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The next candidate for statehood / O'Neill.

Illustration shows Columbia handing a dress labeled "Statehood" to a young woman labeled "New Mexico." Illus. in: Puck, v. 50, no. 1294 (1901 December 18), cover. Copyright 1901 by Keppler & Schwarzmann.

While Commerce spreads her canvas o'er the main, ...

Print shows Columbia with two children being welcomed by Minerva. Public domain scan of 18th-century etching print, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

[Title page ornament] / C.W. Peale delt. ; Thackara & Vallance sculpt.

Print of ornament on the title page of the Universal Asylum and Columbian Magazine shows a female figure representing America sitting amid abundance while enjoying the prosperity of peace. Illus. in: The unive... More

Design for Columbia in lieu of the original figure in the transparency...

Purchase, 1983, (DLC/PP-1983:147.1). Exhibited in "New for You," 1985, Library of Congress.

Columbia trading with all the world

Print shows Columbia as a symbol of the United States engaged in trade with figures representing Africa, Asia, Europe, and South America. Purchase; Boston Rare Maps; 2016; (DLC/PP-2016:090).

Water proof - Print, Library of Congress collection

Print shows a female figure possibly representing Columbia or Commerce, full-length, seated, facing right, wearing a helmet with an eagle(?) with wings spread on top; she is holding a pike with her right hand, ... More

[Civil War envelope showing Columbia with shield and American flag and...

Picryl description: Public domain image of postal stamp, free to use, no copyright restrictions

Original study in oil by Henry Inman of head of Columbia designed for ...

Inscribed in ink on accompanying board: Original study in oil by Henry Inman of head of Columbia designed for U.S. coins. Also inscribed in ink on accompanying board: The above is in the handwriting of H.L.C. ... More

Columbia and her rejected suitor, Political Cartoon

A fond yet sardonic tribute to the aging Massachusetts statesman Daniel Webster, whose final bid for the Whig presidential nomination was defeated by Winfield Scott in 1852. The artist is wryly critical of the... More

P.S. Duval's lithograhpic & color printing estab! Artizans Building Ra...

Print shows a design for an advertisement for P.S. Duval's lithographic establishment in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, designed as an illuminated manuscript leaf with large ornamental initial letter "D" showing a... More

Fillmore Schottisch - Engraving, Public domain image

An emblematic illustrated cover for a piece of Millard Fillmore campaign music, composed by Frederic Southgate and copyrighted in 1856. The figure of Columbia or Liberty, surrounded by clouds and an oval frame,... More

Seventh general Singer Festival in Philad. Pennsylvania 13 to the 16 o...

Print shows as the central image a procession with soldiers, a marching band, and members of various organizations, proceeding through a "triumphal arch", capped with the American and German flags, to Lemon Hil... More

[Miss Columbia with stars-and-stripes shield and eagle]

In album: Benjamin Brown French "Photographs," p. 165. Etching cut from larger sheet. Reference copy in LOT 12251, v. 1. Original in PR 12 LOT 12251.

Mistress Columbia, who has been taking a nap, suddenly wakes up and ca...

Columbia seated at desk at the front of a classroom with members of Congress seated on each side of the room divided by the Mason-Dixon line, the North on the left and the South on the right; there is fighting ... More

We will prove ourselves men - 127th Regt. U.S. Colored Troops

Regimental flag depicting African American soldier standing next to Columbia holding a flag. On verso: D.B. Bowser - Artist - No. 481 North 4th St. Philada. Photograph of painting by Bowser. In album: [U.S. arm... More

Rather die freemen than live to be slaves - 3rd United States Colored ...

Regimental flag depicting African American soldier and Columbia holding an American flag between them. On verso: D.B. Bowser - Artist - No. 481 North 4th St. Philada. Photograph of painting by Bowser. In album:... More

Goddess of Liberty Stacy 691 B'way

Reproduction of a print or painting showing a woman representing Columbia, draped in the U.S. flag and holding a flag. Title supplied from simlar image. "acq. earlier, came w[ith] 792RS group" in pencil on back... More

Civil War envelope showing Columbia with dagger and shield

Addressed to Mr. Wm. Lewis P.M., Lexington, Ohio ; postmarked Ca[...]ton, O., Dec. 27 ; bears 3 cent stamp. Deposit; Tom Liljenquist; 2018; (D074) pp/liljmem

[Civil War envelope showing Columbia with American flag and sword]

Addressed to Sergeant James Reid, Company B, 79th Regiment, Washington, D.C., or elsewhere; postmarked; bears 3 cent and 1 cent stamps. Gift; Tom Liljenquist; 2010; (DLC/PP-2010:105). Forms part of: Liljenquis... More

[Civil War envelope showing portrait of Colonel Horatio Gates Sickel o...

