Explore California oral histories, or learn to conduct your own interviews [...] »
Follows the history of American taxation through a collection of primary and [...] »
Explore this database of over 150,000 photographs that capture the true [...] »
The politics of love—answer these questions about valentines to and from U.S [...] »
Wherever people go, disease is sure to follow. Answer these questions about [...] »
Peruse the news, but beware hot air? Examine famous U.S. hoaxes.
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Textbooks are silent about defining race and racism, even though the modern [...] »
Was colonial trade really triangular? What kinds of work did colonists do, [...] »
The "go-green" movement is rampant in modern America. However, support for [...] »
![Photo, . . . trephining [sic]. . . , 1926, Library of Congress](/sites/default/files/styles/splash_thumb_images/public/NationalMuseumNH432x240.jpg?itok=rqsMmArM "Photo, The crude method of trephining [sic] with the sharpened edge of a stone practiced by peoples living in Peru some 500 or 600 years ago is revealed by the skulls at the National Museum, 1926, Library of Congress")
Don't let "natural history" scare you away! The museum covers anthropology [...] »
Read the act that gave way to the Tennessee Valley Authority, a major New [...] »
![Lithograph, [Patent medicine label for unnamed. . . ], 1830-1870, LoC](/sites/default/files/styles/splash_thumb_images/public/Patent432x240.jpg?itok=QLJLh39q "Lithograph, [Patent medicine label for unnamed women's hair tonic which \"restores gray hair ... cures dandruff and prevents baldness], 1830-1870, Library of Congress")
The United States Patent and Trademark Office has images of patents online [...] »
What, precisely, makes a historian, and what do they do?
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