Sioux tepee of buffalo-hideTipi made of buffalo hide sewn with sinew in the traditional way, Wicoti Living History Lakota Encampment, Black Hills, SD. Digital photograph
Colonial house at Charles Towne Landing, South CarolinaReconstructed colonial home at Charles Towne Landing Historic Site, South Carolina. Digital photograph
Mormon Trail hand-cartMormon hand-cart replica on the Oregon/Mormon Trail, Scotts Bluff National Monument, Nebraska. Digital photograph
Great temple at Thebes, ancient EgyptGreat temple at Thebes in ancient Egypt, restored view. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration
Sutters Mill, site of the first gold discovery in CaliforniaSutters Mill replica on the American River, where the Gold Rush began, Coloma, California. Digital photograph
Star-spangled banner, the 15-star US flagFifteen-star US flag (1794-1819) over Fort Moultrie, Charleston, South Carolina. Digital photograph
Allosaurus modelModel of Allosaurus dinosaur at the National Zoo, Washington DC. Photograph
Barn designed by George Washington, Mount Vernon16-sided threshing barn designed by George Washington at Mount Vernon in Virginia. Photograph
Washboard for scrubbing laundry in the 1800sWoman reenactor doing laundry with a washboard, living history demonstration, Shiloh National Military Park, Tennessee. Digital photograph
Replicas of colonial Jamestown shipsReconstructed ships that brought the first colonists to Jamestown, Virginia. Digital photograph
Native American corn grinding tools, TennesseeWooden mortar and pestle for grinding corn, Chucalissa Native American village, Memphis, Tennessee. Photograph
Oregon Trail covered wagonsRestored covered wagons (Conestoga wagon at rear), at Scotts Bluff National Monument on the Oregon Trail in Nebraska. Digital photograph
Conestoga wagon on the Oregon TrailConestoga wagon replica on the Oregon Trail, Scotts Bluff National Monument, Nebraska. Digital photograph
Covered wagon brake detailBrake mechanism of a covered wagon on the Oregon Trail, Scotts Bluff National Monument, Nebraska. Digital photograph
Covered wagon with supplies, South DakotaCovered wagon and its supplies displayed at the Black Hills Wild Horse Sanctuary visitor center, South Dakota. Digital photograph
Buffalo hide tipi of the Lakota SiouxSioux tepee made of buffalo hide sewn with sinew in the traditional way, Wicoti Living History Lakota Encampment, Hill City, South Dakota. Digital photograph
Interior of a Sioux tipiBuffalo robes and pillows inside a Sioux tepee made of buffalo hide, Wicoti Living History Lakota Encampment, Hill City, South Dakota. Digital photograph
Sioux tepeesSioux tipis, Wicoti Living History Lakota Encampment, Black Hills, SD. Digital photograph
Pueblo Bonito in Chaco Canyon, 1200sRestoration of Pueblo Bonito, Ancestral Puebloan/Anasazi site in Chaco Canyon, New Mexico, as it looked about 1250 AD. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration
Inca dwelling replica at Ingapirca, EcuadorReconstructed Inca dwelling amid the ruins at Ingapirca in the Andes Mountains, Ecuador. Digital photograph
HOUS2D-00036Camp cookpots at a Continental Army reenactment, Yorktown battlefield, Virginia. Digital photograph
Corn ground into meal at Mount VernonWooden mortar and pestle for grinding maize at Mount Vernon, George Washingtons home in Virginia. Photograph
Confederate battle flagHandmade Confederate battle flag replica, Shiloh National Military Park, Tennessee. Digital photograph
Civil War knife in a leather sheathConfederate soldiers bone-handle knife, Shiloh National Military Park, Tennessee. Digital photograph
Iguanodon, a large herbivorous dinosaur of the early Cretaceous period, a restoration by Woodward, 1890s. Hand-colored engraving of a 19th-century illustration
NATI2P-00876Reconstructed Juaneno kicha, a Native American shelter in prehistoric California. Photograph
Aztalan, a Moundbuilders site in WisconsinMound and part of village stockade at Aztalan, a middle Mississippean Moundbuilders site in Wisconsin. Photograph
NATI2P-01076Mound and part of village stockade at Aztalan, a middle Mississippean Moundbuilder site in Wisconsin. Photograph
HSET2D-00072Restored Conestoga wagon at Scotts Bluff National Monument on the Oregon Trail in Nebraska. Digital photograph
Fort Laramie trading post, WyomingTrading post reconstructed at Fort Laramie on the Oregon Trail, Wyoming. Photograph
Fort Abraham Lincoln graveyard, North DakotaGraves of soldiers who died of freezing or typhoid at Fort Abraham Lincoln, North Dakota, 1870s. Photograph
Fort McKeen blockhouse, aka Fort Abraham Lincoln, North DakotaFort McKeen blockhouse replica, renamed Fort Abraham Lincoln, built during Indian Wars, North Dakota, 1870s. Photograph
Menominee Reservation in WisconsinPainted rock denoting the Menominee Reservation near Shawano, Wisconsin. Digital photograph
HOUS2D-00034Teapot at a Continental Army camp reenactment, Yorktown battlefield, Virginia. Digital photograph
HOUS2D-00029Cooking over an open fire at a Continental Army camp reenactment, Yorktown battlefield, Virginia. Digital photograph
HOUS2D-00022Grits cooked in kettles to feed Continental Army reenactors, Yorktown Battlefield, Virginia. Digital photograph
HOUS2D-00054Linsey-woolsey cloth for 18th-century reenactors on sale at Yorktown battlefield, Virginia. Digital photograph
EXPL2P-00031Fort Mandan, a reconstructed Lewis and Clark campsite on the Missouri River, North Dakota. Photograph
Mount Vernon fieldsTilled field at Mount Vernon, George Washingtons home in Virginia. Photograph
Cornbread cooking in a Confederate camp, reenactmentCornbread and coffee on a campfire, Confederate living history demonstration, Shiloh National Military Park, Tennessee. Digital photograph
EVRV2D-00142Peanuts, eggs, and dried berries for breakfast at a reenactment on the Yorktown battlefield, Virginia. Digital photograph of a National Park Service event at Yorktown Battlefield on the 225th
HOUS2D-00040Food baking at a Continental Army camp reenactment, Yorktown battlefield, Virginia. Digital photograph
HOUS2D-00039Food baking at a Continental Army camp reenactment, Yorktown battlefield, Virginia. Digital photograph
HOUS2D-00037Camp coffeepot at a Continental Army reenactment, Yorktown battlefield, Virginia. Digital photograph
Reenactment of a Civil War army camp, Shiloh battlefieldCivil War camp reenactment, Shiloh National Military Park, Tennessee. Digital photograph
Officers tent at a Confederate encampment, Shiloh battlefieldConfederate camp reenactment, Shiloh National Military Park, TN. Digital photograph
Civil War carbine rifleConfederate cavalry carbine, Shiloh National Military Park, Tennessee. Digital photograph
Colonial reenactors in QuebecColonial French army reenactors portraying 18th-century Quebec. Digital photograph