North America

A collection of 35 Posts

A Very American Santa Claus post image

A Very American Santa Claus

Emily Kern traces the provenance of a modern folk hero

The Ruin of All Witches post image

The Ruin of All Witches

Before Salem there was Springfield. Malcolm Gaskill reveals the dark, real-life folktale of witch-hunting in a remote Massachusetts plantation

The Battle of Fredericksburg (Part 2) – Storming Marye's Heights post image

The Battle of Fredericksburg (Part 2) – Storming Marye's Heights

After the amphibious assault by the Union army two days prior, both armies, unknowing of the carnage to come, prepared for battle

The Battle of Fredericksburg (Part 1) – Crossing the Rappahannock post image

The Battle of Fredericksburg (Part 1) – Crossing the Rappahannock

Illustrated eyewitness accounts of the Union's amphibious assault of Fredericksburg on Thursday, December 11th, 1862

Silk Town and Beyond post image

Silk Town and Beyond

Victoria Finlay reveals the hidden history of the material world

1963: TWA Flight Center post image

1963: TWA Flight Center

An iconic, innovative 1960s airport terminal hailed as a critically-acclaimed architectural masterpiece

Greene County Fair, 1941 post image

Greene County Fair, 1941

Hidden gems from the public archives of America

A Public Domain Halloween post image

A Public Domain Halloween

Hidden gems from the public archives of America

The [Untitled Photo] Series: Suburbia post image

The [Untitled Photo] Series: Suburbia

Hidden gems from the public archives of America

Nature’s Pencil, the Photograph post image

Nature’s Pencil, the Photograph

Susan Denham Wade charts the evolution of the camera

Warped Portraits of the 1930s post image

Warped Portraits of the 1930s

Weird headshots from the American Federal Theatre Project