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The Persuit J.H. Bufford Credit: Library of Congress Media type: advertisement Year: 1860 - - - - - - - - - - - - -	Carter's Little Liver Pills Unknown Credit: Library of Congress Media type: advertisement Year: 1860 - - - - - - - - - - - - -
$200 Reward for an Escaped Prisoner U.S. Penitentiary Credit: Library of Congress Media type: advertisement Year: 1860 - - - - - - - - - - - - -	Frontispiece To Easy Lessons For The Little One Anonymous Credit: Library of Congress Media type: book illustration Year: 1855 - - - - - - - - - - - - -
Watchful Care John S.C. Abbott Credit: The Albert and Shirley Small Special Collections Library, The University of Virginia Library Media type: book illustration Year: 1833 - - - - - - - - - - - - -	Outrage Anonymous Credit: Library of Congress Media type: broadside Year: 1837 - - - - - - - - - - - - -
Ye May Session of Ye Woman's Right Convention. Ye Orator of Ye Day Denouncing Ye Lords of Creation Harper's Weekly Credit: Library of Congress Media type: cartoon Year: 1859 - - - - - - - - - - - - -	The First Step from Godey's Lady's Book Anonymous Credit: Hope Greenberg, University of Vermont Media type: engraving Year: 1858 - - - - - - - - - - - - -
Gallant Charge of the Kentuckians at the Battle of Buena Vista, Feby. 23rd 1847, and Complete Defeat of the Mexicans Sarony & Major Credit: Library of Congress Media type: engraving Year: 1847 - - - - - - - - - - - - -	Gold Mining in California Currier and Ives Credit: Library of Congress Media type: engraving Year: 1871 - - - - - - - - - - - - -
Frontispiece Image from The Death of Clotel Anonymous Credit: Clotel: The President's Daughter: A Narrative of Slave Life in the United States. by William Wells Brown Media type: engraving Year: 1853 - - - - - - - - - - - - -	Battle of Palo Alto- May 8Th, 1846, Between 2900 Americans, Under Genl. Taylor, and 6000 Mexicans, Commanded By Genl. Arista. E.B. & E.C. Kellogg Credit: Library of Congress Media type: engraving Year: 1846 - - - - - - - - - - - - -
Daniel Boone Alonzo Chappel Credit: University of Chicago Library, Special Collections Research Center Media type: engraving Year: 1861 - - - - - - - - - - - - -	Three Days of May 1844, Columbia Mourns Her Citizens Slain Washington Peale Credit: Library of Congress Media type: engraving Year: 1844 - - - - - - - - - - - - -
The Underground Railroad. Photoreproduction of Charles T. Weber Painting Anonymous Credit: Library of Congress Media type: engraving Year: 1893 - - - - - - - - - - - - -	View of San Francisco, Taken From the Western Hill at the Foot of Telegraph Hill, Looking Toward Ringon Point and Mission Valley Sarony and Major Credit: Library of Congress Media type: engraving Year: 1851 - - - - - - - - - - - - -
Group (Fugitive Slaves?) in Lean-To On River Bank, Illuminated By Firelight; From Harper's Weekly W.L. Sheppard Credit: Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, Photographs and Prints Division Media type: engraving Year: 1860 - - - - - - - - - - - - -	Westward the Course of Empire Takes Its Way Fanny F. Palmer Credit: Library of Congress Media type: engraving Year: 1868 - - - - - - - - - - - - -
Home Sweet Home G.F. Gilman Credit: Library of Congress Media type: engraving Year: 1877 - - - - - - - - - - - - -	Anti-Slavery Meeting On the Boston Common From Gleason's Pictorial Anonymous Credit: Library of Congress Media type: engraving Year: 1851 - - - - - - - - - - - - -
Attack On Chapultepec, Sept. 13th 1847 - Mexicans Routed With Great Loss E.B. & E.C. Kellogg Credit: Library of Congress Media type: engraving Year: 1847 - - - - - - - - - - - - -	Illustration from Godey's Lady's Book Captioned 'Alas, They Had Been Friends in Youth, But Whispering Tongues Will Poison the Truth' W.E. Tucker Credit: The Albert and Shirley Small Special Collections Library, The University of Virginia Library Media type: engraving Year: 1850 - - - - - - - - - - - - -
Attack on the Insurgents at the Bridge by the Railroad Men Anonymous Credit: Library of Congress Media type: engraving Year: 1859 - - - - - - - - - - - - -	Massacre of the Whites By the Indians and Blacks in Florida Anonymous Credit: Library of Congress Media type: engraving Year: 1836 - - - - - - - - - - - - -
Portrait of Red Jacket Charles Bird King Charles Bird King Credit: Library of Congress Media type: engraving Year: 1835 - - - - - - - - - - - - -	Battle of Mill El Rey- Near the City of Mexico- Sept. 8th 1847 E.B. & E.C. Kellogg Credit: Library of Congress Media type: engraving Year: 1848 - - - - - - - - - - - - -
