The two bridges - Political cartoon, public domain image
As in "Texas Coming In" (no. 1844-28), a bridge over Salt River is the central motif, making the difference between the Whigs' successful crossing to the "Presidential Chair" and the disastrous route taken by t... More
Cass & his cabinet in 1849 - Political cartoon, public domain image
The satire imputes to the Democrats of 1848, led by candidate Lewis Cass, the corrupt practices of the Van Buren-era party. The artist also criticizes Whig repudiation of stalwart party leader Henry Clay in fav... More
![[Stephen Arnold Douglas, head-and-shoulders portrait, slightly to left]](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn18/L3Bob3RvLzIwMTkvMTAvMDUvc3RlcGhlbi1hcm5vbGQtZG91Z2xhcy1oZWFkLWFuZC1zaG91bGRlcnMtcG9ydHJhaXQtc2xpZ2h0bHktdG8tbGVmdC02MmMxNzEtMTAyNC5qcGc%3D/40/50/webp "[Stephen Arnold Douglas, head-and-shoulders portrait, slightly to left]")
[Stephen Arnold Douglas, head-and-shoulders portrait, slightly to left...
Democratic Congressman from Illinois, 1843-1847; Senator, 1847-1861. Produced possibly by Mathew Brady's studio in New York or Washington; or Alexander Hesler, Chicago. Facing the light / H. Pfister. Washington... More
The game-cock & the goose - Political cartoon, public domain image
A pro-Whig cartoon showing rival candidates Winfield Scott and Franklin Pierce in a race for the presidency in 1852 before an audience of animated spectators. Scott, in uniform and looking uncharacteristically... More
The gladiators of the Senate! The bulley's of the House
The artist parodies recent outbreaks of violence in Congress, and offers a pointed comparison between the elevated rhetorical sparring in the Senate and a more physical brand of combat in the House of Represent... More
Loco Foco candidates travelling, on the canel system
Several prospective Democratic presidential candidates travel along a canal in the "Salt River Barge," named after the proverbial river of political defeat. The passengers are (left to right): Lewis Cass, secre... More
Liberty, the fair maid of Kansas--in the hands of the "border ruffians...
A bitter indictment of the Democratic administration's responsibility for violence and bloodshed in Kansas in the wake of the 1854 Kansas-Nebraska Act. (See also "Forcing Slavery Down the Throat of a Freesoiler... More
The morning after the election--November 1856
The victorious James Buchanan sits under a trellis of grape vines, holding reports of election returns on his lap. He reflects, "What a happy morning for my country and myself. Here I find returns for myself & ... More
The political quadrille. Music by Dred Scott
A general parody on the 1860 presidential contest, highlighting the impact of the Dred Scott decision on the race. That controversial decision, handed down in 1857 by Chief Justice Roger B. Taney, ruled that ne... More
Strong's dime caricatures. No. 2, Little Bo-Peep and her foolish sheep
The second in a series of caricatures criticizing the secession of several Southern states from the Union during the last months of the Buchanan administration. Here the young nursery-rhyme shepherdess Bo-Peep ... More
Political caricature. No. 3, The abolition catastrophe. Or the Novembe...
Lincoln's support of abolition is portrayed here as a liability in his race to the White House against Democratic candidate George B. McClellan. At top a smoothly run train "Union" heads straight for the White... More
Ochiltree, Honorable Thomas Peck of Texas. Private in Capt John G. Wal...
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The great American osculator -- Uncle Billy kissing his way to the Pre...
No accession number. This catalog record contains preliminary or unverified data from a project done in BRS software, ca. 1985. mm / 860224.
"Evacuation day" March 4th, 1885 - a Democratic dream / Gillam. Joseph...
Print shows the Republican Party, laying down their arms, lead by Chester A. Arthur, with George M. Robeson, James G. Blaine, Roscoe Conkling, Whitelaw Reid, Carl Schurz, John Sherman, Charles J. Folger, Robert... More
"Nebraska Statesman" newspaper office in Broken Bow, Nebraska
summary: Photographer's annotation: "Democratic in politics." original size: 6x8 Public domain photograph - historical image of Nebraska, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
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Some casual cartoonlets - Public domain dedication image
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"Step up, gentlemen, and try your luck!" / Dalrymple.
