American history photos

A number of Reddit users have taken it upon themselves to convert a slew of Civil War photos into beautiful color.

Historians have offered vastly different interpretations of the origins of the Cold War over the past 5 decades. Few historical events have been subject to such an array of revisionist and neo-revisionist accounts. In this lesson, students enter the fray through exploring a variety of documents highlighting various issues and perspectives that led to the Cold War and address the question: Who was primarily responsible for the Cold War, the United States or the Soviet Union? [All files…

Cover image for Jerusalem Plank Road, a book of poetry focused on the Petersburg Campaign of the U.S. Civil War. Image source: Library of Congress. Johnson later served as Lt. Col. of the 115th New York, and was wounded three times, twice during the Petersburg Campaign and once in the assault on Fort Fisher. The 93rd's regimental history contains a brief bio: NATHAN J. JOHNSON. The subject of this sketch was born in Granville, Washington County, New York, on the 22d day of August, 1822. He…

The term for this period came into use in the 1920s and 1930s and was derived from writer Mark Twain's 1873 novel The Gilded Age: A Tale of Today, which satirized an era of serious social problems masked by a thin gold gilding. The Breakers, a Gilded Age mansion in Newport, Rhode Island, belonging to the wealthy Vanderbilt family of railroad industry tycoons. A Tour Through the Gilded Age New York The Gilded Age was an era of rapid economic growth, especially in the North and West. As…

The Empire State Building, the 102-story skyscraper on Fifth Ave. between West 33rd and 34th Streets in Midtown Manhattan stands 1,454 feet tall. It was the world’s tallest building for 39 years from its completion in 1931 until the World Trade Center’s North Tower was completed in 1970. It has been named…

History In Pix on Instagram: “(1960). Bobby Kennedy at a drive-in diner.”

A World War II symbol returns to the National Museum of the Marine Corps.

African-American boys holding American flags in Montgomery, Alabama - 25 March 1965. (Image: Stephen F. Somerstein/Getty)

For over a century photography has captured, documented and shaped the course of history, with some leaving a lasting legacy.