[Political cartoon showing Van Buren racing on a hog; below is Democra...
Photoprint of engraving. Appears to be a detail of broadside sheet reproduced in LC-USZ61-1654. This record contains unverified, old data from caption card, with subsequent revisions. Caption card tracings: Pol... More
"Speak out" N.Y. Herald
President-elect Grover Cleveland holds a telephone receiver to his ear. Behind him on the wall is a portrait of President Chester A. Arthur captioned, "Pres. of U.S. till March 4, 1885." No copyright informati... More
The fake operator and his dupe / Keppler, Jr.
Print shows Whitelaw Reid, editor of the New York Tribune newspaper, typing headlines that appear on ticker tape that is being read by a stalwart Republican; the headlines include: "The Country on the Brink of ... More
South Carolina Solon. Washington, D.C., June 11. This new informal pic...
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Big three of House Judiciary. Washington D.C. The big guns of the Hous...
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A hint to the Democratic platform makers / Keppler.
Illustration shows several men identified by last name "Hill, Jones, Olney, Clark, Bailey, Shepard, Watterson, [and] Lamont" carrying planks of lumber which are identified as Democratic policies from previous e... More
Democratic Digest. Lady knocking on door at 2522 Q St. I
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Townsend bill plan dishonest sponsor tells house committee. Washington...
Title from unverified caption data received with the Harris & Ewing Collection. Gift; Harris & Ewing, Inc. 1955. General information about the Harris & Ewing Collection is available at http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.pn... More
At the bar in the Democratic Club in Aliquippa, Pennsylvania
Title and other information from caption card. Transfer; United States. Office of War Information. Overseas Picture Division. Washington Division; 1944. More information about the FSA/OWI Collection is availabl... More
[Downtown Chicago at night]
Photograph shows a view of downtown Chicago at night after lights have been turned on inside the big buildings. NEA Service. Caption on verso: "Glowing with convention excitement, dressed-up Chicago offers its ... More
[Demonstrators against the war in Vietnam holding signs on the boardwa...
U.S. News & World Report Magazine Photograph Collection. Contact sheet available for reference purposes: USN&WR COLL - Job no. 12470-FF, frame 29. Contact sheet folder caption: "Demo Nat'l Conv. Atlantic City,... More
Watergate Hotel, site of the scandalous break-in of Democratic Party H...
Digital image produced by Carol M. Highsmith to represent her original film transparency; some details may differ between the film and the digital images. Title, date, and keywords provided by the photographer.... More
This woman's place is in the house -- the House of Representatives! : ...
Poster showing head-and-shoulders portrait of Bella Abzug. Gift: Gary Yanker; 1975-1983.
Joseph Holt Papers: Miscellany, 1797-1917; Printed matter; Business ca...
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Joseph Holt Papers: Miscellany, 1797-1917; Printed matter; Business ca...
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Greenbelt Community Building, 15 Crescent Road, Greenbelt, Prince Geor...
Significance: The Greenbelt Community Building is a focal point of activity for this important, early planned community. It was first used as a combination community meeting hall and school building and later ... 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
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
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 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
"To begin with, 'I'll paint the town red'" / Hamilton.
Cartoon showing "Democracy" portrayed as the devil holding a bucket labeled "Bourbon Principles" and a paintbrush (in which appears a profile caricature of Grover Cleveland), both dripping red paint with which ... More
"Nebraska Statesman" newspaper office in Broken Bow, Nebraska
summary: Photographer's annotation: "Democratic in politics." original size: 6x8
Veteran Virginia Senator marches to House to hear President Roosevelt....
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Oklahoma Senator. Washington, D.C., April 19. A new informal picture o...
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The morning after / Kep.
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
Wyoming Senator. Washington, D.C., July 30. Democratic Senator H.H. Sc...
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Congresswoman from New Jersey. Washington, D.C., July 26. A new inform...
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Friday night dance at the Democratic Club. Aliquippa, Pennsylvania
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[Presidential nominee Adlai Stevenson at the Democratic National Conve...
