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Antietam, Battle of, Md., 1862. Dedicated in 1867, Antietam National Cemetery, located within the boundaries of the Antietam National Battlefield, is the final resting place for more than 4,700 Union soldiers killed at the Battle of Antietam and on…

These images are of the Woman's Building at the Chicago World's Columbian Exposition of 1893. The images are  from the book Art and Handicraft in the Woman's Building of the World's Columbian Exposition Chicago, 1893. The first is a photograph of the…

In this photograph, there is interesting focus on the non-spectacular of the circus—there are no large crowds, the tents are in the background, and no performers are presenter. What is spectacular is simply the sheer number of horses in comparison to…

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These two photographs are the labor strike at the Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus on June 22, 1938. The circus executive John Ringling North informed his employees that all of the circus would have to take a 25% pay cut because the circus…

Chromolithograph by Thomas Nast. Nast was a famous cartoonist in the nineteenth century. This image was first published in Harper's Weekly, Jamuary 24, 1864.  It was reproduced as a chromolithograph and sold at the Great Central Fair, also know as…

Nast cartoon shows the variety of ways the press obtained information and the full circle of the process from obtaining the news to reading it at camp and at home. Image includes receipt of information from soldier and from escaped slaves joining…