Documents in Year 1908                     

Links of Interest:

• Theodore "Teddy" Roosevelt, Twenty-sixth U.S. President

(1901-1909)

• Edward S. Curtis

(American Photographer of Native Americans 1899-1929)

• Lewis W. Hine

(American Photographer of Child Labor in America 1908-1912)

• Henry Ford begins production of the Model T in 1908

10,000 Model T's sold for $825 each.

• Grand Canyon declared a National Monument

President Roosevelt declares the Grand Canyon a National Monument -   11 January 1908 (Quick video clip with historical photos)

• Congress created the Federal Reserve System

The province of the Treasury Department expanded when nine Secret Service men were transferred from the Justice Department to Treasury to form a special government investigative unit; later named the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI).