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While this photograph was taken at some point between ca. 1910 and ca. 1915, after the rising prevalence of the car, it bears testament to the role that avenues alongside the hotels and beach played. In likening this image to the worlds fairs of…

This is a set of two experimental images in which the project Virtual Gettysburg attempts to allow viewers to experience an original stereoscopic image from the Civil War on a computer screen using 3D glasses. The image itself is of Rock Creek, a…

This is a butter sculpture of Pres. Roosevelt that was presented at the 1905 St. Louis World's Fair. The photograph appears to be taken in the artist's studio rather than an exhibitionary situation.

Antietam, Battle of, Md., 1862. Dedicated in 1867, Antietam National Cemetery, located within the boundaries of the Antietam National Battlefield, is the final resting place for more than 4,700 Union soldiers killed at the Battle of Antietam and on…

"On his left arm was suspended a large basket, which, on examination, we found contained an immense pone, as all Southerners denominate loaves of bread. The old man was naturally surprised whenwe relieved him of that bread, and tearing it in pieces,…