Print shows a ringmaster labeled "Harrity Chairman Dem. Natl. Com." standing on the left and the Democratic Donkey wearing a saddle labeled "1896" and "$50,000 a year for the man who can ride on this donkey to ... More
Virginia Senator. Washington, D.C. Jan 13. Democratic Senator Harry Fl...
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Veteran Virginia Senator marches to House to hear President Roosevelt....
A couple of men sitting in the back of a car. Public domain portrait photograph, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Oklahoma Senator. Washington, D.C., April 19. A new informal picture o...
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![Perfect harmony. Washington, D.C., Nov. 2. Seems that Rep. James W. Wadsworth, Republican of New York, is getting a bit of confidential arms information from Rep. Luther A. Johnson, Democrat of Texas and ranking member of the House Foreign Affairs Committee, just before he--Wadsworth--addressed the House today in favor of the administration's bill. Rep. Johnson, who preceded Wadsworth on the floor also spoke for repeal of the arms embargo [...]](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn4/L3Bob3RvLzIwMTUvMTEvMjUvcGVyZmVjdC1oYXJtb255LXdhc2hpbmd0b24tZGMtbm92LTItc2VlbXMtdGhhdC1yZXAtamFtZXMtdy13YWRzd29ydGgtcmVwdWJsaWNhbi0xMDI0LmpwZw%3D%3D/40/31/webp "Perfect harmony. Washington, D.C., Nov. 2. Seems that Rep. James W. Wadsworth, Republican of New York, is getting a bit of confidential arms information from Rep. Luther A. Johnson, Democrat of Texas and ranking member of the House Foreign Affairs Committee, just before he--Wadsworth--addressed the House today in favor of the administration's bill. Rep. Johnson, who preceded Wadsworth on the floor also spoke for repeal of the arms embargo [...]")
Perfect harmony. Washington, D.C., Nov. 2. Seems that Rep. James W. Wa...
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![[In the interests of humanity and the American sugar refining combine]](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn4/L3Bob3RvLzIwMTkvMDkvMjYvaW4tdGhlLWludGVyZXN0cy1vZi1odW1hbml0eS1hbmQtdGhlLWFtZXJpY2FuLXN1Z2FyLXJlZmluaW5nLWNvbWJpbmUtM2UyOGE3LTEwMjQuanBn/40/23/webp "[In the interests of humanity and the American sugar refining combine]")
[In the interests of humanity and the American sugar refining combine]
Cartoon shows Republican House Majority Leader Sereno Payne sitting on the Republican side of the U.S. House of Representatives chamber dangling a fishing line over the Democratic side. The fish hook is labeled... More
Judge Alton B. Parker & Mayor McClellan at Esopus /
From three camera positions, the Democratic presidential candidate, Judge Parker, bids farewell on the wharf at Esopus to Mayor McClellan and other important Democrats. Judge Parker was nominated at the Democra... More
The democratic microbes / P. - Political cartoon, public domain image
Illustration shows Puck as a professor showing a slide of the germs infecting the Democratic Party; shown are William Jennings Bryan labeled "Bryanism" and William Randolph Hearst who is labeled "Yellow Journal... More
Kite time / J.S. Pughe. - Political cartoon, public domain image
Illustration shows President Theodore Roosevelt sitting on a fence on a hill, flying a kite labeled "Popularity"; below are several potential Democratic presidential candidates, all of whom are having difficult... More
Easthampton - Home of E.E. McCall
Photo shows house of Edward Everett McCall (1863-1924), Justice of the Supreme Court of New York who ran unsuccessfully as the Democratic (Tammany) candidate for Mayor of New York City in 1913. (Source: Flickr ... More
BALL, THEODORE A. DEMOCRATIC NATIONAL CONVENTION
A man in a suit and hat smoking a cigarette. Public domain portrait photograph, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
The morning after / Kep. - Public domain dedication image
Illustration shows Uncle Sam waking up in bed, hungover, with everything in his room caught up in a whirlwind of bottles of alcohol labeled "Stand Pat Booze, Bull Moose Bitters, [and] That's All Wilson", a pitc... More
Entrance Dem. Convention - Baltimore, Md
Photo taken at the 1912 Democratic National Convention held at the Fifth Regiment Armory, Baltimore, Maryland, June 25-July 2. (Source: Flickr Commons project, 2008) Forms part of: George Grantham Bain Collecti... More
DEMOCRATIC NATIONAL CONVENTION. SEN. HOKE SMITH OF GEORGIA
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DEMOCRATIC NATIONAL CONVENTION. LEWIS, JAMES HAMILTON, REP. FROM WASHI...
