Images

Interior of Alamo, with modern roof; where final stand was made, photograph in Leonora Bennett's Historical Sketch and Guide to the Alamo, 1904. The Alamo, originally a Spanish mission, was a fortress garrisoned first by the Spanish, then...

San Fernando Cathedral in San Antonio, photograph by Daniel Schwen, 2009. The original parish church, later enlarged in the Gothic style as depicted here, played a notable role in the story of the Battle of the Alamo in 1836 during the Texas...

Interior of the Alamo chapel, photograph by Gatorfan252525, April 2025. The Alamo, originally a Spanish mission, was a fortress garrisoned first by the Spanish, then the Mexican Army after the Mexican War of Independence, and later, most...

Sketch of the Alamo by Mary Ann Maverick, 1838. Published in Rena Maverick Green's Memoirs of Mary A. Maverick, 1921. This is one of the earliest drawings depicting the Alamo, a Spanish mission that became a fortress garrisoned first by...

Portrait of Andrew Jackson, from the original daguerreotype produced by Mathew Brady's studio, c. 1845. This photograph of Jackson was taken only shortly before his death in April of 1845, having been a revolutionary, an orphan, a representative...

The Brave Boy of the Waxhaws, lithographic print by Currier & Ives, 1876. Depicted here is a young Andrew Jackson (1767-1845), current captive of the British in the American Revolution and future president of the United States, being struck...

A gouache on paper painting titled Princeton University by Nicha Sursock. This is part of a series of 43 works representing the history of the USA. Founded in 1746, Princeton University has shaped leaders across science, politics, business...

A gouache on paper painting titled The Missile Treaty 1987 by Nicha Sursock. This is part of a series of 43 works representing the history of the USA. President Ronald Reagan and Mikhail Gorbachev sign the intermediate-range nuclear force...

A photograph of German troops having captured the French fortifications at Maubeuge in the early stages of the First World War (1914-18). Imperial War Museums, London.

A photograph showing a German officer announcing Kaiser Wilhelm II's decisions to mobilise troops on 1 August 1914 at the beginning of the First World War (1914-18). Imperial War Museums, London.