Archives

Welcome to The Lens of History’s  virtual museum.  The Archives page is an archive of historical artifacts and primary reference materials related to the Tri-States and made available online to historians, writers, researchers, and the curious to help aid in the understanding of the life and times of those who came before so we can better understand our own times and the potential of our future.  For those seeking more information on an item in one of the collections, please contact us by going to the Contact page. The collection is broken into the following categories:

Photographs & Images

Letters & Documents

Newspapers & Periodicals

Miscellaneous Artifacts

Stocks, Bonds, & Currency

Autographs & Signatures

Books

Maps

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Artifacts WANTED

(C) WARNING: All images used on this website are RESTRICTED-USE digital images taken with a camera by John T. Pregler since 2017 of artifacts he owns, unless cited otherwise. Older images in the “public domain” are represented by modern digital photographs that are covered by copyright law and are the exclusive property of John T. Pregler for use on The Lens of History and may not be copied, reproduced, or used for any reason without the expressed written consent of John T. Pregler. For permission to use images from this website, please send a written request via the Contact page.