Ring again the liberty bell in 1900, 1800 Jefferson, W.J. Bryan, 1900
General information about the Popular and Applied Graphic Art print materials is available at: loc.gov Title information compiled by Junior Fellows, 2005-2017. Knisely, A. W., copyright claimant. Globe Co., pub... More
[Abraham Lincoln], Tinytype - Public domain portrait photograph
Political campaign button for 1864 presidential election showing bust portrait of Abraham Lincoln, facing left (Anthony Berger photo Feb. 9, 1864); metal casing. (PR 17 CN 541.7) Forms part of: Ambrotype/Tinty... More
The great November contest. Patriotism: versus Bummerism
The strongly racist character of the Democratic presidential campaign of 1868 is displayed full-blown in this elaborate attack on Reconstruction and Republican support of Negro rights. Horses with the heads of ... More
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Picryl description: Public domain image, drawing, American, free to use, no copyright restrictions
Puck magazine cover - Self-supporter Sammy / F. Opper.
Print shows two images of Samuel J. Tilden, dressed identically, to the left and right of a barrel full of coins, labeled with monogram "SJT"; papers extending from their pockets state "For President, S.J. Tild... More
Getting them into line for 1884 / Gillam.
Print shows Benjamin F. Butler as a military officer sitting on a horse, gesturing with his "Programme" to a snickering man labeled "Solid South" to get him to fall into line with Butler's support for his presi... More
Put 'em on ice! / Gillam. - Political cartoon, public domain image
Illustration shows Uncle Sam putting politicians, newspaper editors, and others on "Ice" in an icehouse to keep them cool until campaign time for the presidential election. Among those depicted are Ulysses S. G... More
The bogus workingman and his lonsome boom / F. Opper.
Illustration shows Benjamin F. Butler as a laborer standing next to a box of tools labeled "Tools for Exhibition Purposes", telling his valet, labeled "Butler's Valet" to "keep an eye on the valuables", at whos... More
The return from exile / Dalrymple., Political Cartoon
Print shows William McKinley, as Napoleon I, riding a white horse labeled "Ohio" and carrying a sword labeled "McKinley", on the banks of a river, leading an army that includes Benjamin Harrison, Thomas B. Reed... More
Caricature, A bad outlook for him, public domain cartoon image
Print shows a man labeled "Bossism" armed with weapons labeled "False Count", "Fraudulent Registration", "Intimidation", and "Deals"; behind him are two policemen labeled "Independent Democrat" and "Independent... More
Caught in his own trap / Dalrymple.
Print shows David B. Hill caught in a large claw-type animal trap labeled "Nomination for N.Y. Governorship"; a sign posted next to the trap states "This Trap was set by David B. Hill to catch an Anti-Snapper".... More
Coxey'[s ... patern]alism" / C.J. Taylor.
Print shows "Gen. Coxey" carrying a sword labeled "Sensation" and leading a band of disgruntled citizens marching under the banner "We Want $500,000,000 in Irredeemable Money! and Death to Interest on Bonds!"; ... More
Too much like Cæsar / C.J. Taylor.
Print shows Benjamin Harrison as Caesar, standing in the foreground, wearing a Roman toga and a laurel wreath; Thomas B. Reed as Cassius and William McKinley as Brutus are standing in the background, wearing Ro... More
The poster craze in candidateville / C.J. Taylor.
Print shows Uncle Sam strolling through a maze of presidential campaign posters along "Presidential Avenue" being posted by several of the candidates, including William "McKinley on his High Charger 'War-Tariff... More
No party lines when the national honor is in peril / Dalrymple.
Print shows the combined forces of the gold standard supporters, including some newspaper editors, and a reluctant William McKinley, marching under the standard "The Nation's Credit Must Be Upheld", toward a fo... More
The old leading man retires / J.S. Pughe.
Print shows Matthew S. Quay and Thomas C. Platt holding papers labeled "Great Republican Farce Comedy - Presidential Aspirations - Star Part", with Thomas B. Reed, William B. Allison, William McKinley and Levi ... More
He did not think so in '92 / Keppler.
Print shows William Jennings Bryan casting a vote for the nomination of J.B. Weaver, the Populist Party candidate in 1892, instead of the Democratic Party candidate, Grover Cleveland. Bryan supported the "Popul... More
A hint to the Democratic convention / Keppler.
