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All-American news were the first newsreels produced for a black audience. Made in the 1940s and 1950s, they were originally intended to encourage black Americans to participate in, and support the war effort, a More

Public domain image of the vintage map from Norman B. Leventhal Map Center, free to use, no copyright restrictions image. The Norman B. Leventhal Map & Education Center at the Boston Public Library is a special More

Perspective map not drawn to scale. Bird's-eye-view. LC Panoramic maps (2nd ed.), 146 Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image. Indexed for points of interest. LC copy imperfect More

Public domain image of the vintage map from Norman B. Leventhal Map Center, free to use, no copyright restrictions image. The Norman B. Leventhal Map & Education Center at the Boston Public Library is a special More

Public domain photograph of 19th-century stereoscopic card, Chicago, Illinois, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

No. 94. Public domain photograph of 19th-century stereoscopic card, Chicago, Illinois, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Public domain photograph of 19th-century stereoscopic card, Chicago, Illinois, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Bird's-eye view of Chicago, Illinois. Illus. in: Harper's weekly, 1860 May 12, p. 292.

No. 71. Public domain photograph - ship, port, harbor, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

No. 140. Public domain photograph of 19th-century stereoscopic card, Chicago, Illinois, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

No. 52. Public domain photograph of 19th-century stereoscopic card, Chicago, Illinois, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

No. 8. Public domain photograph of 19th-century stereoscopic card, Chicago, Illinois, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

No. 10; 62. Public domain image related to President Abraham Lincoln, gelatin silver print, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

No. 1; 165. Public domain image related to President Abraham Lincoln, gelatin silver print, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

No. 2. Public domain photograph of 19th-century stereoscopic card, Chicago, Illinois, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

No. 68. Public domain photograph of 19th-century stereoscopic card, Chicago, Illinois, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Public domain photograph of 19th-century stereoscopic card, Chicago, Illinois, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Perspective map not drawn to scale. Bird's-eye-view. LC Panoramic maps (2nd ed.), 147 Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image. AACR2

Crowd of mostly women watching Republican convention from upper gallery of a large hall. Illus. in: Harper's weekly, v. 4, no. 177 (1860 May 19), pp. 312-313.

An angered response to false Confederate peace overtures and to the push for reconciliation with the South advanced by the Peace Democrats in 1864. (See also "The Sportsman Upset by the Recoil of His Own Gun," More

The contest for the presidency in 1864 is depicted as a game of bagatelle (a game similar to pool) between Republican candidate Abraham Lincoln and Democrat George B. McClellan. Lincoln (left) holds a cue "Bal More

A deceptive broadside, ostensibly a pro-McClellan campaign piece but actually a piercing attack on the Democratic platform. In the center is a portrait of Democratic presidential candidate George B. McClellan More

The August 1864 Democratic national convention in Chicago is unfavorably compared to the Republican convention in Baltimore in June of the same year. The artist is especially critical of prominent New York Peac More

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

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

Columbia repudiates Democratic presidential candidate George Brinton McClellan's endorsement of the platform devised at the August 1864 Democratic convention in Chicago. The text below the picture provides the More

LC Panoramic maps (2nd ed.), 148 Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image. Inset: Chicago in 1820. Vault AACR2: 100; 651/1; 710/1

Picryl description: Public domain image of a fire insurance map, fire insurance plan, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Oriented with North to right. Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image.

Bird's-eye view of Chicago, with boats on water in foreground, and key to forty-nine locations. Illus. in: Harper's weekly, 1871 Oct. 21, pp. 984-985.

America Transformed: As people flocked to cities in the late 19th century, Americans recognized that cities lacked space where locals could enjoy nature and its health benefits. In 1869, Chicago decided that it More

From Harper's weekly, October 21, 1871, pages 984-5. Indexed for points of interest. Text of pages 983 and 986 on verso. Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image. AACR2: 651/1

From: Goodspeed's History of the great fires, New York, 1871. Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image. LC copy imperfect: missing upper right corner.

