In March 1898 the British started building a railway bridge over the Tsavo (SAH-vo) River in East Africa. Over the next nine months, two large male lions reportedly killed and ate many railway workers and native Africans. Chief engineer Lt. Col. John Henry Patterson finally shot the first lion on December 9, 1898, and three weeks later brought down the second. The bridge was completed in February 1899.

Photographed Pittsburgh's African American community from 1935 to 1975 as one of the principal photographers for the Pittsburgh Courier, one of the nation's pre-eminent black newspapers. His images provide one of the most detailed and intimate records of the black urban experience known today

This site intends to survey all of the signs in New York City from 14th Street to 42nd Street.

The Smithsonian Institution Archives captures, preserves, and makes available to the public the history of this extraordinary Institution. From its inception in 1846 to the present, the records of the history of the Institution—its people, its programs, its research, and its stories—have been gathered, organized, and disseminated so that everyone can learn about the Smithsonian.

Discover, record and share history.

Dan Vanderkam utilizes the SF Historical Photograph Collection to combine photos, dates, and locations into one easy-to-use interface.

A collaborative project in which a select group of designers, illustrators, and artists create visual interpretations of the most defining moments in United States history as a way of informing others of our proud, yet sometimes troubled and forgotten past.

Online encyclopedia of Washington State history.

Swedish engineer Salomon August Andrée's ill-fated Arctic balloon expedition of 1897 to reach the North Pole. All three expedition members perished.

Encyclopedia of Washington State history.

Photo essays.

Lynching Photography in America

The Library's mission is to support the Congress in fulfilling its constitutional duties and to further the progress of knowledge and creativity for the benefit of the American people.

The Chernobyl disaster was a nuclear reactor accident in the Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant in the Soviet Union. It was the worst nuclear power plant accident in history and the only instance so far of level 7 on the International Nuclear Event Scale.

Historical sound recordings available to the public free of charge.

Materials such as photographs, maps, newspapers, posters, reports and other media from the University of Washington Libraries, University of Washington Faculty and Departments, and organizations that have participated in partner projects with the UW Libraries.

Few human dramas have caught and held the public imagination quite like Titanic. Get closer to Titanic with personal stories, artefacts, and images.

Near closing time on 25 March 1911, a fire broke out at the Triangle Waist Company. Within 18 minutes, 146 people were dead as a result of the fire.

Occurred on 6 July 1944 in Hartford, Connecticut. One of the worst fire disasters in the history of the United States. The fire occurred during an afternoon performance of the Ringling Brothers and Barnum & Bailey Circus. (wikipedia article)

The Triangle Shirtwaist Factory fire in New York City on March 25, 1911, was the deadliest industrial disaster in the history of the city of New York. (wikipedia article)

Promoting a greater understanding of the course of human evolution.

Explores the complex history surrounding the invention of the atomic bomb.