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"Insula Canibalium" - Indians attacking fleet of Spanish ships; scene of cannibalism in left fg.

"Insula Canibalium" - Indians attacking fleet of Spanish ships; scene ...

Illus. in: Plautius, Nova Typis Transacta Navigatio, 1492. This record contains unverified, old data from caption card, with subsequent revisions. Caption card tracings: Shelf.

[Life stages from infancy to old age with various accoutrements]

[Life stages from infancy to old age with various accoutrements]

Illus. in: De proprietatibus rerum. Lyons : Johannes Siber, [after 26 Jan. 1486] Published in: The tradition of technology : Landmarks of Western technology ... / Leonard C. Bruno. Washington, D.C. : Library o... More

[Saint Cecilia holding her emblems: portable organ and martyr's palm]

[Saint Cecilia holding her emblems: portable organ and martyr's palm]

Illus. in: De Claris mulieribus, Ferrara : Laurentius de Rubeis, de Valentia, 1497. This record contains unverified, old data from caption card, with subsequent revisions. Caption card tracings: Shelf.

Graveur sur bois au XVIe siècle / d'aprés Jost Amman.

Graveur sur bois au XVIe siècle / d'aprés Jost Amman.

Print shows an engraver at work with a wood block. Woodcut by Jost Amman. Illus. in: Hartmann Schopper's Panoplia omnium illiberalium mechanicarum aut sedentarium atrium genera continens. Frankfurt-am-Main, 156... More

[Cut-away view of water-powered mill showing horizontal wheel with paddles, cog and shafts, and housing]

[Cut-away view of water-powered mill showing horizontal wheel with pad...

Illus. in: Le diverse et artificiose machine del capitano Agostino Ramelli. Parigi : 1588. Published in: The tradition of technology : Landmarks of Western technology ... / Leonard C. Bruno. Washington, D.C. :... More

[Illustration of ancient fable of men worshipping an ass bearing a religious relic]

[Illustration of ancient fable of men worshipping an ass bearing a rel...

Illus. in: Alciati, Andrea. Omnia Andreae Alciati v.c. emblemata, Parisiis, apud Ioannem Richeriū, 1589. Reference copy may be in LOT 4707A. This record contains unverified, old data from caption card. Caption... More

Theodor de Bry - [The tomb of the weroans]

Theodor de Bry - [The tomb of the weroans]

An Algonquian burial house showing bodies on a raised platform and a priest squatting by a fire beneath the platform. Illus. in: Wunderbarliche, doch warhafftige Erklärung, von der Gelegenheit vnd Sitten der Wi... More

[Obelisk, wrapped in a protective casing, on its side on rollers, moving along scaffolding from the Circus Nero to its new location at the Piazza of Saint Peter in Rome]

[Obelisk, wrapped in a protective casing, on its side on rollers, movi...

Illus. in: Della trasportatione dell'obelisco vaticano et delle fabriche di Nostro Signore papa Sisto v fatte dal cavallier Domenico Fontana. Roma : D. Basa, 1590. Published in: The tradition of technology : L... More

Battle between Portuguese and Indians and Garasu near the harbor of Marin

Battle between Portuguese and Indians and Garasu near the harbor of Ma...

Illus. in: Theodor de Bry, America, Frankfurt, p. 5. Reference copy may be in LOT 4411. This record contains unverified, old data from caption card. Caption card tracings: Shelf.

The women and children [nude Indians] eat the intestines of the killed prisoner

The women and children [nude Indians] eat the intestines of the killed...

Illus. in: Theodor de Bry, America, pt. 3, Frankfurt, 1593, p. 87. Reference copy may be in LOT 4411. This record contains unverified, old data from caption card. Caption card tracings: Shelf.

