Historical Picture Gallery

Thank you for checking out the picture gallery.

A few things to note: The site is under construction, but hopefully soon, I will have more images to share! The gallery will be divided into areas of interest related to our American history, such as wars, politics,national parks,industrial revolution,and different aspects of our social history.

Many of the images used are from the Library of Congress, Creative Commons,and elsewhere,and are noted with “no known restrictions.”

WARS

American Civil War Collection- 1861 — 1865

1s02813v Our Great American Heritage — Stereograph showing a group of veteran Union soldiers imprisoned during the Civil War in various Confederate prisons, Andersonville, Libby, Belle Isle, and Florence, gathered for a reunion. The portrait was possibly taken during the 18th National Encampment of the Grand Army of the Republic in Minneapolis in 1884.

1s02715v Our Great American Heritage — Burial of the Union dead at Fredericksburg, December 15, 1862 (i.e. May 19 or 20, 1864. Working within the Confederate lines under a flag of truce. Our army had retreated, leaving our dead on the field

01899r Our Great American Heritage — Pontoon Bridge built by the Union Army crossing the James River near Richmond, Virginia

33352r Our Great American Heritage — Army of the James, pontoon bridges across the James River at Deep Bottom and Varina, Virginia (near Richmond, Virginia )

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00865v Our Great American Heritage — Confederate dead at Gettysburg, Pa. 1863

00168v Our Great American Heritage — Union dead at Gettysburg, Pa 1863 — entitled “Harvest of Death”

03699v Our Great American Heritage — Bridge at Antietam, Maryland

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INDUSTRIAL AMERICA

INDUSTRIAL AMERICAN COLLECTION – 1870 – 1914

The dangers of the workplace extended past the gyrating machines explosions and cave ins Match companies employed women to dip the match heads into tanks of phosphorous Over time the inhaling of the fumes caused many of the workers to suffer from a horrible disease known as phossy jaw They endured terrible pain in their jaw and teeth and eventually disfigurement to the face Bone and tissue would die and rot away causing foul odor and a disgusting discharge In time these workers suffered brain damage and ultimately death — Women and a child (behind machine). Mill factory.

Childlabourcoal1 Our Great American Heritage — Child workers at a coal mine. 1895

AddieCard05282vLewisHine1 Our Great American Heritage — Addie Card, 12 years. Spinner in North Pormal (i.e., Pownal) Cotton Mill. Vt. 1902

ChildworkersinMillvilleNJ1 Our Great American Heritage — Children workers at Wheaton Glass Works, November 1909

51632462jpgresize710x3991 Our Great American Heritage — American factory at the turn of the 20th century.

powerplantpollution2 Our Great American Heritage — The workplace of millions of Americans.

With an absence of rules and regulations employers widened the demands of workers Coal mining companies employed children as young as 5 years old and used them to slip through the small tunnels and cracks where men could not fit Children both male and female were sometimes strapped to coal sledges which they dragged while crawling on their hands and knees industrial revolution children workers in industrial revolution children workers early America accidents in workplace workplace accidents early America 1900 Read more httpwwwourgreatamericanheritagecom201803misery and workpdustrial america — Newly hired children workers.

9fdea112b73d55b9340011c68730be4c Our Great American Heritage — “In the beginning he had been fresh and strong, and he had gotten a jobthat first day, but now he was second-hand, a damaged article, so to speak, and they did not want him. They had worn him out, with their speedin-up and their carelessness, andnow they had thrown him away!”Upton Sinclair, The Jungle (1906)Meatpacking workers carrying their product to unrefrigerated and most likely rat infested storage areasTo read more: www.ourgreatamericanheritage.com

Women Leaders in Early 20th Century America

1280pxAliceCatherineEvanscirca1910s1 Our Great American Heritage — Alice Evans 1915 at work at the Department of Agriculture. Because of her research about raw milk Evans made one of the most significant medical discoveries of the 20th Century.

AlicePaulcph3a382951 Our Great American Heritage — Alice Paul in 1905. A women’s right activist, Alice Paul was credited with being the central figure behind the acceptance of the 19th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution which prohibits sex discrimination in the right to vote.

Gertrude Ederle Our Great American Heritage — Gertrude Ederle in the 1920’s. She was the first woman to swim the English Channel, and she bested the time of all previous male swimmers.

1905 Johnson was one of the most popular novelists in early 20th Century America She had published 22 novels many best sellers Three of her books were made into films — 1905. Johnson was one of the most popular novelists in early 20th Century America. She had published 22 novels, many best sellers. Three of her books were made into films.