A baby’s baptism
In August 1973, John H. White photographed a baptism at the Church of the Messiah in Chicago, Illinois, as part of his Documerica assignment about African...
A Knik family
Knik Chief Nikaly and his family of the Athabascan Dena’ina tribe pose next to a tent near Anchorage, Alaska, in 1918 for photographer H.G. Kaiser. Located on Cook...
“A typical Spanish-American community”
In April 1941, photographer Irving Rusinow took 94 pictures in El Cerrito, New Mexico. His photographs, like this one of a man with a child in one of the nicest homes...
A widow’s proof
David Watson married Alice Peavey on January 6, 1775, entitling her to a widow’s pension when her husband, a Revolutionary War veteran, died. Watson enlisted during...
Accepting his honor
On December 2, 1969, the widow of Army Staff Sergeant Clifford Sims accepted the Medal of Honor on her husband’s behalf from Vice President Spiro Agnew. SSG Sims...
An internment wedding
This bride and groom, photographed a few days before their wedding by Francis Stewart on September 10, 1942, were interred at Tule Lake Relocation Center. Tule Lake,...
Anglican missionary to the First Nations
The Reverend William Henry Collison (1847-1922) was an Anglican (Church of England) missionary to the First Nations in Metlakatla, British Columbia, Canada. This...