[Microscopic view of an ant]

[Microscopic view of an ant]

Illus. in: Micrographia / Robert Hooke. London: J. Martyn and J. Allestry, 1665. Published in: The tradition of technology : Landmarks of Western technology ... / Leonard C. Bruno. Washington, D.C. : Library o... More

An elegiack tribute to the sacred dust of the Reverend and worthy Mr. Seaborn Cotton pastour of the Church of Christ at Hampton in New England: who was disharged from his work and office, to be admitted into Heaven, April 20th 1686. [Boston: Pri

An elegiack tribute to the sacred dust of the Reverend and worthy Mr. ...

Positive Photostat.; Verse. Available also through the Library of Congress web site in two forms: as facsimile page images and as full text in SGML. Printed Ephemera Collection; Portfolio 33, Folder 13.

Map of Livingston Manor Anno 1714.

Map of Livingston Manor Anno 1714.

Facsimile from an engraving.; Map. Available also through the Library of Congress web site in two forms: as facsimile page images and as full text in SGML. Printed Ephemera Collection; Portfolio 102, Folder 35.

Arbre du café dessiné en Arabie sur le naturel

Arbre du café dessiné en Arabie sur le naturel

Illustration showing coffee tree. Illus. in: Voyage de l'Arabie heureuse, par l'Ocean ... / Jean de La Roque, 1716, p. 234.N. Bitting Collection.

Capt. Edward England, engraving, Library of Congress

Capt. Edward England, engraving, Library of Congress

Portrait of England standing on shore with burning ship in background. Illus. in: Charles Johnson, History of Most Famous Highway Men. London, 1734. Reference copy may be in LOT 9351. This record contains unver... More

Capt. Avery and his crew taking one of the Great Mogul's ships

Capt. Avery and his crew taking one of the Great Mogul's ships

Capt. Avery standing, holding sword; battle between 2 ships in background. Engraving by W. Pritchard after William Telt. Illus. in: Charles Johnson, History of Most Famous Highway Men, 1734. Reference copy may ... More

In Congress, May 17, 1775. Resolved that all exportations to Quebec, Nova-Scotia, the Island of St. John’s Newfoundland, Georgia, except the Parish of St. John’s and to East and West Florida immediately cease … May 29 Resolved that no provisions

In Congress, May 17, 1775. Resolved that all exportations to Quebec, N...

Photographic copy.; Not in Ford or Evans.; Stamped on verso: 452. Available also through the Library of Congress web site in two forms: as facsimile page images and as full text in SGML. 2 duplicate copies Prin... More

The plot discovered, communicated by letter from a worthy American patriot in London, to his friends in this Country, dated March 15, 1775. [New York? 1775].

The plot discovered, communicated by letter from a worthy American pat...

Evans 14408. Available also through the Library of Congress web site in two forms: as facsimile page images and as full text in SGML. Printed Ephemera Collection; Portfolio 107, Folder 26.

A perspective view of the salt works in Salisbury, New England

A perspective view of the salt works in Salisbury, New England

Print shows view of a salt works on the Merrimack River, near Newburyport, Massachusetts, with large meadow in the foreground. Engrav'd for the Penna. Magazine. Illus. in: The Pennsylvania Magazine: or America... More

The hon. John Hancock, Esq. - president of the honourable the Continental Congress

The hon. John Hancock, Esq. - president of the honourable the Continen...

Print shows left profile bust portrait of John Hancock between text on "The Character of a Patriot." Illus. in: Bickerstaff's Boston almanack, ... (Boston, Mass.). Boston : 1777, p. 3. Published in: The Americ... More

The honble. Horatio Gates, major general of the American forces

The honble. Horatio Gates, major general of the American forces

Print shows General Horatio Gates, full-length portrait, standing, wearing uniform, facing slightly right, holding scroll labeled "Articles of Capitulation." Illus. in: An impartial history of the war in Ameri... More

General Gage / R. Pollard sculp., engraving, Library of Congress

General Gage / R. Pollard sculp., engraving, Library of Congress

General Thomas Gage, half-length portrait, wearing uniform, facing slightly left; in oval. Engraved for Murray's History of the American War. Illus. in: An impartial history of the war in America; from its firs... More

St. Lucia in the West Indies taken possession of by Admiral Barrington Monsieur de Micoud and the inhabitants having capitulated the 30th of December, 1778, being the day after Count d'Estaign left the island much disconcerted / Hamilton delin. ; Thornton sculp.