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Mrs. N. Mack, Mrs. William H. Taft, L.L. Francis, Mildred Aubry
Photo shows women including Harriet T. Mack, wife of Norman E. Mack (1858-1932) who was National Chairman of the Democratic Party and Mrs. Helen (Herron) Taft (1861-1943), wife of President William Howard Ta... More
Mrs. J.S. Crosby - Public domain portrait photograph
Photo shows Nellie Fassett Crosby (Mrs. John Sherwin Crosby), president of the Women's Democratic Club of New York City and founder of the Woman's National Democratic League. Probably posed at an event related ... More
DEMOCRATIC NATIONAL CONVENTION. SENATORS HITCHCOCK OF NEBRASKA, O'GORM...
A group of three men standing next to each other, Library of Congress Harris and Ewing collection Title from unverified caption data received with the Harris & Ewing Collection. Gift; Harris & Ewing, Inc. 1955... More
J.M. Cox, George Grantham Bain Collection
Photograph shows politician James Middleton Cox (1870-1957) who served as Governor of Ohio and was the Democratic Party nominee for President in 1920. He was also a newspaper publisher and founded the media com... More
DEMOCRATIC STATE CHAIRMAN OUTSIDE WILLARD HOTEL, WITH SOME OF DEMOCRAT...
A black and white photo of a group of men, Library of Congress Harris and Ewing collection Title from unverified caption data received with the Harris & Ewing Collection. Gift; Harris & Ewing, Inc. 1955. Gener... More
JONES, ANDRIENS ARISTIENS. SENATOR FROM NEW MEXICO, 1916-1927. AS DEMO...
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New Social Security board member takes oath. Washington, D.C., Aug 23....
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Newsmen kept at a distance. Annapolis, MD, June 25. A roped-off area, ...
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Jaw bone doggling, Wash. D.C. These Democratic party leaders are formi...
Three women standing in front of a table with a cake on it. Public domain portrait photograph, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
New Hampshire Solon, Washington, D.C. Sept. 25. United States Senator ...
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As hearing on president's re-organization plan opened today. Washingto...
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New House District Committee. Washington, D.C., June 21. Rep. Vincent ...
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Former New York Mayor and Mrs. Walker, callers at White House. Washing...
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"$30 every Thursday" pension plan out as President discusses political...
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No rest for a weary filibuster. Washington, D.C., Jan. 27. Senator Cla...
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Youngest Solon. Washington, D.C., Dec. 28. At 25 years of age, re-elec...
A black and white photo of a man sitting at a desk, Library of Congress Harris and Ewing collection Title from unverified caption data received with the Harris & Ewing Collection. Gift; Harris & Ewing, Inc. 19... More
Illinois Senator sees President. Washington, D.C., Sept. 17. Senator J...
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Baby Congressman. Washington, D.C., Dec. 28. 25-year-old Rep.-elect Li...
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Running for Governor of Pennsylvania. Washington, D.C., March 23. Lt. ...
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Congress expresses sorrow on death of Pope Pius X1. Washington, D.C., ...
A black and white photo of two men in suits, Library of Congress Harris and Ewing collection Title from unverified caption data received with the Harris & Ewing Collection. Gift; Harris & Ewing, Inc. 1955. Gen... More
Pennsylvania Solon. Washington, D.C., April 12. A new informal picture...
