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Alexander Park LetterAlexander Parker Crittenden letter to his wife, Clara
A 1959 cigarette company trading card featuring Laika, the Sputnik dog.Within a month of the launch of Sputnik, the first satellite, Soviets launched a second satellite, Sputnik 2. This satellite had a dog named Laika…
In this excerpt, President John F. Kennedy outlines why the space program is vital to national interests, what its benefits will be, how many national…
Showcases combat footage from several areas, including the Soviet advance.
The Soldiers' journal (Rendezvous of Distribution, Va.), April 27, 1864This page of the newspaper talks about "rebel Inhumanity."
The guerilla (Charleston, Va. [W. Va.]), October 3, 1862It talks about the debt that the Civil War is possibly going to leave. It also mentions that many are being wounded because of the war.
Leon Frank Jenkins CollectionTalks about Jenkins's deployment during the summer of 1942
The Rolling Devils pose for a team photoThe Rolling Devils pose for a team photo c. 1947. By the spring of 1948, World War II paralyzed veterans played a game of wheelchair basketball at New…
Letter, Alexander Frieder to Dwight D. Eisenhower, 1945In this letter, Dwight D. Eisenhower's old friend, Alexander Frieder, wrote that he hoped Eisenhower would not forgot German war crimes in the…
"Pvt. Joe Louis Says - We're Going to do our part . . . and we'll win because we're on God's side"Poster showing heavyweight boxing champion Joe Louis charging with bayoneted rifle.