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Recruiting Poster for New York Mounted Rifles
Recruiting poster for the New York Cavalry, 1st Battalion, Mounted Rifles
Political Cartoon Criticizing the 1867 Alaska Purchase
An American cartoon of 1867 on the Alaska purchase showing Secretary of State William H. Seward and President Andrew Johnson welcoming the representatives of the new territory to Washington, D.C.
Pilgrim Tercentenary Half Dollar
one side of the coin features a pilgrim carrying a Bible, the reverse features the Mayflower, the ship that brought the pilgrims to Massachusetts.
Piece of railroad tie from Promontory, Utah
Saved by Hart Farwell in 1869
Photograph of the exterior of Club Harlem
A large, predominantly African American crowd queues outside of Club Harlem on Kentucky Avenue.
Philadelphia 1876 [graphic] / Chromatic view by C. Inger
A bird's eye view of the 1876 Philadelphia Centennial Exhibition in print form
Page of Scrapbook Belonging to Margaret Wheaton
A page of Margaret Wheaton's scrapbook, made in 1927
Old time fighter John L. Sullivan
A photograph of an aging John L. Sullivan, famous boxer.