Honorable Jas. Cameron Allen. Mathew Brady photograph of American Civi...
Title from unverified information on negative sleeve. M.C. Ill. (Presented credentials as a Member elect to 34th Congress and served from March 4, 1855 to July 18, 1856 when the House decided he was not entitle... More
Abraham Lincoln papers: Series 1. General Correspondence. 1833-1916: A...
Illinois Popular Votes for Congressmen, State Treasurer and Legislators
Abraham Lincoln papers: Series 1. General Correspondence. 1833-1916: A...
List of Votes in Northern Illinois County, 1856 and 1858
Abraham Lincoln papers: Series 1. General Correspondence. 1833-1916: A...
Notes on Illinois Election Laws
Abraham Lincoln papers: Series 1. General Correspondence. 1833-1916: C...
Poster for Republican meeting
[Excerpt of Lincoln's speech, final debate with Stephen A. Douglas fro...
Illus. in: Alfred Whital Stern Coll. of Lincolniana. Reference copy may be available in Pres. File. This record contains unverified, old data from caption card. Caption card tracings: Pres. Elections 1858; PI; ... More
Honorable Stephen A. Douglas: of Illinois, national democratic candida...
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Abraham Lincoln papers: Series 1. General Correspondence. 1833-1916: A...
Editorial in Illinois State Journal on appointing Southerners to cabinet
Ager vs. information Young America politics.
Illustrations showing (1) a stranger interviews an Illinois native about Abraham Lincoln and the native goes into an "ager shake" (malarial chills); and (2) children discuss whom their fathers will vote for in ... More
[Abraham Lincoln, candidate for U.S. president, half-length portrait, ...
Photo shows presidential candidate Abraham Lincoln in Springfield, Illinois, two days after he won his party's nomination. (Source: Ostendorf, p. 42.) The Library's print is a copy of an ambrotype. As a result,... More
Abraham Lincoln papers: Series 1. General Correspondence. 1833-1916: S...
Volunteer to accompany Lincoln to Washington
Abraham Lincoln papers: Series 1. General Correspondence. 1833-1916: D...
Efforts in Illinois campaign
[Abraham Lincoln, candidate for U.S. president, half-length portrait, ...
Photo shows presidential candidate Abraham Lincoln in Springfield, Illinois, two days after he won his party's nomination. (Source: Ostendorf, p. 42-3.) Title devised by Library staff Previously attributed to W... More
Abraham Lincoln papers: Series 1. General Correspondence. 1833-1916: M...
Requests immediate removal of Chicago postmaster
Abraham Lincoln papers: Series 1. General Correspondence. 1833-1916: I...
Telegram reporting Illinois election results
Abraham Lincoln papers: Series 1. General Correspondence. 1833-1916: M...
Telegram reporting Illinois election results
Abraham Lincoln papers: Series 1. General Correspondence. 1833-1916: J...
Sends resolutions of Chicago Strong Band
Abraham Lincoln papers: Series 1. General Correspondence. 1833-1916: J...
Sends resolutions of Illinois Legislature
Abraham Lincoln papers: Series 1. General Correspondence. 1833-1916: J...
Telegram reporting Springfield, Illinois election returns
Abraham Lincoln papers: Series 1. General Correspondence. 1833-1916: J...
Telegram reporting Illinois election results
Abraham Lincoln papers: Series 1. General Correspondence. 1833-1916: J...
Telegram reporting Illinois election results
Little Mac's double feat of equitation
During the 1864 presidential campaign a popular analogy was drawn between Democratic presidential candidate George B. McClellan and an acrobat uneasily straddling two horses at once. The artist here portrays th... More
Abraham Lincoln papers: Series 1. General Correspondence. 1833-1916: I...
Requests message to annual meeting of Chicago Soldiers Home
George Hunt - Democracy. 1832. 1864., Confederate States of America.
Two scenes contrast Democratic presidential candidate of 1832 Andrew Jackson and 1864 George B. McClellan. McClellan is portrayed as weak and conciliatory toward the South, whereas his earlier counterpart's st... More
Abraham Lincoln papers: Series 1. General Correspondence. 1833-1916: J...
Telegram reporting Springfield, Illinois election results
The political "Siamese" twins, the offspring of Chicago miscegenation
The unlikely teaming of military leader George B. McClellan with Peace Democrat (Copperhead) George Hunt Pendleton as presidential and vice presidential candidates in the 1864 election is ridiculed here. The ar... More
Abraham Lincoln papers: Series 1. General Correspondence. 1833-1916: P...
