http://www.infoplease.com/millennium1.html -- "This site describes
historic events of the twentieth century by year and by decade. Brief
decade quizzes are included."
http://www.nhmccd.edu/contracts/lrc/kc/decades.html -- Kingwood College
Library presents "American Cultural History: The Twentieth
Century" Mr. Naujokas' Favorite!
http://dlg.galileo.usg.edu/baldy.html -- "Baldy Editorial Cartoons, 1946-1982, 1997: The Clifford H.
Baldowski Collection at the Richard B. Russell Library contains 6,740 pen
and ink drawings and 2,460 velox. The digital database opens with
approximately 2,500 cartoons from the collection."
http://www.loc.gov/rr/print/swann/herblock/ -- "From the stock
market crash in 1929 through the new millennium beginning in the year
2000, editorial cartoonist Herb Block has chronicled the nation's
political history, caricaturing twelve American presidents from Herbert
Hoover to Bill Clinton."
http://lcweb.loc.gov/exhibits/oliphant/ -- "Pat Oliphant won the
Pulitzer Prize for editorial cartooning in 1966, just two years after he
left his native Australia for an American career. Now, thirty years later,
he is considered among the most gifted practitioners in the history of the
profession."
http://www.nhmccd.edu/contracts/lrc/kc/decade90.html -- "The
purpose of this web and library guide is to help the user gain a broad
understanding and appreciation for the culture and history of the
1990s."
http://www.nhmccd.edu/contracts/lrc/kc/decade80.html -- "The
purpose of this web and library guide is to help the user gain a broad
understanding and appreciation for the culture and history of the
1980s."
http://www.nhmccd.edu/contracts/lrc/kc/decade70.html -- "The
purpose of this web and library guide is to help the user gain a broad
understanding and appreciation for the culture and history of the
1970s."
http://www.nhmccd.edu/contracts/lrc/kc/decade60.html -- "The
purpose of this web and library guide is to help the user gain a broad
understanding and appreciation for the culture and history of the
1960s."
http://www.nhmccd.edu/contracts/lrc/kc/decade50.html -- "The
purpose of this web and library guide is to help the user gain a broad
understanding and appreciation for the culture and history of the
1950s."
http://www.nhmccd.edu/contracts/lrc/kc/decade40.html -- "The
purpose of this web and library guide is to help the user gain a broad
understanding and appreciation for the culture and history of the
1940s."
http://www.nhmccd.edu/contracts/lrc/kc/decade30.html -- "The
purpose of this web and library guide is to help the user gain a broad
understanding and appreciation for the culture and history of the
1930s."
First World War.Com http://www.firstworldwar.com/
"Extensive site created and maintained by Michael Duffy. Numerous
sections include: How It Began, Battles, Who's Who, Timeline, On This Day,
Vintage Audio, Photos, first person accounts, and more. Also includes a Search
Tool. Slow navigation, not sure why..."
http://www.nhmccd.edu/contracts/lrc/kc/decade20.html -- "The
purpose of this web & library guide is to help the user gain a broad
understanding and appreciation for the culture and history of the period
of the Roaring 20's."
http://www.nhmccd.edu/contracts/lrc/kc/decade10.html -- "The
purpose of this web & library guide is to help the user gain a broad
understanding and appreciation for the culture and history of the period
of the 1910's in American history."
http://www.nhmccd.edu/contracts/lrc/kc/decade00.html -- "The
purpose of this web & library guide is to help the user gain a broad
understanding and appreciation for the culture and history of the
1900-1909 period in American history."
The Advertising Artwork of Dr. Seuss - http://orpheus.ucsd.edu/speccoll/dsads/
Brief information and images of illustrations created by Dr. Suess (born
Theodore Seuss Geisel) before he "found fame as a children's book
author." Includes work created for oil, ball bearing, beer, and sugar
companies, bug spray ("Quick, Henry, the Flit!"), and radio
promotional spots. From the Mandeville Special Collections Library at the
University of California, San Diego.
Dismuke's Virtual Talking Machine: Vintage Phonograph Recordings, 1900-1939 http://dismuke.org/
"This site is devoted to vintage music from the
early decades of the 20th Century. All recordings have been transcribed into
streaming Real Audio from the original 78 rpm discs in my personal
collection." Includes Radio Dismuke, an online radio station; Hit of the
Week; and a browsable collection of recordings.
A collection of 150 motion pictures illustrating
"work, school, and leisure activities in the United States."
Searchable by keyword, and browsable by title and subject. Includes films of
"the United States Postal Service from 1903, cattle breeding, fire
fighters, ice manufacturing, logging, calisthenic and gymnastic exercises in
schools, amusement parks, boxing, expositions, football, parades,
swimming...." Also contains related essays and a bibliography. From the
American Memory Project of the Library of Congress.
Explore the covers of Life Magazine, published weekly
from 1936 to 1972.The covers from
this time period can be searched in two ways. The first is by date. Enter a date
and get the covers nearest that date, with the title and photographer/artist.
Click on the cover and you'll get a larger version.The second way is to search by keyword. Keep it simple. A search for
"Nixon" found 16 results, from 1953 to1972. A search for
"Beatles" found two results. You can limit your keyword search by date
-- search for "Nixon" in 1953, foor example.
The Emergence of Advertising in America - http://scriptorium.lib.duke.edu/eaa/timeline.html
A timeline of the emergence of advertising in America from 1850-1920.Scroll to the bottom of the page and click on Category Descriptions to
view the actual advertisements.
Women of the Century: 100 Years of American Heroes http://school.discovery.com/schooladventures/womenofthecentury/
An annotated list of more than four dozen phenomenal American women of the
twentieth century "who left an indelible mark on our nation." Browse
decade by decade or in categories of activists, reformers, politics and
government, arts, media, space and science, sports, and exploration. A
DiscoverySchool.com site. Photographs from the Chicago Daily News:1902-1933 http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/ndlpcoop/ichihtml/cdnhome.html
"This
collection comprises over 55,000 images of urban life captured on glass plate
negatives between 1902 and 1933 by photographers employed by the Chicago Daily
News, then one of Chicago's leading newspapers." The photos are from the
collection of the Chicago Historical Society; over one-third are related to
sports. Search by keyword, or browse by names or subjects. Another excellent
site from the American Memory Project of the Library of Congress. http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/ndlpcoop/ichihtml/cdnhome.html
1943 Detroit Race Riots - http://www.detnews.com/history/riot/riot.htm
Overview of how overcrowding and competition for defense jobs during World War
II in the "Arsenal of Democracy" erupted in "36 hours of rioting
[that] claimed 34 lives, 25 of them black. More than 1,800 were arrested for
looting and other incidents," most were African Americans. From The
Detroit News.
The Picture Collection Online – http://digital.nypl.org/mmpco/ From the New York Public Library, this is a "collection of 30,000
digitized, public domain images from books, magazines and newspapers as well as
original photographs, prints and postcards, mostly created before 1923. It
consists of images of New York City, Costume, Design, American History" and
more than 12,000 other subjects. It is searchable by "keyword or by
browsing a variety of indexes."
Library of Congress Prints
and Photographs Online Catalog - http://lcweb2.loc.gov/pp/pphome.html A collection of
posters, photographs, cartoon drawings and daguerreotypes, and baseball cards,
many from the 20th century.
California in the 20's - http://www.lapl.org/photo/ca_in20s/
A collection of annotated photographs, including "images of marathon
dancing, state society picnics, silent films and junk car races," taken in
Southern California during the 1920s.
From the Los Angeles Public Library.
