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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: Berlin Wall

Berlin Wall Collection
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Moments That Shaped Our World: Pearl Harbor

Pearl Harbor Collection
187 Items

Moments That Shaped Our World: Suffragette

Suffragette Collection
110 Items

Moments That Shaped Our World: Wright Brothers Flight

Wright Brothers Flight Collection
91 Items

Moments That Shaped Our World: American Civil War

American Civil War 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: Civil Rights

Civil Rights Collection
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Background imageMoments That Shaped Our World: Winston Churchill Watching Bomber Fly

Winston Churchill Watching Bomber Fly
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Background imageMoments That Shaped Our World: World War I Hero Alvin C. York

World War I Hero Alvin C. York

Background imageMoments That Shaped Our World: The Peace Makers by George Peter Alexander Healy

The Peace Makers by George Peter Alexander Healy
Located in the White House, Washington, DC, USA

Background imageMoments That Shaped Our World: Wright Glider Flying

Wright Glider Flying
Wilbur Wright pilots a glider with a movable double rear vertical rudder over the Kill Devil Hills near Kitty Hawk. The Wright Brothers camp can be seen in the distance

Background imageMoments That Shaped Our World: Suffragettes Marching with Signs

Suffragettes Marching with Signs
(Original Caption) New York: New York Society Woman Suffragettes as sandwich men advertise a mass meeting to be addressed by the Governor of the Suffrage states. Photograph

Background imageMoments That Shaped Our World: Suffragettes Posing Inside Automobile

Suffragettes Posing Inside Automobile
(Original Caption) England: Mrs. Pankhurst has just left London accompanied by Miss Christopher St. John and Miss Craig, daughter of Ellen Terry

Background imageMoments That Shaped Our World: North Carolina Politician Zebulon Bair Vance

North Carolina Politician Zebulon Bair Vance
(Original Caption) Portrait photograph of Zebulon Baird Vance (1830-1894), North Carolina Representative, Governor, and Senator during the American Civil War and Reconstruction eras. Undated photo

Background imageMoments That Shaped Our World: Pope Benedict XV

Pope Benedict XV
POPE BENEDICT XV 1854-1922 POPE (1914-22) DURING WORLD WAR I MAINTAINTED NEUTRALITY, ORGANIZED RELIEF WORK; UNSUCCESSFULLY ATTEMPTED TO MEDIATE A PEACE SETTLEMENT (1917)

Background imageMoments That Shaped Our World: Types of Women's Fashion in Regard to Suffragettes

Types of Women's Fashion in Regard to Suffragettes
(Original Caption) The Type Of Suffragette Has Changed. From the Tribune New York

Background imageMoments That Shaped Our World: Suffragettes Being Led by Their Chief Marshall

Suffragettes Being Led by Their Chief Marshall
(Original Caption) New York, New York: Feminist Protest Against War

Background imageMoments That Shaped Our World: Drawing with Gazing Crowd and Military Men in Tug of War

Drawing with Gazing Crowd and Military Men in Tug of War
(Original Caption) Cairo: Military Games At Cairo. The Tug Of War. Highlanders vs. Artillery

Background imageMoments That Shaped Our World: American Senator Stephen A. Douglas

American Senator Stephen A. Douglas
(Original Caption) Full length portrait of statesman, Stephen Arnold Douglas, (1813-1861). He served as the senator of Illinois. Photograph by Matthew Brady. Undated photograph

Background imageMoments That Shaped Our World: Stonewall Jackson; Waist Up

Stonewall Jackson; Waist Up
(Original Caption) 1852-Thomas Jonathan ("Stonewall") Jackson, as a lieutenant during the Mexican War. Half length photograph, 1852

Background imageMoments That Shaped Our World: Union Infantry Corporal Holding Revolver

Union Infantry Corporal Holding Revolver
Civil War: Portrait of an unidentified Union Infantry corporal, holding a Colt model 1849 pocket revolver. Civil War camp photographers kept such equipment to add a martial touch to their portraits

Background imageMoments That Shaped Our World: Youngest Soldier in U.S. Civil War

Youngest Soldier in U.S. Civil War
Sergeant Johnny Clem, the youngest soldier in the Civil War (aged 13), he later rose to the rank of Major General of the Regular Army

Background imageMoments That Shaped Our World: Civil War Field Hospital

Civil War Field Hospital
Nurses, physicians, and soldiers stand outside the field hospital of the U.S. Sanitary Commission during the United States Civil War

Background imageMoments That Shaped Our World: General Ulysses S. Grant in Uniform

General Ulysses S. Grant in Uniform

Background imageMoments That Shaped Our World: Abraham Lincoln

Abraham Lincoln
(Original Caption) 1860-Rare full length portrait of Abraham Lincoln in the summer before he was elected President. He wears a suit and stands with his hand on a Bible that rests on a table