Telegram reporting Illinois election results
George Hunt - Little Mac's double feat of equitation
During the 1864 presidential campaign a popular analogy was drawn between Democratic presidential candidate George B. McClellan and an acrobat uneasily straddling two horses at once. The artist here portrays th... More
Abraham Lincoln papers: Series 1. General Correspondence. 1833-1916: J...
Request photograph for Chicago Sanitary Fair
Republican National convention at Chicago, June 2, 1880 Independent Am...
Photograph shows the President, delegates, reporters, prominent men on the platform, and the visitors' gallery watching as Gen. Garfield delivers a speech to hundreds of attendees at the National Republican con... More
A weak ticket in the field - and a weaker expected--If the Republicans...
Cartoon showing James A. Garfield and Chester Arthur standing on the left, and Samuel J. Tilden and David Davis standing on the right. Illus. in: Puck, 1880 June 16, vol. 7, p. 257.
With Puck's compliments to the Democratic National Convention at Chica...
Illustration shows Puck holding a portrait of Samuel J. Tilden labeled "Opposed to Kelly 1876 - Carried New York by 32,000 Votes" and a portrait of Winfield Scott Hancock labeled "Supported by Kelly 1880 - Beat... More
The contest of beauty / J. Keppler.
Illustration shows a beauty contest where "First Prize" is the "Presidency". The presidential candidates, all dressed as women, are sitting on raised platforms around which men have gathered to admire their bea... More
"The sleeping party" / Gillam. - Political cartoon, public domain imag...
Illustration shows a woman labeled "Republican Party" asleep in the background, with members of her court, some dressed as women, also asleep, in the foreground; depicted are Whitlaw Reid, Murat Halstead, Russe... More
A hint from the world's fair - why not have a "bureau of public comfor...
Print shows a vignette cartoon with, at center, a place for Republican's to go to commiserate while awaiting the next election with such stalwart Republicans as George F. Edmunds, John Sherman, William M. Evart... More
portrait from "The Story of Chicago. (Vol. II. by J. Kirkland and C. K...
This image has been taken from scan 000307 from volume 01 of "The Story of Chicago. (Vol. II. by J. Kirkland and C. Kirkland, 1894.)". The title and subject terms of this image have been generated from tags, cr... More
portrait from "The Story of Chicago. (Vol. II. by J. Kirkland and C. K...
This image has been taken from scan 000139 from volume 01 of "The Story of Chicago. (Vol. II. by J. Kirkland and C. Kirkland, 1894.)". The title and subject terms of this image have been generated from tags, cr... More
portrait from "The Story of Chicago. (Vol. II. by J. Kirkland and C. K...
This image has been taken from scan 000427 from volume 01 of "The Story of Chicago. (Vol. II. by J. Kirkland and C. Kirkland, 1894.)". The title and subject terms of this image have been generated from tags, cr... More
portrait from "The Story of Chicago. (Vol. II. by J. Kirkland and C. K...
This image has been taken from scan 000169 from volume 01 of "The Story of Chicago. (Vol. II. by J. Kirkland and C. Kirkland, 1894.)". The title and subject terms of this image have been generated from tags, cr... More
portrait from "The Story of Chicago. (Vol. II. by J. Kirkland and C. K...
This image has been taken from scan 000179 from volume 01 of "The Story of Chicago. (Vol. II. by J. Kirkland and C. Kirkland, 1894.)". The title and subject terms of this image have been generated from tags, cr... More
portrait from "The Story of Chicago. (Vol. II. by J. Kirkland and C. K...
This image has been taken from scan 000159 from volume 01 of "The Story of Chicago. (Vol. II. by J. Kirkland and C. Kirkland, 1894.)". The title and subject terms of this image have been generated from tags, cr... More
portrait from "The Story of Chicago. (Vol. II. by J. Kirkland and C. K...
This image has been taken from scan 000149 from volume 01 of "The Story of Chicago. (Vol. II. by J. Kirkland and C. Kirkland, 1894.)". The title and subject terms of this image have been generated from tags, cr... More
portrait from "The Story of Chicago. (Vol. II. by J. Kirkland and C. K...
This image has been taken from scan 000140 from volume 01 of "The Story of Chicago. (Vol. II. by J. Kirkland and C. Kirkland, 1894.)". The title and subject terms of this image have been generated from tags, cr... More
portrait from "The Story of Chicago. (Vol. II. by J. Kirkland and C. K...
