Welcome to History Revealed

History Revealed specializes in rare historical paper-based material that documents the political, social, cultural, and commercial history of the nineteenth and twentieth centuries. Our holdings include confectionery cards, trade cards, postcards, posters, advertising ephemera, photographs, manuscripts, diaries, letters, documents, comics, maps, educational material, and related archival collections.

Organized by historical theme and geographic region, our collections bring together original primary-source material that illuminates subjects including colonialism, exploration, race, slavery, popular education, war, visual culture, national identity, scientific discovery, and everyday life. Alongside these thematic collections, we also offer a continually changing selection of individual historical documents, manuscripts, photographs, posters, and other unique paper artifacts from around the world.

Whether you are a collector seeking exceptional original material, a museum developing an exhibition, a library strengthening its special collections, or a researcher looking for primary sources, History Revealed offers material that provides fresh perspectives on the modern world through the surviving evidence of everyday print and documentary culture.

The online catalogue represents only a portion of our holdings, and new material is added regularly. Images have been optimized for quick browsing; simply click on any image to view a larger version.

If you would like to be notified when significant new collections or important individual items become available, then please take a moment to contact us

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