Illustration showing Puck holding an artist's palette and brushes, with a box of paints at his feet, gesturing toward a portarit of Richard Olney, labeled "Straight Democracy." Caption: Puck Here is an able D... More
Picking his way / J.S. Pughe. - Political cartoon, public domain image
Illustration shows the Republican elephant labeled "Republican Party" walking on stilts labeled "Senate" and "House" on a path covered with eggs labeled "Monopoly, High Tariff Excuses, 'Bad Trusts', Labor Quest... More
For President Teddy the rough rider, his policy equal rights for all
J11488 U.S. Copyright Office. Public domain photograph related to President Theodore Roosevelt, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Transformed / J.S. Pughe. - Drawing. Public domain image.
Illustration shows an old woman labeled "Miss Democracy" riding on the Democratic donkey along a dirt road labeled "Political Pike"; there is a banner labeled "S and S" (Safe and Sane) hanging from the donkey's... More
Puck magazine cover - Theodore Roosevelt - Time! / J.S. Pughe.
Illustration shows President Theodore Roosevelt and Alton B. Parker as boxers in a boxing ring, shaking hands before the start of the match; Uncle Sam, as the referee, stands in the background. Illus. in: Puck... More
"I've got a permit" / L.M. Glackens.
Illustration shows William H. Taft sitting on the shore of a small fishing hole labeled "Nomination Pool", holding a fishing pole, he has a jug of "White House Apple Jack" next to him; a sign on the right state... More
The lost child / Ehrhart. - Drawing. Public domain image.
Illustration shows six policemen labeled "Chafin, Taft, Debs, Watson, Hisgen, [and] Bryan" gathering around a young boy labeled "Reactionary Voter" standing on "Radical Ave.", who appears confused by all the po... More
E. McCall - Glass negative photogrpah. Public domain.
Photo shows 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 Commons p... More
[The "sic-transit" gown, for a presidential candidate (should he conte...
Caricature of former President Theodore Roosevelt (1858-1919), dressed in a nun's habit and kneeling before an altar. No copyright information found with item. Signed, lower left: -O.C.-. Title from Life. Beque... More
Part of the Vast Billboard Campaign of the Woman's Party. Putting up b...
Title transcribed from item. Summary: Photograph of unidentified woman putting up billboard with bucket and broom. Billboard reads: "'Women of Colorado, you have the vote. Get it for women of the nation by voti... More
Warren G. Harding - Public domain portrait photograph
A black and white photo of a man in a suit. Public domain portrait photograph, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Mr. & Mrs. Warren G. Harding - Public domain portrait photograph
Title from unverified data provided by the National Photo Company on the negatives or negative sleeves. Date from negatives in same range. Gift; Herbert A. French; 1947. General information about the National P... More
R.B. Creager, Mrs. Harding, Mr. H[arding], F.E. Scobey
A group of men standing next to each other. Public domain portrait photograph, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Warren G. Harding - Public domain photograph, glass negative
Title from unverified data provided by the National Photo Company on the negatives or negative sleeves. Date from caption list. Gift; Herbert A. French; 1947. General information about the National Photo Compan... More
Radio equipment used on automobiles during the campaign
President Coolidge, full-length portrait, standing, facing front, with his right hand on piece of radio equipment on automobile. National Photo Company Collection. Item in album: v. 2, p. 12, no. 31890.
Jenness for President, vote Socialist Workers
Public domain photograph of politician, meeting, government and politics, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Democratic National Convention, Miami Beach, Fla., 3rd session Shirley...
Photograph shows Shirley Chisholm speaking at microphone. Title from contact sheet folder caption. Contact sheet available for reference purposes: USN&WR COLL - Job no. 26274, frame 22. Forms part of: U.S. News... More
Campaign for 16th Pennsylvania - U.S. Presidential Elections
Caption for frame no. 15A: Democratic candidate James G. Blaine responds to a question during a League of Women Voters of Lancaster County debate at Franklin & Marshall College in Lancaster, Pa. Republican cand... More
Presidential candidates. American Civil War 1861-1865.
Print shows head-and-shoulder portraits of "Horatio Seymour", "General Frank P. Blair", "General Grant", and "Schuyler Colfax"; each portrait or pair of portraits could be ordered separately, for instance the p... 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
The Republican Party going to the right House
Abraham Lincoln's supporters are portrayed as radicals and eccentrics of various stripes. The satire is loosely based on an anti-Fremont cartoon from the previous presidential race, "The Great Republican Reform... More
William H. Taft - "good times" - Public domain portrait print
Print shows William Howard Taft, head-and-shoulders portrait, facing slightly right, against red, white, and blue background, with "Good Times" printed on a label attached to his coat. Copyrighted 1908. Allied... More
William H. Taft - "good times" - Public domain portrait print
Print shows William Howard Taft, head-and-shoulders portrait, facing slightly right, against red, white, and blue background, with "Good Times" printed on a label attached to his coat. Copyrighted 1908. Allied... More
For President, Grover Cleveland, for Vice-President, Adlai E. Stevenso...
