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Bandits' Roost, 59 1/2 Mulberry Street, by Jacob Riis (restored by Adam Cuerden)
HMS Malabar observes Missouri's final fate, by Thomas Goldsworthy Dutton after Edward Duncan after George Pechell Mends (restored by Adam Cuerden)
Burning of the USS Missouri, by Thomas Goldsworthy Dutton after Edward Duncan after George Pechell Mends (restored by Adam Cuerden)
Presidio of San Francisco in 1822, by Victor Adam after Louis Choris (restored by Adam Cuerden)
Lunch Atop a Skyscraper, by Charles Clyde Ebbets
Hair Like Mine, by Pete Souza
Lyndon B. Johnson signing the Immigration and Nationality Act of 1965, by Yoichi Okamoto (restored by Bammesk)
The presidential limousine minutes before the assassination of John F. Kennedy, by Walt Cisco
Entrance Hall of the Green–Meldrim House in 1864, by William Waud (restored by Adam Cuerden)
Rosa Parks being fingerprinted by D.H. Lackey at Montgomery bus boycott, by the Associated Press (restored by Adam Cuerden)
Aftermath of the 1906 San Francisco earthquake, by Chadwick, H. D (restored by Yann)
Mochida family at Internment of Japanese Americans, by Dorothea Lange (restored by Bammesk)
Denver in 1898, by William Henry Jackson (restored by Bammesk)
"Broke, baby sick, and car trouble!" at Economic history of the United States, by Dorothea Lange (restored by Adam Cuerden)
The Awakening at Cartographic propaganda, by Henry Mayer (restored by Adam Cuerden)
Vivian Malone Jones arrives to register at the Foster Auditorium at Stand in the Schoolhouse Door, by Warren K. Leffler (restored by Adam Cuerden)
A Trip Down Market Street, by the Miles Brothers
Map of the night march from Malvern Hill to Harrison's Landing at Battle of Malvern Hill, by Robert Knox Sneden
Pullman Compartment Cars Through Trains at Pullman porter, by Strobridge & Co. Lith.
I-35W Mississippi River bridge after collapse, by Kevin Rofidal (edited by Papa Lima Whiskey)
Girl reading the July 21, 1969, edition of The Washington Post at Apollo 11 in popular culture, by Jack Weir (restored by CarolSpears)
Landing of Columbus at Art and engraving on United States banknotes, by John Vanderlyn and the Continental Bank Note Company (restored by Godot13)
DeSoto Discovering the Mississippi at Art and engraving on United States banknotes, by William Henry Powell and Frederick Girsch (restored by Godot13)
Baptism of Pocahontas at Art and engraving on United States banknotes, by John Gadsby Chapman and Charles Burt (restored by Godot13)
Embarkation of the Pilgrims at Art and engraving on United States banknotes, by Robert Walter Weir and W.W. Rice (restored by Godot13)
Declaration of Independence at Art and engraving on United States banknotes, by John Trumbull and Frederick Girsch (restored by Godot13)
Surrender of General Burgoyne at Art and engraving on United States banknotes, by John Trumbull and Frederick Girsch (restored by Godot13)
Washington Resigning his Commission at Art and engraving on United States banknotes, by John Trumbull, Luigi Delnoce and Frederick Girsch (restored by Godot13)
Altoona in 1895, by Thaddeus Mortimer Fowler and James B. Moyer (restored by Adam Cuerden)
New Kensington in 1896, by Thaddeus Mortimer Fowler (restored by Adam Cuerden)
Pittsburgh in 1902 at History of Pittsburgh, by Thaddeus Mortimer Fowler (restored by Adam Cuerden)
National American Woman Suffrage Association check, by Harriet Taylor Upton, Susan B. Anthony and Alice Stone Blackwell
Tennessee Centennial and International Exposition, by The Henderson Litho. Co. (restored by Trialsanderrors)
The original United States Declaration of Independence, by Thomas Jefferson et al.
Detroit in the 1880s at History of Detroit, by Calvert Lithographing Co. (restored by Adam Cuerden)
Check used for the Alaska Purchase, by Eduard de Stoeckl and William H. Seward
Situation Room, by Pete Souza
Wes Brady, former slave at Slave Narrative Collection, by Anonymous photographer of the Federal Writers' Project (edited by Chick Bowen)
Woman suffrage parade of 1913, by Benjamin Moran Dale (restored by Adam Cuerden)
Gift for the Grangers at National Grange of the Order of Patrons of Husbandry, by Strobridge & Co. Lith.
