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Whether you are interesting in teaching your students more about Colonial Williamsburg or offering insight into 18th century life in general, this website is a handy tool. The site allows visitors to virtually explore buildings in Colonial Williamsburg, "meet" famous historical figures, play games, and participate in a number of other activities. FIND OUT MORE »

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Florida Folklife Collection

Postcard, Traveling through the orange groves, 19??, Curt Teich Co., FL Memory.

Explore the folk lore of Florida—from musical performances and art to [...] »

Touring Turn-of-the-Century America

Photo, The River from Sycamore St., 1901, Detroit Publishing Company, 1880-1920.

This database of images literally offers snapshots of late 19th to early 20th [...] »

Conservation and Environmental Maps

Map, Preliminary map no.2 of the country surveyed in 1872 and 1873, 1873, LoC

Looking for maps with an environmental focus? Try here. [...] »

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Presidents Day: Growing Up to Be President

Cover, Puck, Baby, kiss papa good-bye, Feb. 24, 1909, S.D. Ehrhart, LoC

Even American presidents were babies once! [...] »

Memorializing Memorials

Photo, Jefferson Memorial with Red Tourists, Apr. 18, 2008, Tancread, Flickr

How do we relate to national memorials? Photographs can show us how we want to [...] »

Black Days in the Market

Cartoon, “On Margin," November 15, 1929, James Montgomery Flagg, Life

The Stock Market Crash of 1929 opened the curtain on the Great Depression. [...] »

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Causes of the American Revolution

Broadside, A card, New York, 1774, LoC, rbpe 10700100

What were the causes of the American Revolution? They were more complicated [...] »

Women's Reform Movement

Print, A downright gabbler, or a goose that deserves to be hissed, 1829

The Seneca Falls Declaration of Sentiments in 1848 reflected the voices of all [...] »

Jim Crow Segregation: The Difficult and Anti-Democratic Work of White Supremacy

Print, For the Sunny South. An Airship. . . , 1913, Library of Congress

The fight against segregation and its discriminatory practices does not begin [...] »

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National Aeronautics and Space Administration

Photo, NASA, ESA, and M. Livio and the Hubble 20th Anniversary Team (STScI)

Since its inception, NASA has accomplished many scientific and technological [...] »

Federal Judiciary

Glass negative, New gavel for Speaker. . . , Harris & Ewing, LoC

Can’t tell an affadavit from an acquittal? Learn the legal lingo. [...] »

U.S. Drug Enforcement Agency

LSD, Featuring the Mad Hatter, U.S. Drug Enforcement Agency

How did recreational drug use grow into a U.S. drug culture? How did it become [...] »

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Reagan's "Rising Tide"

uncle sam and his budget

Economic policy during the Reagan Administration [...] »

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