Life expectancy in the year 1800 was no older than 40 years globally. Modern life expectancies of around 78 years in the United States are largely due to improvements in infant mortality and public ...

This digital collection provides access to rare primary source material on American social, cultural, and popular history from the Sallie Bingham Center for Women's History, Duke University and The ...

I thought I knew all about Cincinnati’s firsts — from John Roebling’s Suspension Bridge, professional baseball and Play-Doh to the first Jewish hospital, municipal university, night baseball game, and ...

American Primeval takes a detailed look at life on the American frontier in Utah during 1857. It follows an ensemble cast of characters from various backgrounds, including Mormons, Native Americans, ...

Color photography didn’t become more widely available until the 1930s, and photography in general wasn’t all that common until the late 1800s. Because of their obsolete nature, colorized photos from ...