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An Empire Built on Excrement

Guano imperialism kicked off an age of exploitation.
by George Dillard via Looking Through The Past on February 25, 2026
Frederick Douglass.

Frederick Douglass and the Power of the Photograph

The abolitionist was a techno-optimist.
by George Dillard via Looking Through The Past on February 11, 2026
John Trumbull’s painting of the signing of the Declaration of Independence, 1819.

Who Invented the “Founding Fathers?”

The making of a myth.
by George Dillard via Looking Through The Past on May 21, 2025
A cartoon depicting Charles Guiteau.

Echoes of Rage

Our new age of violence looks a lot like the Gilded Age.
by George Dillard via Looking Through The Past on December 18, 2024
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