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A Kalapuya Man - A Native Of Oregon by Alfred Thomas Agate 1844 Library of Congress Washington, D.C. | Agate, Alfred Thomas | ||
A rational law, or - Tammany by Charles Jay Taylor 1895 July 24 Library of Congress Washington, D.C. | Taylor, Charles Jay | Owner of wine and beer store putting up sign, "As long as it is the law it shall be enforced, Theo. Roosevelt", and man representing Tammany saying, "Goin' to wait till dem reformers repeal dat law, are yer? Put me back and you won't need to repeal!" | |
Andrew Jackson, President Of The United States by William James Hubard ca.1830s Library of Congress Washington, D.C. | Hubard, William James | Print shows Andrew Jackson, full-length portrait, sitting in a chair, facing front, with legs crossed and hands on lap. | |
Arms Of The United States Of America by John Henry Bufford c. 1864 Library of Congress Washington, D.C. | Bufford, John Henry | An elaborate martial allegory of the United States. Liberty or Columbia, wearing a Phrygian cap and armed with sword, shield, and American flag, is enthroned in the clouds. The words "E Pluribus Unum" and an arc of thirteen stars appear above her. Below, an eagle perches atop a shield with the stars and strips. In his talons he holds arrows and an... | |
Art, Painting & Sculpture by William DeLeftwich Dodge 1896 Library of Congress Washington, D.C. | Dodge, William DeLeftwich | ||
Back our girls over there United War Work Campaign by Clarence Underwood 1918 Library of Congress Washington, D.C. | Underwood, Clarence | Y.W.C.A. poster for the United War Work Campaign showing a young woman seated at a switchboard with soldiers in the background. | |
Barroom Dancing by John Lewis Krimmel ca. 1820 Library of Congress Washington, D.C. | Krimmel, John Lewis | ||
Battle of Chattanooga by Bror Thure de Thulstrup c. 1880 Library of Congress Washington, D.C. | Thulstrup, Bror Thure de | The Chattanooga Campaign was a series of maneuvers and battles in October and November 1863, during the American Civil War. Following the defeat of Maj. Gen. William S. Rosecrans's Union Army of the Cumberland at the Battle of Chickamauga in September, the Confederate Army of Tennessee under Gen. Braxton Bragg besieged Rosecrans and his men by... | |
Battle Of Churubusco--fought Near The City Of Mexico 20th Of August 1847 by Nathaniel Currier c. 1846 Library of Congress Washington, D.C. | Currier, Nathaniel | The Battle of Churubusco took place on August 20, 1847, in the immediate aftermath of the Battle of Contreras (Padierna) during the Mexican-American War. After defeating the Mexican army at Churubusco, the U.S. Army was only 5 miles (8 km) away from Mexico City, the capital of the nation. A month later, the US forces defeated those at Mexico City and... | |
Battle of Shiloh by Bror Thure de Thulstrup c. 1888 Library of Congress Washington, D.C. | Thulstrup, Bror Thure de | The Battle of Shiloh, also known as the Battle of Pittsburg Landing, was a major battle in the Western Theater of the American Civil War, fought April 6–7, 1862, in southwestern Tennessee. A Union army under Maj. Gen. Ulysses S. Grant had moved via the Tennessee River deep into Tennessee and was encamped principally at Pittsburg Landing on the west... |
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