Images

A knife purportedly carried by David 'Davy' Crockett during the Battle of the Alamo, photograph by Brian Reading, 2013. Crockett's knife is on display at the San Jacinto Museum of History at the...

The Alamo Cenotaph, photograph by Loadmaster (David R. Tribble), 2013. Located near the front of the Alamo in San Antonio, Texas, the 60-foot-high memorial depicted here commemorates the defenders of the famed fortress at the...

A cartoon from a 1908 issue of Punch magazine showing Kaiser Wilhelm II and Great Britain in the guise of John Bull. The pair are playing a game of poker where the bets are dreadnought battleships. Germany and Britain...

The Alamo, movie poster by Reynold Brown, 1960. Depicted here is the work of artist Reynold Brown (1917-1991), best known for his evocative movie posters, including those done for other famous films such as Ben-Hur...

Portrait of Juan Seguín, oil on canvas painting by Thomas Jefferson Wright, 1838. The only known portrait of Juan Nepomuceno Seguín (1806-1890), this painting depicts the Tejano (Mexican Texan) leader who...

The American Civil War (1861–1865) was a nationwide conflict in the United States sparked by the secession of eleven Southern states following Abraham Lincoln’s election in 1860. The Confederacy, founded on...

A photograph of First World War (1914-18) German dreadnought warships in port. Unknown date or location. (Imperial War Museums)

A May 1912 photograph of HMS Dreadnought, the Royal Navy battleship built in 1906 and which served in the First World War (1914-18). Imperial War Museums, London.

The bow of the Royal Navy's HMS Dreadnought battleship, built in 1906 and used in the First World War (1914-18). (Imperial War Museums)

A gouache on paper painting titled Watergate 1972-4 by Nicha Sursock. This is part of a series of 43 works representing the history of the USA. In front of the Watergate Hotel president Richard Nixon, Washington Post Reporters...