Addressed to Mr. William H. Heft, Richlandtown P.O., Bucks County, Pa.; bears 3 cent stamp; postmarked at Washington, D.C., December 1862. The 32nd Pennsylvania Infantry Regiment was the 3rd of the Pennsylvani... More

[Civil War envelope showing Columbia and American flag with message "C...

Addressed to Mr. George H. Waldron, South Vassalboro, Maine; bears 3 cent stamp; postmarked in Oxford, November 5, 1861. Gift; Tom Liljenquist; 2012; (DLC/PP-2012:127) pp/liljmem

[Civil War envelope showing Columbia with American flag bearing messag...

Addressed to Mr. Wm. Scott, Eldersville, Washington Co., Penn.; postmarked Sep. 24; bears 3 cent stamp. Gift; Tom Liljenquist; 2010; (DLC/PP-2010:105). pp/liljmem

[Civil War envelope showing Columbia with bundle of wheat pointing to ...

Addressed to Mr. Frederick Kemp [?], Rome, Oneida Co., N.Y.; bears 3 cent stamp; postmarked Jan. 4. Gift; Tom Liljenquist; 2012; (DLC/PP-2012:127) pp/liljmem

Civil War envelope showing Columbia and Union sailor with American fla...

Addressed to Mr. Nathaniel Warren, Middleboro, Mass. ; postmarked Washington, Oct. 25 ; bears 3 cent stamp. Deposit; Tom Liljenquist; 2018; (D074) pp/liljmem

Civil War envelope showing Columbia with American flag and state seal ...

Addressed to Jerome Hill Esq., Mannsville, Jefferson Co., New York ; postmarked Cincinnati, O., Nov. 7 ; bears 3 cent stamp. Deposit; Tom Liljenquist; 2018; (D074) Purchased from: Don Tocher, U.S. Classics, Su... More

Civil War envelope showing Columbia holding American flag with message...

Addressed to Miss Anne H. Sanderson, Seneca Falls, N.Y. ; postmarked Elmira, N.Y., Nov. 7 ; bears 3 cent stamp. Deposit; Tom Liljenquist; 2018; (D074) pp/liljmem

[Civil War envelope showing Columbia holding American flag and cornuco...

Addressed to Miss Julia A. Barnes, Granville, Bradford Co., Pa.; bears 3 cent stamp. Verse from song Starry Flag by John Savage: We must keep that flag where it e'er has stood; In front of the free, the wise, ... More

[Civil War envelope showing bust of Columbia encircled with laurel bra...

Addressed to Mr. Emil Fourgerel, No. 16 East Fifth Street, Cincinnati, Ohio; postmarked Newport, R.I., May 23; bears 3 cent stamp. Gift; Tom Liljenquist; 2010; (DLC/PP-2010:105). pp/liljmem

Civil War envelope showing Columbia standing atop cannon and holding A...

Addressed to Mrs. Henretta Rhoad, Troy, Maine ; postmarked Washington, D.C., 1862 ; bears 3 cent stamp. Deposit; Tom Liljenquist; 2018; (D074) pp/liljmem

[Civil War envelope showing Columbia waving American flag and riding o...

Addressed to Isaac French, South Chesterville, Maine; bears 3 cent stamp; postmarked Washington, D.C. Gift; Tom Liljenquist; 2010; (DLC/PP-2010:105). Forms part of: Liljenquist Family Collection of Civil War P... More

[Civil War envelope showing seated Columbia with shield, with message ...

Addressed to Hon. Comptroller of State, Albany, N.Y.; bears 3 cent stamp. Gift; Tom Liljenquist; 2012; (DLC/PP-2012:127). pp/liljmem

Civil War envelope showing Columbia with American flag and state seal ...

Addressed to Charles H. Avery, care of L.C. Hyde, Beloit, Wisconsin ; postmarked Louisville, Ky., Dec. 2[5?] ; bears 3 cent stamp. Deposit; Tom Liljenquist; 2018; (D074) Purchased from: Don Tocher, U.S. Classi... More

Civil War envelope showing Columbia atop cannons surrounded by America...