Political poster shows bust portraits of candidates in laurel wreaths with campaign slogans, including "Tariff reform."
Pilgrims' progress - Political cartoon, public domain image
Democratic party war-horse Andrew Jackson appears frequently in the satires of the 1844 election campaign. Here, wearing a long frock coat and tall hat, he leads a donkey carrying Democratic candidates Polk and... More
The modern Colossus. Eighth wonder of the world
Martin Van Buren's inability to bridge the distance between the "Conscience," or abolitionist, Whigs and conservative Democrats is portrayed as his downfall in the 1848 presidential race. Van Buren led the Free... More
The great footrace for the presidential purse (100,000 and picking) ov...
Satire on the presidential election of 1852, showing Winfield Scott, Daniel Webster, and Franklin Pierce competing in a footrace before a crowd of onlookers for a $100,000 prize (the four-year salary for a pres... More
Grand National Republican banner, US Democratic party
Print shows a campaign banner for the 1876 Republican presidential ticket. Bust portraits of Ohio governor Rutherford B. Hayes and William A. Wheeler are framed with laurel wreaths. Above them hang swags of dra... More
Westward the march of empire takes it flight / lith. by Baker, 8 Wall ...
A grand Whig campaign broadside, with text "A brief sketch of the principal events in the lives of William Henry Harrison, and John Tyler . . ." written by Benjamin Owen Tyler. The biographies highlight the can... More
"Backed to win" - Print, Library of Congress collection
Cartoon showing Benjamin Harrison riding on back of eagle and holding up scroll "Republican nomination" above White House. Currier & Ives : a catalogue raisonné / compiled by Gale Research. Detroit, MI : Gale R... More
The Third-term Panic. "An ass, having put on the lion's skin, turned a...
William Shakespeare books and illustrations Public domain photograph of politician, meeting, government and politics, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
The Third-term Panic. "An ass, having put on the lion's skin, turned a...
William Shakespeare books and illustrations Public domain photograph of politician, meeting, government and politics, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Lewis Cass, Democratic candidate for president
Print shows a campaign banner for Democratic candidates Lewis Cass and William O. Butler produced for the 1848 presidential election. The banner is designed in a horizontal format, similar to Currier's "Zachary... More
Genl. Franklin Pierce, democratic candidate for the presidency
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The right man for the right place
Another satire complimentary to Fillmore, whose campaign slogan was "the right man in the right place." Fillmore was nominated at the American party's February 22 convention in Philadelphia. Here he is the embo... More
[Head-and-shoulders portraits of General Winfield Scott Hancock and Ho...
Printed on cloth handkerchief. Reference copy in SPECIFIC SUBJ FILE - Presidents Elections 1880.
The seven stages of the office seeker / Clay, fecit.
A satire on patronage and corruption in New York State politics, based on the medieval theme, perpetuated in American folk art, of the "life and ages of man." Here the seven stages are illustrated as key points... More
Swallowed! / J.S. Pughe. - Victorian era public domain image
Illustration shows William Jennings Bryan as a large snake labeled "Populist Party" entwined around a donkey labeled "Democratic Party" and about to swallow it. Illus. in: Puck, v. 47, no. 1218 (1900 July 11),... More
The "wigwam" grand march - Public domain portrait print
Print shows Abraham Lincoln, half-length portrait, facing slightly left, in oval. Caption continues: Dedicated to the Republican Presidential Candidate. Hon. Abrm. Lincoln. Also published by: C.C. Clapp & Co.,... More
James Buchanan, Democratic candidate for President of the United State...
Proof for a large woodcut campaign poster or banner for Democratic presidential nominee James Buchanan. A bust-length portrait of Buchanan (apparently taken from Mathew Brady's 1854 daguerreotype portrait) is f... More
Jinnoowine [i.e. "genuine"] Johnson ticket. "Carrying the war into Afr...
An illustrated election ticket for the presidential campaign of 1836. Oddly, the ticket lists Ohio's Democratic electors for Van Buren while making a vicious and obscene slur on the wife of his running-mate Ri... More
The trap sprung! The kinderhook fox caught!