St. Lucia in the West Indies taken possession of by Admiral Barrington...

Print shows six ships in line flying the French flag, however, appears to be disembarking British troops who are about to take possession of the island after the French have withdrawn. Engraved for Barnard's N... More

Encampment of the convention army at Charlotte Ville in Virginia after they had surrendered to the Americans

Encampment of the convention army at Charlotte Ville in Virginia after...

Print shows a panoramic view of the landscape in Charlottesville, Virginia, with British troops, captured at the surrender in Saratoga, engaged in subsistence farming. Illus. in: Travels through the interior p... More

[Front facade and floor plan for 18th century building]

[Front facade and floor plan for 18th century building]

Illus. in: The country builder's assistant : containing a collection of new designs of carpentry and architecture ... / by Asher Benjamin. Printed at Greenfield, Massachusetts : By Thomas Dickman, 1797, pl. 26... More

[Wood hornbook] [realia] - Rare book, public domain, Library of Congress scan

[Wood hornbook] [realia] - Rare book, public domain, Library of Congre...

Title supplied by cataloger. An eighteenth-century hornbook, possibly American, with alphabet in lower and uppercases, followed by vowels, ligatures, and the Lord's prayer. Paper text covered with translucent ... More

Valuable property, at auction. On Thursday the first day of November, will be offered at public auction a lot of ground, lying between Mr. Reubin Canter's lumberhouse, and dwelling from 60 to 64 feet in front, and running back about 21 feet. It

Valuable property, at auction. On Thursday the first day of November, ...

Imprint 3.; Auction.; on folder : M.C. # 09-82-038.375 Available also through the Library of Congress web site in two forms: as facsimile page images and as full text in SGML. Printed Ephemera Collection; Por... More

Unanimous Declaration of Independence, passed in the United States Congress, by the representatives of the American people. [United States : s.n., 1823]

Unanimous Declaration of Independence, passed in the United States Con...

[At head of title:] General Congress, July Fourth, 1776; At end of text: "To their excellencies John Adams and Thomas Jefferson, and the Honorable Charles Carroll, the only surviving signers of the Declaration ... More

Bobalition of slavery - Public domain portrait print

Bobalition of slavery - Public domain portrait print

Another in the series of "bobalition" broadsides, marking the July 14 celebration of the anniversary of the abolition of the slave trade. (See no. 1819-2). The text, facetiously dated "Uly 14teenth 18 hundred ... More

[Amphibious steam powered carriage and paddle boat designed by Oliver Evans]

[Amphibious steam powered carriage and paddle boat designed by Oliver ...

Illus. in: The Boston mechanic and journal of the useful arts and sciences. Boston : G.W. Light & Co., 1834 July, p. 17. Published in: The tradition of technology : Landmarks of Western technology ... / Leonar... More

Ladies whipping girls. Book illustration from Library of Congress

Ladies whipping girls. Book illustration from Library of Congress

A white woman whipping a slave girl. Illus. in: Picture of slavery in the United States of America / George Bourne. Middletown, Conn. : E. Hunt, 1834, p. 109. Reference copy in: LOT 4422-A-3.

Behold! The President of the United States is expected in the 11 o'clock train of cars to-day. The Procession of Democratic citizens will meet in front of the President's Square at 8 o'clock this morning, preparatory to moving towards the railro

Behold! The President of the United States is expected in the 11 o'clo...

On verso: 26 Available also through the Library of Congress web site in two forms: as facsimile page images and as full text in SGML. Printed Ephemera Collection; Portfolio 196, Folder 25.

Spring cure. Doctor Quenaudon's extract of green herbs for purifying the blood and the cure of all diseases arising from its impurity, also of all other chronic diseases ... Dr. D. V. Quenaudon. Washington City, D. C.- April 1847.

