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The burning of the Crisis, British Cartoon Print

People burning a broadside entitled the Crisis. Forms part of : British Cartoon Prints Collection ( Library of Congress).

Pal sangué Mr. l'Prieur v'la l'coup

Print with two scenes, one labeled "Le jeu de hazard" shows a meeting between the clergy, nobility, and the working class; the other labeled "Le goute patriotique" shows members of the three estates dining toge... More

La chose impossible, ou la commission des finances telle quil la faudr...

Print shows four bare-bottomed men, the ministers of finances, sitting around a table restoring their good health on the produce of other nations; as they consume the "Eau de la Plata" and "Eau du Sénégal," the... More

Army and Corps area Commanders meet with Woodring and Chief of Staff. ...

A group of men sitting around a table. Public domain portrait photograph, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Villagers clearing out rubbish!!! / engrav'd by Hixon., British Cartoo...

Print shows three villagers transporting a parson, a doctor, and a lawyer to another parish to cries of "Huzza" from other villagers. "Folios of caricatures lent out for the evening." Forms part of: British Ca... More

Irish march of intellect; or, the happy result of emancipation / A Sha...

Print shows a bare-foot Irish man and his son in the chamber of an English lord. Hoping to get his son placed as an apprentice, he introduces him to the English lord who is sitting in a chair, wearing wig and robe.

The political drama. No. 61. Old grill among the paddies, British Cart...

Print shows William Cobbett riding on a large gridiron borne by a ragged troop of caricatured Irishmen in a procession following a man carrying a flag pole topped with a death's head labeled "Tom Pain" and flyi... 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

Artilleryist group - Mathew Brady seated on left

Photograph shows group portrait of artists who participated in the art exhibition at the Metropolitan Fair in New York City, 1864, held to support the United States Sanitary Commission, "for the relief of the s... 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

A faut esperer q'eu se jeu la finira bentot

Print shows the nobility and the clergy, representing the estates general, riding on the back of a man representing the working class, or third estate; the man is bent under their weight and supports himself by... More

Scene in a New Hampshire court.--General Pierce examining a witness. S...

Two humorous incidents supposedly from the life of Franklin Pierce. On the left, a repartee wherein Pierce, the distinguished trial lawyer, is embarrassed by an ignorant witness. Armed with pages of notes, Pie... More

Loco Foco hunters treeing a candidate

A satire on the Democrats' or "Loco Focos'" 1852 pursuit of Franklin Pierce for the presidential nomination. At the foot of the White Mountains in the "Dismal Swamp," an immense, swampy region of North Carolina... More

Portrait photo of Buchanan, Pres. & cabinet, 1857

Photograph shows President Buchanan standing, surrounded by his Cabinet including Jacob Thompson, Secretary of the Interior; Lewis Cass, Secretary of State; Howell Cobb, Secretary of the Treasury; Jeremiah Blac... More

Lincoln quick step - Public domain portrait photograph

Campaign sheet music for the Lincoln candidacy. The cover illustration features an oval bust portrait of Republican nominee Abraham Lincoln, surrounded by vignettes and motifs recalling his early backwoods car... More

Abraham Lincoln papers: Series 4. Addenda, 1774-1948: Abraham Lincoln ...

[Portrait of ten men including Anderson D. Johnston (seated second fro...

Frances Benjamin Johnston Collection (Library of Congress). Public domain photograph - group portrait, 19th century, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Abraham Lincoln papers: Series 2. General Correspondence. 1858-1864: S...

Trade regulations

Jeff Davis on the right platform, or the last "act of secession"

A caricature of Jefferson Davis, probably issued not long after the bombardment of Fort Sumter, but certainly postdating his February 1861 election as president of the Confederacy. Davis is shown standing on a ... 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

Heads of the democracy - Drawing. Public domain image.

Purchase; Old Print Shop; 1985; (DLC/PP-1985:492). Unprocessed in PR 13 CN 1985:492.

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...

A black and white photo of two men. Public domain portrait photograph, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

[Abraham Lincoln mourning badge, with photo taken Feb. 9 1864]

Political campaign button for 1864 presidential election showing bust portrait of Abraham Lincoln, facing right (Anthony Berger photo Feb. 9, 1864). Brass mat with oval window and photo attached to a blue velve... More

Seymour and Blair - Public domain portrait print

Photograph of drawing shows Horotio Seymour and Francis Preston Blair, 1868 Democratic presidential and vice presidential candidates, half-length portrait, Seymour facing front, Blair facing left.

Swearing in of U.S. Deputy Marshals and Supervisors of Registry and El...

Crowd of men in courtroom. Illus. in: Frank Leslie's illustrated newspaper, v. 31, 1870 Nov. 19, p. 145.

Brewers of New York - Public domain graphic arts, Library of Congress

J6060 U.S. Copyright Office. This record contains unverified data from PGA shelflist card. Associated name on shelflist card: Tuchfarber.

