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What do historians do? In addition to the characteristics of a historian, here is information about historian occupations and careers, along with links to historians’ professional organizations. How Do Historians Work? Writing of the essential characteristics of a historian, or what makes a good historian, digital historian and teacher T. Mills Kelly wrote that, “Almost
Railroad history digital collections. Links to 5 varied digital collections for railroads in the 19th and early 20th centuries, mainly in the U.S. 1. U.S. Railroad maps, 1828 to 1900 2. Railroad Periodicals; 19th Century through 1930. 90 titles See our Encyclopedia Britannica all volumes pdf 3. Railroad Transportation & Operations Online Book Collection at
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Vintage picture postcards, old U.S. postcards. Antique postcards from all U.S. states, Germany, Cuba, and World War I. Free online. 1. 5,700 Old picture postcards of American views from the Detroit Publishing Company. Browse by State or search by location or subject. Old U.S. postcards from about 1905-1924. 2. “Greetings from the Fatherland”: antique postcards
Five historical American map collections, free and online, with thousands of maps of the U.S. Some sites also have collections for the rest of the world. 1. Historical Atlases and Maps of U.S. and States For each state, this site provides a variety of vintage maps and atlases, an interactive map showing the evolution of
The African-American history articles on this page were selected from magazines published from 1915 to 1918, using the Readers’ Guide to Periodical Literature, Vol. 4, 1915-18. The articles describe prominent African-American issues in that time frame, when many African-Americans from the rural south were migrating to northern cities, and when the U.S. participated in World
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