Addressed to Mr. William P. Clark, Victoria, Knox Co., Ill., ; postmarked Smithland, Ky., April 18 ; bears 3 cent stamp. Deposit; Tom Liljenquist; 2018; (D074) pp/liljmem

[Civil War envelope showing Columbia with American flag, laurel wreath...

Addressed to Annis G. Ames, Temple Mills, Franklin Co., Maine.; postmarked Ship Island, Miss.; bears 3 cent stamp. Gift; Tom Liljenquist; 2010; (DLC/PP-2010:105). pp/liljmem

[Civil War envelope showing Columbia with eagle, American flag, and co...

Addressed to Mr. Thos. Van Sichin, Metuchin [i.e. Metuchen], New Jersey; bears 3 cent stamp; postmarked in Washington, D.C. Gift; Tom Liljenquist; 2012; (DLC/PP-2012:127) pp/liljmem

The Goddess of Liberty. American Civil War 1861-1865.

Photograph shows a woman representing Columbia holding the U.S. flag. Title from another LC copy processed as LOT 14022, no. 62. Deposit; Tom Liljenquist; 2018; (D074) Forms part of: Liljenquist Family Collecti... More

[Civil War envelope showing Columbia, eagle, shield, state seal of New...

Addressed to Mrs. Caleb Lyon, Rossville, Staten Island, N.Y.; bears 3 cent stamp; postmarked Washington, D.C., February 27. Gift; Tom Liljenquist; 2012; (DLC/PP-2012:127) pp/liljmem

[Civil War envelope showing Columbia with Rhode Island state seal, wit...

Addressed to C.F. Young, Esq., Honesdale, Wayne Co., Penn. Gift; Tom Liljenquist; 2012; (DLC/PP-2012:127). pp/liljmem

[Civil War envelope showing Columbia with American flag bearing messag...

Addressed to Mrs. Ruthann Smith, Northridgeway, Orleans, C.C., N.Y.; postmarked; bears 3 cent stamp. Gift; Tom Liljenquist; 2010; (DLC/PP-2010:105). pp/liljmem

[Civil War envelope showing Columbia holding sword and American flag, ...

Addressed to Mr. W.F. McClinton, Biggsvill., Ills.; bears 3 cent stamp. Gift; Tom Liljenquist; 2012; (DLC/PP-2012:127). pp/liljmem

[Civil War envelope showing Columbia with sword and American flag]

Addressed to Mr. A. C. Kline, 824 Walnut St., Philadelphia, Pa.; bears 3 cent stamp; postmarked New York. Gift; Tom Liljenquist; 2010; (DLC/PP-2010:105). Forms part of: Liljenquist Family Collection of Civil W... More

[Detail of "Progress of Civilization" east pediment of the Senate wing...

Photograph of sculpture for pediment, placed outdoors in grounds, showing Columbia with sunburst and eagle.

The copperhead party - in favor of a vigorous prosecution of peace!

Editorial cartoon shows three caricatured Copperheads advancing on Columbia who holds a shield labeled "Union" and a sword. Although Clement Vallandigham was one of the leading members of the Copperhead Party, ... More

[Detail of "Progress of Civilization" east pediment of the Senate wing...

Photograph of sculpture for pediment, placed outdoors in grounds, showing Columbia with sunburst and eagle.

Strike for God and [...] 25th United States Colored Troops

Regimental flag depicting African American soldier standing next to Columbia. On verso: Photographed by B.F. Reimer, No. 624 Arch Street, Philada. Photograph of painting. In album: [U.S. army officers and other... More

Columbia demands her children! - A cartoon of a woman talking to a man

Another cartoon that makes use of Lincoln's well-known fondness for telling jokes. Columbia demanding the return of 500,000 troops. Courtesy of Boston Public Library

Emancipation Proclamation / del., lith. and print. by L. Lipman, Milwa...

Print shows at center the text of the Emancipation Proclamation with vignettes surrounding it; on the left are scenes related to slavery and on the right are scenes showing the benefits attained through freedom... More

Abraham's dream - A drawing of a man laying in bed with a woman

The artist portrays a President tormented by nightmares of defeat in the election of 1864. The print probably appeared late in the campaign. Lincoln was said to have believed in the prophetic importance of drea... More

Pardon. Franchise Columbia. -- "Shall I trust these men, and not this ...