This image has been taken from scan 000326 from volume 01 of "The Story of Chicago. (Vol. II. by J. Kirkland and C. Kirkland, 1894.)". The title and subject terms of this image have been generated from tags, cr... More
portrait from "The Story of Chicago. (Vol. II. by J. Kirkland and C. K...
This image has been taken from scan 000180 from volume 01 of "The Story of Chicago. (Vol. II. by J. Kirkland and C. Kirkland, 1894.)". The title and subject terms of this image have been generated from tags, cr... More
portrait from "The Story of Chicago. (Vol. II. by J. Kirkland and C. K...
This image has been taken from scan 000150 from volume 01 of "The Story of Chicago. (Vol. II. by J. Kirkland and C. Kirkland, 1894.)". The title and subject terms of this image have been generated from tags, cr... More
In the pantheon of the sun / Dalrymple.
Print shows Charles A. Dana sitting at a desk on which a diminutive David B. Hill labeled "I am a Democract" is standing next to a large book labeled "Speeches of D.B. Hill"; in a niche in the background is a b... More
The "press view" at the candidate show / Dalrymple. Joseph Pulitzer
Print shows a gallery where many presidential candidates are on display for the press; among the candidates are Jerry Simpson, William A. Peffer, Robert E. Pattison, David B. Hill, James E. Campbell, William C.... More
Coronation of the autocrat of protection, June 16, 1896 / Dalrymple.
Print shows William McKinley at the Republican National Convention, wearing a royal robe and placing a crown labeled "Nomination" and listing the states "Mass., Texas, Maryland, Illinois, Ohio, New York, Pennsy... More
Making-up for a new rôle / Dalrymple.
Print shows David B. Hill dressed as a hayseed with hat and feather labeled "I am a Popocrat", a fake beard labeled "Populism", and a button labeled "16 to 1" on his vest; he is holding a feather labeled "I am ... More
May the country be spared this pitiful sight! / Dalrymple.
Print shows a group of Democrats, identified as "Hill, Murphy, Vest, Bland, Matthews, Morgan, Harris, Crisp, Tillman, Altgeld, Campbell, [and] Stevenson", some wear fezes, others are wearing turbans and other a... More
Illinois Senate in session, 40 General Assembly, May 6, 1897
Attributed to Geo. R. Lawrence Co. on basis of format, subject matter, and association with this LOT.
In a hole; - and no "issue" / J.S.P.
Print shows William Jennings Bryan as the Democratic Donkey with the bit end of a bridle in his mouth, trying to climb out of a hole constructed of blocks labeled "Aguinaldoism, Anti-Trust, Anti-Imperialism, Fr... More
Koreshan Unity orchestra members in Chicago, Illinois
: 255466 ( http://255466 ) ..Local call number: KOR0443..Title: Koreshan Unity orchestra members in Chicago, Illinois..Date: ca. 1899..Physical descrip: 1 photoprint - b&w - 4 x 5 in...Series Title: Koreshan U... More
The spider and the three silly flies / J.S. Pughe.
Illustration shows William Jennings Bryan as a large spider labeled "Free Silver" with three flies labeled "White, Schurz, [and] Godkin" caught in his web labeled "16 to 1," "Anti-expansion," "Chicago Platform"... More
Lawrence Swiney i.e. Swinyer, veteran of 1812 Eight sons of Lawrence S...
Photograph shows montage of portraits of Lawrence Swinyer, who served in the War of 1812, and his sons who all served in the Civil War: John Swinyer of Co. B, 9th Vermont Infantry Regiment and Co. G, 14th Vermo... More
Republican Convention Committee: Back row left to right, R.S. Williams...
A black and white photo of a group of men. Public domain portrait photograph, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Caricature, A late version / Dalrymple., public domain cartoon image
Illustration shows William Jennings Bryan playing a drum labeled "Populism" while standing on a hatch labeled "Chicago Platform" on a ship that is going up in flames and billowing clouds of dark smoke labeled "... More
Hatched Out - Political cartoon, public domain image
This illustration entitled, "Hatched Out", by cartoonist Clifford Berryman, which appeared in the Washington Post on April 7, 1901, depicts Miss Democracy holding eggs containing mayors Tom Johnson of Cleveland... More
An Illinois Hot-Weather Victim - Political cartoon, public domain imag...
This illustration entitled, "An Illinois Hot-Weather Victim", by cartoonist Clifford Berryman, which appeared in the Washington Post on July 31, 1901, depicts a sweating Senator William E. Mason of Illinois as ... More
The power behind the scare-crow / J.S. Pughe.