A black and white photo of a man giving a speech, Library of Congress Harris and Ewing collection Title from unverified caption data received with the Harris & Ewing Collection. Gift; Harris & Ewing, Inc. 1955... More
Senator James F. Burges, Democrat of S.C., 2-24-39
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Congresswoman from New Jersey. Washington, D.C., July 26. A new inform...
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Rep. H. Jerry Voorhis, Democrat of Calif., 2-14-39
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Senator Harry Flood Byrd, Democrat of Virginia
A black and white photo of a man petting a dog, Library of Congress Harris and Ewing collection Title from unverified caption data received with the Harris & Ewing Collection. Gift; Harris & Ewing, Inc. 1955. ... More
New Mexico senator. Washington, D.C., July 26. A new informal picture ...
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California i.e., Colorado Solon. Washington, D.C., March 2. Senator Al...
A black and white photo of a man in a suit, Library of Congress Harris and Ewing collection Title from unverified caption data received with the Harris & Ewing Collection. Gift; Harris & Ewing, Inc. 1955. Gene... More
Six members of fair sex now members of National House of Representativ...
A group of women standing next to each other, Library of Congress Harris and Ewing collection Title from unverified caption data received with the Harris & Ewing Collection. Gift; Harris & Ewing, Inc. 1955. Ge... More
![[Presidential nominee Adlai Stevenson at the Democratic National Convention, Chicago, IL, July 1952] / TOH.](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn18/L3Bob3RvLzIwMTkvMTAvMDUvcHJlc2lkZW50aWFsLW5vbWluZWUtYWRsYWktc3RldmVuc29uLWF0LXRoZS1kZW1vY3JhdGljLW5hdGlvbmFsLWNvbnZlbnRpb24tYWRmODVjLTEwMjQuanBn/40/41/webp "[Presidential nominee Adlai Stevenson at the Democratic National Convention, Chicago, IL, July 1952] / TOH.")
[Presidential nominee Adlai Stevenson at the Democratic National Conve...
U.S. News & World Report Magazine Photograph Collection. Contact sheet available for reference purposes.
![[Delegates on the floor at the 1964 Democratic National Convention, Atlantic City, New Jersey; large banner reading "New York for LBJ all the way..."] / WKL.](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn4/L3Bob3RvLzIwMTkvMDkvMjAvZGVsZWdhdGVzLW9uLXRoZS1mbG9vci1hdC10aGUtMTk2NC1kZW1vY3JhdGljLW5hdGlvbmFsLWNvbnZlbnRpb24tYXRsYW50aWMtYThiMTQ5LTEwMjQuanBn/40/25/webp "[Delegates on the floor at the 1964 Democratic National Convention, Atlantic City, New Jersey; large banner reading \"New York for LBJ all the way...\"] / WKL.")
[Delegates on the floor at the 1964 Democratic National Convention, At...
U.S. News & World Report Magazine Photograph Collection. Contact sheet available for reference purposes: USN&WR COLL - Job no. 12470-TT, frame 12A. Contact sheet folder caption: "Demo Nat'l Conv. Atlantic City... More
![[Delegates and stage at the 1964 Democratic National Convention, Atlantic City, New Jersey; sign over stage reads "Let us continue..."]](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn4/L3Bob3RvLzIwMTkvMDkvMjUvZGVsZWdhdGVzLWFuZC1zdGFnZS1hdC10aGUtMTk2NC1kZW1vY3JhdGljLW5hdGlvbmFsLWNvbnZlbnRpb24tYXRsYW50aWMtY2l0eS0yYmMyZDgtMTAyNC5qcGc%3D/40/17/webp "[Delegates and stage at the 1964 Democratic National Convention, Atlantic City, New Jersey; sign over stage reads \"Let us continue...\"]")
[Delegates and stage at the 1964 Democratic National Convention, Atlan...