Spring cure. Doctor Quenaudon's extract of green herbs for purifying t...

Available also through the Library of Congress web site in two forms: as facsimile page images and as full text in SGML. Printed Ephemera Collection; Portfolio 198, Folder 16.

Martin L. Bradford & Co. cutlery hardware and fishing tackle. 142 Washington St. Boston [n. d.].

Martin L. Bradford & Co. cutlery hardware and fishing tackle. 142 Wash...

Available also through the Library of Congress web site in two forms: as facsimile page images and as full text in SGML. Printed Ephemera Collection; Portfolio 82, Folder 9.

A pariquadrata superficie humai corporis perdistincta eo naturali centro umbilici circulum excipere - et in eo quadratum minorem inscribere, fig. a

A pariquadrata superficie humai corporis perdistincta eo naturali cent...

Print shows a male human body on a grid within a circle. Illus. in: De architectura / Vitruvius Pollio ; tr. & ed. by Cesare Cesariano. [Como : Impressa p G. de Pōte, a la spese e instantia del magnifico d. A.... More

The lads who live in Ireland, or Where the apple praties grow. H. De Marsan, Publisher, 60 Chatham Street, N. Y

The lads who live in Ireland, or Where the apple praties grow. H. De M...

Music published by H. B. Dodworth, New York. In English. (language)

[Gutenberg Bible opened to the beginning of the Gospel of Luke]

[Gutenberg Bible opened to the beginning of the Gospel of Luke]

Reproduction of two pages from the Gutenberg Bible. Published in: The tradition of technology : Landmarks of Western technology ... / Leonard C. Bruno. Washington, D.C. : Library of Congress, 1995, p. 84.

Een serenade in Uppen Californie

Een serenade in Uppen Californie

Mexican mestizo women and men listening to man play a stringed instrument next to door of a house, California. Illus. in: Advonturen, gedurende een tweejarig verblijf in Califonië en zijne mijnen / William Redm... More

[Poster offering fifty dollars reward for the capture of a runaway slave Stephen.]

[Poster offering fifty dollars reward for the capture of a runaway sla...

Negative Photostat.; Reward. Available also through the Library of Congress web site in two forms: as facsimile page images and as full text in SGML. Printed Ephemera Collection; Portfolio 1, Folder 12.

The great presidential race of 1856.

The great presidential race of 1856.

Public domain image related to President Abraham Lincoln, gelatin silver print, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Harbor sail! The Sloop Shave, will leave Long Wharf this evening, at o'clock. Fare 10 cents. Kendell Holmes, Master. Plymouth, Aug. 2, 1859.

Harbor sail! The Sloop Shave, will leave Long Wharf this evening, at o...

Available also through the Library of Congress web site in two forms: as facsimile page images and as full text in SGML. Printed Ephemera Collection; Portfolio 64, Folder 38.

Lithograph of Abraham Lincoln on horseback within a border of furled U. S. flag and symbolic illustrations. "After a little while."

Lithograph of Abraham Lincoln on horseback within a border of furled U...

Picryl description: Public domain image of an American Civil War, military forces and conflict, officer, uniform, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

[Biegmann portrait of Lincoln and his family.]

[Biegmann portrait of Lincoln and his family.]

Public domain image related to President Abraham Lincoln, gelatin silver print, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Storming the castle. "Old Abe" on guard.

Storming the castle. "Old Abe" on guard.

Public domain image related to President Abraham Lincoln, gelatin silver print, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Herman Melville - A black and white photo of a man with a beard

Herman Melville - A black and white photo of a man with a beard

Portrait, half, seated, facing left. Reproduction of photograph. Illus. in: Journal up the straits This record contains unverified, old data from caption card. A reference copy may be available in the Biog. File.

[Sculpture of Lincoln sitting on a park bench.]

[Sculpture of Lincoln sitting on a park bench.]

Public domain portrait photograph, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

[Charles Dickens’s traveling kit].

