Awards; Rewards of Merit; Political parties; Partisan politics; Political organizations; Political patronage; Municipal government
A pen and ink drawing of Tammany Hall in New York City. The three-story building is located on a street corner. The inscription reads: "Tammany Hall, New York City, where Andrew Jackson attended a public dinner on February 23, 1819. Collection of...
Broadside advertising Jose Greco and his company of Spanish Dancers performing at the Grand Ole Opry. The ad features reviews of this show from the "N. Y. Journal-American" and "Life" Magazine.
Broadside program for a dinner honoring Samuel Langhorne Clemens (aka Mark Twain) featuring a steamship's wheel with the titles of Twain's writings, images of steamships, a writer's quill, and a photograph of Twain with a "Lotos" flower. It also...
Composite photograph of sixty-six graduates of the Fisk University Class of 1928. Head and shoulder photos are set in ovals. Class officers are listed first, then men, then women. Class officers include William H. Fort, Jr., Preston A. Merry,...
Steel engraving of President Andrew Johnson by John C. McRae, engraver, with Johnson's autograph and the quote, "The Duties are Mine. I will Perform Them Trusting in God." Depictions of various scenes from Johnson's life surround his portrait. ...
This page lists one contact name. Mitchener has written, "D. C. Van Weelden/Nyack, N.Y. (30 Mi. N of N.Y. in Hudson Valley). Contact concerning Alaska." The page has a cut-out piece of cardboard with Lt. Mitchener's name on it. In addition to his...
Sheet Music covers; Songs; Ballads; Campaigns & battles; Battlefields
Eight-page sheet music with a full color cover. On the cover is a color reproduction of Pickett's famous charge at Gettysburg. Companies selling this music are listed on the front cover.
Faded red velvet cockade, housed within a folded sheet of paper. Staining marks the imprint of the rosette on both sides of the folded paper. Written at the top card is "Secession Cockade C.S.A., M.E.Y." Notation in the middle is believed to...
A letter from J. W. Huline (?) to his cousin, Mary (Mollie) Pearre. Huline was a prisoner of war in Elmira, New York., Ward 38, Barricks No. 3. See Mary L. Pearre Diary & Photographs, TSLA Microfilm # 1957.
Washington County, New York General Affidavit in the matter of a pension claim of Amos P. Ingrohaus stating that his son, John H. Ingrohaus, was not killed in the Battle of Fair Oaks. John Ingrohaus was a member of Company l, 96th Regiment N. Y....
Letter from B. J. Semmes, Office Chief of the Depot Commissary, Army of Tennessee Headquarters near Chattanooga, reporting to Colonel L. B. Northrop, Commissary General, in Richmond, Virginia, on returns and abstracts of provisions, accounts,...
A fold-out chart, with illustrations, of threshing and other farm equipment manufactured by Minard Harder of Cobleskill, N.Y. Included is price chart, testimonials of satisfied customers, and illustraions of the awards won by the Minard Harder...
Etching of the City Hotel, New York, where a grand ball was given for General Jackson on February 22, 1819. This item is a part of the New York Historical Society collections.
City & town halls; Government facilities; Municipal government; Awards; Rewards of Merit
A pen and ink drawing of the front entrance of the New York City Hall. There are several citizens in front of the building. The inscription reads: "City Hall, New York City, where Andrew Jackson was presented with the Freedom of the City, Feb. 23,...
Advertisement for a lecture by three-term governor Bob Taylor to be held at the Opera House. A publicity photo of Taylor occupies most of the space, with the notation that the event is produced under the exclusive direction of the Rice Bureau.
Poster giving details of a mass protest meeting to be given in support of "Negro and white workers." The poster also serves as a petition for unemployment insurance.
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llustration depicting the failed impeachment proceedings against President Andrew Johnson, in which Radical Republicans are represented by a dead horse. Several individuals involved in the proceedings hold their noses against the "smell," including...