U.S. News & World Report Magazine Photograph Collection. Contact sheet available for reference purposes.
[Men, possibly broadcasting technicians, seated in front of bank of te...
U.S. News & World Report Magazine Photograph Collection. Contact sheet available for reference purposes: USN&WR COLL - Job no. 12759, frame 11. Contact sheet folder caption: "Election night at Democratic Headq... 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
Idaho World Building, Main & Commercial Streets, Idaho City, Boise Cou...
Significance: Built of local half-baked brick, the building is one of a half dozen early "bricks" that still stand in Idaho City. "The Idaho World" published here for three decades in the 19th century. / Found... More
[Andrew Jackson, half-length portrait, three-quarters to right]
President of the United States. Copy daguerreotype. Scratched on face of plate: 151; Andrew Jackson. Scratched on back of plate: 43. Reproduced as frontispiece in the Democratic Review for September 1845 and la... 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
Both satisfied / F.M. Hutchins.
Print shows a female figure labeled "Rep. Party" trying to choose from among three suitors labeled "McKinley, Reed, [and] Harrison"; another female figure labeled "Dem. Party" is walking in the background with ... More
Still a donkey
Print shows the Democratic donkey wearing a harness labeled "Democratic Party" and bandages labeled "Defeat in 1896", "Free Riot Plank", "Bryanism", and "Free Silver", sitting in front of a revolving saw blade ... More
Woodrow Wilson, Democratic nominee for President, after his speech of ...
Woodrow Wilson shaking hands.
At Jefferson Day dinner. Newton D. Baker, Secretary of War during the ...
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Boy Scout Jamboree. Washington, D.C., May 21. Boy Scout officials visi...
Title from unverified data received with the Harris & Ewing Collection on the negative or negative sleeve. Date (year) based on date of negatives in same range. Gift; Harris & Ewing, Inc. 1955. General informat... More
Washington, D.C., June 15. A new informal photograph of Senator Willia...
Title from unverified caption data received with the Harris & Ewing Collection. Gift; Harris & Ewing, Inc. 1955. General information about the Harris & Ewing Collection is available at http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.pn... More
Florida Senator. Washington, D.C., April 29. A new informal photograph...
Title from unverified caption data received with the Harris & Ewing Collection. Gift; Harris & Ewing, Inc. 1955. General information about the Harris & Ewing Collection is available at http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.pn... More
Senator from Alabama. Washington, D.C., April 8. A new informal pictur...
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Idaho Senator. Washington, D.C., March 28. A new informal picture of S...
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[African American and white supporters of the Mississippi Freedom Demo...
U.S. News & World Report Magazine Photograph Collection. Contact sheet available for reference purposes: USN&WR COLL - Job no. 12470-FF, frame 28. Contact sheet folder caption: "Demo Nat'l Conv. Atlantic City,... More
[Coretta Scott King at the Democratic National Convention, New York Ci...
Contact sheet folder caption: Democratic Convention in N.Y.C. ... Mrs. Martin Luther King.... WKL. U.S. News & World Report Magazine Photograph Collection. Contact sheet available for reference purposes.
Where both platforms agree--no vote--no use to either party / J.A. Wal...
Illustration shows James Garfield and Winfield S. Hancock nailing a Chinese man between two "Anti-Chinese" boards labeled "Republican Plank" and "Democratic Plank". Illus. in: Puck, v. 7, no. 175 (1880 July 14... 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
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
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
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
Restoring "prosperity" / Keppler, Jr.
Print shows President Cleveland and five men using "Sound Policy Cement" to repair a statue labeled "Nat. Prosperity". Shown with Cleveland are John G. Carlisle, William L. Wilson, Daniel W. Voorhees, Charles T... More
On Uncle Sam's farm / Keppler.
Illustration shows Woodrow Wilson as a farm-hand on Uncle Sam's farm, driving a horse team labeled "Democratic Senate" and "Democratic House" toward a plow labeled "Tariff Reform Pledges"; Uncle Sam is leaning ... More
Democratic baseball team, 4/24/26
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Democratic baseball team, 42426
Title from unverified data provided by the National Photo Company on the negative or negative sleeve. Gift; Herbert A. French; 1947. General information about the National Photo Company collection is available ... More
Sifting graft charges. Sen. Royal S. Copeland, D. of N.Y., left, chair...
