Prohibition and Emancipation Imagery

Historical menus and proclamations reflecting significant events in U.S. history, featuring patriotic symbols, notable figures, and themes of freedom and sobriety.

Presidential Campaign, 1864, Candidates for President and Vice-President of United States, Election, Tuesday, November 8, 1864, H.H. Lloyd & Co. Publisher, 1864

Republican Candidates. For President, Theo. Roosevelt. For Vice President, Chas. W. Fairbanks, Famous Americans

Glory! glory! hallelujah!, Oliver Ditson & Co., Boston, 1861., United States, History, Civil War, 1861-1865, Songs and music, Brown, John, 1800-1859, Songs and music, Ellsworth, E. E. (Elmer Ephraim), 1837-1861, Songs and music, Choruses, Secular (Mixed voices, 4 parts) with piano, Songs with piano, Popular Songs of the Day, Songs and Music, War and Conflict, Civil War and Reconstruction (1861-1877), Music associated with the Union side, sheet music

The socialist party 1904.

What is life or rest to me so long as I have a commission direct from God Almighty to act against slavery , Antislavery movements, Massachusetts, Boston, Slavery, United States, History, Boston Mass., History

Campaign Poster, Centennial Election, The Republican Nominees, Rutherford B. Hayes for President, William A. Wheeler for Vice President, Published by Krebs Lith. Co., Cincinnati, OH, 1876

Union and liberty forever, Perkins, W. O. (composer), Perkins, W. O. (lyricist), Oliver Ditson & Co, Boston, 1864., United States, History, Civil War, 1861-1865, Songs and music, Choruses, Secular (Mixed voices, 4 parts) with piano, Popular Songs of the Day, Songs and Music, War and Conflict, Civil War and Reconstruction (1861-1877), Music associated with the Union side, sheet music

Black Heritage from the Schomburg Collection. Posters. 1975-02-04 - 1975-03-02. Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, Art and Artifacts Division. Special events , New York (N.Y.), African Americans, Blacks, Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, New York (N.Y.), Wheatley, Phillis, 1753-1784

Englishmen hide behind a mountain of telegrams and reports, 1877, 1877 - 1880 print Two English soldiers hide behind a mountain of telegrams and reports for the British public opinion on the annexation of Transvaal and the slave trade. Part of the series of eleven cartoons on the British annexation of Transvaal in 1877. South Africa (Possible) paper slave-trade Transvaal

Plan view of a SLAVER published in 1848, but based on a sketch of 1823 or 1824 in the possession of a Captain of a Royal Navy vessel. He said that when the slaver was captured some of the captives were dead and others dying. Of those who were alive, many had flesh rotting and crawling with maggots because they had been in cramped conditions for so long.

The Radical Convention in Philadelphia 1866. A racist poster attacking Republican gubernatorial candidate John White Geary for his support of black suffrage.

The whole story in a nutshell! , Free trade, United States, Protectionism, United States, Political campaigns, United States, History, 19th century, Maps, United States, Maps, Cleveland, Grover, 1837-1908, Harrison, Benjamin, 1833-1901 Norman B. Leventhal Map Center Collection

Frontispiece. Prints, Frontispieces. 1831. Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, Manuscripts, Archives and Rare Books Division. Southampton Insurrection, 1831

Lansing, Michigan, The Michigan History Museum. A poster advertises an 1856 Republican Party convention opposing slavery

Gen. Lee's quick march, Young, Charles (composer), A. E. Blackmar, New Orleans, 1865., United States, History, Civil War, 1861-1865, Songs and music, Piano music, Quicksteps, Marches (Piano), Lee, Robert E. (Robert Edward), 1807-1870, Portraits, Lee, Robert E. (Robert Edward), 1807-1870, Songs and music, Generals, Confederate States of America, Songs and music, Popular Songs of the Day, Songs and Music, War and Conflict, Civil War and Reconstruction (1861-1877), Music associated with the Confederate side, sheet music

Jinnoowine i.e. "genuine" Johnson ticket. "Carrying the war into Africa" | Library of Congress

West india emancipation : celebration at Framingham. , Antislavery movements, Massachusetts, Slavery, West Indies, West Indies, History

Freedom, truth and right, grand march / Lith. of Sarony, Major & Knapp, New York. Copyright by E.A. Daggett, No. 5. United States, History, Civil War, 1861-1865, Songs & music, Military standards, American, 1860-1870.