Centerfold prints show Columbia considering why she should pardon Confederate troops who are begging for forgiveness when an African American Union soldier with an amputated leg does not have the right to vote.... More

Pardon. Franchise Columbia. -- "Shall I trust these men, and not his m...

The return home, Confederate States of America.

Illustration showing Columbia asking a returning soldier about her "Wayward Sister" on the road back to "U.S.," as a distant figure representing the Confederacy approaches. Illus. in: Harper's weekly, v. 9, no.... More

To all to whom these presents shall come or may concern know ye, that ...

Print shows Columbia standing at top center holding a sword and an American flag, on her right are Union soldiers and on her left is a large globe, scales of justice, the "Constitution", books, and a large buil... More

Mending the family kettle - Drawing. Public domain image.

Andrew Johnson holds a leaking kettle, labeled "The Reconstructed South", towards a woman representing liberty and Columbia, carrying a baby representing the newly approved 14th Constitutional Amendment. Illus.... More

François Gregoire & Co. enamel of America for beautifying and preservi...

Print shows an advertising broadsheet for "François Gregoire & Co.", with a female figure as Columbia holding an American Flag that is labeled "Enamel of America". Stamped on upper and lower left: From the fil... More

[Columbia and Jonathan at home]

Cartoon shows Columbia (symbolizing the United States) after her marriage to Brother Jonathan (symbolizing U.S. citizens). Columbia gestures sorrowfully towards African Americans (portrayed in ethnic stereotype... More

[The Uprising of the North] - Public domain dedication image

Cartoon shows "a night scene. Columbia stands on a balcony draped with the United States flag, with the American Eagle beside her, wings outspread. She brandishes her sword, and below her, mounted knights salut... More

The British lion disarmed / McLoughlin R(?) sc. ; Th. Nast.

Columbia, holding clippers labeled "Alabama claims", is clipping the claws of the "British" lion; a British flag flies above a fort on cliff in the background with American ships at sea on the left. Illus. in: ... More

Little Sammy and his Indian protégé / C.S.R.

Cartoon showing boy asking Mrs. Columbia to exterminate his Indian protégé. Probably depicting those opposed to U.S. Grant's Indian peace policy. Illustration on page with advertisements. Illus. in: Harper's we... More

[Fontinelle Weller posed as Columbia] - stereocsopic card

Photograph shows a little girl wearing a gown and crown, unfurling an American flag. D2455 U.S. Copyright Office. No. 378. Stereoscopic Treasures.

Charles Sumner / Matt Morgan. - Public domain dedication image

Illustration shows Columbia laying a laurel wreath on the casket of Charles Sumner as African Americans kneel to mourn; an angel in the distance carries a plague stating "Equal rights to all." Illus. in: Frank ... More

Peace insecure - afraid for her life / Th. Nast.

Columbia, clutching a dove to her breast, cowers beneath mock fortifications, a log for a gun barrel, a scarecrow for a soldier, along the coast of America; the flag, upside down, a sign of distress, meekly flu... More

Peace secure - safe and protected / Th. Nast.

Columbia, holding an olive branch, stands tall next to a massive gun barrel on and over which doves sit and fly, in the background, a soldier stands guard beneath the American flag waving in the breeze. Illus. ... More

A belle savage, Columbia (receiving congratulations from all parts of ...

Columbia holding papers of congratulations from William Von Bismarck, Alexander II, V.E. Manuel, United States, Austria, and Poland. Behind her stand some of the men from whom she received the papers. A jester ... More

In remembrance of the one hundredth anniversary of the independence of...

Print showing Columbia sitting on a throne on a pedestal above the words, "And the star spangled banner in triumph still waves o'er the land of the free and the home of the brave." Cameo portraits of all presid... More

American triumph. A. Marschall & Co. American extra dry champagne / Na...

Advertisement for champagne showing a radiant Columbia drinking American champagne, as a scowling older woman, carrying champagne labeled Rheims, leaves for a French ship in the harbor.

A family party - the 200th birthday of the healthiest of Uncle Sam's a...

Print shows Uncle Sam standing at the head of a table at a dinner party in honor of the "Bi-Centennial Celebration of the First German Settlement", with Columbia sitting next to him; around the table are a "Spa... More

Thanksgiving / J. Keppler. - Political cartoon, public domain image

Print shows Uncle Sam, Columbia, and Puck sitting at a table, ready to enjoy a Thanksgiving turkey dinner in a gallery with paintings on the wall in the background; Uncle Sam is gesturing toward these paintings... More

The political Sam'ls of Posen / Gillam.

