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Reading Photographs: MacArthur and Hirohito

Photo, Hirohito, Emperor of Japan, 1901-, 1926, Library of Congress

How would you have planned this photograph if you were General MacArthur? [...] »

Westward Expansion: Image vs. Reality

Print, Settler's first blockhouse, E. Sachse & Co., c.1870, LoC

It helps to consider multiple perspectives! [...] »

Reading a Cartoon: Nast's "Milk Tickets for Babies"

Cartoon, Milk Tickets for Babies, 1876, Thomas Nast

What do you see in this 1876 cartoon? [...] »

Earth Day: Lost to History

Print, Carolina Parrot, c.1827-1838, John James Audubon, Birds of America, UoP

Human history affects more than human beings. [...] »

Who Won the War (of 1812)?

Print, This view of his majesty's ship Shannon, Aug. 1813, Robert Dodd, LoC

How do textbooks from different countries treat the War of 1812? [...] »

A Symbol of Friendship

Photo, 2011 National Cherry Blossom Festival Youth Poster Art Contest, SodexoUSA

The cherry trees in Washington, DC, were a gift from Japan. What does their history tell us? [...] »

Probing Probate

Probate, Sarah Green, 1759, Probing the Past, Roy Rosenzweig CHNM

How do we know what people in the past owned and valued? [...] »

Voices of Women's Reform

Print, Giddap!, Mar. 14, 1914, Gordon Grant, Library of Congress

There’s more to it than Seneca Falls. [...] »

Women's History Month: Picturing Pocahontas

Print, Pocahontas at the court of King James, 1907, Richard Rummels, LoC

What do you picture when you hear her name? [...] »

The Blue and the Grey (and Red and Green and Yellow)

Photo, The Blue and the Gray at Gettysburg, 1913, LoC

What do you think Civil War uniforms looked like? They varied more than you might think! [...] »

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