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Rebecca Onion, who runs Slate’s history blog The Vault, is a writer and academic living in Philadelphia. Send her an email or follow her on Twitter.

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Dec. 11 2013 11:00 AMThe Army's Advice to Soldiers Headed for the Korean War: "Respect Your Allies"Rebecca Onion
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Dec. 9 2013 3:20 PMGender-Ratio Map Shows Where The Men Were In 1870Rebecca Onion
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Dec. 4 2013 11:15 AMLife Advice for Young Men That Went Viral in the 1850s
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Dec. 2 2013 1:15 PMJohn Brown's Passionate "Declaration of Liberty," Written on a Lengthy ScrollRebecca Onion
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Nov. 27 2013 8:12 AMThe Snake-Eaters and the YardsThe Vietnamese tribesmen who fought alongside American Special Forces won the Green Berets’ admiration—and lost everything else.Rebecca Onion
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Nov. 25 2013 3:15 PMLearn Cherokee Words for "Dog," "Harp," "Star," and More, Using An 1888 PrimerRebecca Onion
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Nov. 21 2013 4:50 PMCondolence Telegrams for Jackie, from MLK, Duke Ellington, Douglas MacArthur, and MoreRebecca Onion
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Nov. 20 2013 8:35 AMIn Austin, The "Welcome, JFK!" Banquet That Never HappenedRebecca Onion
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Nov. 15 2013 1:00 PMThe "Wanted For Treason" Flyer Distributed in Dallas Before JFK's VisitRebecca Onion
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Nov. 14 2013 9:45 AMIn A Captivating Panoramic Display, 1920s "Bathing Girls" Show How Quickly Fashions ChangedRebecca Onion
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Nov. 12 2013 11:00 AM“Be White to Your Dogs.” Why People Are So Outraged About a Canadian Survival Story.Rebecca Onion
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Nov. 8 2013 9:10 AMAn Illustrated Descent Into a "White Slave Hell" in 1910 ChicagoRebecca Onion
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Nov. 5 2013 12:45 PMPhoto Album Documents 1915 Road Trip Along the New Los Angeles AqueductRebecca Onion
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Nov. 1 2013 9:00 AMThe Best Animal Songs Ever Written: Our Neko Case PlaylistRebecca Onion
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Oct. 29 2013 12:30 PMIn a Snarky Letter, John Adams Assesses George Washington's "Talents"Rebecca Onion
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Dec. 10 2013 1:20 PMCounting Fifes and Drums in George Washington's ArmyRebecca Onion
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Dec. 5 2013 12:20 PMA WWII-Era Protest Letter, Sent By Japanese-American Internees Resisting the DraftRebecca Onion
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Dec. 3 2013 2:00 PM"Having A Baby" in 1942: One Couple's Utterly Charming Homemade DocumentaryRebecca Onion
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Nov. 27 2013 10:05 AMA British Teacher's Archive of Confiscated ToysRebecca Onion
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Nov. 26 2013 12:40 PMMap Promising 1897 Travelers the "Good Roads" In and Around PhiladelphiaRebecca Onion
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Nov. 22 2013 11:15 AM"I Rely On You. I Need You." How LBJ Begged JFK's Cabinet To StayRebecca Onion
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Nov. 20 2013 12:00 PMIn the JFK Aftermath, A Dallas Minister's Moving, Controversial Sermon Against ExtremismRebecca Onion
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Nov. 18 2013 12:15 PM"It All Began So Beautifully": Lady Bird's Emotional Memories of November 22, 1963Rebecca Onion
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Nov. 15 2013 11:30 AMIn A Prophetic Letter, A Dallas Citizen Begged JFK Not To Visit   Rebecca Onion
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Nov. 12 2013 12:00 PMIn This Strange 1950 Newsreel Footage, Watch a Texas Mom Throw Knives at Her DaughtersRebecca Onion
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Nov. 11 2013 1:40 PMSome Choice Bits of Slang From American Soldiers Serving in WWIIRebecca Onion
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Nov. 7 2013 10:35 AMThe Journey to the California Gold Rush Was No Joke. This Map Was a Prospector's Friend.Rebecca Onion
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Nov. 4 2013 11:00 AMHow the Government Monitored Life on a 1920s ReservationRebecca Onion
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Oct. 31 2013 9:00 AMThe Creepy, Beautiful "Blood Book" Made By A Scrapbooking Victorian GentlemanRebecca Onion
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Oct. 28 2013 12:15 PMThe WWII Maps That Told Japanese Soldiers About Air-Raid Damage to Their CitiesRebecca Onion

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