Squyer, NPG, c1885 — used in Harriet Tubman
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• TRUMAN 58-766-06 (cropped) — used in Harry S. Truman
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• Henry Ford — used in Henry Ford
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• Mary Garrity - Ida B. Wells-Barnett - Google Art Project - restoration crop — used in Ida B. Wells
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• Jackie Robinson Kansas City Monarchs — used in Jackie Robinson
  Jackie Robinson Kansas City Monarchs, Kansas City Call newspaper (first publication), 1945. Via Wikimedia Commons · Public domain · Source
• James Madison — used in James Madison
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• President Joe Biden — used in Joe Biden
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• John Adams — used in John Adams
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• John Brown by Augustus Washington, 1846-7 — used in John Brown
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• President John F. Kennedy — used in John F. Kennedy
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• John Marshall . — used in John Marshall
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• Louis Armstrong restored — used in Louis Armstrong
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• 37 Lyndon Johnson 3x4 — used in Lyndon B. Johnson
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• Malcolm X NYWTS 2a — used in Malcolm X
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• Mark Twain by AF Bradley — used in Mark Twain
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• Martin Luther King, Jr. — used in Martin Luther King Jr.
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• Muhammad Ali — used in Muhammad Ali
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• President Richard Nixon — used in Richard Nixon
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• Official Portrait of President Reagan 1981 — used in Ronald Reagan
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• Rosa Parks — used in Rosa Parks
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• Sacagawea statue, Portland, 1905 — used in Sacagawea
  Sacagawea statue, Portland, 1905, Unknown photographer, 1905. Via Wikimedia Commons · Public domain · Source
• Sitting Bull by D F Barry ca 1883 Dakota Territory — used in Sitting Bull
  Sitting Bull by D F Barry ca 1883 Dakota Territory, David F. Barry, Photographer, Bismarck, Dakota Territory, 1884. Via Wikimedia Commons · Public domain · Source
• Sojourner truth c1870 — used in Sojourner Truth
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• Susan B Anthony c1855 — used in Susan B. Anthony
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• Tecumseh02 — used in Tecumseh
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• President Roosevelt - Pach Bros - black and white — used in Theodore Roosevelt
  President Roosevelt - Pach Bros - black and white, Pach Bros., circa 1904. Via Wikimedia Commons · Public domain · Source
• Thomas Alva Edison — used in Thomas Edison
  Thomas Alva Edison, Louis Bachrach, Bachrach Studios, circa 1922. Via Wikimedia Commons · Public domain · Source
• Rembrandt Peale - Thomas Jefferson — used in Thomas Jefferson
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• Thurgood-marshall-2 — used in Thurgood Marshall
  Thurgood-marshall-2, Robert S. Oakes, 1976. Via Wikimedia Commons · Public domain · Source
• Ulysses S. Grant 1870-1880 — used in Ulysses S. Grant
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• Walt Disney in Paris — used in Walt Disney
  Walt Disney in Paris, Agence de presse Meurisse, around 25 june 1935. Via Wikimedia Commons · Public domain · Source
• WEB DuBois 1918 — used in W. E. B. Du Bois
  WEB DuBois 1918, Cornelius Marion Battey, 1918. Via Wikimedia Commons · Public domain · Source
• President Woodrow Wilson portrait December 2 1912 — used in Woodrow Wilson
  President Woodrow Wilson portrait December 2 1912, Pach Brothers, New York, Taken on 2 December 1912. Via Wikimedia Commons · Public domain · Source
• Alcatraz Island as seen from the East — used in Alcatraz Island
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• Detention center at U.S. Immigration Station Angel Island — used in Angel Island Immigration Station
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• Mounds, Cahokia Mounds State Historic Site — used in Cahokia
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• Little Rock Central High School — used in Little Rock Central High School
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• Chaco Canyon Chetro Ketl great kiva plaza NPS — used in Chaco Canyon
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• Ellis island 1902 — used in Ellis Island
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• John Brown's Fort Harpers Ferry WV1 — used in Harpers Ferry
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• Exterior of the Independence Hall, Aug 2019 — used in Independence Hall
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• Calesthenics [sic] / photograph by Ansel Adams. — used in Manzanar
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• Cliff Palace-Colorado-Mesa Verde NP — used in Mesa Verde
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• Mount Rushmore - 51107143464 — used in Mount Rushmore
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• Aerial view of the National Mall, Washington, D.C. — used in The National Mall
  Aerial view of the National Mall, Washington, D.C., Carol M. Highsmith, 5 May 2008. Via Wikimedia Commons · Public domain · Source
• Route 66 sign 3 — used in Route 66
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• Castillo de San Marcos and St. Augustine from the air — used in St. Augustine
  Castillo de San Marcos and St. Augustine from the air, Jack E. Boucher, Historic American Buildings Survey, 1965-02. Via Wikimedia Commons · Public domain · Source
• Statue of Liberty 7 — used in Statue of Liberty
  Statue of Liberty 7, Elcobbola, Taken on 8 August 2010. Via Wikimedia Commons · Public domain · Source
• Stonewall Inn 6 pride weekend 2016 — used in Stonewall Inn and Stonewall National Monument
  Stonewall Inn 6 pride weekend 2016, Rhododendrites, Taken on 25 June 2016, 19:41:11. Via Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Source
• Surrender of Lord Cornwallis — used in The American Revolution
  Surrender of Lord Cornwallis, John Trumbull, 1820, placed 1826. Via Wikimedia Commons · Public domain · Source
• Battle of Gettysburg, by Currier and Ives — used in The Civil War
  Battle of Gettysburg, by Currier and Ives, Nathaniel Currier and James Merritt Ives, circa 1863. Via Wikimedia Commons · Public domain · Source
• Cold War Map (1974) — used in The Cold War
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• Major George Washington on a white horse at the Battle of the Monongahela in the French and Indian War — used in The French and Indian War
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• USAF F-16A F-15C F-15E Desert Storm edit2 — used in Persian Gulf War
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• SaddamStatue — used in Iraq War
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• Lopez scaling seawall — used in Korean War
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• Nebel Mexican War 12 Scott in Mexico City (cropped) — used in The Mexican-American War
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• TR San Juan Hill 1898 — used in The Spanish-American War
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• US soldier directs UH-1 to land Vietnam 1966 — used in Vietnam War
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• US soldiers on horseback 2001 Afghanistan — used in War in Afghanistan
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• Burning of Washington 1814 — used in The War of 1812
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• J. M. Flagg, I Want You for U.S. Army poster (1917) — used in World War I
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• Mamoru Shigemitsu signs the Instrument of Surrender, officially ending the Second World War — used in World War II
  Mamoru Shigemitsu signs the Instrument of Surrender, officially ending the Second World War, Army Signal Corps photographer LT. Stephen E. Korpanty; restored by Adam Cuerden, 1945-09-02. Via Wikimedia Commons · Public domain · Source