Print shows a large group of political peddlers trying to sell their goods to Columbia as mistress of the house. Among those shown are Samuel J. Tilden selling "Tribulation Toys", Benjamin F. Butler with "Elast... More

The great floods of 1883 - Germany's need and America's aid / J. Keppl...

Illustration shows Columbia sitting on a rock on the coast as men bring packages of supplies labeled "From Ohio, Missouri, From New York, [and] California"; just offshore, men pull on the oars of a rowboat lade... More

Men may come, and men may go; but the work of reform shall go on forev...

Illustration shows Columbia standing with Puck's figure for the "Independent" party/vote and Puck who is holding a design drawing for a statue labeled "Reform", which is under construction behind them by "D.W. ... More

Theodore Roosevelt - Bottom's dream, Political Cartoon

Illustration shows Puck's stereotypical Irishman labeled "Democracy" in the role of "Bottom" from Shakespeare's "Midsummer Night's Dream", with Puck holding the head of an ass above him. He is holding a paper t... More

In his second childhood / F. Graetz.

Illustration shows "Germania" and "Columbia" holding hands above and behind a child-like Otto von Bismarck who is tearing papers labeled "Lasker Resolution" while sitting on the floor among other torn papers la... More

Our statue of Liberty--she can stand it

Caricature showing "socialism," "anarchism," "georgeism," boycott," "communism" and "intolerance" trying to bring down the Statue of Liberty with ropes and dynamite. Illus. in: Puck, v. 20, 1886 Oct. 27, pp. 138-139.

Liberty is not anarchy / Th. Nast.

Print shows the hands of Columbia(?) holding, in her left hand, a sword labeled U.S., and in her right, a handful of anarchists. Illus. in: Harper's weekly, v. 30, no. 1550 (1886 September 4), p. 564.

[An exacting housekeeper] - Public domain scan / drawing

President Grover Cleveland busily sweeps dirt from the front door of the White House. His back is turned toward an angry Columbia, who castigates him for ignoring a garland labeled "Stock Tele[-]" lying beneat... More

The queen of industry, or the new south / Th. Nast.

Cover illustration shows a man labeled "King Cotton" leaning against a bale of cotton and stomping on the back of a slave in 1861, textile mills spewing smoke as African Americans pick cotton in 1882, and Colum... More

Harrison and Reid, and the people

The drawing shows Columbia, the female figure of America, in a feathered crown, standing before a throne atop a pedestal leaning on a fasces. Two of its rods are labeled "S.C." and "Mass.," and are tied togeth... More

"Come in, boys, warm up, and have a little Christmas cheer!" / C.J. Ta...

Print shows Columbia welcoming a group of ragged politicians, mostly Democrats, some no longer in office, and newspaper editors, to come in from the cold winter night and warm themselves by the fire and enjoy s... More

Another hide to be taken / Dalrymple.

Print shows a wolf wearing a red cape labeled "Hard Times 1893", standing on a rock outside a gate labeled "U.S." with Uncle Sam standing inside the gate and pointing a rifle labeled "Business Revival" at the w... More

"Who laughs last laughs best" / Dalrymple.

Print shows Grover Cleveland driving a stagecoach labeled "Administration Coach" carrying "Columbia" and being pulled by two horses labeled "Honest Principles" and "Sound Policy"; it is stuck in a hole labeled ... More

America's partisan "patriots" / C.J. Taylor., Political Cartoon

Print shows Benjamin Harrison pointing to himself, John Sherman with a sign that states "The Sherman Bill Did It!", William McKinley holding a sign that states "The McKinley Bill Did It!", and Thomas B. Reed po... More

Puck's valentines for 1894 / F. Opper. Joseph Pulitzer

Print shows a vignette cartoon with, at center, Uncle Sam and President Cleveland shaking hands, a portrait of Liliuokalani, Queen of Hawaii, is in the background; the surrounding vignettes feature a cast of ch... More

Declined with thanks / J.S. Pughe., Political Cartoon

Print shows Pope Leo XIII holding out his robe labeled "Catholicism" and bowing to Columbia who politely returns the bow and declines the offer to shelter under his robe; behind Leo XIII is "St. Peters" at the ... More

Peace jubilee of the American union glee club / K. & J.S.P.

Print shows Puck conducting a group of singers on a stage as they sing "The Star Spangled Banner"; depicted are "Palmer, Buckner, Johnson, Levering, Watson, Bryan, Sewall, Mrs. Lease, McKinley, [and] Hobart". M... More

Citizens for trouble-making only / Keppler.

