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America From the Great Depression to World War II: Photographs from the FSA-OWI, 1935-1945

Black and white and color documentary photographs ranging from the time of the Great Depression and the days of the Dust Bowl to the mobilization of troops in World War II. (Learn more)

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Provided by: Library of Congress

America's First Look into the Camera: Daguerreotype Portraits and Views, 1839-1864

Hundreds of portraits of both famous and anonymous men and women, information about daguerreotype photography, and insight into the people of the nineteenth-century United States including politicians, the colonizers of Liberia, and occupations of the Industrial... (Learn more)

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Provided by: Library of Congress

American Cowgirl

Uses movies and an article accompanied by black and white photos to document the history of women in the rodeo. Also find information on photographing active events. (Learn more)

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Provided by: Kodak

American Geographical Society Digital Photo Archive

This digital photo archive contains over 3,000 images of Asia and the Middle East which can be searched by country, city, or other search term of your choice. (Learn more)

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Provided by: University of Wisconsin, Milwaukee

American Masters

From children's book authors to jazz greats, this series presents the biographies of America's great creative talent. (Learn more)

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Provided by: PBS

American Memory Project Learning Page

Use the American Memory web site to teach about United States history and culture with these tips and tricks, frameworks, activities, and lessons that provide context for their use. (Learn more)

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Provided by: Library of Congress

American Photography: A Century of Images

Explores the the role of the camera and the images of the 20th century. (Learn more)

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Provided by: PBS and Twin Cities Public Television

Ansel Adams’s Photographs of Japanese-American Internment at Manzanar

Contains photographs taken during World War II by noted photographer Ansel Adams documenting life at the Manzanar War Relocation Center, a Japanese American internment camp, in California (Learn more)

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Provided by: Library of Congress

Artcyclopedia

An online database of over 125,000 works of art. Includes images, glossaries, and short definitions of various art movements. (Learn more)

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Provided by: Artcyclopedia, Inc.

artNC

Images and background information on works of art, classroom activity ideas and lesson plans, and program listings. (Learn more)

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Provided by: North Carolina Museum of Art

Artopia

An interactive website on the visual and performing arts. (Learn more)

Format: website/lesson plan

Provided by: South Carolina ETV Commission

BBC Audio Interviews

An A-Z selection of audio interviews of the "cultural greats of the 20th Century talking about their work." (Learn more)

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Provided by: British Broadcasting Company

The Berlin Wall: Web Photo Exhibition

A web photo essay that includes 29 images of the Berlin Wall that chronicles Germany's division during the seventies and eighties and chronicles. (Learn more)

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Provided by: Dieberlinermauer.com

Born in Slavery: Slave Narratives from the Federal Writers' Project, 1936-1938

Narrative texts and photographs derived from oral interviews of former slaves by the Federal Writers' Project. (Learn more)

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Provided by: Library of Congress

Built in America: Historic American Buildings Survey/Historic American Engineering Record, 1933 - Present

This website provides an opportunity to investigate the history of the United States through the history of its buildings through digitized images of measured drawings, black-and-white photographs, color transparencies, photo captions, written history pages,... (Learn more)

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Provided by: Library of Congress

Center for Documentary Studies

Working to collect and preserve fieldwork that captures cultures, this organization is a prime resource for engaging activities designed to introduce students to their history and the history of other cultures. (Learn more)

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Provided by: Duke University

Complete History of the Discovery of Cinematography

A chronology that covers events, discoveries, and inventions from 900 BC through 1900 AD that led to the development of motion pictures. (Learn more)

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Provided by: Paul T. Burns

Conscience and the Constitution

Video, audio, primary sources, archival images, and fascinating stories that tell the tale of Japanese Americans resisting the draft while in American concentration camps during WWII. (Learn more)

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Provided by: PBS

Creative Americans: Portraits by Van Vechten, 1932-1964

Portraits of famous early 20th century American writers, artists, and celebrities taken by American photographer, Carl Van Vechten. A few landscapes by Van Vechten are also included in this collection. (Learn more)

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Provided by: Library of Congress

Earth from Space: Astronauts' Views of the Home Planet

Step into the shoes of the astronauts and see Earth from their perspective! This site is an image database of amazing NASA photography of earth as seen from space. (Learn more)

Format: website/general

Provided by: NASA