Republican National convention at Chicago, June 2, 1880 Independent Am...

Photograph shows the President, delegates, reporters, prominent men on the platform, and the visitors' gallery watching as Gen. Garfield delivers a speech to hundreds of attendees at the National Republican con... More

Presidential inauguration, 1881 H.A. Thomas, Lith. 118 Fourth Av. N.Y

Print shows cameo portraits of the U.S. presidents from George Washington to James A. Garfield; includes a black memorial border and additional text. Printed at top of print: "The President is Dead." "But the ... More

Caricature, The innocents / F. Opper., public domain cartoon image

Print shows a group of African American men, one, standing at center, is wearing a hat labeled "Judge Whitewashed", and the others are wearing hats labeled "Whitewasher No. 1, No. 2, No. 3, No. 4, No. 5, No. 6,... More

Caricature, The rivals in Ohio / Gillam., public domain cartoon image

Illustration shows Allen G. Thurman on one side of a man labeled "Liquor Interest" and John Sherman on the other side; Thurman represents "The Ohio Democracy is the liquor dealers old friend!!", while Sherman e... More

Stalwart stupidity / F. Graetz., Political Cartoon

Illustration shows Puck, holding his lithographic pen, and the Independent Party figure, holding an axe labeled "November Election", standing inside a cabin next to the head of Roscoe Conkling that has been cut... More

Grover Cleveland, Head and Shoulders Portrait

Print shows Grover Cleveland, head-and-shoulders portrait, facing left. Public domain scan of portrait print from Library of Congress, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

"Stop thief!" / Gillam. - Political cartoon, public domain image

Illustration, reminiscent of Thomas Nast's cartoon of the same title published in Harper's Weekly, October 7, 1871, hence "That trick is very stale", shows a group of monopolists and Blaine supporters scatterin... More

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

Caricature, A preliminary set-to / Gillam., public domain cartoon imag...

Illustration shows James G. Blaine badly bruised after boxing a round against the "Ohio Secretary of State" who is slumped against the ropes; William W. Phelps and Whitelaw Reid attempt to revive Blaine with a ... More

Theodore Roosevelt - Bottom's dream, Political Cartoon

Illustration shows Puck's stereotypical Irishman labeled "Democracy" in the role of "Bottom" from Shakespeare's "Midsummer Night's Dream", with Puck holding the head of an ass above him. He is holding a paper t... More

Helping the rascals in - a burglarious scheme that may be suddenly spo...

Illustration shows James G. Blaine wearing a top hat with three plumes, a sack labeled "For the Plunder" hanging from his neck, and a paper tied at his waist that states "20 Years on the Make", attempting to br... More

White House employees, Frances Benjamin Johnston collection

Three men and a woman in office. Frances Benjamin Johnston Collection (Library of Congress). LC-J698-8671.

Puck magazine cover - "Love's labor's lost" / Gillam.

Illustration shows heavily tattooed James G. Blaine sitting on a stool while Whitelaw Reid, using a brush labeled "Tribune Excuses" and a "Explanation Pumice Stone", and William W. Phelps, using "Vindication Sa... More

"Change about" - the monkey the master / Gillam.

Illustration shows a monkey turning the crank on an organ labeled "Home Sweet Home Rule" with one foot, it is wearing a hat with a feather labeled "Parnell", and holding a shillelagh labeled "80 members" in one... 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

The jury of seven that condemned the Library site

Posed standing, full-length, are: George Phillips, E.E. White, H.M. Dellinger, M.W. Beveridge, H.S. Millard, Samuel G. Walker, Doug Clagett, W.H. Morrison, and S.S. Wilson.

50th Congress Ohio delegation / Brady & Handy Photo Wash D.C.

Composite photograph of the two senators and twenty-one members of the house of representatives comprising the Ohio delegation of the 50th Congress.

The Supreme Court of the U.S. - Public domain portrait engraving

Illus. in: Harper's Weekly, v. 32, (1888 June 28), p. 61. Wood engraving after Carl Becter. Title and other information transcribed from caption card.

Republican nominees. 19th century, Library of Congress collection

Picryl description: Public domain image of a group of people, United States politics, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Getting on to the bandwagon - Drawing. Public domain image.

No accession number. This catalog record contains preliminary or unverified data from a project done in BRS software, ca. 1985. mm / 860224.

[Treasury Department - employees in Mr. McClellend's room]

Title and other information transcribed from caption card and item. Frances Benjamin Johnston Collection (Library of Congress). Caption card tracings: Geog.; Offices; U.S. Treas. Dept.; Washington, D.C.

Democratic platform and presidential nominees, Grover Cleveland, A.E. ...

