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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Capability and availability - Currier, Nathaniel, 1813-1888.
Sharply critical of both the Democratic and Whig choice of presidential candidates in 1852, the artist laments the nomination of two soldiers, Winfield Scott (center) and Franklin Pierce (far right), in preference to several more "capable" statesmen who appear at left.
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The North Bend farmer and his visitors - Dacre, Henry, b. ca. 1820.; Robinson, Henry R., d. 1850.
Blair remarks to Kendall, "I will state in my paper that we found him drinking Rye Whiskey and that will kill him with the Temperance men and reading Abolition tracts settles him in the South.
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Ornithology - Childs, J. (John); Clay, Edward Williams, 1799-1857.
A mild election-year cartoon portraying Whig presidential candidate Winfield Scott (left) as a turkey and Democrat Franklin Pierce (right) as a gamecock.
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Triumph of labor - Roos (Joseph) & Co.
Title appears as it is written on the item.
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Gas and glory - Currier, Nathaniel, 1813-1888.
A satire on Franklin Pierce's alleged ineptness as an officer during the Mexican War.
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Ultimatum on the Oregon question - Baillie, James S., fl. 1838-1855.; Clay, Edward Williams, 1799-1857.
Stung by British rejection of his administration's proposal of the 49th parallel, however, Polk publicly pursued the bolder claim in the early months of 1846.
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The fugitive's song - Bouv , Ephraim W., 1817-1897.; Prentiss, Henry, 1801-1859.
Douglass flees barefoot from two mounted pursuers who appear across the river behind him with their pack of dogs.
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The undecided political prize fight
Douglas is seconded by an Irishman (left), presumably representing Douglas's Democratic constituency.
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Jeff. Davis in prison - Gibson & Co. (Cincinnati, Ohio)
Title appears as it is written on the item.
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The ring arithmetic--as taught by the modern ceasers - Kelly, Ths. (Thomas); Robertson, Wm C. (William C.)
Tammany political boss William Marcy Tweed is portrayed as a bullying schoolteacher giving New York City comptroller Richard B.
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The grand national caravan moving east - Endicott & Swett.; Straightshanks, Hassan (possibly David Claypool Johnson)
A burlesque parade, led by Andrew Jackson and satirizing various aspects of his administration.
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The patriots getting their beans - Baillie, James S., fl. 1838-1855.; Clay, Edward Williams, 1799-1857.
Polk's 1844 campaign supporters, or "patriots," for "their beans," i.e., patronage and other official favors.
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