[Charles Dickens’s traveling kit].

The traveling cutlery kit owned by Charles Dickens, marked with his initials, used by Dickens during his travels to the United States in the 1860s. Steel spoon, knife, and corkscrew unfold from ivory-covered c... More

[Relyea portrait of Lincoln seated at desk.]

[Relyea portrait of Lincoln seated at desk.]

Public domain image related to President Abraham Lincoln, gelatin silver print, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

The autobiography of Abraham Lincoln.. American Civil War 1861-1865.

The autobiography of Abraham Lincoln.. American Civil War 1861-1865.

Includes facsimile of letter Lincoln wrote to Jesse W. Fell.

[Possibly a close up reproduction of Nuyttens portrait of Lincoln.]

[Possibly a close up reproduction of Nuyttens portrait of Lincoln.]

Public domain image related to President Abraham Lincoln, gelatin silver print, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Placing of stone on the spot where Lincoln took his leave from Springfield on the Wabash railroad, February 11, 1861.

Placing of stone on the spot where Lincoln took his leave from Springf...

Public domain image of a train station in Boston, Massachusetts, free to use, no copyright restrictions - Picryl description

15 dollars reward. Strayed or stolen, on Sunday evening the 17th instant, a large well-built bay horse, 16 hands high ... Any information leading to the recovery of the above property will be received and the said reward paid, by calling at hous

15 dollars reward. Strayed or stolen, on Sunday evening the 17th insta...

Reward. Available also through the Library of Congress web site in two forms: as facsimile page images and as full text in SGML. Printed Ephemera Collection; Portfolio 204, Folder 22.

[Brady portrait of Abraham Lincoln & "Tad" published by Richards.]

[Brady portrait of Abraham Lincoln & "Tad" published by Richards.]

Meserve no 39. A photograph of the President and the second son Thomas or "Tad" by Matthew B. Brady, made in Washington 1861 as the President looked at an album of photographs in Brady's studio. I t was used by... More

[Preliminary emancipation proclamation.] during American Civil War
[Roberts and Alvord edition the Emancipation proclamation.]

[Roberts and Alvord edition the Emancipation proclamation.]

Picryl description: Public domain American history related, free to use, no copyright restrictions image.

New York Press. - Public domain portrait print

New York Press. - Public domain portrait print

Some clipped from newspapers. Principal subject matter: The election campaign of 1864.

A table embracing all the elementary combinations of numbers in addition ... Boston Brewer & Tileston [c. 1864].

A table embracing all the elementary combinations of numbers in additi...

On verso: 1022. Available also through the Library of Congress web site in two forms: as facsimile page images and as full text in SGML. Printed Ephemera Collection; Portfolio 71, Folder 20a.

Dancing and waltzing academy. Mr. Joseph B. Brown respectfully gives notice to the public that he will reopen his Academy at Tremont Hall, 25 Eliot Street on Tuesday evening, September 26, 1865.

Dancing and waltzing academy. Mr. Joseph B. Brown respectfully gives n...

Available also through the Library of Congress web site in two forms: as facsimile page images and as full text in SGML. Printed Ephemera Collection; Portfolio 71, Folder 47.

Assassination of President Lincoln at Ford's Theatre, Washington, D. C., April 14, 1865. [Depiction of Lincoln's assassination.]

Assassination of President Lincoln at Ford's Theatre, Washington, D. C...

Public domain image related to President Abraham Lincoln, gelatin silver print, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Memento mori. [Portrait of Lincoln within a black border containing 13 stars.]

Memento mori. [Portrait of Lincoln within a black border containing 13...

Portrait of Lincoln within a black mourning border containing 13 stars.

[mourning card], In memory of Abraham Lincoln. President of the United States, Born February 12th, 1809. Departed this life April 15, 1865.

[mourning card], In memory of Abraham Lincoln. President of the United...

Embossed mourning card; white tombstone on black background.

President Lincoln dead. Assassinated in the theatre at Washington last night.