33064 U.S. Copyright Office. General information about the Popular and Applied Graphic Art print materials is available at: loc.gov Title information compiled by Junior Fellows, 2005-2017. Beckerman, E. M., cop... More

United States of America, the twenty-three presidents of the Republic,...

17092 U.S. Copyright Office. General information about the Popular and Applied Graphic Art print materials is available at: loc.gov Title information compiled by Junior Fellows, 2005-2017. Lofer, T., artist. Zo... More

Puck's presidential impossibility. The political peanut vender / J.S. ...

Print shows a peddler labeled "D.B. Hill" selling "Fresh Roasted (Political) Peanuts", standing outside the gates to the White House, where a sign has been posted that states "Notice! No Peddlers or Suspicious ... More

"Come in, boys, warm up, and have a little Christmas cheer!" / C.J. Ta...

Print shows Columbia welcoming a group of ragged politicians, mostly Democrats, some no longer in office, and newspaper editors, to come in from the cold winter night and warm themselves by the fire and enjoy s... More

Globo furbovolponico-politico-areostatico a prova di bomba e pistola

Italian caricature of Italian statesman Francesco Crispi shown as a balloon "Ciccio" hovering above a group of men and women representing the country, the majority, the press, the opposition, the government, an... More

The Dunraven Investigation. The Commission in session at the New York ...

L. to R.: Joseph H. Choate; Latham A. Fish; C. Oliver Iselin, stenographer; George L. Rives; William C. Whitney; E.J. Phelps; Capt. Mahan; J. Pierpont Morgan; Front: George R. Askwith, J.A.G. Hamilton; Lord Dun... More

The silver-tongued ventriloquist and his dummies / F. Opper.

Print shows a "Silver Mine Owner" as a "silver-tongued ventriloquist" sitting on a box labeled "16 to 1" on a stage, with William Jennings Bryan as a dummy sitting on his lap, holding papers labeled "Free Silve... More

Puck magazine cover - Harris and Ewing, Washington, D.C.

A magazine with a cartoon of a man and a woman, Library of Congress Harris and Ewing collection Portraits and news photographs by Washington, D.C.-based firm, showing people, events, architecture in Washington... More

Cabinet Room, White House, Aug. 12, 1898. Secy. of State William R. Da...

Signing of the peace protocol of the Spanish-American War - left to right: Benjamin Montgomery, Jules Cambon, Thiebout, William R. Day, J. More, Alvey A. Adee, William McKinely, George Cortelyou, Thomas Cridler... More

Brig.-General Lucius J. Gartrell; Brig.-General Dudley M. DuBose; Brig...

Head-and-shoulders portraits of ten Confederate leaders. Illus. in: Confederate military history / ... edited by Gen. Clement A. Evans of Georgia. Atlanta, Ga. : Confederate Publishing Company, 1899, vol. 6, o... More

Jas. Shevlin, J.F. McGuiness, & J.J. Quigley

A group of men sitting at a table with papers. Public domain portrait photograph, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Big three of House Judiciary. Washington D.C. The big guns of the Hous...

Picryl description: Public domain image of a group of people, United States politics, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Oliver Harriman - Public domain portrait photograph

A black and white photo of a man in a suit and tie. Public domain portrait photograph, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Mrs. Oliver Harriman Jr. - Public domain portrait print

A black and white photo of a woman in a dress. Public domain portrait photograph, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Italians, trade conference - Public domain portrait photograph

A black and white photo of a group of men. Public domain portrait photograph, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Jos. Davies, H.W. Garrod, Jas. H. Thomas, C.W. Bowerman

Public domain photograph of official photograph, building on the background, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Theodore Roosevelt republican candidate for vice-president

General information about the Popular and Applied Graphic Art print materials is available at: loc.gov Title information compiled by Junior Fellows, 2005-2017. Marshall (William E. and Oscar), copyright claiman... More

Member of Turkish Parliament in chamber

A large group of people sitting in a room. Public domain portrait photograph, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Group photograph: Gov. Barnes, Brady, Vessey, Hawley, Eberhart, Oddie,...

A black and white photo of a group of men. Public domain portrait photograph, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Crone-Muzerock/ Gennes/ Kempner/ Brunswig/ Kayzer/ Millington-Herrmann...

A black and white photo of a group of men. Public domain portrait photograph, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

New Soviet Ambassador Constantine Alexandrovitch Oumansky & his wife &...

A black and white photo of a family sitting on a couch. Public domain portrait photograph, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

German Baghdad Railway, 190_. Building station at Mosul

Picryl description: Public domain image of railway tracks, train station, railroad building, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Finnish Trade Delegation visits State Department. Washington, D.C., Ma...

