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Poster

Testing the First Reaping Machine

Date: 1883
Description: Advertising lithograph depicting the first public demonstration of a mechanical reaper by Cyrus Hall McCormick at Steeles Tavern, Virginia, in 1831. The sc...
Photograph

Lily Richmond Sitting Outside

Date: 08 23 1946
Description: Aunt Lily Richmond sang African American spirituals for song collector Helene Stratman-Thomas. Richmond came to Grant County Wisconsin with her parents, fr...
Book or Pamphlet

Slave Catchers

Date: 1849
Description: Drawing of two slave catchers pointing guns at two runaway slaves.
Print

Champion Prize Envelope - Lincoln & Davis in 5 Rounds, 1st Round

Date: 1860
Description: Abraham Lincoln and Jefferson Davis in a boxing ring. Text at top reads, "CHAMPION PRIZE ENVELOPE - LINCOLN & DAVIS IN 5 ROUNDS," underneath reads "1ST ROU...
Photograph

Freedom School Reenactment of a Slave Revolt

Date: 1964
Description: Three people stand outdoors near a truck acting out a group improvisation of a slave revolt. They were attending Freedom School during Freedom Summer at Pa...
Photograph

Cultivating Cotton

Date: 05 1902
Description: Carlos Christian cultivating a field for cotton. He is posing while holding a plow which is hitched to a mule. Pine trees are running along the perimeter o...
Map or Atlas

The United States of North America, with the British & Spanish Territories According to the Treaty

Date: 1783
Description: This map is hand-colored and shows the boundaries of British, Spanish, and the newly recognized American claims, as well as the fishing rights granted to F...

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