This visual is the cover page of The Huntsville Times, in Huntsville, Alabama, in April 12 1961. The impactful title of the newspaper is “Man Enters Space”. The day before, the Soviets had launched the first man, Yuri Gagarin, on orbit around the Earth. His flight had lasted for 108 minutes and he successfully landed …
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The Help (Kask)
This visual depicts a protest of workers. To add, it depicts the sanitation workers’ strike in Memphis in 1968. At that time, nearly half of the population of Memphis was black. They endured horrible conditions in the sanitation department as well as little wages and inequality between the races. Eventually, after the death of a …
The Immigrant (Kask)
The Transcontinental Railroad The visual depicts the gathering of trains in Promontory Summit, Utah. This picture was taken on May 20, 1869 and it commemorates the completion of the Transcontinental Railroad. Before the railway, the average time it took from the East to the West coast was around 6 months. Two railroads began building tracks …
Glory (Kask)
General Kearney’s Gallant Charge This visual is a lithograph by Augustus Tholey. It was made in about 1867 and it depicts the Union General Philip Kearney, who was known with his contributions in the Mexican-American and Civil War. In September 1st 1862, many northern troops, who were fleeing from Confederates, met them near Ox Bull. …
Patriot
The Shot Heard Round the World This visual represents one of the landmark achievements in Proto-American history – the start of the American Revolution. The image is an engraving, depicting the Battle of Lexington on April 19, 1775. Around 70 British minutemen arrived in Lexington, Massachusetts in the morning after receiving orders to capture American …
Mayflower Story
Edward Winslow and Massasoit This visual depicts the first encounter between the Puritans and Native American tribes in 1620. The picture shows the formal greeting between colonist Edward Winslow and the king of the Wamapnaoag tribe Massasoit in Cape Cod, where the Mayflower had landed ashore. This picture represents the favorable relations between the colonists …