A parody of Democratic efforts to reelect incumbent Martin Van Buren in the face of broad popular support for Whig candidate William Henry Harrison. The print is a crude woodcut evidently based on Napoleon Saro... More
A correct chart of Salt River - Public domain book illustration
"Salt River," the fictitious river of political doom, is charted here as a meandering stream of Democratic misfortunes. The chart was purportedly "prepared by Father Ritchie," i.e., Democratic editor and Polk a... More
The telegraphic candidates - Steam locomotive, Public domain image
In a race between the railroad and the telegraph the "telegraphic candidates," Lewis Cass and William O. Butler, are first to the White House. The artist ridicules Zachary Taylor for his hazy stance on major ca... More
[Abraham Lincoln, candidate for U.S. president, half-length portrait, ...
Photo shows presidential candidate Abraham Lincoln in Springfield, Illinois, two days after he won his party's nomination. (Source: Ostendorf, p. 42-3.) Title devised by Library staff Previously attributed to W... More
The gunboat candidate at the Battle of Malvern Hill
Democratic presidential candidate George Brinton McClellan is lampooned as an incompetent military leader. He sits in a saddle mounted on the boom of the Union ironclad vessel "Galena." The print recalls two p... More
Leaders of the Democratic Party, Confederate States of America.
A searing, election-year indictment of four prominent figures in the Democratic party, three of them former Confederate officers. Former New York governor and Democratic presidential nominee Horatio Seymour is... More
Picryl description: Public domain image, drawing, American, 19th centu...
Picryl description: Public domain image, drawing, American, free to use, no copyright restrictions
Still waiting / F. Opper. - Political cartoon, public domain image
Print shows several men with brooms and shovels locked outside a fence with a large, spiked gate labeled "Civil Service Reform", among them are Thomas F. Bayard, Samuel J. Tilden, Henry Watterson, Charles A. Da... More
The recruiting-sergeant and the tough subject / Gillam.
Illustration shows Benjamin F. Butler as a "Recruiting-Sergeant" holding a paper that states "Join the Butler Army OH! - Victory and Spoils in 1884", appealing to a man sitting on a chair, holding a "Southern V... More
The receiving-vault of the Republican politicians who defied public mo...
Illustration shows a procession carrying an embalmed James G. Blaine to place among other embalmed Republicans in an Egyptian tomb; among those previously embalmed are Thomas C. Platt, Stephen W. Dorsey, Thomas... More
Out of a job once more! / F. Graetz.
Illustration shows the entrance to the "Republican Headquarter" with a foot extending out the door, having given the boot to a barrel dressed as a cleric labeled "Clerical Slanders", a bag labeled "British Gold... More
We claim everything - me & Jack / Gillam.
Illustration shows the tattooed legs and bottom of James G. Blaine and the tail of a dog labeled "We Claim Everything - Me & Jack" in a lake next to a bar of soap labeled "Hurrah Soap - to Remove Tattoo"; they ... More
Spring music - see poem page 107 / Dalrymple.
Print shows Levi P. Morton sitting in a chair on a porch, listening to the buzz of a large bee labeled "Presidential Bee"; on a table in front of him is a seltzer bottle labeled "Popularity Spring Tonic".
Last ghost-dance of the free silver tribe - just before being sent to ...
Print shows a Native encampment of the Democrat/Populist presidential candidate and his followers dancing around a campfire labeled "Repudiation"; depicted are, from left, "Peffer, Jerry Simpson, Teller, Vest, ... More
True democracy is safe! / C.J. Taylor.
Print shows a man identified as a "Sound Money Democrat" holding up a campaign banner that states "For President - For Vice President Palmer and Buckner.
[Theodore Roosevelt with members of the Notification Committee and gue...
H48635 U.S. Copyright Office. Title devised by Library staff based on captions found on variant images. Copyright 1904 by Underwood & Underwood.
President Roosevelt, members of Notification Committee and guests, Sag...
H48695 U.S. Copyright Office. Copyright by Underwood & Underwood. Public domain photograph of 19th-century stereoscopic card, portrait, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Theodore Roosevelt, Chrls W. Fairbanks
Print shows political campaign poster with bust portraits of, on the left, Theodore Roosevelt, for president, and, on the right, Charles W. Fairbanks, for vice president, in medallions separated by an eagle hol... More
Never too late to run / Frank A. Nankivell.
Illustration shows octogenarian Henry G. Davis as a runner being attended to by Arthur P. Gorman who is putting a bandage on Davis'es right knee. Illus. in: Puck, v. 55, no. 1430 (1904 July 27), cover. Copyrig... More
[Political cartoons related to Secretary of War William H. Taft runnin...
