The whale that swallowed Jonah - Public domain book illustration, Libr...
An election-year cartoon satirizing disharmony within the Whig ranks on the bank issue. The artist suggests a division of opinion between New England's Daniel Webster and presidential nominee Henry Clay on the ... More
Tyrants prostrate liberty triumphant, Political Cartoon
A polemic applauding Democratic support of the Dorrite cause in Rhode Island. (See also "Trouble in the Spartan Ranks," and "The Great Political Car and Last Load of Patriots," nos. 1843-6 and 1845-5). In the ... More
Texas coming in. Book illustration from Library of Congress
A pro-Democrat cartoon forecasting the collapse of Whig opposition to the annexation of Texas. James K. Polk, the expansionist candidate, stands at right near a bridge spanning "Salt River." He holds an America... More
Another restorer of antiquities à la Cesnola / Gillam.
Print shows Charles A. Dana as an archaeologist who has just excavated a statue labeled "S.J.T." and "Buried in 1876" from "Greystone", behind which Henry Watterson, on the left, and John Kelly, on the right, g... More
Barkis is willin' / Gillam. - Drawing. Public domain image.
Print shows an Irishman man labeled "Democracy" standing at center, holding a small glass slipper labeled "'84 Presidential Nomination", with Samuel J. Tilden and Charles A. Dana as courtiers standing behind hi... More
Caricature, His soonness / F. Opper., public domain cartoon image
Illustration shows New York Governor Hill pressing the "Notoriety" button for the "Presidential Elevator"; Uncle Sam, the manager of the elevator, is sitting nearby and tells Hill that he is too early, also sug... More
The frog who tried to be as big as a bull / J.S. Pughe.
Illustration showing William McKinley as a bull standing next to a small pond, looking at a puffed up frog wearing a top hat and a bandolier. Illus. in: Puck, v. 47, no. 1205 (1900 April 11), centerfold. Copyr... More
"Terrible Teddy" waits for "the unknown" / Keppler.
Illustration shows President Theodore Roosevelt as a boxer sitting on a stool with his arms resting on the ropes in the near corner of a boxing ring, waiting for a challenger to enter the ring and sit in the va... More
The puzzled chicks / J.S. Pughe., Political Cartoon
Illustration shows Theodore Roosevelt and William Jennings Bryan as hens among confused chicks labeled "Reciprocity, Anti-Money Devil, Over-Capitalization, Gov't Control of Rail Roads, Income Tax, Anti Wall St.... More
The vision of Joan of Arc / J. Norman Lynd (after Jules Bastien Lepage...
Illustration shows Theodore Roosevelt in a grove of trees, as a young Joan of Arc experiencing a vision of himself wearing a suit of armor and receiving a large sword labeled "Third Term". Illus. in: Puck, v. ... More
Congresswoman Shirley Chisholm announcing her candidacy for the presid...
Title from contact sheet folder caption. Contact sheet available for reference purposes: USN&WR COLL - Job no. 25384, frame 6A. Forms part of: U.S. News & World Report Magazine Photograph Collection (Library of... More
For peace and honesty : McGovern for President
Gift; Gary Yanker; 1975-1983. Public domain photograph of 20th century drawing, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Bring U.S. together. Vote Chisholm 1972, unbought and unbossed
Poster shows portrait of presidential candidate and U.S. Representative Shirley Chisholm. Date of publication supplied by Library staff. Forms part of the Artist poster filing series (Library of Congress)
The political gymnasium - Drawing. Public domain image.
A general parody on the field of presidential candidates and their supporters in the 1860 campaign. At the far left stands Constitutional Union party vice presidential candidate Edward Everett, as a muscle man ... More
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
A war president. Progressive democracy
A caricature of Democratic candidate Lewis Cass, a general in the War of 1812, suggesting that his expansionist leanings would lead the United States into war. Cass (dubbed "General Gas" by the unfriendly press... More
A war president. Progressive democracy
A caricature of Democratic candidate Lewis Cass, a general in the War of 1812, suggesting that his expansionist leanings would lead the United States into war. Cass (dubbed "General Gas" by the unfriendly press... More
A truce - not a compromise, but a chance for high-toned gentlemen to r...
One hand on top of another hand which is on a gun on top of paper "Tilden or blood". Illus. in: Harper's weekly, 1877 Feb. 17, p. 132.
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: https://hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/pp.pga Title information compiled by Junior Fellows, 2005-2017. Knisely, A. W., copyrig... 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
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
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
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
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
Impudence / Ehrhart. - Drawing. Public domain image.
