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Cornelius Vanderbilt, ca. 1865. (GLC05151)

Essay

Robber Barons or Captains of Industry?

On February 9, 1859, Henry J. Raymond, editor of the New York Times, said something strange about Cornelius Vanderbilt. Raymond...

Teenager operating machinery, 1913, by Lewis Hine. (LC-DIG-nclc-04898)

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History Times: The Industrial Revolution

A Changing Nation

The second half of the nineteenth century can be described as a time of...

Essay

Born Modern: An Overview of the West

The present...

Photograph of American Indians by William Hicks Jackson, 1871. (GLC03095.97)

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The Civil War and Reconstruction in the American West

The histories of the Civil War and of the emerging West were...

Abolitionist flag, ca. 1859. (Gilder Lehrman Collection)

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Abolition and Antebellum Reform

When the Boston abolitionist Thomas Wentworth Higginson looked back on the years...

Sylvester Graham, Treatise on Bread and Bread-Making (Boston, 1837). (Google Bk)

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Sylvester Graham and Antebellum Diet Reform

“Eat Food. Not too much. Mostly Plants.” So begins Michael Pollan’s 2009 book, In Defense of Food. Pollan has made a career...

Patent signed by James Buchanan, May 28, 1846. (Gilder Lehrman Collection)

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Technology of the 1800s

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Sample ballot card for the 1912 Republican National Convention. (GLC01487)

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The Spectacles of 1912

The presidential election year of 1912 began with one unprecedented spectacle, ended with another, and...

Glossary Term – Event

Ford Motor Company founded

Former mechanic Henry Ford founded the Ford Motor Company with a group of investors in Detroit, Michigan. The first Ford car was assembled a month later.

Glossary Term – Event

Model T introduced

The Ford Motor Company introduced the first mass-produced automobile, the Ford Model T.