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Jim Crow. Sold wholesale and retail by L. Deming, at the sign of the Barber's pole Hanover St., Boston, and at Middlebury, Vt
"Jump Jim Crow" song sheet with lyrics of the song popularly performed by white comedians, including Thomas Dartmouth Rice.
Negroes To Ride
Morton McMichael declines to state whether or not he is in support of allowing freed slaves to ride in the City passenger railway cars. Daniel M. Fox states that he is in opposition of such privileges.
Poll Tax Receipt
Citizens were required to pay a poll tax to register to vote. These fees restricted poor African Americans from voting. This receipt is from Birmingham, Alabama in 1896. The poll tax was for the entire year.
Fleet attacking Confederate Batteries
Farragut's fleet running by the Confederate batteries guarding the mouth of the Mississippi River. Painting by Thomas Sinclair. (Library of Congress)
USS Miami Crew
USS Miami ca. 1864. Courtesy of the U.S. Naval Historical Center.
Kearsarge v. Alabama
USS Kearsarge vs. CSS Alabama, 19 June 1864 Painting by Xanthus Smith, 1922, depicting Alabama sinking, at left, after her fight with the Kearsarge (seen at right). Courtesy of the Franklin D. Roosevelt Library, Hyde Park, New York. Official U.S.…
Battle of the Ironclads
Ironclads USS Monitor (foreground) and CSS Virginia (center) meet at the Battle of Hampton Roads. (Library of Congress)
Battle of the Ironclads
Ironclads USS Monitor (foreground) and CSS Virginia (center) meet at the Battle of Hampton Roads. (Library of Congress)
Lloyd's American railroad map.
Covers area east of the Mississippi River. Omits most of Florida and northern Maine. Indicates "railroads in running order." [From published bibliography]
Confederate camp outside Nashville, TN. Winter 1864.
“Winter Encampments: The Long and Frozen Road”. Civil War Trust. Accessed 2 December 2015.
The Herod of the Nineteenth Century
A depiction of Abraham Lincoln as a king holding a glass labeled "power". This cartoon is charging Lincoln for being complacent with the border slave states. The figure to left holds a slave in one hand and a pitcher labelled "tobacco" in the…
Immigrant women working in a steam laundry
In industrial cities like Philadelphia, New York, Boston, Chicago, and Minneapolis, women worked in similar occupations as they did in the countryside, such as laboring from home. They sewed hats, did textile piecework, and made shoes. As in the…
Confederate camp outside Nashville, TN. Winter 1864.
"We bivouac on the cold and hard-frozen ground, and when we walk about, the echo of our footsteps sound like the echo of a tombstone. The earth is crusted with snow, and the wind from the northwest is piercing our bones. We can see our ragged…
Sioux children practicing lessons
Students at school
Ironing and drying room in laundry at Chemawa
School youth learning ironing and drying
Carpenter Shop at Chemawa
School youth and carpentry
Outside Carpenter work at Chemawa
Carpentery work by Chemawa students
John Muir and President Theodore Roosevelt at Yosemite National Park
John Muir and President Theodore Roosevelt at Yosemite National Park
Native American Indian Children Boarding Schools Cherokee Carlisle
"Our Spirits Don't speak English: Indian Boarding School" is a Native American perspective on Indian Boarding Schools. This DVD produced by richheape.com uncovers the dark history of U.S. Government policy which took Indian children from thier homes,…
Letter from President Theodore Roosevelt to Gifford Pinchot of the Department of Agriculture Addressing the Issue of Grazing Privileges in Relation to the Preservation of Public Lands in the West
This letter from President Theodore Roosevelt outlines his policy standpoint on cattle grazing privileges. John Muir sought out greater support and funding for grazing areas. However, President Roosevelt acknowledged that only a few people get to…