Background imageMoments That Shaped Our World: Ulysses S. Grant in Uniform

Ulysses S. Grant in Uniform
(Original Caption) Ca.1860s-Ulysses S. Grant (1822-1885), as an officer. Photographed standing in the studio, in military uniform, by Matthew Brady

Background imageMoments That Shaped Our World: Confederate Soldiers Relaxing at their Camp

Confederate Soldiers Relaxing at their Camp
A group of confederate soldiers relaxing at their camp. Undated photograph

Background imageMoments That Shaped Our World: Sgt. Oscar Ryder of the Union Army

Sgt. Oscar Ryder of the Union Army
Sgt. Oscar Ryder of the 7th New York State Militia of the Union Army

Background imageMoments That Shaped Our World: Ambrose Everett Burnside

Ambrose Everett Burnside
(Original Caption) Portrait of Ambrose Everett Burnside (1824-1881), American Army Officer for whom sideburns are named. Undated photograph by William Brady

Background imageMoments That Shaped Our World: Portrait of Civil War Soldier Kady Brownell

Portrait of Civil War Soldier Kady Brownell
Kady Brownell wears a Civil War uniform

Background imageMoments That Shaped Our World: Wounded Civil War Zouave Soldier

Wounded Civil War Zouave Soldier
A member of a Confederate Civil War Zouave unit (right) wears the distinctive uniform of baggy pants, decorative jacket, and fez. Standing at his side is a Confederate soldier

Background imageMoments That Shaped Our World: USS Baron de Kalb Ironclad Gunboat

USS Baron de Kalb Ironclad Gunboat
Union USS Baron de Kalb ironclad gunboat, originally named the USS St. Louis

Background imageMoments That Shaped Our World: Confederate Army with Cannon

Confederate Army with Cannon
Gunners of General William B. Hazen's division of the 15th Corps stand around a field gun at Fort McAllister in Richmond Hill, Georgia

Background imageMoments That Shaped Our World: Mary A. Ball Bickerdyke

Mary A. Ball Bickerdyke
(Original Caption) Mary A. Ball Bickerdyke. Mother, was soldier's angel during Civil War. Sherman said "She outranks me." Undated photograph

Background imageMoments That Shaped Our World: Union General Daniel E. Sickles in Civil War Uniform

Union General Daniel E. Sickles in Civil War Uniform
(Original Caption) Portrait of American Union general and politician Daniel Edgar Sickles in Civil War uniform. He is shown waist up, seated with his arms crossed. Photograph circa 1860s

Background imageMoments That Shaped Our World: General George Custer

General George Custer
Major General George A. Custer (1839-1876), American Army officer. Undated photograph by Mathew Brady

Background imageMoments That Shaped Our World: Civil War Volunteer Clara Barton Sitting by Clock

Civil War Volunteer Clara Barton Sitting by Clock
Clara Barton, under President Abraham Lincoln's charge for sending supplies to civil war soldiers, holds a pair of gloves next to a table and clock

Background imageMoments That Shaped Our World: Allan Pinkerton During Civil War

Allan Pinkerton During Civil War
(Original Caption) Allan Pinkerton (1819-1884) detective. Founder of the famous Pinkerton Agency. Photographed during Civil War

Background imageMoments That Shaped Our World: American Troops at Civil War Camp

American Troops at Civil War Camp
(Original Caption) USA: Regimental fife and Drum Corps in the field. Brady photograph

Background imageMoments That Shaped Our World: Confederate Army Captain George Hillyer

Confederate Army Captain George Hillyer
Captain George Hillyer, Captain of the 9th Georgia Infantry Regiment of the Confederate States Army

Background imageMoments That Shaped Our World: Two Confederate Soldiers

Two Confederate Soldiers
A pair of soldiers from the Confederate States Army

Background imageMoments That Shaped Our World: Stonewall Jackson

Stonewall Jackson
(Original Caption) Portrait of Stonewall Jackson. Undated photograph

Background imageMoments That Shaped Our World: Union Officer Carl Schurz

Union Officer Carl Schurz
(Original Caption) Carl Schurz as an officer during the Civil War. Undated composite photograph. Depicted headshoulders

Background imageMoments That Shaped Our World: Armory Square Hospital During the United States Civil War

Armory Square Hospital During the United States Civil War
Injured soldiers at Armory Square Hospital during the United States Civil War

Background imageMoments That Shaped Our World: Wounded Soldier During the American Civil War

Wounded Soldier During the American Civil War
A wounded member of the Zouave, the French infantry, is offered a drink from a soldier's canteen while recovering from an injury during the American Civil War

