Fish and Wildlife Act of 1956
This Act established a national policy for promoting both the protection and intelligent use of fish and wildlife resources, creating the U.S. Fish and Wildlife...
From fighting wars to fighting tuberculosis
This store, near Ruidoso, New Mexico, was photographed as part of a collection of photographs highlighting the advancements of public health and sanitation in the...
“Golfing Season”
After a divisive primary, a political party may be unable to unite voters behind the chosen candidate in the general election. In 1924, Calvin Coolidge, the incumbent...
Hyannisport weekend
This 1963 photograph shows President John F. Kennedy, First Lady Jacqueline Kennedy and their children John F. Kennedy, Jr., and Caroline posing with their dogs.
Jackie and puppy
In this photograph, four-year-old future First Lady Jacqueline (Jackie) Bouvier, sits on a lawn holding a small dog. Born in 1929 in Southampton, New York, Jackie...
Journey to a homestead
A family pauses on their journey to a homestead to pose for a picture in Loup Valley, Nebraska, in 1866. The Homestead Act of 1862 allowed a citizen to claim up to...
Look closely
This photograph, taken around 1895, shows a family and their Native American domestic worker outside a log cabin in New Mexico