President Lincoln dead. Assassinated in the theatre at Washington last...

Picryl description: Public domain American history related, free to use, no copyright restrictions image.

The solar gaz machine. O. P. Drake's latest improvement for lighting with gas. factories, hotels, stores, and dwellings ... Manufactured and sold by O. P. Drake & company 6 & 8 Bedford Street, Boston, Mass. [1866].

The solar gaz machine. O. P. Drake's latest improvement for lighting w...

Available also through the Library of Congress web site in two forms: as facsimile page images and as full text in SGML. Printed Ephemera Collection; Portfolio 72, Folder 12.

To the governors of the loyal states ... L. M. Smith. New York, January 26, 1876.

To the governors of the loyal states ... L. M. Smith. New York, Januar...

Available also through the Library of Congress web site in two forms: as facsimile page images and as full text in SGML. Printed Ephemera Collection; Portfolio 127, Folder 12.

Regular monthly meeting of the Young men's Christian association, Washington, D. C., at Lincoln Hall, in their new building, cor. 9th and D sts., Monday evening, October 18, 1869. Order of exercises. [Washington, D. C.1869].

Regular monthly meeting of the Young men's Christian association, Wash...

Available also through the Library of Congress web site in two forms: as facsimile page images and as full text in SGML. Printed Ephemera Collection; Portfolio 205, Folder 44a.

Republicans! Democrats! A word with you about negro suffrage ... [Signed] Oliver Ellsworth. [1869?].

Republicans! Democrats! A word with you about negro suffrage ... [Sign...

Title.; Negro suffrage. Available also through the Library of Congress web site in two forms: as facsimile page images and as full text in SGML. Printed Ephemera Collection; Portfolio 9, Folder 17.

The United States reporting and collecting association ... General offices, 109 Dearborn St., Chicago, Ill. Attorney's agreement. [187-]

The United States reporting and collecting association ... General off...

Available also through the Library of Congress web site in two forms: as facsimile page images and as full text in SGML. Printed Ephemera Collection; Portfolio 18, Folder 23b.

... The Tariff, English and American interests. Rejoicing in England. English iron masters jubilant over the downfall of American iron industry. The treason of Congress to American interests. From the Miners' Journal of May 14, 1870.

... The Tariff, English and American interests. Rejoicing in England. ...

Available also through the Library of Congress web site in two forms: as facsimile page images and as full text in SGML. 2 duplicate copies Printed Ephemera Collection; Portfolio 159, Folder 41. Copy scanned: 1

State Democratic executive committee rooms of Ohio. Columbus, September 28th, 1875. Dear Sir: Only two weeks remain until the election ....

State Democratic executive committee rooms of Ohio. Columbus, Septembe...

Imperfect lower part of page wanting. Available also through the Library of Congress web site in two forms: as facsimile page images and as full text in SGML. Printed Ephemera Collection; Portfolio 138, Folder 11.

Proclamation. Thursday, April 12th, is by the advice of the Executive Council, designated as a day of fasting, humiliation, and prayer ... Given at the Council Chamber in Concord, this twentieth day of March, in the year of our Lord one thousand

Proclamation. Thursday, April 12th, is by the advice of the Executive ...

Available also through the Library of Congress web site in two forms: as facsimile page images and as full text in SGML. Printed Ephemera Collection; Portfolio 95, Folder 11.

Family temperance pledge. [Blank form for members of the family to sign] [n. p.] [c. 1887].

Family temperance pledge. [Blank form for members of the family to sig...

On verso: 24109 S' Available also through the Library of Congress web site in two forms: as facsimile page images and as full text in SGML. Printed Ephemera Collection; Portfolio 238, Folder 42a.

Twenty-ninth Annual Convention New York State Woman Suffrage Association

Twenty-ninth Annual Convention New York State Woman Suffrage Associati...

Cream colored ribbon with black lettering Public domain photograph - New York, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

New York State Woman Suffrage Association 31st Annual Convention, Dunkirk

New York State Woman Suffrage Association 31st Annual Convention, Dunk...

