Our buggy, Jamaica (1900)
(View Complete Item Description)This photo of a buggy, a rider and a man leading the horse was taken in Jamaica in 1900.
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Automobile helped through sandy wash onto mesa, 7 miles northwest of Yuma, Calif. by A. L. Westgard
(View Complete Item Description)Photo taken 11/20/1911
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Historical Timeline - Transportation
(View Complete Item Description)This timeline shows the history of transportation in the United States.
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The Eighth Avenue trolley, New York City (1904)
(View Complete Item Description)The Eighth Avenue trolley, New York City, sharing the street with horse-drawn produce wagon and an open automobile. Downtown, looking north (1904)
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Massed Traffic in Herald Square
(View Complete Item Description)Photo of traffic in Herald Square (New York City) taken in April 1973.
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Covered wagon with jackrabbit mules encounters an automobile on the trail near Big Springs, Nebraska
(View Complete Item Description)This photo was taken in 1912 A. L. Westgard
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Aerial view of a complex of Long Island highways that provide access to New York City
(View Complete Item Description)Photo of a Aerial view of a complex of Long Island highways that provide access to New York City (1946)
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Poster circulated in Philadelphia in 1839 to discourage the coming of the railroad
(View Complete Item Description)Poster circulated in Philadelphia in 1839 to discourage the coming of the railroad, 1839
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Population Density from the First Census, 1790
(View Complete Item Description)A map of the eastern United States in 1790 showing the western extent of the territories to the Mississippi, and the distribution of European–American population at the time. The map is keyed to show areas of population densities ranging from under 2 inhabitants per square mile to areas with 90 or more inhabitants per square mile.
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Automobile meets horse near Halliday, North Dakota, 1933
(View Complete Item Description)In this 1949 photo from the National Archives an automobile is shown with a man on horseback.
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Drawing of a Raft 02/14/1818
(View Complete Item Description)On February 14, 1818, David Gordon received a patent for his raft design. When a patent is granted, it excludes others from making, using, offering for sale, or selling the invention. This drawing accompanied Gordon’s application.
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Ad Access: Train Advertisements
(View Complete Item Description)The Ad*Access Project presents images and database information advertisements printed in U.S. and Canadian newspapers and magazines between 1911 and 1955. This selection of ads is about trains.
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United States Population Density, 1900
(View Complete Item Description)A map from 1912 of the United States, subtitled "Distribution of Population and Railways in 1900" showing the increase in population and expansion of the railroad network since 1850. The map is color–coded to show population densities ranging from areas with fewer than 2 inhabitants per square mile to areas of 90 or more inhabitants per square mile. Cities with populations over 8,000 are shown with circles proportionate to their populations at the time. The map shows the westward progression of the mean centers of population from 1790 to 1900.
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The Earth & Moon
(View Complete Item Description)Photo of the Earth & Moon created from images from the the Galileo spacecraft.
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Apollo 11 Image Gallery
(View Complete Item Description)NASA presents this gallery of images from the Apollo 11 mission to the moon in 1969.
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The Moon in Google Earth
(View Complete Item Description)This video introduces users to Google Earth's exploration of the moon. There are instructions for how to use it and what you can find in it.
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Sounds from Apollo 11
(View Complete Item Description)Hear sound recordings from the Apollo 11 mission to the moon.
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Eleanor Roosevelt on the Adoption of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights
(View Complete Item Description)Listen, watch, or read the text of the speech given by Eleanor Roosevelt on December 9, 1948 on the Universal Declaration of Human Rights.
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Taste and evolve: Ayako Suwa at TEDxTokyo
(View Complete Item Description)Ayako Suwa is intent on spreading a new concept of food that evades labels such as gourmet and nutritional. She believes that to eat is to live, but we must taste to truly evolve, and those tastes include happiness, regret, anger and more.
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President Nixon speaking with astronauts Armstrong and Aldrin on the Moon
(View Complete Item Description)On July 20, 1969, the Apollo 11 mission brought the first humans to the Moon. On that day President Nixon spoke with crewmembers Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin via telephone-radio transmission. Source: This edited presentation features film footage from the White House Staff Super 8 Film Collection and audio from the White House Communications Agency Sound Recording Collection.
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