The First Colored Senator And Representatives at African Americans in the United States Congress, by Currier and Ives (edited by Adam Cuerden)
Daisy, by Lyndon B. Johnson's presidential campaign
Boston Massacre, by Paul Revere and Henry Pelham (edited by Gwillhickers, King of Hearts, Beao and Aavindraa)
Demonstration of a Hollerith keypunch, author unknown (restored by Yann and Mmxx)
Bison skull pile at Bison hunting, author unknown (edited by Chick Bowen)
William McKinley campaign poster, by the Northwestern Litho. Co (edited by NativeForeigner)
San Bruno pipeline explosion, by Mila Zinkova
Join, or Die, by Benjamin Franklin (edited by Adam Cuerden)
California Trail at Humboldt River, by Daniel A. Jenks (edited by Papa Lima Whiskey and Julia W)
Political illustration of the 1880 Republican National Convention, by James Albert Wales and Mayer, Merkel, & Ottmann (edited by Jujutacular)
New York's New Solar System at Political machine, by Udo J. Keppler (edited by Jujutacular)
Cartoon of Charles J. Guiteau, by James Albert Wales (edited by Jujutacular)
Henry Clay addressing the United States Senate at Compromise of 1850, by Peter F. Rothermel and R. Whitechurch (edited by Jbarta and Durova)
Return of the Great White Fleet, by William Allen Rogers (edited by Durova)
Execution of the Lincoln assassination conspirators at Capital punishment by the United States federal government, by Alexander Gardner (edited by Durova)
Battle of Churubusco, by John Cameron and Nathaniel Currier (edited by Durova)
Contenders for the Whig Party nomination in 1848, by Nathaniel Currier (edited by Durova & Adam Cuerden)
Pentagon crash site at September 11 attacks, by Sgt. Cedric H Rudisill
Ruins of the United States Capitol at Burning of Washington, by George Munger (edited by Durova)
Lynching, by the National Photo Company (edited by Durova)
Baker explosion at Operation Crossroads, by the United States Department of Defense (edited by Victorrocha)
Salem witch trials, by Joseph E. Baker (edited by Durova)
Easter Monday at the White House, by Harris & Ewing (edited by Durova)
Robert McGee at Scalp reconstruction, by E.E. Henry (edited by Mvuijlst)
September 11 memorial at Memorials and services for the September 11 attacks, by Diliff
Child labor at glass and bottle factories at National Child Labor Committee, by Lewis Hine (edited by Mvuijlst)
Republican candidates of the 1864 United States presidential election, by Currier and Ives (edited by Durova)
Democratic candidates of the 1864 United States presidential election, by Currier and Ives (edited by Durova)
Glassworkers' baseball team at Timeline of young people's rights in the United States, by Lewis Hine (edited by Durova)
Gerrymandering, by Elkanah Tisdale (edited by Wadester16)
Jimmy Carter and Anwar Sadat shortly after the Camp David Accords, unknown author (edited by Durova)
William McKinley's last speech at Assassination of William McKinley, by Charles Dudley Arnold (edited by Durova)
Battle of Ticonderoga (1759), by William Brasier (edited by Durova)
Military College of Chapultepec at Chapultepec Castle, by Nathaniel Currier (edited by Durova)
Aftermath of the Wounded Knee Massacre, by Trager & Kuhn (edited by Durova)
Colored entrance of the Crescent Theatre at Racial segregation in the United States, by Marion Post Wolcott (edited by Durova)
Pulaski in 1885, by Lucien R. Burleigh (edited by Durova)
Brooklyn in 1879, by C.R. Parsons (edited by Durova)
United States Constitution, page 2 at Timeline of drafting and ratification of the United States Constitution, by the Constitutional Convention
United States Constitution, page 3 at Timeline of drafting and ratification of the United States Constitution, by the Constitutional Convention
United States Constitution, page 4 at Timeline of drafting and ratification of the United States Constitution, by the Constitutional Convention
Construction of Mount Rushmore, by Rise Studio (edited by Durova)
Resignation letter at Watergate scandal, by Richard Nixon
Caledonia in 1892, by Burleigh Litho. Co. (edited by Durova)
American imperialism, by Samuel D. Ehrhart (edited by Durova)
George Wallace stands at the door of the Foster Auditorium at Stand in the Schoolhouse Door, by Warren K. Leffler (edited by Calliopejen1)
Migrant workers, by Dorothea Lange (edited by Durova)
Segregated drinking fountain at Racial segregation, by John Vachon (edited by Durova)
Cleanup after the 1900 Galveston hurricane, by Edison Manufacturing Company
Gerald Ford at the pardon of Richard Nixon, by Thomas J. O'Halloran (edited by Durova)
Seals of the U.S. states in 1876, by A.J. Connell
Iowa and Nebraska lands sale advertisement at History of Iowa, by Burlington and Missouri River Railroad (edited by Durova)
1775 map of Boston at History of Boston, by Thomas Hyde Page (edited by Durova)
Dallas in 1912 at History of Dallas (1874–1929), Johnson & Rogers (edited by Durova)
Bingham Canyon Mine in 1942, by Andreas Feininger (edited by Durova and Doodle77)
Phoenix in 1885, by C.J. Dyer
Editorial cartoon, by Joseph E. Baker (edited by Durova)
Tulsa in 1909, by Clarence Jack (edited by Mfield)
Trinity, by Berlyn Brixner
Meeting prior to the Convention of Kanagawa, author unknown (edited by Adam Cuerden)
Signing of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, by Cecil W. Stoughton
World Trade Center ruins at Collapse of the World Trade Center, by Preston Keres
Navajo family at Navajo weaving, by Timothy H. O'Sullivan (edited by Durova)
Fire in the aftermath of the 1906 San Francisco earthquake, by H. D. Chadwick (edited by Durova)
Aerial view of the World Trade Center site at History of New York City (1978–present), by National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
John Wilkes Booth wanted poster at Index (typography), author unknown (edited by Childzy)
United States Constitution, page 1, by the Constitutional Convention
Dust Bowl at Great Depression, from the United States Department of Agriculture
Whipped Mississippi slave at Slavery in the United States, by McPherson and Oliver
Iran hostage crisis protest, by Marion S. Trikosko
Fallen statue of Louis Agassiz at 1906 San Francisco earthquake, by Frank Davey (edited by trialsanderrors)
United States Declaration of Independence, printed by William Stone
March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom at Civil rights movement, by Warren K. Leffler
MRBM Launch Site 2 at Cuban Missile Crisis, by the United States Department of Defense
Aftermath of the 1906 San Francisco earthquake, by George R. Lawrence
Tamarack Miners at Mining, by Adolph S. Isler
Completion of the transcontinental railroad, by Andrew J. Russell (restored by Adam Cuerden)