Title from unverified caption data on negative or negative sleeve. Harris & Ewing photos. Gift; Harris & Ewing, Inc. 1955. General information about the Harris & Ewing Collection is available at http://hdl.loc.... More
From blue grass state. Washington, D.C., May 15. Senator M.M. Logan, D...
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Veteran North Carolina Solon reaches 76th milestone. Washington, D.C.,...
Title from unverified caption data received with the Harris & Ewing Collection. Gift; Harris & Ewing, Inc. 1955. General information about the Harris & Ewing Collection is available at http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.pn... More
FIRST LADY HONOR GUEST AT CONGRESSIONAL CLUB BREAKFAST. WASHINGTON, D....
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Senator from Arkansas. Washington, D.C., June 21. Senator John E. Mill...
Gift; Harris & Ewing, Inc. 1955. General information about the Harris & Ewing Collection is available at http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/pp.hec Temp. note: Batch six.
DPFLP : Democratic Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine : sol...
Gift; Gary Yanker; 1975-1983.
[Senator Albert Gore Sr. of Tennessee speaking at microphone during th...
U.S. News & World Report Magazine Photograph Collection. Contact sheet available for reference purposes: USN&WR COLL - Job no. 19746, frame 8/8A. Contact sheet folder caption: "Democratic Nat'l Conv. 3rd sessi... More
Democratic National Convention, Miami Beach, Fla., 3rd session Shirley...
Photograph shows Shirley Chisholm smiling at microphone. Title from contact sheet folder caption. Contact sheet available for reference purposes: USN&WR COLL - Job no. 26270, frame 28. Forms part of: U.S. News ... More
[Gay rights demonstration at the Democratic National Convention, New Y...
Contact sheet folder caption: Democratic Convention, New York City ... Gay demonstrations on 34th St. WKL. U.S. News & World Report Magazine Photograph Collection. Contact sheet available for reference purposes.
Democratic Convention in New York City, July 14, 1976. Cesar Chavez at...
Title and date from log book. Contact sheet available for reference purposes: USN&WR COLL - Job no. 32963, frame 20. Forms part of: U.S. News & World Report Magazine Photograph Collection.
Vice-Presidential candidate Joe Biden and Presidential candidate Barac...
Title and date provided by the photographer. Credit line: Photographs in the Carol M. Highsmith Archive, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division. Gift; Carol M. Highsmith; 2009; (DLC/PP-2009:083-1)... More
Presidential candidate Barack Obama, his wife Michelle, and his childr...
Title and date provided by the photographer. Credit line: Photographs in the Carol M. Highsmith Archive, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division. Gift; Carol M. Highsmith; 2009; (DLC/PP-2009:083-1)... More
"Get off the track!" A song for emancipation, sung by The Hutchinsons,...
An illustrated sheet music cover for an abolitionist song composed by Jesse Hutchinson, Jr. The song is dedicated to antislavery editor Nathaniel Peabody Rogers, "As a mark of esteem for his intrepidity in the ... More
For peace and honesty : McGovern for President
Gift; Gary Yanker; 1975-1983.
The old man and the sea
Cartoon shows Senator George McGovern as a fisherman in a small boat with the remains of a large fish, labeled "War Issue," lashed to its side, battling against high seas. Valtman alludes to Ernest Hemingway's... More
The constitutional amendment!. Book illustration from Library of Congr...
One of a number of highly racist posters issued as part of a smear campaign against Pennsylvania Republican gubernatorial nominee John White Geary by supporters of Democratic candidate Hiester Clymer. (See also... More
[Sam Houston, half-length portrait, three-quarters to the left, in civ...
President of Texas, 1836-1838, 1841-1844; Democratic Senator from Texas, 1846-1859. Scratched on back of plate: 233; Sam Houston, Texas. Hallmark: Rinhart 46. Identification from lithograph by Konrad in Huber, ... More
Glen Echo Park, 7300 MacArthur Boulevard, Glen Echo, Montgomery County...