Photograph taken by Warren K. Leffler or Thomas J. O'Halloran. U.S. News & World Report Magazine Photograph Collection. Contact sheet available for reference purposes: USN&WR COLL - Job no. 12470-JJ, frame 1A/... More
![[Senator Walter Mondale's children, (l-r) Eleanor, William and Teddy, standing in front of their home in Washington, D.C., before leaving for the Democratic National Convention in New York City] / MST.](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn18/L3Bob3RvLzIwMTkvMTAvMTIvc2VuYXRvci13YWx0ZXItbW9uZGFsZXMtY2hpbGRyZW4tbC1yLWVsZWFub3Itd2lsbGlhbS1hbmQtdGVkZHktc3RhbmRpbmctaW4tMGRlOTQyLTEwMjQuanBn/40/26/webp "[Senator Walter Mondale's children, (l-r) Eleanor, William and Teddy, standing in front of their home in Washington, D.C., before leaving for the Democratic National Convention in New York City] / MST.")
[Senator Walter Mondale's children, (l-r) Eleanor, William and Teddy, ...
Contact sheet folder caption: "Sen. Walter Mondale home children leaving to go to New York. William (youngest), Eleanor & Teddy and Secret Service agent in front of home , MST, 7/15/76." U.S. News & World Re... More
![[President Bill Clinton, Hillary Clinton, Vice President Al Gore, Senator Paul Simon and others on stage celebrating the nomination of Bill Clinton as the Democratic Party candidate for president, at the 1996 Democratic National Convention in Chicago]](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn4/L3Bob3RvLzIwMTkvMDkvMTQvcHJlc2lkZW50LWJpbGwtY2xpbnRvbi1oaWxsYXJ5LWNsaW50b24tdmljZS1wcmVzaWRlbnQtYWwtZ29yZS1zZW5hdG9yLXBhdWwtZDBjNzgyLTEwMjQuanBn/40/26/webp "[President Bill Clinton, Hillary Clinton, Vice President Al Gore, Senator Paul Simon and others on stage celebrating the nomination of Bill Clinton as the Democratic Party candidate for president, at the 1996 Democratic National Convention in Chicago]")
[President Bill Clinton, Hillary Clinton, Vice President Al Gore, Sena...
Date from caption information for contact sheet ROLL CALL-COLOR-1996-5017 or corresponding negative sleeve. Contact sheet available for reference purposes: ROLL CALL-COLOR-1996-5017, no. 9. Forms part of: CQ R... More
Grand, national, democratic banner - press onward - portraits from dag...
Print shows a presidential campaign banner featuring bust portraits of candidates "For President Franklin Pierce" and "For Vice President William R. King" in ovals with laurel wreaths beneath a bust portrait of... More
And that's what's the matter with Hanna
No accession number. This catalog record contains preliminary or unverified data from a project done in BRS software, ca. 1985. mm / 860224.
Courtland Cox oral history interview conducted by Joseph Mosnier in Wa...
Courtland Cox recalls growing up in Trinidad and New York City, and attending Howard University. He remembers organizing student protests in Washington, D. C., with the Nonviolent Action Group, which later merg... More
Phil Hutchings oral history interview conducted by Joseph Mosnier in O...
Phil Hutchings recalls growing up in Cleveland, Ohio, his parents' involvement in many civic organizations, and attending Howard University. He remembers joining the Nonviolent Action Group (a precursor to the ... More
Political race course - Union Track - fall races 1836
A figurative portrayal -- clearly sympathetic to the Whig party -- of the 1836 presidential election contest as a horse race between four candidates. The four are identified in the legend as (left to right): "O... More
Alexandre Mouton House, 1122 Lafayette Street, Lafayette, Lafayette Pa...
STORED ON SITE. mchr 2013 Charles E. Peterson Prize, First Place Significance: The Alexandre Mouton House was home to the first Democratic Governor of Louisiana. The original house, Maison Dimanche (or Sunday H... More
La Casa Grande, Park Avenue, Clifton, Greenlee County, AZ
Significance: Constructed ca. 1874, La Casa Grande is the oldest known extant building in Greenlee County. It was constructed by Henry Lesinsky who, with his brother Charles and Uncle Jules Frudenthal, opened ... More
Public office is a public trust For President of the United States, Gr...
