10: Industrializing Society

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The Northern Great Plains, 1880-1920: Photographs from the Fred Hultstrand and F.A. Pazandak Photograph Collections
The Northern Great Plains, 1880-1920: Photographs from the Fred Hultstrand and F.A. Pazandak Photograph Collections
These two collections from the Institute for Regional Studies at North Dakota State University contain 900 photographs of rural and small town life at the turn of the century. Highlights include images of sod homes and the people who built them; images of farms and the machinery that made them prosper; and images of one-room schools and the children that were educated in them
·memory.loc.gov·
The Northern Great Plains, 1880-1920: Photographs from the Fred Hultstrand and F.A. Pazandak Photograph Collections
Before and After the Great Earthquake and Fire; Early Films of San Francisco, 1897-1916
Before and After the Great Earthquake and Fire; Early Films of San Francisco, 1897-1916
This collection consists of twenty-six films of San Francisco from before and after the Great Earthquake and Fire, 1897-1916. Seventeen of the films depict San Francisco and its environs before the 1906 disaster. Seven films describe the great earthquake and fire. The two later films include a 1915 travelogue that shows scenes of the rebuilt city and a tour of the Panama Pacific Exposition and a 1916 propaganda film. From the Library of Congress
·memory.loc.gov·
Before and After the Great Earthquake and Fire; Early Films of San Francisco, 1897-1916
The Great Chicago Fire and the Web of Memory
The Great Chicago Fire and the Web of Memory
Welcome to The Great Chicago Fire and the Web of Memory, an online exhibition produced by the Chicago Historical Society and Academic Technologies of Northwestern University to mark the 125th anniversary of one of the most famous events in American history, as well as the most formative event in the history of Chicago
·chicagohs.org·
The Great Chicago Fire and the Web of Memory
Detroit Publishing Co. Touring Turn of the Century America
Detroit Publishing Co. Touring Turn of the Century America
This collection of photographs from the Detroit Publishing Company Collection includes more than 25,000 glass negatives and transparencies as well as about 300 color photolithograph prints, mostly of the eastern United States. The collection includes the work of a number of photographers, one of whom was the well known photographer William Henry Jackson.
·memory.loc.gov·
Detroit Publishing Co. Touring Turn of the Century America
Wall of Honor :: American Immigrant Wall of Honor :: Statue of Liberty-Ellis Island Foundation, Inc. ::
Wall of Honor :: American Immigrant Wall of Honor :: Statue of Liberty-Ellis Island Foundation, Inc. ::
individual or family names featured at Ellis Island in New York Harbor. It is the only place in the United States where an individual can honor his or her family heritage at a National Monumen
·wallofhonor.com·
Wall of Honor :: American Immigrant Wall of Honor :: Statue of Liberty-Ellis Island Foundation, Inc. ::
Exploring U.S. History | a bad rap - lesson plan
Exploring U.S. History | a bad rap - lesson plan
This exercise asks you to compare two sets of resources. First, The African American Sheet Music collection at the Library of Congress's American Memory site. Second, the rap lyrics, memorabilia and other material collected on the web by rap fans
·chnm.gmu.edu·
Exploring U.S. History | a bad rap - lesson plan