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A cartoon from newspaper

This is a picture of a family in the Progressive Era

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Silent footage of members of Washington State College touring around before the 1916 Rose Bowl, as well as actual game footage. Washington State defeated Brown 14-0. This was digitized from 16mm film held at WSU's Manuscripts, Archives, and Special…

Publicity photograph for the film "The Times of Teddy Roosevelt" to be aired on the television program "The Twentieth Century" shows four cartoons featuring Theodore Roosevelt. At top left, Theodore Roosevelt is depicted as a football player. At top…

Photograph shows portrait of Darmouth football team

The camera was moved to many positions throughout the stadium, which contained an estimated 50,000 spectators. The opening scene was a complete pan around the locale, showing the crowd assembled to watch the game. The remaining scenes were…

Illustration shows Woodrow Wilson as a doctor holding aloft a bottle of "Tariff Subsidy Morphine" among a group of men at the "Democratic Sanitarium - Morphine and other Drug Habits Cured"; on a table are bottles of "High Protection Cocaine, High…

Between 1884 and 1886, Roosevelt sojourned on horseback to the mountains west of Dakota territory. Few naturalists had described the wildlife of this region, and with the trilogy of books he wrote about his experiences, Roosevelt became an authority.…

Theodore Roosevelt and Gifford Pinchot, on the steamer Mississippi, 1907

This document looks at some interesting stories that a journalist encountered during a trip to Staunton Virginia. The writer describes the many different individuals who use opium and its derivatives for medical or personal use.

This is a photo of a public burning of confiscated Opium pipes in San Francisco's chinatown in the year 1919.

This advertisement in a newspaper in the year 1900 offers those feeling pain a free trial of Morphine.

This is an advertisement for the remedy Ka-Tar-No, promising a cure to Catarrh.

This letter from John Muir articulates in a clear and concise fashion his reasons for wanting to preserve the land around Yellowstone National Park. Being a primary source document, this letter expresses the weight of concern that John Muir had for…

This letter from President Theodore Roosevelt outlines his policy standpoint on cattle grazing privileges. John Muir sought out greater support and funding for grazing areas. However, President Roosevelt acknowledged that only a few people get to…

"Our Spirits Don't speak English: Indian Boarding School" is a Native American perspective on Indian Boarding Schools. This DVD produced by richheape.com uncovers the dark history of U.S. Government policy which took Indian children from thier homes,…

John Muir and President Theodore Roosevelt at Yosemite National Park

Print shows an archway of the nine steps of a drunkard's progress, beginning with a man in fancy dress having "a glass with a friend" and then his gradual decline in society with poverty & disease, criminal activity, becoming a bum, and his eventual…

Carpentery work by Chemawa students

School youth and carpentry