Lexington slave dealers' advertisements, 1859.. Illustrations. 1940. Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, Jean Blackwell Hutson Research and Reference Division. Slavery , Kentucky

Protection Benefits the Whole People - For Vice President - Levi Morton of New York - 1888 and 1892 Presidential Campaigns - Benjamin Harrison for President

The plot exploded! : John H. Pearson & the bloodhounds : the Vigilance Committee give their fellow citizens to understand that they have for several days known the plan by which Thomas Sims... is to be dragged back from the soil of Massachusetts without trial , Antislavery movements, Massachusetts, Boston, Fugitive slaves, Legal status, laws, etc., United States, United States. Fugitive slave law 1850, ,Sims, Thomas, approximately 1834-

Paris, France displays left republican block for the legislative elections of November 1919 , (French - Paris , France Affiche du Bloc républicain de gauche pour les élections législatives de novembre 1919). Poster, Political Party, Election , Investiture, Registration , Information, Political Life, France, Paris, posters for the legislative elections

General Pennypacker's quickstep, Stradella, Wm. F. (composer), Lee & Walker, Philadelphia, 1869., United States, History, Civil War, 1861-1865, Songs and music, Piano music, Quicksteps, Pennypacker, Galusha, 1844-1916, Songs and music, Pennypacker, Galusha, 1844-1916, Portraits, Sheet music, Catalogs, Popular Songs of the Day, Songs and Music, War and Conflict, Civil War and Reconstruction (1861-1877), Music associated with the Union side, sheet music

The Atlantic slave trade or transatlantic slave trade took place across the Atlantic Ocean from the 16th through to the 19th centuries. The vast majority of those enslaved that were transported to the New World, many on the triangular trade route and its Middle Passage, were West Africans from the central and western parts of the continent sold by western Africans to western European slave traders, or by direct European capture to the Americas. The numbers were so great that Africans who came by way of the slave trade became the most numerous Old World immigrants in both North and South America before the late 18th century. Far more slaves were taken to South America than to the north. The South Atlantic economic system centered on producing commodity crops, and making goods and clothing to sell in Europe, and increasing the numbers of African slaves brought to the New World.

Our soldiers' last march, Parkhurst, E. A. (composer), Horace Waters, New York, 1865., United States, History, Civil War, 1861-1865, Songs and music, Piano music, Marches (Piano), Sheet music, Catalogs, United States. Army. New York Infantry Regiment, 139th (1862-1865), Songs and music, Haynes, Dudley W., Songs and music, Dawson, Henry, b. 1833 or 4-, Songs and music, Baldwin, George R. G., Songs and music, United States, History, Civil War, 1861-1865, Peace, Songs and music, Popular Songs of the Day, Songs and Music, War and Conflict, Civil War and Reconstruction (1861-1877), Music associated with the Union side, sheet music

God save our country's flag, Porter, John S. (composer), J. C. Woods, Columbus, 1861., United States, History, Civil War, 1861-1865, Songs and music, Flags, United States, Songs and music, Choruses, Secular (Mixed voices, 4 parts) with piano, Popular Songs of the Day, Songs and Music, War and Conflict, Civil War and Reconstruction (1861-1877), Music associated with the Union side, sheet music

Nash's monument. Prints. 1770 - 1880. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Print Collection. Nash, Francis, 1742-1777 , Monuments

Aloysius Huber proclaims the dissolution of the National Assembly on May 15, 1848 (dummy title) Aloysius Huber proclaims the dissolution of the National Assembly on May 15th. Copper White, 1848.

Union Army recruiting poster, ca. 1861

Anti-Texas meeting at Faneuil Hall! Friends of freedom! A proposition has been made, and will soon come up for consideration in the United States, to annex Texas to the Union ... Bostonians! Friends of freedom!! Let your voices be heard in loud | Library of Congress

THANKSGIVING DAY BREAKFAST, DINNER & SUPPER held by INDIANA STATE SOLDIERS' HOME at "LA FAYETTE,INDIANA" (SOLDIERS' HOME). Buttolph, Frank, 1850-1924. Menus. 1906. Rare Book Division

America and Massachusetts needs experienced officials now! , Legislators, Capitols, Political elections, Massachusetts State House Boston, Mass., Tichnor Brothers Collection, postcards of the United States

A boy of the first empire, issued between 1895 and 1911. The image is associated with the publishing industry and is categorized as a poster from America

Union labor party banner - Alson Streeter for President, Charles Cuningham for Vice President - 1888 USA Presidential Election

John Marshall. Original caption: John Marshall 1775-1835 One of the outstanding proponents for the Ratification of the Federal Constitution by the State of Virginia.