Illustrations of Miller's Views of the End of the World William Miller Credit: The Albert and Shirley Small Special Collections Library, The University of Virginia Library Media type: engraving Year: 1843 - - - - - - - - - - - - -	The First Tribute W.E. Tucker Credit: The Albert and Shirley Small Special Collections Library, The University of Virginia Library Media type: engraving Year: 1852 - - - - - - - - - - - - -
View of Main Street, Louisville, in 1846 Richard H. Collins Credit: Media type: engraving Year: 1846 - - - - - - - - - - - - -	The Drunkard's Progress, Or the Direct Road to Poverty, Wretchedness & Ruin J.W. Barber Credit: Library of Congress Media type: engraving Year: 1826 - - - - - - - - - - - - -
Sutter's Fort--New Helvetia W.E. Endicott Credit: Library of Congress Media type: engraving Year: 1849 - - - - - - - - - - - - -	East View of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania and Part of Camden, New Jersey A. Koliner Credit: Media type: engraving Year: 1836 - - - - - - - - - - - - -
The Battle of Sacramento N. Currier Credit: Library of Congress Media type: engraving Year: 1847 - - - - - - - - - - - - -	Montgomery Street, San Francisco, 1852 Anonymous Credit: Library of Congress Media type: engraving Year: 1852 - - - - - - - - - - - - -
Battle of Buena Vista. Fought Feby. 23Rd, 1847. in Which the American Army Under Gel. Taylor Were Completely Victorious Currier & Ives Credit: Library of Congress Media type: engraving Year: 1847 - - - - - - - - - - - - -	Jim Crow Jubilee Anonymous Credit: Library of Congress Media type: engraving Year: 1847 - - - - - - - - - - - - -
The Harper's Ferry Insurrection--the U.S. Marines Storming the Engine House--Insurgents Firing Through Holes in the Doors Anonymous Credit: Library of Congress Media type: engraving Year: 1859 - - - - - - - - - - - - -	Fort Pierre (South Dakota) and the Adjacent Prairie Carl Bodmer Credit: Media type: engraving Year: 1832 - - - - - - - - - - - - -
Joaquin, the Mountain Robber Anonymous Credit: California History Room, California State Library, Sacramento, California Media type: engraving Year: 1848 - - - - - - - - - - - - -	Sacramento - A City in California Charles A. Dana Credit: Media type: engraving Year: 1855 - - - - - - - - - - - - -
American Army Entering the City of Mexico in Frieze of American History Constantino Brumidi Credit: Architect of the Capitol Media type: fresco Year: 1889 - - - - - - - - - - - - -	Dr. Wieland's Celebrated Sugar Worm Lozenges C.F. Wieland Credit: Library of Congress Media type: miscellaneous-image Year: 1856 - - - - - - - - - - - - -
Dr. Spurzheim--Divisions of the Organs of Phrenology Marked Externally Pendelton's Lithography Credit: Library of Congress Media type: lithograph Year: 1834 - - - - - - - - - - - - -	John Brown Lithograph T.C. Noble Credit: US National Park Service Media type: lithograph Year: 1867 - - - - - - - - - - - - -
The Liberator William Lloyd Garrison Credit: Library of Congress Media type: miscellaneous-image Year: 1831 - - - - - - - - - - - - -	North Star, June 2, 1848. Edited by Frederick Douglass and Martin Delany Douglass and Delaney Credit: Library of Congress Media type: miscellaneous-image Year: 1848 - - - - - - - - - - - - -
Runaway Notice for Harriet Jacobs; Copy from the American Beacon July 4th, 1835 Anonymous Credit: North Carolina Division of Archives and History. Media type: advertisement Year: 1835 - - - - - - - - - - - - -	The Trapper's Last Shot William Tylee Ranney Credit: The Bancroft Library, University of California, Berkeley Media type: painting Year: 1850 - - - - - - - - - - - - -
Recreation Jerome Thompson Credit: Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco Media type: painting Year: 1857 - - - - - - - - - - - - -	View, Dismal Swamp, North Carolina Francois Regis Gignoux Credit: Museum of Fine Arts, Boston Media type: painting Year: 1850 - - - - - - - - - - - - -
Progress (the Advance of Civilization) Asher B. Durand Credit: The Warner Collection of Gulf States Paper Corporation, Tuscaloosa, Alabama Media type: painting Year: 1853 - - - - - - - - - - - - -	Joseph Cinque Anonymous Credit: US National Park Service Media type: painting Year: - - - - - - - - - - - - -
The Trapper's Bride Alfred Jacob Miller Credit: Joslyn Art Museum, Omaha, Nebraska Media type: painting Year: 1850 - - - - - - - - - - - - -	In the Catskills Thomas Doughty Credit: Reynolda House, Museum of American Art, Winston-Salem, North Carolina Media type: painting Year: 1835 - - - - - - - - - - - - -
