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A political cartoon by George Yost Coffin, published on January 26, 1896. The cartoon depicts Elizabeth Cady Stanton and Susan B. Anthony flanking George Washington

Photograph of tourists on the Atlantic City Boardwalk. Upscale stores line the edge. The Traymore Hotel, following its 1915 expansion by William Price, towers above the storefronts.

Photograph of the crowd on the Boardwalk

The Corn Palace, Sioux City, Iowa, 1887. Designed by Edward W. Loft, the structure was made of corn stalks, husks, and silks. It attracted thousands of tourists and promoted Iowa agriculture.

An advertisement for Club Harlem which reads "The Fabulous Club Harlem - The Utmost in Entertainment". Drawings of promiscuously dressed female dancers fame an inset photograph of the Club's marquee.

The Head of Liberty Displayed in a Paris Park

This painting depicts a bride, rolling her eyes and looking clearly displeased and disinterested on her wedding day. This is especially strange considering the popularity and almost necessity for women in the Nineteenth Century to be married. Used on…

The signing of the Alaska Treaty of Cessation on March 30, 1867. L–R: Robert S. Chew, William H. Seward, William Hunter, Mr. Bodisco, Eduard de Stoeckl, Charles Sumner and Frederick W. Seward.

A man who is a three month volunteer comes home but only for long enough for a cup of tea before he must leave again.