Political poster shows vignettes of the candidates, banners with campaign slogans, and an eagle. On recto: Democratic campaign banner no. 1.
Wharf Rat Club, Old North Wharf, Nantucket, Nantucket County, MA
Significance: Located on the north side of Old North Wharf, this structure has served as the meeting place for the Wharf Rat Club since its founding in 1915. It was built on the south of the wharf after 1900 a... More
![The Battle of Bull's Run / lith. Fr[...] A. Pfott.](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn18/L3Bob3RvLzIwMTkvMTAvMDkvdGhlLWJhdHRsZS1vZi1idWxscy1ydW4tbGl0aC1mci1hLXBmb3R0LTVkYTYxMy0xMDI0LmpwZw%3D%3D/40/30/webp "The Battle of Bull's Run / lith. Fr[...] A. Pfott.")
The Battle of Bull's Run / lith. Fr[...] A. Pfott.
Cartoon print shows Union troops after the Battle of Bull Run during the Civil War from the point of view of a copperhead, that is, a northern Democrat supporting Confederate troops. The image is keyed to eigh... More
![For President Horace Greeley of New York and for Vice President Benjn. Gratz. Brown ... / Henry Brueckner painted ; lith. by S[vobodin] Merinsky.](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn18/L3Bob3RvLzIwMTkvMTEvMjQvZm9yLXByZXNpZGVudC1ob3JhY2UtZ3JlZWxleS1vZi1uZXcteW9yay1hbmQtZm9yLXZpY2UtcHJlc2lkZW50LWJlbmpuLWdyYXR6LWE0NzExNy02NDAuanBn/40/30/webp "For President Horace Greeley of New York and for Vice President Benjn. Gratz. Brown ... / Henry Brueckner painted ; lith. by S[vobodin] Merinsky.")
For President Horace Greeley of New York and for Vice President Benjn....
Print shows an unusually elaborate and imaginative campaign banner for Liberal Republican-Democratic presidential candidate Horace Greeley. The print contrasts scenes of war and mayhem from Ulysses S. Grant's p... More
Roosevelt Stadium, State Route 440 & Danforth Avenue, Jersey City, Hud...
Significance: A significant structure in the history of New Jersey and the racial integration of baseball. The stadium is associated the Mayor Frank Hague as a physical manifestation of his power and strong con... More
Roosevelt Stadium, State Route 440 & Danforth Avenue, Jersey City, Hud...
Significance: A significant structure in the history of New Jersey and the racial integration of baseball. The stadium is associated the Mayor Frank Hague as a physical manifestation of his power and strong con... More
The Hermitage, West Cabin, 4580 Rachel's Lane, Hermitage, Davidson Cou...
Significance: Andrew and Rachel Jackson's first home on The Hermitage property was a two-story structure made of horizontal log construction, later lowered to the one-story building seen today. This one-story ... More
Constitution Hall, 315 Elmore Street, Lecompton, Douglas County, KS
1993 Charles E. Peterson Prize, First Place Significance: Constitution Hall was built in 1856, probably by Samuel Jones, sheriff of Douglas County and a notorious proslavery champion. It was a commercial ventur... More
Grand match between the Kinderhook poney and the Ohio ploughman
A satire on the presidential contest of 1836, using the metaphor of a billiards game between Whig candidate William Henry Harrison (left) and Democrat Martin Van Buren. The artist is clearly on the side of Harr... More
A piercing piece of loco foco hocus pocus
The title plays on Franklin Pierce's last name, at the expense of Whig presidential hopefuls Millard Fillmore, Winfield Scott, and Daniel Webster. The print was probably published shortly after the June 1852 Wh... More
Political chart. Presidential campaign, 1860
Campaign broadside presenting portraits and platforms of all candidates as well as portraits of the 15 previous Presidents.
It appears to me very singular that we three should strike "foul" and ...
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Union and liberty! And union and slavery!
An anti-McClellan broadside, contrasting Republican candidate Abraham Lincoln's advocacy of equality and free labor in the North to Democratic opponent McClellan's alleged support of the Southern slave system. ... More
Grant to Hayes - I guess that reform bait wont work this side. Better ...