The Winter of 1849 Francis Samuel Marryat Credit: The Bancroft Library, University of California, Berkeley Media type: painting Year: 1855 - - - - - - - - - - - - -	Home in the Woods Thomas Cole Credit: Reynolda House, Museum of American Art. Media type: painting Year: 1847 - - - - - - - - - - - - -
View of the Iron Works, Canton, Massachusetts Anonymous Credit: Museum of Fine Arts, Boston Media type: painting Year: 1850 - - - - - - - - - - - - -	Georgianna Buckham and Her Mother Henry Inman Credit: Museum of Fine Arts, Boston Media type: painting Year: 1839 - - - - - - - - - - - - -
Thunderstorm in the Rocky Mountains Albert Bierstadt Credit: Museum of Fine Arts, Boston Media type: painting Year: 1859 - - - - - - - - - - - - -	Mill On the Brandywine, Delaware John Rubens Smith Credit: Library of Congress Media type: painting Year: 1828 - - - - - - - - - - - - -
New York from The Steeple of Saint Paul's Church Harry A. Papprill Credit: The New York Public Library Media type: painting Year: 1848 - - - - - - - - - - - - -	Peaceable Kingdom Edward Hicks Credit: National Gallery of Art Media type: painting Year: 1834 - - - - - - - - - - - - -
Farmers Nooning William Sidney Mount Credit: Library of Congress Media type: painting Year: 1843 - - - - - - - - - - - - -	Camp Meeting of the Methodists in North America M. Dubourg Credit: Library of Congress Media type: painting Year: 1819 - - - - - - - - - - - - -
Allegorical Representation of the Dying Christian N.E. Talcott Credit: Library of Congress Media type: painting Year: 1847 - - - - - - - - - - - - -	The Mother's Grave James S. Baille Credit: Library of Congress Media type: painting Year: 1848 - - - - - - - - - - - - -
Se-Quo-Yah [Sequoiah] F.W. Greenough Credit: Library of Congress Media type: painting Year: 1836 - - - - - - - - - - - - -	A View of the Mountain Pass, Called the Notch of the White Mountains (Crawford Notch) Thomas Cole Credit: National Gallery of Art Media type: painting Year: 1839 - - - - - - - - - - - - -
Dancing For Eels James Brown Credit: Library of Congress Media type: painting Year: 1848 - - - - - - - - - - - - -	Captured By Indians George Caleb Bingham Credit: The Saint Louis Art Museum. Bequest of Arthur C. Hoskins Media type: painting Year: 1848 - - - - - - - - - - - - -
River View With Factory James Fuller Queen Credit: Library of Congress Media type: painting Year: 1857 - - - - - - - - - - - - -	Kindred Spirits Asher B. Durand Credit: The New York Public Library Media type: painting Year: 1849 - - - - - - - - - - - - -
The Lackawanna Valley George Innes Credit: National Gallery of Art Media type: painting Year: 1855 - - - - - - - - - - - - -	The Falls Of The Kaaterskill Thomas Cole Credit: The Warner Collection of Gulf States Paper Corporation, Tuscaloosa, Alabama Media type: painting Year: 1826 - - - - - - - - - - - - -
John Brown James Wallace Black Credit: Library of Congress Media type: photograph Year: 1859 - - - - - - - - - - - - -	Harpers Ferry Armory, Main Entrance Anonymous Credit: US National Park Service Media type: photograph Year: 1862 - - - - - - - - - - - - -
Amelia Bloomer Anonymous Credit: US National Park Service Media type: photograph Year: 1860 - - - - - - - - - - - - -	Practical Illustration of the Fugitive Slave Law E.C. Del Credit: Library of Congress Media type: political cartoon Year: 1851 - - - - - - - - - - - - -
Effects of the Fugitive-Slave-Law Theodore Kaufmann Credit: Library of Congress Media type: political cartoon Year: 1850 - - - - - - - - - - - - -	The Secretary of War Presenting a Stand of Colours Bow Wow-Wow (pseud.) (Napoleon Sarony?) Credit: Library of Congress Media type: political cartoon Year: 1840 - - - - - - - - - - - - -
The Symbolical Head, Illustrating All the Phrenology Anonymous Credit: Library of Congress Media type: print Year: 1842 - - - - - - - - - - - - -	Kansas-Nebraska Act Media type: treaty-image Year: 1854 - - - - - - - - - - - - -
Long-billed Curlew, Numenius longirostris. Credit: Amon Cater Museum, Fort Worth, Texas Media type: engraving Year: 1834 - - - - - - - - - - - - -	Mac-Cut-I-Mish-E-Ca-Cu-Cac or Black Hawk, a Celebrated Sac Chief Credit: Amon Carter Museum, Fort Worth, Texas Media type: lithograph Year: 1836 - - - - - - - - - - - - -
Roll of Honor - Woman's Rights Convention at Seneca Falls Media type: miscellaneous-image Year: 1848 - - - - - - - - - - - - -	Cyrus McCormick's Reaper Credit: Library of Congress Media type: illustration Year: 1831 - - - - - - - - - - - - -
Mississippi cotton gin at Dahomey Credit: Library of Congress Media type: photograph Year: 1898 - - - - - - - - - - - - -