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Posted by: Stephen Wesson
Learn how newspapers encouraged voter participation in elections.
Posted in: Contemporary United States (1945-present), Development of the Industrial United States (1877-1914), Government and Law, Industrial United States, World Wars and the Great Depression (1914-1945)
Posted by: Danna Bell
Guest author Kitty Felde provides tips on effectively searching Chronicling America.
Posted in: Development of the Industrial United States (1877-1914), Interviews with Experts
Posted by: Danna Bell
Use the songs, oral histories, poems and stories of Native Americans as part of activities for Native American Heritage month,
Posted in: Native American History
Posted by: Stephen Wesson
Explore how to use Chronicling America to study the Black American fight for freedom and the complicated narrative the documents this part of United States history.
Posted in: African American History, Industrial United States, World Wars and the Great Depression (1914-1945)
Posted by: Danna Bell
The panoramic map was a popular cartographic form used to depict U.S. and Canadian cities and towns during the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. Known also as bird’s-eye views, perspective maps, or aero views, panoramic maps are non-photographic representations of cities portrayed as if viewed from above at an oblique angle.
Posted in: Geography and Maps
Posted by: Danna Bell
Here's a holiday themed puzzle to help you celebrate Thanksgiving.
Posted in: Holidays
Posted by: Stephen Wesson
During a season of spectres, shapeshifters, and apparitions that vanish in the night, we’d like to take a look at an October holiday that seems to have shimmered into existence a century or so ago but now can scarcely be found. Halloween itself has, of course, changed shape over the years, as children–and adults!–have celebrated …
Posted in: Holidays
Posted by: Danna Bell
Learn more about Civil War Nostalgia, a early form of PTSD.
Posted in: Civil War and Reconstruction (1861-1877), Veterans and Military History
Posted by: Stephen Wesson
Learn about the poems written about the flu during the pandemic of 1918 and 1919.
Posted in: Industrial United States, World Wars and the Great Depression (1914-1945), Poetry and Literature