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It is only a truce to regain power ("playing possum") / Th. Nast.

It is only a truce to regain power ("playing possum") / Th. Nast.

Horace Greeley with "C.S." (Carl Schurz?) coaxing an Afro-American to shake hands with two men, one wearing hat labeled "Ku Klux Klan" and one wearing hat labeled "Tammany," who are hiding weapons behind their ... More

Possum - Public domain image. Dry plate negative.

Possum - Public domain image. Dry plate negative.

Public domain scan of print depicting a sailboat or small ship, seascape, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Negro laborers employed by Joseph La Blanc, wealthy Cajun farmer, Crowley, Louisiana, with possum and birds they shot

Negro laborers employed by Joseph La Blanc, wealthy Cajun farmer, Crow...

Public domain photograph related to race relations, African Americans, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

[Possum Whitted, Philadelphia NL (baseball)]

[Possum Whitted, Philadelphia NL (baseball)]

Picryl description: Public domain image of a sports competition, baseball player, baseball field, athlete, 20th century, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

White House possum, 5/25/29 - Public domain photograph, glass negative

White House possum, 5/25/29 - Public domain photograph, glass negative

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

Possum Kingdom Stone Arch Bridge, Spanning Brazos River at State Route 16, Graford, Palo Pinto County, TX

Possum Kingdom Stone Arch Bridge, Spanning Brazos River at State Route...

Significance: The Possum Kingdom Stone Arch Bridge is the longest and most substantial masonry arch bridge in Texas. State highway engineers chose the heavy masonry form to withstand flood waters released from... More

[Grover Cleveland Alexander & manager Pat Moran; in background are Joe Oeschger, Possum Whitted, & Milt Stock, Philadelphia NL (baseball)]

[Grover Cleveland Alexander & manager Pat Moran; in background are Joe...

Title based on research by the Pictorial History Committee, Society for American Baseball Research, 2006. Bain News Service photograph. Forms part of: George Grantham Bain Collection (Library of Congress).

A black and white photo of a man in overalls, Louisiana. Farmers during Great Depression

A black and white photo of a man in overalls, Louisiana. Farmers durin...

Picryl description: Public domain image of a farmer worker, 20th-century dust bowl, great depression era, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Possum Kingdom Stone Arch Bridge, Spanning Brazos River at State Route 16, Graford, Palo Pinto County, TX

Possum Kingdom Stone Arch Bridge, Spanning Brazos River at State Route...

Significance: The Possum Kingdom Stone Arch Bridge is the longest and most substantial masonry arch bridge in Texas. State highway engineers chose the heavy masonry form to withstand flood waters released from... More

Possum - Public domain image. Dry plate negative.

Possum - Public domain image. Dry plate negative.

Public domain scan of print depicting a sailboat or small ship, seascape, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

[Possum Whitted, Boston NL (baseball)]

[Possum Whitted, Boston NL (baseball)]

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

[George "Possum" Whitted, Philadelphia NL (baseball)]

[George "Possum" Whitted, Philadelphia NL (baseball)]

An old black and white photo of a baseball player. Public domain portrait photograph, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Possum Kingdom Stone Arch Bridge, Spanning Brazos River at State Route 16, Graford, Palo Pinto County, TX

Possum Kingdom Stone Arch Bridge, Spanning Brazos River at State Route...

Significance: The Possum Kingdom Stone Arch Bridge is the longest and most substantial masonry arch bridge in Texas. State highway engineers chose the heavy masonry form to withstand flood waters released from... More

Possum Kingdom Stone Arch Bridge, Spanning Brazos River at State Route 16, Graford, Palo Pinto County, TX

Possum Kingdom Stone Arch Bridge, Spanning Brazos River at State Route...

Significance: The Possum Kingdom Stone Arch Bridge is the longest and most substantial masonry arch bridge in Texas. State highway engineers chose the heavy masonry form to withstand flood waters released from... More

Jowell Ranch House, National Ranching Heritage Center (moved from Possum Kingdom Lake, Palo Pinto, Palo Pinto County, TX), Lubbock, Lubbock County, TX

Jowell Ranch House, National Ranching Heritage Center (moved from Poss...

Significance: When George R. Jowell returned to Palo Pinto County from a Kansas Trail drive in the mid-1870's and found his log cabin burned by Indians, he built this stone house. Limestone for the structure ev... More

A possum hunt. The possum viewing his finish

A possum hunt. The possum viewing his finish

Photograph shows an African American man sitting on a branch reaching towards an oppossum that's climbed to the top of the tree; a man with dog wait below.

Possum Kingdom Stone Arch Bridge, Spanning Brazos River at State Route 16, Graford, Palo Pinto County, TX

Possum Kingdom Stone Arch Bridge, Spanning Brazos River at State Route...

