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Moments That Shaped Our World

History unfolding before your eyes

Step into a time machine with this treasure trove of images capturing the essence of pivotal events that have defined our global narrative. From the smoke-filled battlefields of the American Civil War to the tension-filled rooms of international peace treaties, each photograph tells a story of triumph, tragedy, and transformation. Witness the evolution of society through powerful visuals of social movements, technological breakthroughs, and political milestones. These images don't just document history; they transport you to the very moments when the course of humanity was altered, offering a visceral connection to the past that textbooks simply can't match.

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Moments That Shaped Our World: American Civil War

American Civil War Collection
223 Items

Moments That Shaped Our World: Berlin Wall

Berlin Wall Collection
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Moments That Shaped Our World: Civil Rights

Civil Rights Collection
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Moments That Shaped Our World: Pearl Harbor

Pearl Harbor Collection
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Moments That Shaped Our World: Suffragette

Suffragette Collection
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Moments That Shaped Our World: World War I & II

World War I & II Collection
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Moments That Shaped Our World: Wright Brothers Flight

Wright Brothers Flight Collection
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Winston Churchill Watching Bomber Fly

Franklin Roosevelt on December 8, 1941

The Peace Makers by George Peter Alexander Healy

Wright Glider Flying

Suffragettes Marching with Signs

Suffragettes Posing Inside Automobile

North Carolina Politician Zebulon Bair Vance

Pope Benedict XV

Types of Women's Fashion in Regard to Suffragettes

Suffragettes Being Led by Their Chief Marshall

Drawing with Gazing Crowd and Military Men in Tug of War

American Senator Stephen A. Douglas

Stonewall Jackson; Waist Up

Union Infantry Corporal Holding Revolver

Youngest Soldier in U.S. Civil War

Civil War Field Hospital

General Ulysses S. Grant in Uniform

Freed African Americans Along a Wharf

Abraham Lincoln

Ulysses S. Grant in Uniform

Confederate Soldiers Relaxing at their Camp

Sgt. Oscar Ryder of the Union Army

Ambrose Everett Burnside

Portrait of Civil War Soldier Kady Brownell

Wounded Civil War Zouave Soldier

USS Baron de Kalb Ironclad Gunboat

Confederate Army with Cannon

Mary A. Ball Bickerdyke

Union General Daniel E. Sickles in Civil War Uniform

General George Custer

Civil War Volunteer Clara Barton Sitting by Clock

Allan Pinkerton During Civil War

American Troops at Civil War Camp

Confederate Army Captain George Hillyer

Two Confederate Soldiers

Union Officers in Camp

Stonewall Jackson

Union Officer Carl Schurz

Armory Square Hospital During the United States Civil War

Wounded Soldier During the American Civil War

Confederate "Zouaves" Soldier

Private Francis E. Brownell

Confederate Naval Yard

Mathew Brady Seated

Woodcut of the Confederate Army Recruiting

U.S. Secretary of War Edwin McMasters Stanton

Sergeant John R. Fell

Two Confederate Soldiers

Civil War Parade; Zouaves March; Lithogr

Civil War Photographer Matthew Brady

Spy Rose O'Neal Greenhow with Her Daughter

Portrait of Confederate Spy Belle Boyd

Confederate General Braxton Bragg in Uniform

Staff of Union General Andrew Porter

Union Soldiers with Cannon

Wounded Resting At Field Hospital

Fugitive Slaves Ford Rappahannock River

Abraham Lincoln at Antietam During Civil War

Lincoln Visits Civil War Headquarters

African American Soldier Shooting Corner

Union Officers Outside Tent

The Capture Of Arkansas Post; Ar

Drummer Boys of the 61st New York Infantry During the Civil War

Army Factions At Gettysburg Battlefield

19th-Century Print of Rioters Attacking Brownstones

The Wounded Soldiers By Matthew Brady

Photographers at Signal Tower

Filling water barrels from a well

Union Army Arsenal at City Point

William T. Sherman in Uniform

Company E in Formation

Children Posing by Column

Rear Admiral John Dahlgren

Robert E. Lee

General Robert E. Lee on Porch

General Ulysses S. Grant

Abraham Lincoln's Body on Display at New York City Hall



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