Illustration shows William Jennings Bryan offering his small, ineffective umbrella labeled "16 to 1," "Anti-trust," and "Anti-Expansion," to a woman labeled "Columbia" who is carrying a more effective umbrella ... More
A wolf from Wolfert's Roost / Keppler.
Illustration shows Alton B. Parker(?) as a wolf wearing a sheep skin labeled "Parker Boom" standing on a bluff overlooking a herd of sheep labeled "Democratic Patronage". Illus. in: Puck, v. 55, no. 1420 (1904... 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
"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 return of the scouts / Keppler.
Illustration shows Moses C. Wetmore and Norman E. Mack carrying a shoulder pole labeled "For Contributions" from which hangs a tiny bag, they explain to William Jennings Bryan, as Moses, seated with Henry Watte... 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
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
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
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.
Woman viewing portrait of Nixon - Tallahassee
: 264169 ( http://264169 ) ..Local call number: TD01073D..Title: Woman viewing portrait of Nixon - Tallahassee..Date: November 1, 1960..Physical descrip: 1 photonegative - b&w - 35 mm...Series Title: Tallahasse... More
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
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
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 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
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
![[General George McClellan campaign button for 1864 presidential election]](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn18/L3Bob3RvLzIwMTkvMTEvMjEvZ2VuLWdlb3JnZS1tY2NsZWxsYW4tY2FtcGFpZ24tYnV0dG9uLWZvci0xODY0LXByZXNpZGVudGlhbC1lbGVjdGlvbi1kMGY1ODYtMTAyNC5qcGc%3D/40/55/webp "[General George McClellan campaign button for 1864 presidential election]")
[General George McClellan campaign button for 1864 presidential electi...
Gift; Tom Liljenquist; 2011; (DLC/PP-2012:127). More information about this collection is available at http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/pp.lilj Forms part of: Liljenquist Family Collection of Civil War Photographs (... More
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
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
Picryl description: Public domain image, drawing, American, 19th centu...
Picryl description: Public domain image, drawing, American, free to use, no copyright restrictions
Puck magazine cover - Bryan's thanksgiving / Dalrymple.
Print shows William Jennings Bryan chasing a turkey labeled "Nov. Election"; the tail feathers of the turkey are labeled with the states of the union, Bryan has managed to pull out the one labeled "Nebraska". ... 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
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
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
McGovern/Shriver, '72 - Public domain portrait print
Public domain photograph of politician, meeting, government and politics, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Progressive for president Robert M. La Follette.
Poster shows portrait of La Follette by Underwood & Underwood surrounded by four Liberty Bells. Transfer; LC Manuscript Division; 1982; (DLC/PP-1982:002).
U.S. Presidential Elections. 2004-2012.
Created by an act of Congress in 1879, the USGS has evolved over the ensuing 125 years, matching its talent and knowledge to the progress of science and technology. The USGS is the sole science agency for the D... More
Log cabin anecdotes. Illustrated incidents in the life of Gen. William...
A Whig campaign broadside, with text describing a series of 12 incidents in the life of William Henry Harrison, illustrated with wood-engravings. The incidents are (counterclockwise from upper left): "Harrison'... More
Pilgrims' progress. Book illustration from Library of Congress
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
Stop! Look!! Listen!!! / Keppler., Political Cartoon
Illustration shows Theodore Roosevelt charging through air at a high rate of speed at an extremely large President Taft who is seated on top of the White House. Uncle Sam appears as a professor of physics "to w... 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
Virtuous Harry, or set a thief to catch a thief!
A satire on the Whig party's anti-annexation platform. The question of whether or not to annex Texas was a large issue separating candidates in the 1844 campaign. Annexation's serious implications for the futur... More
Fording Salt River. Book illustration from Library of Congress
An election-year satire favoring Free Soil candidate Martin Van Buren in the 1848 presidential contest. A long-legged John Van Buren carries his father piggyback through Salt River, heading toward the White Ho... More
15--14--13. The great presidential puzzle / J.A. Wales.
Illustration shows Senator Roscoe Conkling, leader of the Stalwarts group of the Republican Party, playing a puzzle game. All blocks in the puzzle are the heads of the potential Republican presidential candidat... More
In a critical condition / F. Opper.
Print shows a domestic scene with Benjamin F. Butler as the mother of a sick child labeled "Butler Boom" who is being examined by Puck as a physician; various medicines labeled "Grand Reforms, Tewksbury Investi... More
Leap-year / J. Keppler. - Drawing. Public domain image.
Illustration shows a wetland labeled "Campaign Swamp" with William M. Evarts and John G. Carlisle as two cranes on the left and several frogs identified as "Lincoln, Arthur, Robeson, Edmunds, Cameron, Sherman, ... More
The new Democratic eucalyptus tree purifies a political morass / J. Ke...