Significance: The Possum Kingdom Stone Arch Bridge is the longest and most substantial masonry arch bridge in Texas. State highway engineers chose the heavy masonry form to withstand flood waters released from... More

"Possum" dinner tendered to President-elect William Howard Taft by the Atlanta Chamber of Commerce, January 15, 1909

"Possum" dinner tendered to President-elect William Howard Taft by the...

Public domain photograph of military parade, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

White House possum, 5/6/29 - Glass negative photogrpah. Public domain.

White House possum, 5/6/29 - Glass negative photogrpah. Public domain.

Public domain historical photo, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Possum Kingdom Stone Arch Bridge, Spanning Brazos River at State Route 16, Graford, Palo Pinto County, TX

Possum Kingdom Stone Arch Bridge, Spanning Brazos River at State Route...

Significance: The Possum Kingdom Stone Arch Bridge is the longest and most substantial masonry arch bridge in Texas. State highway engineers chose the heavy masonry form to withstand flood waters released from... More

Possum Rag - Ragtime music - Progressive era American sheet music
[Grover Cleveland Alexander & manager Pat Moran; in background are Joe Oeschger, Possum Whitted, & Milt Stock, Philadelphia NL (baseball)]

[Grover Cleveland Alexander & manager Pat Moran; in background are Joe...

Title based on research by the Pictorial History Committee, Society for American Baseball Research, 2006. Bain News Service photograph. Forms part of: George Grantham Bain Collection (Library of Congress).

A black and white photo of a man with two ducks, Louisiana. Farmers during Great Depression

A black and white photo of a man with two ducks, Louisiana. Farmers du...

Picryl description: Public domain image of industrial or agricultural worker, 1930s, 20th-century, free to use, no copyright restrictions. show less

Possum Rag - Ragtime music - Progressive era American sheet music
Possum Rag - Ragtime music - Progressive era American sheet music
Possum Rag - Ragtime music - Progressive era American sheet music
Carve dat possum - Public domain American sheet music, 1875

Carve dat possum - Public domain American sheet music, 1875

From: Music Copyright Deposits, 1870-1885 (Microfilm M 3500) Also available through the Library of Congress Web Site as facsimile page images. (additional physical form)

Possum Rag - Ragtime music - Progressive era American sheet music
Possum Rag - Ragtime music - Progressive era American sheet music
Carve dat possum - Public domain American sheet music, 1875

Carve dat possum - Public domain American sheet music, 1875

From: Music Copyright Deposits, 1870-1885 (Microfilm M 3500) Also available through the Library of Congress Web Site as facsimile page images. (additional physical form)

Possum Kingdom Stone Arch Bridge, Spanning Brazos River at State Route 16, Graford, Palo Pinto County, TX

Possum Kingdom Stone Arch Bridge, Spanning Brazos River at State Route...

Significance: The Possum Kingdom Stone Arch Bridge is the longest and most substantial masonry arch bridge in Texas. State highway engineers chose the heavy masonry form to withstand flood waters released from... More

Officer Snodgrass of the White House police force with the latest addition to the Hoover pets - a possum [sic] which recently strayed into the White House grounds

Officer Snodgrass of the White House police force with the latest addi...

Officer with opposum on a branch. In album: Washington, D.C., June 1927 to May 1929, v. 2, Herbert E. French, National Photo Company, p. 44, no. 42667. Forms part of: National Photo Company Collection (Library ... More

Carve dat possum - Public domain American sheet music, 1875

Carve dat possum - Public domain American sheet music, 1875

From: Music Copyright Deposits, 1870-1885 (Microfilm M 3500) Also available through the Library of Congress Web Site as facsimile page images. (additional physical form)

Jowell Ranch House, National Ranching Heritage Center (moved from Possum Kingdom Lake, Palo Pinto, Palo Pinto County, TX), Lubbock, Lubbock County, TX

Jowell Ranch House, National Ranching Heritage Center (moved from Poss...

Significance: When George R. Jowell returned to Palo Pinto County from a Kansas Trail drive in the mid-1870's and found his log cabin burned by Indians, he built this stone house. Limestone for the structure ev... More

Jowell Ranch House, National Ranching Heritage Center (moved from Possum Kingdom Lake, Palo Pinto, Palo Pinto County, TX), Lubbock, Lubbock County, TX

Jowell Ranch House, National Ranching Heritage Center (moved from Poss...

Significance: When George R. Jowell returned to Palo Pinto County from a Kansas Trail drive in the mid-1870's and found his log cabin burned by Indians, he built this stone house. Limestone for the structure ev... More