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After the war ended, the thousands of African American freedmen who fought for both the North or the South had trouble finding support for equal rights.

"The Paroquet of the Wh--E Ho--e"

This additional cartoon from Harper’s Weekly from 1868 slams Johnson by referring to him as a ‘paroquet’ stuck on repeating ‘Constitution’ over and over and over again. The reluctance to work with Reconstructionists by inciting the…

“This Little Boy Would Persist in Handling Books Above His Capacity. And This Was the Disastrous Result"

This cartoon from Harper’s Weekly from 1868 illustrates the Northern contempt for Johnson and his reluctance to embrace the Republican goals of Reconstruction after the bloodiest conflict in American history.

Assembled Court

This sketch is the assembled court for the impeachment trial of President Johnson, as seen in Harper’s Weekly.

UNCLE TOM’S CABIN, OR, LIFE AMONG THE LOWLY

The Fugitive Slave Act of 1850 was oil on the fires of the anti-slavery movement. On June 5, 1851, the first installment of Uncle Tom’s Cabin appeared in the Washington anti-slavery paper, The National Era. At first there appeared to be little…

AMERICAN FEDERATION OF LABOR

This is a photo is at a meeting of the American Federation of Labor.

Gettysburg Reunion: G.A.R and U.C.V Veterans of the G.A.R and of the Confederacy, at the Encampment.

Reunion of members of both the Grand Army of the Republic and the United Confederate Veterans in Gettysburg, 1913.

Examination and survey of Columbia River, Oregon and Washington. Letter from the Acting Secretary of War, transmitting, with a letter from the Chief of Engineers, report of examination and survey of Columbia River between the foot of The Dalles Rapids and the head of Celilo Falls, Oregon and Washington. December 20, 1900. -- Referred to the Committee on Rivers and Harbors and ordered to be printed

25 p. : color maps, illustrations, tables

Aerial View of Washington State University

C. Clement French Administration Building

Beasley Performing Arts Coliseum

Veterinary Science Building

A Sunny Football Day

Main Street, Pullman

Main Street looking east from the corner of Grand and Main.

Lewiston, Idaho - Clarkston, Washington

Downtown Lewiston

Excerpt from Heart Mountain Carpenters' Club Directory.

This excerpt includes the directory cover and a list of one of the carpentry crews, which were assigned according to block number. Notice that many in the crew arrived to the camp from the same region. The information listed includes the worker's…

Commemorative rice paddle for a Heart Mountain reunion

14" long. This is a commemorative rice paddle from the Second Heart Mountain Reunion held in San Jose, California. The rice paddle belonged to Tom (Terumi) Hide, who was interned at Heart Mountain Relocation Center from 1942-1944. The face of the…

Reflections, program for the first Heart Mountain Relocation Center Reunion, 1982

This is the program for the first Heart Mountain Reunion. It was held on April 2-3, 1982 in Los Angeles, California, nearly 40 years after the first internees arrived at Heart Mountain.