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Boss Waving His Fist at Female Employee in a Sweatshop

Credit: Library of Congress Media type: engraving Museum Number: LC-USZ62-79589 Annotation: From the latter 1800’s to the turn of the twentieth century, the rise of Robber…

Woman Suffrage in Wyoming Territory. Scene at the Polls in Cheyenne

Credit: Library of Congress Media type: engraving Museum Number: LC-USZ62-2235 Annotation: In 1869, The Wyoming territory became the first section of the United States to extend…

The Judiciary Committee of the House of Representatives Receiving A Deputation of Female Suffragists

Credit: Library of Congress Media type: engraving Museum Number: LC-USZ62-2023 Annotation: This engraving, taken from Frank Leslie’s Illustrated Newspaper, portrays Victoria Woodhull argues for women’s suffrage…

Testimony in the Great Beecher-Tilton Scandal Case Illustrated

Credit: Library of Congress Media type: engraving Museum Number: LC-USZ62-121959 Annotation: In 1870 Elizabeth Tilton confided to her husband that she had been having an affair…

Ten Children

Credit: The American Museum of Photography Media type: cyanotype Museum Number: Annotation: Developed in 1842, the process of cyanotype gives a cyan-blue tint to photographs.…

Verdaderos Versos De Macario Romero (The Truth About Macario Romero)

Credit: Library of Congress Media type: broadside Museum Number: LC-DIG-ppmsc-04557 Annotation: Broadside shows portrait of military leader Macario Romero on horseback and Indians wearing feathered headdresses…