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...
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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"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
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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
Some casual cartoonlets - Public domain dedication image
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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....
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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. Wa...
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[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
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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., ...
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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...
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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 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, 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, 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, ...
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, 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.
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....
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
[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
The Democratic funeral of 1848 - Political cartoon, public domain imag...
Foreseeing political death for the Democrats in the election, the artist imagines a funeral of the party's standard-bearers with a procession of the faithful. Democratic senators (left to right) Sam Houston of ... More
Joseph E. Baker - How free ballot is protected!
The artist charges the Republicans with electoral corruption and extremism in their efforts to defeat Democratic presidential nominee George B. McClellan. Oblique reference is also made to Lincoln's supposed a... More
Just so! - Public domain portrait print
Some clipped from newspapers. Principal subject matter: The election campaign of 1864.
Scales, Honorable Alfred Moore, Rep of N.C. Presidential elector on De...
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To the friends of Greeley and Brown
An illustrated cover for a collection of Democratic campaign songs. Liberal Republican presidential candidate Horace Greeley and running mate Benjamin Gratz Brown appear in oval bust portraits framed by ivy. Ab... More
The citizens chart of political parties in the campaign of 1872
Political cartoon riddiculing the Democratic party adn praising Grant & Wilson. Lithograph by Strobridge & Co., copyrighted by P.G. Dick. Reference copy may be in LOT 4406 (1872). This record contains unverifie... More
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Delilah Randall betrays the democratic Samson / Gillam.
Illustration shows Samuel J. "Delilah" Randall sitting in a chair labeled "Protection", holding scissors labeled "41 Democrats" in one hand and hair labeled "Tariff Reform Bill" in the other, his feet are resti... More
"Speak out" N.Y. Herald - Public domain dedication image
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
Democratic platform and presidential nominees, Grover Cleveland, A.E. ...
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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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Co-chairman of monopoly committee. Washington, D.C., Dec. 3. Senator J...
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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
Senate 'Beau Brummel' meets gentlemen of the press. Washington, D.C., ...
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Michigan member of Congress. Washington, D.C., Jan. 8. A new informal ...
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Tethered / Kep. - Political cartoon, public domain image
Illustration shows William Jennings Bryan and William H. Taft driving a stake labeled "Publicity" into the ground in a wilderness area; a rope labeled "Public Opinion" is tied to the stake and one end is tied t... More
The third hole / Frank A. Nankivell 1908.
Illustration shows William Jennings Bryan pulling on a saddle strap labeled "1896, 1900, 1908" on the Democratic donkey, trying to get it tight enough for the pin to fit into "The Third Hole" labeled "1908". C... More
[Alfred Gaither Allen, Democrat congressman from Ohio, three quarter-l...
Brady negative number is LC-BH824-4838. Rep. John M. Allen had been a Private in the Confederate Army.
DEMOCRATIC NATIONAL CONVENTION. MRS. NORMAN E. MACK; MRS. WILLIAM H. T...
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Urey Woodson, KY; N.E. Mack, Buffalo; Robt. Crain, Baltimore; Roger Su...
Photo shows Urey Woodson, Roger Charles Sullivan, Norman Edward Mack, Edwin O. Wood, and Robert Crain at the Democratic Convention, Baltimore, Maryland, June 1912. (Source: Flickr Commons project, 2009).
DEMOCRATIC NATIONAL CONVENTION. PARKER, ALTON B., JUDGE, OF NEW YORK. ...
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