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Find information on the first years of the last century.

Art Nouveau
Authentic History
- Primary source material related to popular culture of the early 1900'sand World War I.
Baseball -- 1919 Black Sox Scandal
Ford Motor Company
- Early automotive history.
Great War & Jazz Age: 1914 -1928
- Biographical articles and pictures from the Library of Congress, searchable by keyword, state, time period, job occupation, etc. Also video and audio recordings.
Inventions of the Early 20th Century 1900-1925
Orphan Train Collection
- History, photos, and personal stories of children who were relocated by the Children's Aid Society in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries.
Progressive Era: 1890-1913
- Biographical articles and pictures from the Library of Congress, searchable by keyword, state, time period, job occupation, etc. Also video and audio recordings.
The Progressive Era: 1899 - 1917
- Site maintained by Southeastern Oklahoma University.
Radio Days
- Recordings of early radio broadcasts, including dramatic, comic, and futuristic series, and news events, some in downloadable mp3 format. Also biographical and critical articles about radio pioneers and actors and the cultural significance of early radio programming.
Technology in 1900
- The state of technology in 1900, what children had available to them.
Theodore Roosevelt
- The 26^th president, a pioneering conservationist.
Titanic
Triangle Factory Fire 1911
- A tragedy that spurred improvements in industrial working conditions. Site maintained by the Cornell University ILR School.
William Howard Taft
Women's suffrage
- When women in America finally got the right to vote.
Woodrow Wilson
World War I Resources on the Web
Wright Brothers & Aviation