Background imageMoments That Shaped Our World: Confederate 'Zouaves' Soldier

Confederate "Zouaves" Soldier
(Original Caption) Photo shows a Confederate soldier (Zouave) from New Orleans. From the Confederate Museum, Richmond. VA. Undated

Background imageMoments That Shaped Our World: Private Francis E. Brownell

Private Francis E. Brownell
(Original Caption) Civil War soldier Private Francis E. Brownell, 11th New York Infantry (Fire Zouaves). Photograph by Mathew Brady. Undated

Background imageMoments That Shaped Our World: Confederate Naval Yard

Confederate Naval Yard
Members of the Confederate States Navy at a campsite in Pensacola, Florida, during the Civil War

Background imageMoments That Shaped Our World: Mathew Brady Seated

Mathew Brady Seated
(Original Caption) Portrait of Matthew Brady (1823-1896) pioneer photographer

Background imageMoments That Shaped Our World: Woodcut of the Confederate Army Recruiting

Woodcut of the Confederate Army Recruiting
ORIGINAL CAPTION READS: Drumming up recruits for the Confederate Army. Woodcut from 1861

Background imageMoments That Shaped Our World: U.S. Secretary of War Edwin McMasters Stanton

U.S. Secretary of War Edwin McMasters Stanton
Studio portrait of Edwin McMasters Stanton (1814-1869), President Lincoln's Secretary of War during the American Civil War

Background imageMoments That Shaped Our World: Sergeant John R. Fell

Sergeant John R. Fell
SGT. JOHN R. FELL CO. B. LOUISIANA GUARDS 1ST REGIMENT C.S.A. TINTYPE, COURTESY MR. LEE WALLACE OF ARLINGTON VIRGINIA

Background imageMoments That Shaped Our World: Two Confederate Soldiers

Two Confederate Soldiers
A pair of soldiers of the Confederate States Army, one brandishing a flintlock pistol

Background imageMoments That Shaped Our World: Civil War Parade; Zouaves March; Lithogr

Civil War Parade; Zouaves March; Lithogr
(Original Caption) New York, NY: New York Civil War Parade. Zouaves of the 7th Regiment parading on Boradway before their departure to the front. Lithograph, 1861. BPA2# 3574

Background imageMoments That Shaped Our World: Civil War Photographer Matthew Brady

Civil War Photographer Matthew Brady
(Original Caption) 7/22/1861-Full length, profile portrait of famed photographer, Matthew Brady. He is most known for his effort to document the U.S. Civil War

Background imageMoments That Shaped Our World: Spy Rose O'Neal Greenhow with Her Daughter

Spy Rose O'Neal Greenhow with Her Daughter
Confederate spy Rose O'Neal Greenhow with her daughter in the courtyard of the Old Capitol Prison in Washington, DC

Background imageMoments That Shaped Our World: Portrait of Confederate Spy Belle Boyd

Portrait of Confederate Spy Belle Boyd
(Original Caption) Belle Boyd, confederate spy. 1862, photograph BPA 2# 708

Background imageMoments That Shaped Our World: Confederate General Braxton Bragg in Uniform

Confederate General Braxton Bragg in Uniform
4/6/1862- Official portrait of Civil War officer General Braxton Bragg of the Confederate States of America

Background imageMoments That Shaped Our World: Staff of Union General Andrew Porter

Staff of Union General Andrew Porter
5/20/1862: The staff of Union General Andrew Porter lounge in front of a tent during the Civil War

Background imageMoments That Shaped Our World: Union Soldiers with Cannon

Union Soldiers with Cannon
(Original Caption) Portrait of four Civil War artillery officers grouped around a cannon in the vicinity of Fair Oaks, Virginia, June 1862. BPA2# 719

Background imageMoments That Shaped Our World: Wounded Resting At Field Hospital

Wounded Resting At Field Hospital
(Original Caption) The Tragic Toll of War. Civil war behind the line assembling place for wounded at Savage Station, Virginia, June 27, 1862. (Photo by Bettmann Archive/Getty Images)

Background imageMoments That Shaped Our World: Abraham Lincoln at Antietam During Civil War

Abraham Lincoln at Antietam During Civil War
(Original Caption) President Abraham Lincoln with General George B. McClellan at his headquarters at Antietam, October 3, 1862. From left: General George W. Morell, Colonel Alexander S

Background imageMoments That Shaped Our World: Lincoln Visits Civil War Headquarters

Lincoln Visits Civil War Headquarters
President Lincoln visits General George B. McClellan and his staff at his camp near Sharpsburg, Maryland, on October 3, 1862, a few weeks after the Battle of Antietam

Background imageMoments That Shaped Our World: African American Soldier Shooting Corner