America Transformed: By 1870, Chicago's population approached 300,000, making it the nation's fifth largest city. This guide map, published just after the Great Chicago Fire, superimposes the burned area over t More

"Entered according to act of Congress in the year 1872 by Wm. Flint ... in Washington." Bird's-eye view. Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image. PM3

Perspective map not drawn to scale. Bird's-eye-view. Numbered as pages 636 and 637. Published in Harpers Weekly, August 1, 1874. "From a colored print published by Currier & Ives." Text on verso, pages numbered More

Railway guide map of Chicago Courtesy of Boston Public Library

Public domain scan of a vintage map, plan, atlas, free to use, no copyright restrictions - Picryl description.

Picryl description: Public domain image of a plan, map, park, birds' eye view, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

No accession number. This catalog record contains preliminary or unverified data from a project done in BRS software, ca. 1985. mm / 860224.

Illustration shows the Puck figure for the "Independent" party standing on a raised platform, hoisting a flag that states "For President G. Cleveland" showing a portrait of Grover Cleveland, and a female figure More

Picryl description: Public domain image of fishing, fishing boat, river, lake, nature, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Public domain scan of a architecture diagram, settlement map, plan, or drawing, free to use, no copyright restrictions - Picryl description.

22283 U.S. Copyright Office Available also through the Library of Congress web site as a raster image. 2 copies.

Frances Benjamin Johnston Collection. Public domain photograph - historical image of Illinois, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Photograph shows two men operating steam powered fire engine; thick black smoke blows from steamer. No. 424.

Photograph damaged. Frances Benjamin Johnston Collection. Public domain photograph - New York, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Public domain photograph related to Germany, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

"88 d. West from Greenwich." "42° 17' 10" West from Washington." Includes concentric circles from Chicago. Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image.

No accession number. Published in: Washington post. This catalog record contains preliminary or unverified data from a project done in BRS software, ca. 1985. mm / 860224.

"Military parade on Michigan Boulevard," Chicago. 36698 U.S. Copyright Office. Dedication Day of World's Columbian Exposition was Oct. 21, 1892. Source: Bolotin, N. The World's Columbian Exposition, c1992, p. More

Frances Benjamin Johnston Collection. Public domain photograph - New York, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Perspective map not drawn to scale. Bird's-eye-view. Shows points of interest. LC Panoramic maps (2nd ed.), 150 Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image. AACR2

Public domain scan of a vintage map, plan, atlas, free to use, no copyright restrictions - Picryl description.

Frances Benjamin Johnston Collection. Public domain photograph - historical image of Illinois, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Picryl description: Public domain image, drawing, American, free to use, no copyright restrictions

Public domain scan of a vintage map, plan, atlas, free to use, no copyright restrictions - Picryl description.

Frances Benjamin Johnston Collection (Library of Congress). Photograph made by Photoduplication Service from original glass negative by Frances Benjamin Johnston. Published in: Eyes of the nation : a visual his More

Frances Benjamin Johnston Collection. Public domain photograph - historical image of Illinois, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

(DLC/PP-1933:0205). Forms part of: Cabinet of American illustration (Library of Congress). Published in: "Architecture at the World's Columbian Exposition" by Henry van Brunt, Century, 44:897 (Oct. 1892).

Interior of the Mines and Mining Building while under construction at the World's Columbian Exposition, Chicago. 27791 U.S. Copyright Office. No. 22.

Perspective map not drawn to scale. LC Panoramic maps (2nd ed.), 151 Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image. Includes index to points of interest and inset "View of Chicago in More

48240X U.S. Copyright Office. Copyright 1892, by Strohmeyer & Wyman. Public domain photograph of 19th-century stereoscopic card, Chicago, Illinois, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

24705 U.S. Copyright Office. No. 4. Public domain photograph - historical image of Illinois, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Public domain photograph of 19th-century stereoscopic card, people, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Public domain photo of German painting, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Far-Away-Moses, head-and-shoulders portrait, facing front, in traditional Turkish costume. Copyright 1893 by Place & Coover. Illus. in: Oriental portrait types of the midway plaisance. St. Louis, Mo. : Publishe More

Crowds of people at the opening day of the World's Columbian Exposition, Chicago, Illinois. Copyrighted by C.D. Arnold.