Anne Fitzhugh Miller was a delegate to New York State Woman Suffrage Convention in Dunkirk

[Morris & Bendein, Inc. silhouette portrait of Abraham and Mary Todd Lincoln. Copy 2.]

[Morris & Bendein, Inc. silhouette portrait of Abraham and Mary Todd L...

Reproduction of silhouettes. Each silhouette is 15.2 x 11.3 cm. Public domain image related to President Abraham Lincoln, gelatin silver print, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

We, the undersigned tax payers, NAWSA suffrage scrapbooks

We, the undersigned tax payers, NAWSA suffrage scrapbooks

Form letter requesting individual New York Senators to vote for the women taxpayers' bill

Release all class prisoners … General Defense Committee … Chicago, Ill. … Wm. D. Haywood. [1906-07?].

Release all class prisoners … General Defense Committee … Chicago, Ill...

Available also through the Library of Congress web site in two forms: as facsimile page images and as full text in SGML. Printed Ephemera Collection; Portfolio 18, Folder 55b.

[Photographic reproduction of a Benjamin Eggleston portrait of Lincoln.]

[Photographic reproduction of a Benjamin Eggleston portrait of Lincoln...

Signed in pencil, "Benjamin Eggleston." Public domain image related to President Abraham Lincoln, gelatin silver print, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Equality League of Self-Supporting Women to Governor of New York

Equality League of Self-Supporting Women to Governor of New York

Equality League of Self- Supporting Women request state investigation of working conditions and pay of women.

Women's Suffrage Gains Point. House Judiciary Committee agrees to submit adverse report of suffrage amendment to full House

Women's Suffrage Gains Point. House Judiciary Committee agrees to subm...

House Chairman Jenkins opposed to suffrage amendment as a limit to states rights. NB: include ribbon here, as nothing specific known about it.

Leaving the Gaol, suffrage scrapbook

Leaving the Gaol, suffrage scrapbook

Smiling women, one in white and one with "Votes for Women" sash marching down street.

A Criticism of the Times: Anne Herendeen supports Emmeline Pankhurst; page 2

A Criticism of the Times: Anne Herendeen supports Emmeline Pankhurst; ...

Anne Herendeen, Geneva native and Wells College student criticizes Geneva Times for their comments about Emmeline Pankhurst's militant methods.

Henry Browne Blackwell, photo mechanical print and 80th birthday poem by William Lloyd Garrison

Henry Browne Blackwell, photo mechanical print and 80th birthday poem ...

Public domain illustrated book page scan, American, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

"The Heavy Cross" Sculpture by Constantin Isenberg

"The Heavy Cross" Sculpture by Constantin Isenberg

Public domain photograph - New York, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Beatrice Forbes-Robertson, English actress, speaks at Geneva Political Equality Club meeting

Beatrice Forbes-Robertson, English actress, speaks at Geneva Political...

Beatrice Forbes-Robertson, English actress, to give recitation and speak on woman suffrage at Geneva Political Equality Club meeting; photomechanical print

Reverend Anna Howard Shaw, President, National American Woman Suffrage Association, photomechanical print

Reverend Anna Howard Shaw, President, National American Woman Suffrage...

Picryl description: Public domain vintage artistic photograph, free to use, no copyright restrictions image.

[Men's League for Woman Suffrage, Miller Scrapbook]

[Men's League for Woman Suffrage, Miller Scrapbook]

Two pages from the Scrapbooks of Elizabeth Smith Miller and Anne Fitzhugh Miller, with a photograph of Nathaniel Schmidt, brochures, clippings and other ephemera related to the Men's League for Woman Suffrage a... More

Head of Procession with pioneer carriage, New York Suffrage Parage, photomechanical print

Head of Procession with pioneer carriage, New York Suffrage Parage, ph...

Public domain scan of newspaper clippings, periodicals, free to use, no copyright restrictions - Picryl description.

