History Books

One of the thirteen original colonies, the state of New Jersey is a study in contrasts. It is both the Garden State, home to the Rutgers tomato, bu...

New Orleans jazz thrilled the world in the twenties and traveled around the world in the thirties. In the forties and fifties, the world came to Ne...

Native North Carolinians tend to learn the state toast (adopted by the General Assembly in 1957) in childhood. As with the state motto, Esse Quam V...

Its place directly opposite San Francisco Bay from one of the world’s most visited cities has left Oakland to struggle against comparison from the ...

Oklahoma has an excellent photographic record, largely because the twin territories developed along the same general timeline as modern photography...

From a city that was founded in the Land Run of 1889, to becoming the state's largest city and capitol, Historic Photos of Oklahoma City is a photo...

From its beginnings as a frontier military post on the Missouri River, through its years as a transportation and meatpacking center, to its present...

Perpetual sunshine, palm trees, miles of unbroken beaches, yachts, cliff-top mansions, millionaires—these are the images of Orange County that come...

From our earliest history, Americans have had an uneasy affection for our outlaws, especially those from the romantic period of the Old West. Wheth...

Palm Beach is known all over the world as a place synonymous with the Good Life. Named for the beautiful beaches and trees lining the area, Palm Be...

Paris, the capital of France, is one of the most popular destinations in the world. The "City of Lights" is renowned for many things. Its history, ...

Pensacola is a city of firsts, from the first documented European settlement in North America to the first Naval Aviation training station. From it...

The borough of Queens has been many things—a playground for wealthy Manhattanites, a recreation area for pleasure seekers, a highly industrialized ...

From the home of the City of Oaks in Raleigh and the state's capitol, to the Bull City in Durham, Historic Photos of Raleigh-Durham is a photograph...

Reno was first known as a mid-nineteenth century mining town, owing to Nevada’s ample supply of silver and gold. Over the next hundred years, the c...

From the Capital of the Confederacy to Monument Avenue, the first electric trolley cars to Phillip Morris, Historic Photos of Richmond is a photogr...

Richmond is an American city quintessentially founded on change. From its colonial birth to the present, it has constantly rebuilt and reshaped its...

The popularity of great Americans frequently simmers before it boils, but the nation’s 40th President heard the kettle whistling from early in his ...

Sacramento is an American city quintessentially founded upon change. From its birth to the present, Sacramento has consistently built and reshaped ...

San Antonio was named for the Portuguese Saint Anthony of Padua when a Spanish expedition stopped in the area in 1691. The actual founding of the c...

From the 1906 earthquake to famous sights like the cable cars, Alcatraz, and the Golden Gate Bridge, Historic Photos of San Francisco is a photogra...

The 1950s, 60s, and 70s were defining moments in our nation’s history, and San Francisco was at the forefront of the avant-garde artistic, intellec...

By the late nineteenth century, the city of Seattle was a vibrant cultural center of the West. Fueled by the lumber industry, the Klondike Gold Ru...

History is more than dates and events. History is images often as mundane as a shopper buying vegetables or a lost view of a neighborhood transform...