Solomon Nunes Carvalho was a Baltimore painter and fledgling photographer when John C. Fremont, contacted him in 1853 and asked Carvalho to join him on a journey across the West. Carvalho was to make ...

Apprenticeship, 1813-41 -- The first expedition, spring 1842-fall 1842 -- The second expedition, spring 1843-winter 1845 -- The third expedition: summer 1845-winter 1846 -- Reckonings, 1847-54 -- For ...

The Jewish-American community is deeply intertwined with the history of its country, often in ways that reflect the preoccupations of a given historical moment. Take, for instance, the fascinating ...

This political cartoon satirizes the 1856 Presidential race, in which Colonel John Charles Fremont ran as the first candidate of the newly-formed Republican Party. By referring to the Presidential ...