Primary Historical Sources about Transportation
General Resources (contain a variety of transportation)
America on the Move: http://americanhistory.si.edu/onthemove/collection/
Encyclopedia Smithsonian: Exploration and Travel: http://www.si.edu/Encyclopedia_SI/History_and_Culture/Exploration_Travel.htm
Moving Here, Staying Here: The Canadian Immigrant Experience: http://www.collectionscanada.gc.ca/immigrants/021017-1000-e.html
Encyclopedia Smithsonian: Exploration and Travel: http://www.si.edu/Encyclopedia_SI/History_and_Culture/Exploration_Travel.htm
Moving Here, Staying Here: The Canadian Immigrant Experience: http://www.collectionscanada.gc.ca/immigrants/021017-1000-e.html
Animal-Powered
A Portrait of America circa 1830: http://www.eyewitnesstohistory.com/america1830.htm
Crossing the Plains: http://www.eyewitnesstohistory.com/plains.htm
National Postal Museum - Customers and Communities: http://www.postalmuseum.si.edu/exhibits/2b_customers.html
National Postal Museum - Binding the Nation: http://www.postalmuseum.si.edu/exhibits/2a_binding.html
Caravan Kingdoms: Yemen and the Ancient Incense Trade: http://www.asia.si.edu/exhibitions/online/yemen/default.htm
Doomed Expedition to the Pole: http://www.eyewitnesstohistory.com/scott.htm
Crossing the Plains: http://www.eyewitnesstohistory.com/plains.htm
National Postal Museum - Customers and Communities: http://www.postalmuseum.si.edu/exhibits/2b_customers.html
National Postal Museum - Binding the Nation: http://www.postalmuseum.si.edu/exhibits/2a_binding.html
Caravan Kingdoms: Yemen and the Ancient Incense Trade: http://www.asia.si.edu/exhibitions/online/yemen/default.htm
Doomed Expedition to the Pole: http://www.eyewitnesstohistory.com/scott.htm
Sailboats and Ships
Vikings: The North Atlantic Saga: http://www.mnh.si.edu/vikings/index.html
Aboard the Mayflower: http://www.eyewitnesstohistory.com/mayflower.htm
Aboard a Whaling Ship: http://www.eyewitnesstohistory.com/whaling.htm
Passage to America: http://www.eyewitnesstohistory.com/passage.htm
Joining the British Navy: http://www.eyewitnesstohistory.com/britishnavy1793.htm
"Old Ironsides" Earns Its Name: http://www.eyewitnesstohistory.com/oldironsides.htm
Transatlantic Slave Trade: http://www.slavevoyages.org/tast/index.faces
Aboard the Mayflower: http://www.eyewitnesstohistory.com/mayflower.htm
Aboard a Whaling Ship: http://www.eyewitnesstohistory.com/whaling.htm
Passage to America: http://www.eyewitnesstohistory.com/passage.htm
Joining the British Navy: http://www.eyewitnesstohistory.com/britishnavy1793.htm
"Old Ironsides" Earns Its Name: http://www.eyewitnesstohistory.com/oldironsides.htm
Transatlantic Slave Trade: http://www.slavevoyages.org/tast/index.faces
Fuel-Powered Boats
Fulton's First Steamboat Voyage: http://www.eyewitnesstohistory.com/fulton.htm
Traveling the Erie Canal: http://www.eyewitnesstohistory.com/eriecanal.htm
The Sinking of the Titanic: http://www.eyewitnesstohistory.com/titanic.htm
The Sinking of the Lusitania: http://www.eyewitnesstohistory.com/lusitania.htm
Make the Dirt Fly! http://www.sil.si.edu/Exhibitions/Make-the-Dirt-Fly/
Traveling the Erie Canal: http://www.eyewitnesstohistory.com/eriecanal.htm
The Sinking of the Titanic: http://www.eyewitnesstohistory.com/titanic.htm
The Sinking of the Lusitania: http://www.eyewitnesstohistory.com/lusitania.htm
Make the Dirt Fly! http://www.sil.si.edu/Exhibitions/Make-the-Dirt-Fly/
Trains / Locomotives
America's First Steam Locomotive: http://www.eyewitnesstohistory.com/tomthumb.htm
Completing the Transcontinental Railroad: http://www.eyewitnesstohistory.com/goldenspike.htm
Traveling on an Emigrant Train: http://www.eyewitnesstohistory.com/emigranttrain.htm
Completing the Transcontinental Railroad: http://www.eyewitnesstohistory.com/goldenspike.htm
Traveling on an Emigrant Train: http://www.eyewitnesstohistory.com/emigranttrain.htm
Airplanes
The Wright Brothers -- First Flight: http://www.eyewitnesstohistory.com/wright.htm
The Beginning of Air Warfare: http://www.eyewitnesstohistory.com/airwar1914.htm
First Woman to Fly the English Channel: http://www.eyewitnesstohistory.com/quimby.htm
Lindbergh Flies the Atlantic: http://www.eyewitnesstohistory.com/lindbergh.htm
The Birth of a Fighter Plane: http://www.eyewitnesstohistory.com/fokker.htm
Life and Death Aboard a B-17: http://www.eyewitnesstohistory.com/b17.htm
The Japanese Attack Pearl Harbor: http://www.eyewitnesstohistory.com/himpearlharbor2.htm
By Aeroplane to Pygmyland: http://www.sil.si.edu/expeditions/1926/
Black Wings: African American Pioneer Aviators: http://www.nasm.si.edu/interact/blackwings/
The Beginning of Air Warfare: http://www.eyewitnesstohistory.com/airwar1914.htm
First Woman to Fly the English Channel: http://www.eyewitnesstohistory.com/quimby.htm
Lindbergh Flies the Atlantic: http://www.eyewitnesstohistory.com/lindbergh.htm
The Birth of a Fighter Plane: http://www.eyewitnesstohistory.com/fokker.htm
Life and Death Aboard a B-17: http://www.eyewitnesstohistory.com/b17.htm
The Japanese Attack Pearl Harbor: http://www.eyewitnesstohistory.com/himpearlharbor2.htm
By Aeroplane to Pygmyland: http://www.sil.si.edu/expeditions/1926/
Black Wings: African American Pioneer Aviators: http://www.nasm.si.edu/interact/blackwings/
U-Boats / Submarines
U-boat Attack: http://www.eyewitnesstohistory.com/sub.htm
A German U-boat Sinks a Victim: http://www.eyewitnesstohistory.com/himu-boat.htm
Torpedoed! http://www.eyewitnesstohistory.com/torpedoed1917.htm
A German U-boat Sinks a Victim: http://www.eyewitnesstohistory.com/himu-boat.htm
Torpedoed! http://www.eyewitnesstohistory.com/torpedoed1917.htm