Public domain photograph of official photograph, building on the background, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Caricature, A sad case / Dalrymple., public domain cartoon image

Illustration shows Puck massaging the scalp of a deranged-looking Richard Olney who is sitting on a bench in a padded cell in the "Hopeless ward for incurables" and holding a rattle of William Jennings Bryan as... More

Caricature, The "living" issue / Keppler., public domain cartoon image

Illustration shows William Jennings Bryan pulling on strings attached to a skeleton labeled "16 to 1" trying to make it jump like a wooden toy. Caption: Bryan They say it's dead! Can't you see it move? Illus.... More

The spider and the three silly flies / J.S. Pughe.

Illustration shows William Jennings Bryan as a large spider labeled "Free Silver" with three flies labeled "White, Schurz, [and] Godkin" caught in his web labeled "16 to 1," "Anti-expansion," "Chicago Platform"... More

R.S. Lovett - Public domain photograph, glass negative

A black and white photo of a man in a suit. Public domain portrait photograph, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Thanks to whom thanks are due / Dalrymple.

Illustration shows President William McKinley, standing, leading a toast to a dejected William Jennings Bryan sitting in a chair labeled "Guest of Honor"; seated around the table are, among others, "Teddy" Roos... More

Senate 'Beau Brummel' meets gentlemen of the press. Washington, D.C., ...

A group of men standing next to each other. Public domain portrait photograph, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Chief Counsel. Washington, D.C., Nov. 15. Francis Biddle, Chief Counse...

A black and white photo of a man sitting at a table. Public domain portrait photograph, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

T.R. [Theodore Roosevelt] at the banquet-City Hall, Copenhagen. Group...

A group of men standing next to each other. Public domain portrait photograph, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Viafora, Malatesta, Stracciari, Theo. Bauer

A black and white photo of three men in suits. Public domain portrait photograph, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

W.S. Culbertson, J.S. Reeves, Royal Meeker, Dew. C. Poole, H.H. Kerr, ...

Title from data provided by the Bain News Service on the negative. Forms part of: George Grantham Bain Collection (Library of Congress). General information about the George Grantham Bain Collection is availabl... More

Mrs. Borden Harriman and daughter

An old photo of two women wearing hats. Public domain portrait photograph, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Witnesses before monopoly committee. Washington, D.C., Nov. 3. These t...

A group of men sitting around a conference table. Public domain portrait photograph, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Naval increase on the way. Washington, D.C., June 2. Assist. Secretary...

Public domain photograph of building interior, office, room, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

A hard game of "follow your leader" / Keppler.

Illustration shows William Jennings Bryan leading a donkey labeled "Dem" loaded down with a platform, including bunting, labeled "Democratic Platform" and boxes labeled "Anti-expansion," "Anti-trust," and "Free... More

The promised feast / J.S. Pughe., Political Cartoon

Illustration shows President William McKinley, on the left, offering up a steaming plate of bloated male figures labeled "Commercial Trusts" and, on the right, William Jennings Bryan offering up a similar plate... More

He shouts for Bryan, but this is the way he will vote / Dalrymple.

Illustration shows Richard Croker as the Tammany Tiger, dressed in formal wear and wearing a sash labeled "Tammany," proclaiming that he/Tammany supports William Jennings Bryan for president while, behind his b... More

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

The modern Cincinnatus, who will not leave his plough / J.S. Pughe.

Illustration shows former president Grover Cleveland as "Cincinnatus" plowing a field; an elderly woman labeled "Democracy" is standing in the field, holding a paper which states "Cleveland's letter of retireme... More

Puck magazine cover - Merely another figurehead / Kep.

Illustration shows Tammany Hall boss Richard Croker as a pirate nailing a new figurehead labeled "McClellan" to the bow of a ship labeled "Tammany"; the old figurehead labeled "Van Wyck" lies on the ground.

The poor man's candidate / Ehrhart., Political Cartoon

Illustration shows President Theodore Roosevelt standing on a reviewing stand, holding hat in raised right hand as a large group of capitalists, industrialists, and financiers wearing the tattered clothing of t... More

Theodore Roosevelt - Challenge - Drawing. Public domain image.

"Miss Democracy Select School" over doorway. Theodore Roosevelt challenging group of democrats, Hill, Olney, Davis, Parker, and others, in front of school house. (DLC/PP-1932:0042). Forms part of: Cabinet of Am... More

Puck: "Congratulations, Mr. President; they wanted you" / Keppler.

Illustration shows Puck reaching from the Puck Building to the White House to congratulate Theodore Roosevelt for winning the presidential election; they are shaking hands. Illus. in: Puck, v. 56, no. 1445 (19... More

Wanted: an occupant / J.S. Pughe., Political Cartoon

Illustration shows several vignettes that illustrate the difficulty of catching a vice presidential candidate, including offering some "Possible Premiums", such as a "Cabinet Portfolio", a "Carnegie Hero Pensio... More

The opening session of the twenty-third conference of the Interparliam...

A black and white photo of a large room full of people. Public domain portrait photograph, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description