Print shows Columbia standing with two "troublemakers" labeled "Cuban Filibuster" and "Irish Agitator" hiding behind her skirt; they are holding papers that state "Certificate of U.S. Citizenship". Illus. from... More

Caricature, Proud of her boys / Ehrhart., public domain cartoon image

Print shows Columbia standing between an American sailor and an American soldier, during the Spanish-American War. Illus. from Puck, v. 43, no. 1115, (1898 July 20), cover. Copyright 1898 by Keppler & Schwarzmann.

A union in the interest of humanity - civilization - freedom and peace...

Poster showing personifications of America (Columbia and Uncle Sam) and Great Britain (Britannia and John Bull) holding hands in friendship, with vignettes of naval battles. Copyright by the Donaldson Litho Co.... More

After many years / Dalrymple. - Political cartoon, public domain image

Print shows Britannia and Columbia shaking hands from the bows of British and American battleships; dark clouds behind Britannia are labeled "Eastern Question" and behind Columbia are the dark clouds of war lab... More

They can't be hitched to the same carriage J.S. Pughe

Print shows President William McKinley at the reins of a carriage labeled "Administration" carrying Uncle Sam and Columbia; three men labeled "Hanna, Lodge, [and] Dingley" are having difficulty harnessing two u... More

"Tempora mutantur," etc. / K. - Public domain dedication image

Print shows Columbia and Britannia placing laurel wreaths at a monument for Thomas F. Bayard that states "Bayard who earnestly fought to promote good feeling between England and the United States and for which ... More

A trifle embarrassed / Keppler., Political Cartoon

Print shows Uncle Sam and Columbia standing at the entrance to the "U.S. Foundling Asylum" as a basket of crying children labeled "Puerto Rico, Cuba, Hawaii, [and] Philippine" is presented to them by arms label... More

Japan makes her début under Columbia's auspices / Keppler.

Print shows Columbia introducing "Japan" to Britannia as a group of women labeled "Russia, Turkey, Italy, Austria, Spain, [and] France" gather around, with Minerva is sitting on the left; a woman labeled "China... More

The parade of the pigmies / K. - Public domain portrait print

Print shows Uncle Sam and Columbia observing from a viewing stand on the right and a group of American military officers observing from a viewing stand on the left, a small group of elderly men parading with a ... More

Our Christmas tree / Keppler. - Political cartoon, public domain image

Print shows Uncle Sam and Columbia taking Christmas presents off a Christmas tree and distributing them to Native children labeled "Hawaii, Samoa, Puerto Rico, Cuba, [and] Philippine". Illus. from Puck, v. 46,... More

Puck magazine cover - "Barking dogs never bite" / Dalrymple.

Illustration shows President McKinley walking onto the White House grounds with a woman labeled "Prosperity", passing a group of barking dogs labeled "Anti-prosperity," "Silverites," "Anti-trust," "Anti-expansi... More

"Hurrah! The country is saved again!" / J.S. Pughe.

Illustration shows Uncle Sam and Columbia dancing in a line with figures representing "Cuba, Porto Rico, Labor, Capital, Farmer, Philippines, [and] Hawaii" at the entrance to the grounds of the U.S. Capitol, vi... More

Impudence / Ehrhart. - Drawing. Public domain image.

Illustration shows William Jennings Bryan offering his small, ineffective umbrella labeled "16 to 1," "Anti-trust," and "Anti-Expansion," to a woman labeled "Columbia" who is carrying a more effective umbrella ... More

George Winter Brewing Co. bock beer. Brewery 55th St. betw. 2d & 3d Av...

Poster showing Columbia raising a glass of beer, posed with a keg and a billy goat, the symbol of bock beer.

Caricature, Pan-American Puck / Ehrhart., public domain cartoon image

Illustration shows Columbia welcoming a woman labeled "South America" to the Pan-American Exposition in Buffalo, New York. Illus. in: Puck, v. 49, no. 1262 (1901 May 8), Pan-American cover. Copyright 1901 by K... More

Columbia's Easter bonnet / Ehrhart after a sketch by Dalrymple.

Illustration shows Columbia adjusting her bonnet, which is a battleship labeled "World Power" with two guns labeled "Army" and "Navy"; it is spewing thick black smoke labeled "Expansion." She is inserting a tin... More

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