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$150 Reward For Runaway

$150 Reward For Runaway

Credit: Library of Congress Media type: advertisement Museum Number: Portfolio 22, Folder 12b Annotation: Advertisement run in Kentucky newspaper ofering up to a $150 reward for…

Mississippi cotton gin at Dahomey

Mississippi cotton gin at Dahomey

Credit: Library of Congress Media type: photograph Museum Number: LC-USZC4-6134 Annotation: This is a picture of workers in a cotton gin. A cotton gin is a…

Cyrus McCormick’s Reaper

Cyrus McCormick’s Reaper

Credit: Library of Congress Media type: illustration Museum Number: LC-USZ62-44940 Annotation: McCormick who was from Virginia was one of two people to create a reaping machine.…

Roll of Honor – Woman’s Rights Convention at Seneca Falls

Roll of Honor – Woman’s Rights Convention at Seneca Falls

Media type: miscellaneous-image Annotation: A convention to discuss the social, civil, and religious condition of woman, was called by the Women of Seneca County,…

Mac-Cut-I-Mish-E-Ca-Cu-Cac or Black Hawk, a Celebrated Sac Chief

Mac-Cut-I-Mish-E-Ca-Cu-Cac or Black Hawk, a Celebrated Sac Chief

Credit: Amon Carter Museum, Fort Worth, Texas Media type: lithograph Museum Number: 1965.10.56 Annotation: Lewis painted a portrait of Black Hawk in 1833 after the chief…

Long-billed Curlew, Numenius longirostris

Long-billed Curlew, Numenius longirostris

Credit: Amon Cater Museum, Fort Worth, Texas Media type: engraving Museum Number: 1982.51 Year: 1834

Kansas-Nebraska Act

Kansas-Nebraska Act

Media type: treaty-image Annotation: In 1854, a piece of legislation was introduced in Congress that shattered all illusions of sectional peace. The Kansas-Nebraska Act…

The Symbolical Head, Illustrating All the Phrenology

The Symbolical Head, Illustrating All the Phrenology

Credit: Library of Congress Media type: print Museum Number: LC-USZ62-100747 Year: 1842

The Secretary of War Presenting a Stand of Colours

The Secretary of War Presenting a Stand of Colours

Credit: Library of Congress Media type: political cartoon Museum Number: LC-USZ62-91404 Year: 1840

Effects of the Fugitive-Slave-Law

Effects of the Fugitive-Slave-Law

Credit: Library of Congress Media type: political cartoon Museum Number: LC-USZC4-4550 Year: 1850

Practical Illustration of the Fugitive Slave Law

Practical Illustration of the Fugitive Slave Law

Credit: Library of Congress Media type: political cartoon Museum Number: LC-USZ62-28755 Year: 1851

Amelia Bloomer

Amelia Bloomer

Credit: US National Park Service Media type: photograph Museum Number: Year: 1860

Harpers Ferry Armory, Main Entrance

Harpers Ferry Armory, Main Entrance

Credit: US National Park Service Media type: photograph Museum Number: Year: 1862

John Brown

John Brown

Credit: Library of Congress Media type: photograph Museum Number: LC-USZ62-2472 Year: 1859

The Falls Of The Kaaterskill

The Falls Of The Kaaterskill

Credit: The Warner Collection of Gulf States Paper Corporation, Tuscaloosa, Alabama Media type: painting Museum Number: Year: 1826

The Lackawanna Valley

The Lackawanna Valley

Credit: National Gallery of Art Media type: painting Museum Number: Annotation: Innes, Lackawanna Valley Year: 1855

Kindred Spirits

Kindred Spirits

Credit: The New York Public Library Media type: painting Museum Number: Year: 1849

River View With Factory

River View With Factory

Credit: Library of Congress Media type: painting Museum Number: LC-USZC4-5943 Year: 1857

Captured By Indians

Captured By Indians

Credit: The Saint Louis Art Museum. Bequest of Arthur C. Hoskins Media type: painting Museum Number: Year: 1848

Dancing For Eels

Dancing For Eels

Credit: Library of Congress Media type: painting Museum Number: LC-USZC4-4542 Annotation: Scene from a Play Year: 1848