We're marching down to dixie's land, Locke, E. W. (composer), Ascher, Gustave (arranger), Locke, E. W. (lyricist), S. T. Gordon, New York, 1862., United States, History, Civil War, 1861-1865, Songs and music, Choruses, Secular (Mixed voices, 4 parts) with piano, United States, History, Civil War, 1861-1865, Campaigns, Songs and music, Popular Songs of the Day, Songs and Music, War and Conflict, Civil War and Reconstruction (1861-1877), Music associated with the Union side, sheet music

Public meeting : kidnappers in Boston : Men of Boston, one of your fellow citizens was last night seized by slave-hunters... assemble without arms in front of the State House... this Friday afternoon to consult for the public good! , Antislavery movements, Massachusetts, Boston, Fugitive slaves, Legal status, laws, etc., United States, United States. Fugitive slave law 1850

Three hundred thousand more!, Poulton, George R. (composer), Joseph P. Shaw, Rochester, 1862., United States, History, Civil War, 1861-1865, Songs and music, Choruses, Secular (Mixed voices, 4 parts) with piano, Sheet music, Catalogs, Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865, Songs and music, United States. Army, Recruiting, enlistment, etc., Songs and music, Popular Songs of the Day, Songs and Music, War and Conflict, Civil War and Reconstruction (1861-1877), Music associated with the Union side, sheet music

America and Massachusetts needs experienced officials now! , Legislators, Capitols, Political elections, Massachusetts State House Boston, Mass., Tichnor Brothers Collection, postcards of the United States

Notice. The Dutches county anti-slavery society. First annual meeting. April 22, 1839. United States.

An advertisement for the Pennsylvania lawn mower. Dated 19th century

Scribner's: February. Artist: Ernest Haskell (American, Woodstock, Connecticut 1876-1925 West Point, Maine). Dimensions: Sheet: 21 7/16 × 14 1/8 in. (54.5 × 35.8 cm). Printer: J. Ottmann Lithographic Company (New York). Publisher: Charles Scribner's Sons (New York, NY). Date: 1899. Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA.

BANQUET AND JUBILEE FOR HON.NEAL DOW held by MASSACHUSETTS PROHIBITION STATE COMMITTEE at "TREMONT TEMPLE,BOSTON MASS" (OTHER (MEETING HALL);). Buttolph, Frank, 1850-1924. Menus. 1897. Rare Book Division

1864 USA Presidential Poster - National Union Ticket Abraham Lincoln and Andrew Johnson - Republican Party

Historical trading stamp, German, "1813 Die drei Monarchen waehrend der Voelkerschlacht, 1913, Globus Putz-Extract, Geolin Metallputz, Globin Schuhcreme, haben sich die Welt erobert, Fritz Schulz jun. Akt-Ges Leipzig, Serie 1913, Gesetzl. gesch., No 1"

Address of Governor Clinton upon mingling the waters of Lake Erie with the Atlantic, 1825., 1825., New York. Publisher, Printed by order of the corporation of New York, Erie Canal (N.Y.)

Historic American Agriculturist Advertisement From Late 19th Century.

Funeral march to the memory of Abraham Lincoln, Parkhurst, E. A. (composer), Horace Waters, New York, 1865., United States, History, Civil War, 1861-1865, Songs and music, Piano music, Marches (Piano), Funeral music, Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865, Death and burial, Songs and music, Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865, Portraits, Sheet music, Catalogs, Popular Songs of the Day, Songs and Music, War and Conflict, Civil War and Reconstruction (1861-1877), Music associated with the Union side, sheet music

Text of The Gettysburg Address delivered by Abraham Lincoln on 19 November 1863 at the dedication of the Soldiers National Cemetery at Gettysburg on the site of the American Civil War battle with the greatest number of casualties.

Atlas of Delaware Co., New York" Cartographic. Atlases, Maps. 1869. Lionel Pincus and Princess Firyal Map Division. Delaware County (N.Y.)