Two political cartoons on one sheet: cartoon on left by Clifford Berryman published in the Washington Star, April 28, 1907, shows Taft leaving a dog labeled "Politics" behind in Washington, D.C., as he travels ... More
Times have changed / K. - Political cartoon, public domain image
Illustration shows a dejected, well-dressed man labeled "The Corporation" sitting next to an ice bucket filled with bottles labeled "Wall St. Brand, Privilege Brut, Immunity Fizz, [and] Stand Pat Sec", while in... More
Quoth the raven, "nevermore" / Kep., Political Cartoon
Illustration shows President Taft sitting at a desk, working late, frightened, his hair standing on end, as a raven labeled "Teddy", with the face of Theodore Roosevelt, perched on a bust opposite, cries, "Nev... More
Warren G. Harding - Glass negative photogrpah. Public domain.
Title from unverified data provided by the National Photo Company on the negatives or negative sleeves. Date from negatives in same range. Gift; Herbert A. French; 1947. General information about the National P... More
Warren G. Harding - Public domain photograph, glass negative
A black and white photo of a man in a suit and hat. Public domain portrait photograph, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Harding & H.M. Doherty [i.e. Daugherty]
A black and white photo of two men. Public domain portrait photograph, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Warren G. Harding - 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
R.B. Creager, Mrs. Harding, Mr. Harding, F.E. Scobey
A group of men standing next to each other on a sidewalk. Public domain portrait photograph, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Warren G. Harding - Public domain photograph, glass negative
Title from unverified data provided by the National Photo Company on the negatives or negative sleeves. Date from caption list. Gift; Herbert A. French; 1947. General information about the National Photo Compan... More
Warren G. Harding - Public domain portrait photograph
A black and white photo of a man playing golf. Public domain portrait photograph, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
William Gibbs McAdoo, candidate on Democratic ticket
A black and white photo of a man holding a hat. Public domain portrait photograph, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Col. Richard M. Johnson, of Kentucky / Hoffay ; A.A. Hoffay, pinxt. & ...
Portrait of Representative from Kentucky Richard M. Johnson, standing in a rhetorical pose and holding documents "Sunday Mail Reports" in his right hand. These refer to his important 1829 and 1830 reports, as S... More
Franklin Pierce: Democratic candidate for fourtheenth president of the...
After a daguerreotype by T. Dunlap. Currier & Ives : a catalogue raisonné / compiled by Gale Research. Detroit, MI : Gale Research, c1983, no. 2304
Honorable John C. Breckinridge: Democratic candidate for sixteenth pre...
Currier & Ives : a catalogue raisonné / compiled by Gale Research. Detroit, MI : Gale Research, c1983, no. 3154
'But don't you see? If the Democratic Party is to stay young and vigor...
Cartoon shows a large group of young people of all races and ethnic groups, some with long hair, flowing mustaches, and sandals, listening to an earnest young man explain why the McGovern campaign will not supp... More
Angela Davis urges -- declare your independence : vote for Hall and Ty...
Gift; Gary Yanker; 1975-1983. Public domain photograph of politician, meeting, government and politics, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Here we go again - Drawing. Public domain image.
Cartoon shows the Democratic donkey and the GOP elephant as competing organ grinders, each with a monkey begging for "Votes." The organs are actually television sets, one showing the head of the Democratic pre... More
I believe him - Posters Yanker Poster Collection
Gift; Gary Yanker; 1975-1983. Public domain photograph of politician, meeting, government and politics, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
The meeting at Saratoga. "Like boxers thus before the fight, their ha...
The second of two prints by "HD" portraying scenes from President Van Buren's visit to the resort at Saratoga Springs, New York, during the summer of 1839. (See also "The Cut Direct," no. 1839-3.) The satire co... More
Do it now! The President would jump right into river improvement and g...
Newspaper clipping of cartoon showing Theodore Roosevelt deeping the Mississippi River with a shovel. Inthe background Uncle Sam is digging the Panama canal and a man labeled Germany says "Der selfish pig vas g... More
The two platforms. Book illustration from Library of Congress
Another in a series of racist posters attacking Radical Republican exponents of black suffrage, issued during the 1866 Pennsylvania gubernatorial race. (See "The Constitutional Amendment," no. 1866-5.) The pos... More
Lewis Cass, Democratic candidate for president
Print shows a campaign banner for Democratic candidates Lewis Cass and William O. Butler produced for the 1848 presidential election. The banner is designed in a horizontal format, similar to Currier's "Zachary... More
We stand for the gold standard, ...
Campaign poster for William McKinley and Theodore Roosevelt, with head-and-shoulders portraits of each, on United States flags. No. 105.