Photograph of Sylvia Pankhurst - Public domain portrait drawing

Photograph of Sylvia Pankhurst - Public domain portrait drawing

Picryl description: Public domain vintage artistic portrait photograph, free to use, no copyright restrictions image.

Votes for Women Calendar, suffrage scrapbook
Edward S. Curtis - Dancing to restore an eclipsed moon

Edward S. Curtis - Dancing to restore an eclipsed moon

Several Kwakiutl people dancing in a circle around a smoking fire, in an effort to cause a sky creature, which they believe swallowed the moon, to sneeze thereby disgorging it. J197457 U.S. Copyright Office. Ti... More

[Cole portrait of Abraham Lincoln.]. American Civil War 1861-1865.

[Cole portrait of Abraham Lincoln.]. American Civil War 1861-1865.

Public domain scan of portrait art print, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Two newspaper articles announcing Houdini's death on October 31, 1926

Two newspaper articles announcing Houdini's death on October 31, 1926

Houdini died of peritonitis resulting from appendicitis on October 31, 1926, in Detroit, Michigan. Newspapers throughout the country carried the news of his death in articles whose length attested to the bread... More

Prosymna The Helladic settlement. preceding the argive heraeum. by Carl W. Blegen. With a chapter on the jewellery and ornaments ... Edition limited to 350 copies 1937. Published at $35.00. Our special price $18.50. G. E. Stechert

Prosymna The Helladic settlement. preceding the argive heraeum. by Car...

On verso: R. R. Available also through the Library of Congress web site in two forms: as facsimile page images and as full text in SGML. Printed Ephemera Collection; Portfolio 133, Folder 26c.

White slavery in the United States

White slavery in the United States

Caption title. Also available in digital form on the Library of Congress Web site.

The fourteenth amendment to the Constitution considered : the right to pursue any lawful trade or avocation, without other restraint than such as equally affects all persons, is one of the privileges of citizens of the United States which can-not be abridged by state legislation : dissenting opinions of Mr. Justice Field, Mr. Justice Bradley, and Mr. Justice Swayne, of U.S. Supreme Court, in the New Orleans slaughter-house cases

The fourteenth amendment to the Constitution considered : the right to...

This legal case probes the intent and scope of the 13th, 14th, and 15th amendments to the U.S. Constitution. The justices give a broad defense of individual civil rights as protected from infringement by state ... More

Pore lil Mose; his letters to his mammy

Pore lil Mose; his letters to his mammy

Cover title. Comic cartoons from the New York herald of 1901-02.

Emmeline Pankhurst plans Hunger Strike

Emmeline Pankhurst plans Hunger Strike

Emmeline Pankhurst vows to begin a hunger strike upon her return to England. In a response to a local suggestion that hunger strikes be carried on at home, Pankhurst stressed that it would only works after bein... More

Geographica Latine - Rare book, public domain, Library of Congress scan

Geographica Latine - Rare book, public domain, Library of Congress sca...

First 10 books translated by Guarinus Veronensis, the remainder by Gregorius Tifernas. Signatures: [a-c¹⁰ d-e⁸ f-h¹⁰ i-k⁸ l-n¹⁰ o-p⁸ q-s¹⁰ t⁸ u⁸⁻¹ x-y¹⁰ z⁸ A⁸]. Goff S-794 Hain-Copinger 15087 Proctor 4042 (3 Ve... More

The Children's object book - Rare book, public domain, Library of Congress scan

The Children's object book - Rare book, public domain, Library of Cong...

"Designed in England and printed by G. Loewensohn at Fürth, Bavaria"--Front pastedown. Also available in digital form on the Library of Congress Web site.

Conjurers' monthly magazine. October 15, 1906

Conjurers' monthly magazine. October 15, 1906

This issue of a publication Harry Houdini edited features some of his material on Robert Houdin, Houdini correspondence, and notes from Europe by his brother, Theodore Hardeen. From the collections of the Rare ... More

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