Illustration shows Grover Cleveland as a large tree labeled "Eucalyptus Clevelandus" with roots labeled "Honor" and "Honesty", and branches that spread over swamp land from which rise gaseous ghosts labeled "St... More
Caricature, Their nightmare / C.J. Taylor., public domain cartoon imag...
Print shows David B. Hill and Charles F. Crisp lying awake in a bed, suffering the nightmare of a spirit dragon labeled "Third Term". Illus. from Puck, v. 38, no. 969, (1895 October 2), cover. Copyright 1895 b... More
Caricature, The good boy / J.S. Pughe., public domain cartoon image
Print shows an elderly woman labeled "Republican Party" sitting in a rocking chair, knitting, between John Sherman, who is sitting on a low stool on the left, reading a book labeled "Sound Finance", with a toy ... More
![[Pres. Lyndon B. Johnson reaches hand out to greet crowd of supporters at Bergen Mall] / World Telegram & Sun photo by Dick DeMarsico.](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn4/L3Bob3RvLzIwMTkvMDkvMjkvcHJlcy1seW5kb24tYi1qb2huc29uLXJlYWNoZXMtaGFuZC1vdXQtdG8tZ3JlZXQtY3Jvd2Qtb2Ytc3VwcG9ydGVycy1hdC1iZXJnZW4tNWNhZTMwLTEwMjQuanBn/40/31/webp "[Pres. Lyndon B. Johnson reaches hand out to greet crowd of supporters at Bergen Mall] / World Telegram & Sun photo by Dick DeMarsico.")
[Pres. Lyndon B. Johnson reaches hand out to greet crowd of supporters...
NYWT&S staff photo. New York World-Telegram and the Sun Newspaper Photograph Collection (Library of Congress).
Grand banner of the radical democracy, for 1864
Print shows a campaign banner for presidential nominee John C. Fremont and his running mate John Cochrane. Fremont and Cochrane were the candidates of a faction of radical Democrats consisting mostly of Germans... More
![Congresswoman Shirley Chisholm announcing her candidacy for presidential nomination / [TOH].](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn18/L3Bob3RvLzIwMTkvMTEvMjgvY29uZ3Jlc3N3b21hbi1zaGlybGV5LWNoaXNob2xtLWFubm91bmNpbmctaGVyLWNhbmRpZGFjeS1mb3ItcHJlc2lkZW50aWFsLW5vbWluYXRpb24tYTBkNGIwLTEwMjQuanBn/40/62/webp "Congresswoman Shirley Chisholm announcing her candidacy for presidential nomination / [TOH].")
Congresswoman Shirley Chisholm announcing her candidacy for presidenti...
Photograph shows bust portrait of Representative Shirley Chisholm. Title from contact sheet folder caption. U.S. News & World Report Magazine Photograph Collection. Contact sheet available for reference purposes.
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."
A bad egg. Fuss and feathers - Drawing. Public domain image.
Whig presidential candidate Winfield Scott is pictured as a fighting cock with human attributes. The cock wears fringed military epaulets, a sword, spurs, and a plumed hat. He is just emerged from an egg marked... More
The presidential sweepstakes of 1844. Preparing to start
Again, the race motif is used to parody election-year rivalries. (See "Footrace, Pensylvania Avenue," no. 1844-41). Here the artist portrays the candidates as horses, lining up before a stand from which several... More
An available candidate--the one qualification for a Whig president
Political cartoon showing man in military uniform, with epaulets and plumed hat, holding sword and seated on pile of skulls. A scathing attack on Whig principles, as embodied in their selection of a presidentia... More
![Democratic nominees for president William J. Bryan of Nebraska [and] Arthur Sewall of Maine for vice president Nominated at Chicago, Illinois, Friday, July 10th 1896.](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn4/L3Bob3RvLzIwMTkvMDkvMjAvZGVtb2NyYXRpYy1ub21pbmVlcy1mb3ItcHJlc2lkZW50LXdpbGxpYW0tai1icnlhbi1vZi1uZWJyYXNrYS1hbmQtYXJ0aHVyLXNld2FsbC0xZmMzN2MtMTAyNC5qcGc%3D/40/26/webp "Democratic nominees for president William J. Bryan of Nebraska [and] Arthur Sewall of Maine for vice president Nominated at Chicago, Illinois, Friday, July 10th 1896.")
Democratic nominees for president William J. Bryan of Nebraska [and] A...
Print shows William Jennings Bryan and Arthur Sewall, bust portraits in ovals on campaign broadside. In a reference to Bryan's "Cross of Gold" speech, Currier implied that Bryan and Sewall themselves are the u... More
For president, Grover Cleveland of New York. For vice president, Thoma...
