Library of Congress Open Archive Initiative Repository 1
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This is an extensive repository containing material relating to the American experience, a large portion of it digitised from the Library of Congress' collections. It includes, but is not limited to, images, monographs, sheet music, sound and visual recordings, pamphlets and posters. It is subdivided into over 100 thematic collections based on original documentation format, subject, author or donor. The site also benefits from an extensive range of background documentation and information on the creation, maintenance and development of this repository. Individual sections of the collection are periodically highlighted, and materials advising on the use of this repository's contents in a classroom situation are also provided. Each major subsection has a discrete site design and interface, although they are all part of the overarching whole.
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Going to Texas after the election of 1844 - Baillie, James S., fl. 1838-1855.; Clay, Edward Williams, 1799-1857.
On a "Loco Foco" donkey Polk and running-mate Dallas, heavily armed and equipped with military packs, are about to depart for Texas.
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Virtuous Harry, or set a thief to catch a thief! - Baillie, James S., fl. 1838-1855.; Bucholzer, H.
Annexation's serious implications for the future of slavery in the United States polarized voters between Polk, who supported it, and Clay, who opposed it.
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The two bridges - Baillie, James S., fl. 1838-1855.; Bucholzer, H.
1844-28), a bridge over Salt River is the central motif, making the difference between the Whigs' successful crossing to the "Presidential Chair" and the disastrous route taken by the Democrats.
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Sale of dogs - Baillie, James S., fl. 1838-1855.; Bucholzer, H.
Seeking a middle course between the issues of the annexation of Texas on one hand and abolitionism on the other, Van Buren lost the support of southern Democrats, including elderly statesman Andrew Jackson.
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The assassination of the Sage of Ashland - W.J.C.; Robinson, Henry R., d. 1850.
The artist conveys some of the profound disappointment and anger among Henry Clay's many supporters at the nomination of Zachary Taylor at the June 1848 Whig convention in Philadelphia.
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Congressional pugilists
A crude portrayal of a fight on the floor of Congress between Vermont Representative Matthew Lyon and Roger Griswold of Connecticut.
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Seventh ward beggars - Robinson, Henry R., d. 1850.
Title appears as it is written on the item.
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On the way to Araby! - Clay, Edward Williams, 1799-1857.; Robinson, Henry R., d. 1850.
Satire on the Jackson administration's continuing battle against the Bank of the United States.
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Political race course - Union Track - fall races 1836 - Clay, Edward Williams, 1799-1857.; Robinson, Henry R., d. 1850.
The four are identified in the legend as (left to right): "Old Tippecanoe" (William Henry Harrison), "The Kinderhook Poney" (Martin Van Buren), "Black Dan of Massachusetts" (Daniel Webster), and "Tennessee White" (Tennessee senator Hugh Lawson White).
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General Jackson slaying the many headed monster - Robinson, Henry R., d. 1850.
A satire on Andrew Jackson's campaign to destroy the Bank of the United States and its support among state banks.
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Grand match between the Kinderhook poney and the Ohio ploughman - Clay, Edward Williams, 1799-1857.; Robinson, Henry R., d. 1850.
A satire on the presidential contest of 1836, using the metaphor of a billiards game between Whig candidate William Henry Harrison (left) and Democrat Martin Van Buren.
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Questioning a candidate - Baillie, James S., fl. 1838-1855.; Bucholzer, H.
Here Taylor, in uniform, fields questions from a group of "Office Seekers." The first asks, "What is your opinion of Free-Trade Sir?" A bespectacled man behind him inquires, "What do you think of the Tariff Sir?" Two other men standing in background debate: "We can't find out anything by him." "That's because he's got it in him--A still tongue makes a wise head.
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Political cock fighters - Baillie, James S., fl. 1838-1855.; Bucholzer, H.
A figurative portrayal of the 1844 presidential contest as a cock-fight, in which Whig candidate Henry Clay prevails.
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Inklings of travel, up Salt River - Baillie, James S., fl. 1838-1855.; Bucholzer, H.
Seated in the barge are (left to right): Zachary Taylor, Taylor running mate Millard Fillmore, Henry Clay, Democratic vice presidential candidate William O.
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