The Lily Clara Collection - Extended Learning

Image of La Llorona, from ImagineSpirit.com. Legends of ghostly maidens in white appear in almost every culture throughout the worl...

The boom town of Frisco, 1880, with the mine, kilns, and smelters in the background. Courtesy Utah State Historical Society. The Ho...

Rules and customs reigned supreme during the Victorian era, even when it came to entertainment. Hosting a Victorian ball was an elaborate aff...

Silk evening gown, designed by House of Worth, 1898. Courtesy of The Metropolitan Museum of Art Haute couture, or “high dressmaking...

“American Progress,” painting by George A. Crofutt, c.1873, depicting the concept of Manifest Destiny as an allegorical female figure of Ameri...

Artistic rendition of the lost city of El Dorado. HistoryCollection.com Legends of lost cities filled with great wealth have lured ...

Portrait of Queen Elizabeth I, ca 1559, rumored to be a regular user of Venetian ceruse. Courtesy National Portrait Gallery. The ad...

The Navajo, or Diné, people derive their name from the phrase “Teva Navahu,” meaning “highly-cultivated lands.” The Navajo people began as a n...

Victorian era mining was the ultimate gamble. The nineteenth-century mining boom offered unprecedented access to the American dream. Never bef...

Portrait of Kate Warne, the first female professional detective. Courtesy of Chicago History Museum. As the first female detective...

The town of Frisco lived up to its reputation as one of the wildest towns in the Wild West. At the height of its population boom, it was home ...

Mourning ring presented to Ward Nicholas Boylston by John Quincy Adams upon the death of John Adams. It features a glass compartment for woven...