Campaign poster showing head-and-shoulders portraits of Grover Cleveland and Thomas A. Hendricks, surrounded by flags. 18243... U.S. Copyright Office. Copyright by J.H. Bufford's Sons.
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
Matty taking his second bath in Salt River
A satire published before the Democratic convention, predicting would-be presidential nominee Martin Van Buren's second "bath in Salt River" (the first one being his unsuccessful bid for reelection in 1840). O... More
Political cock fighters. Book illustration from Library of Congress
A figurative portrayal of the 1844 presidential contest as a cock-fight, in which Whig candidate Henry Clay prevails. Clay and Democratic opponent Polk battle in a pit or ring as several prominent political fi... More
Political guillotine. Book illustration from Library of Congress
A cryptic satire critical of Lewis Cass and incumbent President James K. Polk. The work probably appeared prior to the Whig national convention (June 9-10), since reference is made to a Clay-Fillmore ticket. (T... More
Eclipse & no eclipse or two views of one object
Two scenes showing the differing perceptions of Franklin Pierce's stand on the issue of slavery, as viewed by the North and South. The cartoon is divided vertically by "Mason & Dixon's Line." An arrow identifie... 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
Picryl description: Public domain image, drawing, American, 19th centu...
Picryl description: Public domain image, drawing, American, free to use, no copyright restrictions
"Busted!" / J.S. Pughe. Joseph Pulitzer, Political Cartoon
Print shows William Jennings Bryan carrying a "Cross of Gold", a "Crown of Thorns", and a carpetbag labeled "W.J.B. Speeches" as he walks along railroad tracks headed in the opposite direction of Washington, D.... More
Putting the screws on him / Keppler.
Illustration shows George B. Cortelyou turning a vice to squeeze money for Theodore Roosevelt's campaign from a bloated man labeled "The Trusts". Illus. in: Puck, v. 56, no. 1444 (1904 November 2), cover. Copy... More
Mr. Sisyphus Cortelyou rolling it up / Keppler.
Illustration shows George Cortelyou, Chairman of the Republican National Committee, as Sisyphus rolling a large boulder labeled "Majority for Roosevelt" up a steep hill. Illus. in: Puck, v. 56, no. 1437 (1904 ... More
"Take your choice, gentlemen" / Keppler., Political Cartoon
Illustration shows Puck standing on a ballot box between President Theodore Roosevelt, who has one foot on the "Constitution", is waving a sword labeled "Militarism" in a threatening manner above his head, and ... More
Puck magazine cover - Getting his bumps / L.M. Glackens.
Illustration shows a baseball player sitting on one end of a seesaw labeled "1912" and a man labeled "The Politician" being bounced around on the other end, causing him to lose his top hat and papers; standing ... 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
"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. Public domain scan of American poster, advertisement, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
The old man and the sea - A drawing of a man in a boat with a shark
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
The lost bet / Jos. Klir, Paris.
Parade with banner showing head-and-shoulders portraits of Grover Cleveland, Adlai E. Stevenson, and Gov. John Peter Altgeld. No. 5418.
Balloon ascension to the presidential chair
Reflecting Whig preelection confidence in the campaign of 1844, the artist portrays that party's ascendancy over the Democrats in the race for the presidency. Bucholzer uses the metaphor of a hot-air balloon ra... More
A foot-race - Public domain drawing
A figurative portrayal of the presidential race of 1824. A crowd of cheering citizens watch as candidates (left to right) John Quincy Adams, William Crawford, and Andrew Jackson stride toward the finish. Henry... More
Ornithology - Engraving, Public domain image, Political Cartoon
A mild election-year cartoon portraying Whig presidential candidate Winfield Scott (left) as a turkey and Democrat Franklin Pierce (right) as a gamecock. The two face each other from opposite sides of "Mason &... More
![[Abraham Lincoln, candidate for U.S. president, half-length portrait, looking left, May 20,1860]](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn4/L3Bob3RvLzE4NjAvMDEvMDEvYWJyYWhhbS1saW5jb2xuLWNhbmRpZGF0ZS1mb3ItdXMtcHJlc2lkZW50LWhhbGYtbGVuZ3RoLXBvcnRyYWl0LWxvb2tpbmctbGVmdC02NDAuanBn/40/60/webp "[Abraham Lincoln, candidate for U.S. president, half-length portrait, looking left, May 20,1860]")
[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.) The Library's print is a copy of an ambrotype. As a result,... More
Rip Van Winkle's return / Gillam., Political Cartoon
Illustration shows a scene outside a building labeled "Washington Inn" with an image of the U.S. Capitol on the sign; a large group of Republican legislators, politicians, and others are laughing at an old man ... More