Elect him your representative, George W. Gold , Legislators, Capitols, Political elections, Massachusetts State House Boston, Mass., Tichnor Brothers Collection, postcards of the United States

Ropemakers Arms, 1825., New York; Publisher, Printed by order of the corporation of New York; Erie Canal (N.Y.), 1 print; 15.3 x 15 cm

11NTH ANNUAL BANQUET held by CONFEDERATE VETERAN CAMP OF NEW YORK at "WALDORF-ASTORIA, NY" (HOTEL). Buttolph, Frank, 1850-1924. Menus. 1901. Rare Book Division

13TH ANNUAL DINNER held by THE ASSOCIATED PIONEERS OF THE TERRITORIAL DAYS OF CALIFORNIA at "MARTINELLI'S, NY" (REST.). Buttolph, Frank, 1850-1924. Menus. 1888. Rare Book Division

Vote for uncle Abe, Winkle, Pip (composer), Reed's Temple of Music, Chicago, 1864., United States, History, Civil War, 1861-1865, Songs and music, Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865, Songs and music, Campaign songs, United States, Political ballads and songs, United States, Presidents, United States, Election, 1864, Songs and music, Popular Songs of the Day, Songs and Music, War and Conflict, Civil War and Reconstruction (1861-1877), Music associated with the Union side, sheet music

Famous adventures and prison escapes of the civil war , Prison escapes, Prison guards, Prisoners, Books

Advertisement for the Lewis and Clark Exposition, with railway travel, 1905

U. S. S. Texas. 1916. Buttolph, Frank, 1850-1924. text. Menus. Rare Book Division

Daily Boston standard for sale by all live dealers , Flags, Periodicals

TARIFF, FREIGHT AND TARIFF OFFICIALS OF US EN ROUTE TO MEET WITH TRAFFIC OFFICIALS OF RAILWAY OF MEXICO held by MEXICAN AMERICAN STEAMSHIP CO. at EN ROUTE ABOARD THE CITY OF MEXICO (SS;). Buttolph, Frank, 1850-1924. Menus. 1907. Rare Book Division

General Sigel's grand march, Martin, T. J. (composer), S. Brainard & Co., Cleveland, 1862., United States, History, Civil War, 1861-1865, Songs and music, Piano music, Marches (Piano), Sigel, Franz, 1824-1902, Songs and music, Sheet music, Catalogs, Popular music, United States, To 1901, Texts, Popular Songs of the Day, Songs and Music, War and Conflict, Civil War and Reconstruction (1861-1877), Music associated with the Union side, sheet music

Should hands be clasped in prayer or clenched in aggression A visual rumination on how hands can express peace, anger and reconciliation or friendship. Date: 19th century

Grand march of the Southern Confederacy, Gleffer, J. E. (composer), 1861., United States, History, Civil War, 1861-1865, Songs and music, Piano music, Marches (Piano), Confederate States of America, Songs and music, Popular Songs of the Day, Songs and Music, War and Conflict, Civil War and Reconstruction (1861-1877), Music associated with the Confederate side, sheet music

Daily Boston standard for sale by all live dealers , Flags, Periodicals

A wooden crate more than a century old is shown Aug. 26 , 2022, at the Fort McCoy History Center in the historic Commemorative Area at Fort McCoy, Wis. The crate was donated to Fort McCoy by Alan McCoy of Sparta, Wis., who is the grandson of Maj. Gen. Robert Bruce McCoy for whom Fort McCoy is named after. The crate, which once carried lard buckets, traces back to the time of Camp Emery Upton and Camp Robinson in Wisconsin around 1910.

The Old Union wagon, Lozier, John Hogarth (composer), J. Church Jr., Cincinnati, 1863., United States, History, Civil War, 1861-1865, Songs and music, Choruses, Secular (Mixed voices, 4 parts) with piano, Slaves, Emancipation, United States, Songs and music, United States, History, Civil War, 1861-1865, African Americans, Songs and music, Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865, Songs and music, Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865, Caricatures and cartoons, United States. Army. Indiana Infantry Regiment, 37th (1861-1865), Songs and music, United States, Politics and government, Civil War, 1861-1865, Caricatures and cartoons, Popular Songs of the Day, Songs and Music, War and Conflict, Civil War and Reconstruction (1861-1877), Music associated with the Union side, sheet music

'I don't know what weakness may come over me, but I don't believe I shall ever deny my lord and master, Jesus Christ and I should deny him if I denied my principles against slavery.' , Antislavery movements, Massachusetts, Boston, Slavery, United States, History, Boston Mass., History

God bless our glorious land, Evans, Geo. T. (composer), Booth, Sam (lyricist), M. Gray, San Francisco, 1880., United States, History, Civil War, 1861-1865, Songs and music, Choruses, Secular (Mixed voices, 4 parts) with piano, Popular Songs of the Day, Songs and Music, War and Conflict, Civil War and Reconstruction (1861-1877), Music associated with the Union side, sheet music

National Eight Hour Law Banner, circa 1900

Federal Bureau of Investigation, Department of Justice, Pennsylvania Ave., at 9th Street, Washington, D. C. , Government facilities, Tichnor Brothers Collection, postcards of the United States

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