Public domain photograph of stereoscopic card, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

56806Y U.S. Copyright Office. Issued by Souvenir Photographic Co., Chicago. Public domain photograph - city, downtown, New York, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Hadji Abeet, full-length portrait, facing left, in traditional Greek costume. Copyright 1893 by Place & Coover. Illus. in: Oriental portrait types of the midway plaisance. St. Louis, Mo. : Published by N.D. Tho More

Photo by Weber. The albumen silver print is a photographic printing process that was widely used in the 19th century. It involves coating paper support with a mixture of egg whites and salt, which creates a g More

Photographic print by Weber. Public domain photograph - historical image of Illinois, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Illustration shows exterior view of the pavilion for the Republic of Haiti at the World's Columbian Exposition in Chicago, Illinois. Forms part of: Visual materials from the Frederick Douglass Memorial and Hist More

55573y U.S. Copyright Office. Public domain photograph - historical image of Illinois, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Public domain photograph - New York, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

35933Y U.S. Copyright Office. Issued by Souvenir Photographic Co., Chicago. Public domain photograph - historical image of Illinois, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

World's Columbian Exposition, Chicago, Illinois. 33784Y1 U.S. Copyright Office. Issued by Souvenir photography company, Chicago.

Photograph shows portrait of an Eskimo woman at the World's Columbian Exposition, Chicago. 431 U.S. Copyright Office.

Copyright by Allgeier Co., Chicago. Public domain photograph of sculpture in Germany, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Frances Benjamin Johnston Collection. Public domain photograph - city, downtown, New York, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Mr. D. Joseph, half-length portrait, facing left, in traditional Ceylonese costume. Copyright 1893 by Place & Coover. Illus. in: Oriental portrait types of the midway plaisance. St. Louis, Mo. : Published by N. More

55575Y1 U.S. Copyright Office. "Copyrighted 1893 by Souvenir Photo Co." Public domain photograph - city, downtown, New York, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

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

Photograph shows bird's-eye view of the World's Columbian Exposition, Chicago, Illinois.

Turkish porters carrying a large crate on a pole, at the World's Columbian Exposition.

35936Y U.S. Copyright Office. Issued by Souvenir Photographic Co., Chicago. Public domain photograph - city, downtown, New York, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Frances Benjamin Johnston Collection. Public domain photograph of 19th-century painting, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Public domain photograph of 19th-century stereoscopic card, landscape, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

"Copyright, 1892, by Peter Roy ..." Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image. Includes index and inset of "View of Chicago in 1832." Indexed "Map of the buildings and grounds of More

Photo by Weber. The albumen silver print is a photographic printing process that was widely used in the 19th century. It involves coating paper support with a mixture of egg whites and salt, which creates a g More

Picryl description: Public domain image of a living room, salon, office, late 19th-century interior, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Top illustration shows exterior of the Idaho Building at the Columbian Exposition. Bottom illustration shows men unpacking exhibits in the art gallery at the Columbian Exposition. Illus. in: Harper's weekly, 18 More

Photo by Weber. The albumen silver print is a photographic printing process that was widely used in the 19th century. It involves coating paper support with a mixture of egg whites and salt, which creates a g More

No. 6D. Public domain photograph - Portrait, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Photographic print by Weber. Public domain photograph - historical image of Illinois, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Perspective map not drawn to scale. Bird's-eye-view. LC Panoramic maps (2nd ed.), 152 Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image. AACR2: 651/1

Cartoon shows a guide, pausing on first landing of Golden Stairs, saying to Chicagoan, "There, now you can get a good view of the spires and domes of the Celestial City. What do you think of it?" Chicagoan repl More