Illustration shows a scarecrow in a corn field labeled "Nomination"; it is fashioned out of pieces of cloth labeled with the names of several states "Indiana, Illinois, Mass., Mich., Georgia, New York, Pennsylv... More
Chicago, June 21, 1904 - "All in favor of the nomination will say aye...
Illustration shows an interior view of the convention hall, with an oversized Theodore Roosevelt leaning forward at a podium, holding a gavel raised in his right hand, in the foreground are the delegates attend... More
Illinois Senate, 1905, gelatin silver print
Copyright claimant's address: Chicago. Copyright deposit; Geo. R. Lawrence Co.; February 6, 1905.
Eastern Star Hospital Committee at Y.M.C.A. room in recreation buildin...
Picryl description: Public domain photo of vintage YMCA postcard, free to use, no copyright restrictions image.
What may happen to a man in the shopping season; alas! To think that s...
Bradley's cartoon shows the badge and part of the uniform of an officer labeled "Interstate Commerce Commission" shining a large search light on Harriman, who is struggling to carry a large load of packages and... More
National Association of Agricultural Implement and Vehicle Manufacture...
Copyright claimant's address: Chicago, Ill. On verso: "This building is the main dining room of the Auditorium Hotel, Chicago, by Lewis Sullivan and Denkmar Adler." Copyright deposit; Geo. R. Lawrence Co.; Octo... More
Mrs. Catherine Waugh McCulloch, Justice of the Peace of Evanston, Ill.
Title transcribed from item. Summary: Head and shoulders portrait of Judge Catharine Gouger Waugh McCulloch, facing camera, in high lace collar. Judge and attorney Catherine McCulloch chaired the Legislative Co... More
Design for a Union Station - Drawing. Public domain image.
Bradley depicts the commission's view of the situation by showing numerous train lines riding towards a giant head of Harriman. His mouth, wide open as if to form a tunnel, is about to swallow the various rail... More
The Cannon boom. Are you on? / Keppler.
Illustration shows Joseph G. Cannon standing on a small platform labeled "Wall Street" at the end of a long two-handled accordion-like folding extension device manipulated by J. Pierpont Morgan who is standing ... More
So. Illinois Retail Lumber Dealers Convention, Marion, Ill., Jan. 20, ...
J138353 U.S. Copyright Office Copyright deposit; International Stereograph Co.; 1910. On front: "Copyright 1910 by the International Stereograph Co., general photographers, Decatur, Ill.".
Retail Merchants Convention, Cairo, Ill., Feb. 17, 1910
J139643 U.S. Copyright Office On front: "Copyright 1910 by International Stereograph Co., general photographers, Decatur, Ill.". Copyright deposit; International Stereograph Co.; March 28, 1910.
Chicago businessmen left to right: A.W. Shaw, pub. System Mag; Corneli...
A black and white photo of a group of men, Library of Congress Harris and Ewing collection Title from negative sleeve. Date based on date of negatives in same range. Gift; Harris & Ewing, Inc. 1955. General in... More
Chicago Delegation in N.Y. - Public domain portrait photograph
A group of men standing next to each other. Public domain portrait photograph, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Chicago businessmen left to right: A.W. Shaw, pub. System Mag; Corneli...
A black and white photo of a group of men, Library of Congress Harris and Ewing collection Title from negative sleeve. Date based on date of negatives in same range. Gift; Harris & Ewing, Inc. 1955. General in... More
Illinois Grain Dealers Convention, Decatur, Ill., June 7, 1910
J144937 U.S. Copyright Office Copyright deposit; International Stereograph Co.; September 3, 1910. On front: "Copyright 1910 by International Stereograph Co., general photographers, Decatur, Ill.".
William Lorimer - Public domain photograph, glass negative
Photo shows William Lorimer, Republican U.S. Congressman and Senator from Illinois. Photo was taken during time the inquiry into the validity of his election was re-opened by the U.S. Senate. (Source: Flickr Co... More
William Lorimer, George Grantham Bain Collection
Photo shows William Lorimer, Republican U.S. Congressman and Senator from Illinois. Photo was taken during time the inquiry into the validity of his election was re-opened by the U.S. Senate. (Source: Flickr Co... More
THOMPSON MAYOR OF CHICAGO - Glass negative photogrpah. Public domain.
Public domain photograph of official photograph, building on the background, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Ills. Delegates & Roosevelt, 6/1/12
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Urey Woodson, KY; N.E. Mack, Buffalo; Robt. Crain, Baltimore; Roger Su...