A crude but charming comic send-up of 1876 Republican campaign strategy. Democratic candidate Samuel J. Tilden and an unidentified man stand fishing on the left bank of a river, their basket overflowing with th... More
Picryl description: Public domain image, drawing, American, 19th centu...
Picryl description: Public domain image, drawing, American, free to use, no copyright restrictions
Ohio--opening of the presidential campaign--the National Democratic Co...
Illus. in: Frank Leslie's illustrated newspaper, 1880 July 3, p. 304-305.
The true inwardness of the Tilden boom - the democratic tribes clamor ...
Illustration shows Samuel J. Tilden as Moses with two rays of light emitting from his forehead, standing with his back to a mountainside where some rocks look like barrels labeled with "$", and a sign that stat... More
The national dime-museum - will be run during the presidential campaig...
Illustration shows a gallery of presidential candidates, clockwise, from bottom left: John Kelly as a card-playing pig, Chester A. Arthur as "The Snake Charmer" charming a snake labeled "Stalwart Vote" with a h... More
Cleveland's entry into Washington - March 4th. 1885 / J. Keppler.
Illustration shows Grover Cleveland riding the Democratic donkey past the "Republican R.R.R. Hotel" on the way to his inauguration; he is surrounded by a host of characters that includes many political figures ... More
No welcome for the little stranger / Zimmerman. Joseph Pulitzer
Illustration shows at center Grover Cleveland holding an infant labeled "Civil Service Reform", they are surrounded by a bunch of angry old men as orphans labeled "Hube Thompson, Eddie Hedden, Davy Hill, Hugh, ... More
National Democratic convention No. 2.
Photograph shows an overview of the hall with hundreds of attendees at the National Democratic convention, Chicago, Ill. Photo by Whipple & Co., c1896.
Picryl description: Public domain image, drawing, American, 19th centu...
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Caricature, Our Don Quixote / Dalrymple., public domain cartoon image
Print shows William Jennings Bryan as Don Quixote, riding the democratic donkey and carrying a broom labeled "Anti-Trust Guff" through a landscape of windmills labeled "Trust". Illus. from Puck, v. 46, no. 118... More
Fire protection wanted / Keppler., Political Cartoon
Illustration shows the Democratic Party platform in flames with a donkey labeled "Democratic Party" rising from the flames as the mythological phoenix; eleven Democratic Party members have gathered around the f... More
![[Congressional puzzle: - find Cuba in the cartoon]](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn4/L3Bob3RvLzE5MDIvMDEvMDEvY29uZ3Jlc3Npb25hbC1wdXp6bGUtZmluZC1jdWJhLWluLXRoZS1jYXJ0b29uLTEtMTAyNC5qcGc%3D/40/24/webp "[Congressional puzzle: - find Cuba in the cartoon]")
[Congressional puzzle: - find Cuba in the cartoon]
Cartoon shows a ticker tape machine labeled "Tariff Law 1897 Dutch Standard." On the right the head of the American Sugar Refining Company, Henry O. Havemeyer surrounded by three overstuffed bags labeled "Sugar... More
His first bath / Keppler. - Public domain illuminated manuscript
Cartoon showing "Murphy" putting up sign "Democratic Convention St. Louis July 6th", as "McAdoo" and "McClellan" clean "corruption" and "graft" off of tiger. Illus. in: Puck, v. 55, no. 1418 (1904 May 4), cover... More
"Well, for once they can't blame me" / J.S. Pughe.
Illustration shows the Democratic donkey labeled "Democratic Party" sitting among papers that state "The Trusts are to Blame", "Harriman is to Blame", "Wall Street is to Blame", "High Finance is to Blame", "Roo... More
The republican hare and the democratic tortoise / L.M. Glackens.
Illustration shows a turtle with the face of William Jennings Bryan and a rabbit with the face of William H. Taft in a race. Caption: The Tortoise If that chap only goes to sleep, I'll win out by a mile. Illu... More