African American Soldier Shooting Corner
(Original Caption) Civil War: African American pickets on duty at Dutch Gap. Stereographic photo circa 1861-1865

Background imageMoments That Shaped Our World: Union Officers Outside Tent

Union Officers Outside Tent
Officers of the Union Army sit outside a tent reading letters

Background imageMoments That Shaped Our World: The Capture Of Arkansas Post; Ar

The Capture Of Arkansas Post; Ar
(Original Caption) AR: The capture of Arkansas Post, Ark.--General Stephen G. Burbridge, accompanied by his staff, planting the stars and stripes on Fort Hindman, January 11th, 1863. Undated woodcut

Background imageMoments That Shaped Our World: Drummer Boys of the 61st New York Infantry During the Civil War

Drummer Boys of the 61st New York Infantry During the Civil War
(Original Caption) Picture shows the Drummer Boys of the 61st New York Infantry

Background imageMoments That Shaped Our World: Army Factions At Gettysburg Battlefield

Army Factions At Gettysburg Battlefield
(Original Caption) The "Army of the Potomac" under General Meade in combat with the "Army of Virginia" at Gettysburg Battlefield, July 3, 1863. Lithograph by Currier & Ives

Background imageMoments That Shaped Our World: 19th-Century Print of Rioters Attacking Brownstones

19th-Century Print of Rioters Attacking Brownstones
The event took place during the New York Draft Riots which happened in July of 1863

Background imageMoments That Shaped Our World: The Wounded Soldiers By Matthew Brady

The Wounded Soldiers By Matthew Brady
(Original Caption) "The Wounded Soldiers." Photograph by Mathew B. Brady, taken during Civil War

Background imageMoments That Shaped Our World: Photographers at Signal Tower

Photographers at Signal Tower
(Original Caption) 1864- Appomatox River, VA: Photographers at signal tower at Point Rocks, Appomatox River, Virginia. BPA2#4504

Background imageMoments That Shaped Our World: Filling water barrels from a well

Filling water barrels from a well

Background imageMoments That Shaped Our World: Union Army Arsenal at City Point

Union Army Arsenal at City Point
(Original Caption) 1864-City Point, VA: View in City Point, VA, 1864, with arsenal cannons, ammunition of Union Army. Photograph by Mathew Brady. BPA2# 710

Background imageMoments That Shaped Our World: William T. Sherman in Uniform

William T. Sherman in Uniform
General William Tecumseh Sherman wears his uniform and a black arm band in honor of the late President Abraham Lincoln

Background imageMoments That Shaped Our World: Company E in Formation

Company E in Formation
(Original Caption) 1865- Company E, Fourth Colored Infantry, at Fort Lincoln. Photograph by William Morris Smith

Background imageMoments That Shaped Our World: Children Posing by Column

Children Posing by Column
Four African American children sit amidst buildings destroyed in the Civil War

Background imageMoments That Shaped Our World: Rear Admiral John Dahlgren

Rear Admiral John Dahlgren stands alongside one of his creations, a 50-pounder Dahlgren rifle gun, aboard the USS Pawnee in Charleston Harbor, South Carolina, during the latter part of the Civil War

Background imageMoments That Shaped Our World: Robert E. Lee

Robert E. Lee
(Original Caption) 1865-Robert E. Lee in his new uniform shortly before he met Grant at Appomattox

Background imageMoments That Shaped Our World: General Robert E. Lee on Porch

General Robert E. Lee on Porch
(Original Caption) 4/1865- Richmond, VA: Robert E. Lee (1807-1870) after Appomattox on the porch of Richmond, Virginia House

Background imageMoments That Shaped Our World: General Ulysses S. Grant

General Ulysses S. Grant
General Grant stands in front of his campaign tent at his headquarters in City Point (now Hopewell), Virginia

Background imageMoments That Shaped Our World: Abraham Lincoln's Body on Display at New York City Hall

Abraham Lincoln's Body on Display at New York City Hall
Official escorts stand alongside the body of Abraham Lincoln, which lays in an open coffin, on display for public viewing inside New York City Hall

Background imageMoments That Shaped Our World: General William Tecumseh Sherman

General William Tecumseh Sherman
(Original Caption) General William Tecumseh Sherman (1870-1891) famed for his march through Georgia

Background imageMoments That Shaped Our World: General George Custer

General George Custer
(Original Caption) This photo of General George Armstrong Custer, best known for his famous "last stand, " is one of a set of 44 original wet plate negatives by Mathew Brady

Background imageMoments That Shaped Our World: Actress and Union Army Spy Pauline Cushman

Actress and Union Army Spy Pauline Cushman
Pauline Cushman, a young stage actress, became a Union Army spy during the Civil War. She was awarded with an honorary title of major by President Abraham Lincoln



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