Photo shows Urey Woodson, Roger Charles Sullivan, Norman Edward Mack, Edwin O. Wood, and Robert Crain at the Democratic Convention, Baltimore, Maryland, June 1912. (Source: Flickr Commons project, 2009).
Chicago delegation at Dem. Nat'l Com'ee Meeting 1912
A black and white photo of a group of men. Public domain portrait photograph, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Urey Woodson, KY; N.E. Mack, Buffalo; Robt. Crain, Baltimore; Roger Su...
Photo shows Urey Woodson, Roger Charles Sullivan, Norman Edward Mack, Edwin O. Wood, and Robert Crain at the Democratic Convention, Baltimore, Maryland, June 1912. (Source: Flickr Commons project, 2009). Title ... More
T.R. [Theodore Roosevelt] and Ill. Delegation, 6/1/12
A group of men standing next to each other. Public domain portrait photograph, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
The penalty of being an American statesman of the first magnitude
(DLC/PP-1933:0112). Forms part of: Cabinet of American illustration (Library of Congress). Published in: Chicago Tribune, May 27, 1913.
ILLINOIS VICE COMMISSION. MR. SCOUTTEN; EDMUND BEALL; T. JEFF TOSSEY; ...
A group of men standing next to each other, Library of Congress Harris and Ewing collection Title from unverified caption data received with the Harris & Ewing Collection. Gift; Harris & Ewing, Inc. 1955. Gene... More
HOUSE WAYS AND MEANS COMM.: GREEN, WILLIAM R., REP. FROM IA; SABATH, A...
A group of people sitting around a table. Public domain portrait photograph, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
[AL club presidents: Frank Navin, Detroit; Benjamin S. Minor, Washingt...
A black and white photo of a group of men. Public domain portrait photograph, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
AL club presidents: Frank Navin, Detroit; Benjamin S. Minor, Washingto...
Title and date based on research by the Pictorial History Committee, Society for American Baseball Research, 2006. Title from unverified data provided by the Bain News Service on the negatives or caption cards.... More
71st Session Illinois Conference, Evangelical Association, Naperville,...
J202274 U.S. Copyright Office Copyright deposit; C. H. Koretke; April 26, 1915; DLC/PP-1915:44943.
John O'Brien - Public domain photograph, glass negative
Photograph shows John O'Brien, a switchman on the Chicago & Eastern Illinois Railroad, who received the Edward H. Harriman memorial bronze medal from the American Museum of Safety in 1916 for distinguished serv... More
Mrs. A.R. Canfield - Public domain photograph, glass negative
Photograph shows Angela R. Canfield (b. 1840), the mayor of Warren, Illinois. She was elected in 1915 at the age of 74 as the first woman mayor in Illinois. (Source: Flickr Commons project, 2012)
[African American men in the lobby of the "Chicago colored Y.M.C.A."]
Forms part of: Booker T. Washington Collection (Library of Congress). Public domain photograph of an official meeting, group of people, managers, directors, discussion, free to use, no copyright restrictions ... More
Mabel Vernon Speaking at Suffrage Rally, May, 1916
Title transcribed from item. Summary: Photograph of Mabel Vernon speaking to large crowd (mostly men) outside building in Chicago. Cropped version of the photograph published in The Suffragist, 4, no. 25 (June ... More
Chauncey Depew, Senator Perkins, and Governor Whitman of New York, at ...
Scenes from the 16th Republican National Convention held in Chicago, June 7-10, 1916. Long shot of delegates outside the Congress Hotel. Medium shots, from left to right, of Mrs. Olive H. Whitman; Governor Char... More
American Red Cross - Groups - The Executive Committee of American Red ...
American Red Cross - Groups Public domain photograph of an official meeting, group portrait of people, managers, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
American Red Cross - Groups - American Red Cross Personnel. Emergency ...
Photographer: American Red Cross American Red Cross - Groups Public domain photograph of the board of directors, managers, group of men, portrait, office, committee, free to use, no copyright restrictions imag... More
RAILWAY PRESIDENTS: T.M. SCHUMACHER, V.P., EL PASO & SOUTHWESTERN; J.H...
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RAILWAY PRESIDENTS: T.M. SCHUMACHER, V.P., EL PASO & SOUTHWESTERN; J.H...
A group of men standing next to each other on a sidewalk, Library of Congress Harris and Ewing collection Title from unverified caption data received with the Harris & Ewing Collection. Gift; Harris & Ewing, I... More