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The Real Author of Female Suffrage in Wyoming

In 1923, Capt. H.G. Nickerson, the other delegate in 1869, submitted a notarized affidavit supporting the story of the tea party to what would become…

Hitler with Beetle

Ferdinand Porsche unveiling " Volkswagen" concept. Adolf Hitler admires a model of the Volkswagen car and is amused to find the engine in the boot. To…

Labor Convention in San Francisco

From left to right: Andrew Biemiller, Special Assistant to the Secretary of the Interior; Secretary of the Interior Oscar Chapman; and an unidentified…

An interview with Richard Thomas Alexander Jr. who served in the US Army during World War II. Alexander spent of a portion of his early life in…

Disabled World War II veteran with a small boy

A disabled World War II veteran and a young child look at the distant Golden Gate Bridge.

Poster to recruit immigrants to Manchukuo

Japanese propaganda poster encouraging immigration and settlement in Manchukuo, the Japanese-controlled puppet state established in Manchuria. The…

(Translation of title) The longer we fight the stronger we become - the longer our enemy fights the weaker he becomes

Chinese propaganda poster from the Second Sino-Japanese War depicting a Chinese soldier standing powerfully over retreating Japanese soldiers…

Colonel Charles H. MacDonald and Al Nelson with P-38J Lightning "Putt Putt Maru"

Colonel Charles H. MacDonald and Al Nelson in the Pacific with MacDonald's P-38J Lightning "Putt Putt Maru". MacDonald was a leading USAAF flying ace…

Flying Tigers blood chit from ROC National Government, provided courtesy of Robert Baldwin

A blood chit issued from the Aviation Committee, National Government of the Republic of China, to the American Volunteer Group (Flying Tigers). The…