See also HABS MD-1080 and HAER MD-43 for additional documentation. Entry and First Place Recipient 2010 HALS Challenge: Revisiting Cultural Landscapes of Childhood Significance: Glen Echo Park provides a livin... 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 great American steeple chase for 1844
An imaginative and elaborate parody on the upcoming 1844 presidential campaign. The artist favors Whig nominee-apparent Henry Clay and is highly critical of incumbent John Tyler. The "chase" for the presidency ... More
A civil service reform version of an old fable / Gillam.
Illustration shows Grover Cleveland as a shepherd standing among his flock labeled "Treasury, Supreme Bench, Office, [and] Post Office", telling a well-dressed wolf, who has a piece of paper in his pocket label... More
New Democratic Senators welcomed. Washington, D.C. Jan. 4. Senator Jos...
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Maryland Democrat. Washington, D.C., May 4. A new informal picture of ...
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Judge J.W. Westcott [i.e., Wescott]
Photo shows John Wesley Wescott (1849-1927), a judge and lawyer active in the Democratic Party. (Source: Flickr Commons project, 2009)
"Now we see through a glass, darkly" / K.
Illustration shows two large cut-outs of the Republican elephant labeled "Republican Partisanship" propped up by boards labeled "Patronage" and "Party Platform", and the Democratic donkey labeled "Democratic Pa... More
San Francisco Auditorium, George Grantham Bain Collection
Photograph shows the San Francisco Civic Auditorium where the 1920 Democratic National Convention was held from June 28 to July 6, 1920. The convention resulted in the nomination of Governor James M. Cox of Oh... More
Campaign in Colorado [donkey with National Woman's Party sign advocati...
Title transcribed from item, with additional information derived by Library of Congress staff. Summary: Photograph of donkey (symbol of Democratic Party) with sign on back, "It means freedom for women to vote a... More
California representative. Washington, D.C., May 26. A new informal pi...
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Senate and house leaders together. Washington, D.C., Nov. 13. Speaker ...
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Conspicious guest at democratic harmony dinner. Washington, D.C., Aug....
Title from unverified caption data received with the Harris & Ewing Collection. Gift; Harris & Ewing, Inc. 1955. General information about the Harris & Ewing Collection is available at http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.pn... More
Number 13 proves lucky for New Mexico senator. Washington, D.C., July ...
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Senate experts on foreign relations. Washington, D.C., July 14. Respon...
Title from unverified caption data received with the Harris & Ewing Collection. Gift; Harris & Ewing, Inc. 1955. General information about the Harris & Ewing Collection is available at http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.pn... More
New York Senator. Washington, D.C., June 21. A new informal photograph...
Title from unverified caption data received with the Harris & Ewing Collection. Gift; Harris & Ewing, Inc. 1955. General information about the Harris & Ewing Collection is available at http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.pn... More
Senate battlers on Pure Politics Act. Washington, D.C., Mar 7. At odds...
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[African American and white Mississippi Freedom Democratic Party suppo...
U.S. News & World Report Magazine Photograph Collection. Contact sheet available for reference purposes: USN&WR COLL - Job no. 12470-H, frame 33. Contact sheet folder caption: "Demo Nat'l Conv. Atlantic City, ... More
[Jimmy Carter and Walter Mondale at the Democratic National Convention...
Contact sheet folder caption: Democratic Convention in N.Y.C. ... Jimmy Carter and Senator Mondale, Rosalynn Carter and Joan Mondale in some frames also. WKL. U.S. News & World Report Magazine Photograph Coll... More
Ed Koch, Democrat for mayor
Gift; Gary Yanker; 1975-1983.
The spirit of Tweed is mighty still "...and even yet you don't know w...
Cartoon drawing shows a ghostly William Marcy "Boss" Tweed standing in prison with a diamond shining bright despite his prison uniform and the fact that he had died eight years previously. He leans against a pl... More