Prohibition and Emancipation Imagery

Historical menus and proclamations reflecting significant events in U.S. history, featuring patriotic symbols, notable figures, and themes of freedom and sobriety.

Presidential Campaign, 1864, Candidates for President and Vice-President of United States, Election, Tuesday, November 8, 1864, H.H. Lloyd & Co. Publisher, 1864

Annual banquet, New York County Prohibitionists.. Buttolph, Frank, 1850-1924. Menus. 1910-03-19. Rare Book Division

Order of United American Mechanics, honesty, industry & sobriety | Library of Congress

Proclamation of Emancipation by the President of the United States Abraham Lincoln.. Prints. 1863. Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, Photographs and Prints Division. Slavery, Slaves,Emancipation, Presidents , United States, Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865, Slaves , Emancipation, Proclamations

An exploring expedition on the Canal Street plan / The exploring expedition at the South Pole, waiting for stores | Library of Congress

To the Christ of the Cross man is never so holy, as when braving the proud in defence of the lowly.". Illustrations. 1843. Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, Manuscripts, Archives and Rare Books Division. Antislavery movements, Slavery , United States

Presidential Campaign, 1864, Candidates for President and Vice-President of United States, Election, Tuesday, November 8, 1864, H.H. Lloyd & Co. Publisher, 1864

10NTH ANNIVERSARY DINNER held by THE COLONIAL CLUB at "NEW YORK, NY" (). Buttolph, Frank, 1850-1924. Menus. 1899. Rare Book Division

Washington, Firth, Pond & Co., New York, 1862., United States, History, Civil War, 1861-1865, Songs and music, Songs with piano, Washington, George, 1732-1799, Songs and music, McClellan, George Brinton, 1826-1885, Songs and music, United States. Army, Songs and music, Popular Songs of the Day, Songs and Music, War and Conflict, Civil War and Reconstruction (1861-1877), Music associated with the Union side, sheet music

Our army and navy for ever, Wilson, Minard W. (composer), M. W. Wilson, New York, 1861., United States, History, Civil War, 1861-1865, Songs and music, United States. Army, Songs and music, United States. Navy, Songs and music, Songs (Medium voice) with piano, Popular Songs of the Day, Songs and Music, War and Conflict, Civil War and Reconstruction (1861-1877), Music associated with the Union side, sheet music

Lloyd's new political chart, 1861 : with a map of the United States, showing the free states, border slave states, cotton states, and territories, in different colors , Cabinet officers, United States, 19th century, Pictorial works, Presidents, United States, Election, 19th century, Statistics, United States, History, 1783-1865, Maps, United States, Politics and government, 1861-1865, Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865 Norman B. Leventhal Map Center Collection

Paper collectors badges of the 125 anniversary of the oath of Tadeusz Kościuszko on the Market Square in Kraków Fabija Ski, Stanis

The Constitutional Charter of August 14, 1830 is the constitution that founds the July monarchy, a new regime resulting from the riots of July 27, 28

One Hundred Famous Americans, Book Cover

My country 'tis of thee, Cull, A. (composer), Horace Waters, New York, 1861., Flags, United States, Pictorial works, United States, History, Civil War, 1861-1865, Songs and music, Smith, Samuel Francis, 1808-1895. America, Choruses, Secular (Mixed voices, 4 parts) with piano, National music, United States, Popular Songs of the Day, Songs and Music, War and Conflict, Civil War and Reconstruction (1861-1877), Music associated with the Union side, sheet music

Badge of George Washington 1832 American. Badge of George Washington 13553

Vignette from The Liberator, 1896., 1896., Stockholm. Publisher, Fahlcrantz. Slavery, Newspapers

Farewell songs of Jenny Lind in America : Comin' thro' the rye ,. Graupner and early Boston Musical Scores plus Boston Music Hall Ephemera

Polk Dallas campaign Banner - American Election 1844

Waldorf-Astoria. 1919. Buttolph, Frank, 1850-1924. text. Menus. Rare Book Division

Advertisement for Williams' Shaving Soap showing head and shoulder portraits of U.S. Presidents Martin Van Buren and William McKinley, P.F. Collier & Son, March 16, 1901

Civil War envelope showing eagle, American flag, musical score and lyrics, with messages "Soldier's Letter," "Constitution," and "Army for the Union" | Library of Congress

Hotel Pennsylvania. 1921. Buttolph, Frank, 1850-1924. text. Menus. Rare Book Division

The Hotel Astor. Buttolph, Frank, 1850-1924. Menus. 1912-10-14. Rare Book Division

A free use of Babbitt's soap will carry the state every time.. A free use of Babbitt's soap will carry the state every time.

DINNER held by COLONIAL CLUB at NY (CLUB). Buttolph, Frank, 1850-1924. Menus. 1898. Rare Book Division

Long Island Business College. Buttolph, Frank, 1850-1924. Menus. 1914. Rare Book Division

Grand national union banner for 1860. The candidates and their platform. A campaign banner for Constitutional Union party presidential and vice presidential candidates Bell and Everett.

The Confederate States of America ten dollars - $10,000 worth of premiums! To be given away with Dr. Seth Arnold's Cough Killer.. The Confederate States of America ten dollars - $10,000 worth of premiums! To be given away with Dr. Seth Arnold's Cough Killer.

Anefo photo collection. Assignment NOS Passport. May 1, 1980

PEACE JUBILEE held by CLOVER CLUB at "THE BELLEVUE, PHILADELPHIA, PA" (HOTEL). Buttolph, Frank, 1850-1924. Menus. 1898. Rare Book Division

Abraham Lincoln's funeral march, Robjohn, W. J. (composer), J. Henry Whittemore, Detroit, 1865., United States, History, Civil War, 1861-1865, Songs and music, Piano music, Marches (Piano), Funeral music, Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865, Death and burial, Songs and music, Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865, Portraits, Popular Songs of the Day, Songs and Music, War and Conflict, Civil War and Reconstruction (1861-1877), Music associated with the Union side, sheet music

The "Abraham Lincoln school" for freedmen, New Orleans, Louisiana.. Prints. 1866-04-21. Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, Photographs and Prints Division. African Americans , Education, New Orleans (La.), Schools, Freedmen

BANQUET FOR AMERICAN PEACE COMMISSIONERS held by OHIO SOCIETY OF NEW YORK at "WALDORF-ASTORIA,NY" (HOTEL;). Buttolph, Frank, 1850-1924. Menus. 1899. Rare Book Division

Membership certificate for the battalion hunters of Amsterdam, 1798. Univever membership certificate for the battalion hunters of Amsterdam, 1798. Vignet with two trees in which symbols of equality and brotherhood, under both trees a standing soldier is waiting for a standing soldier. In the middle an uprooted orange tree.

PROCLAMACION DE LA INDEPENDENCIA DE CHILE FECHADO EL 1 DE ENERO DE 1818, EL ORIGINAL FUE DESTRUIDO EN 1973. Location: MUSEO HISTORICO NACIONAL. Santiago.

Three cheers for our banner, Allen, A. A. (composer), Cull, Augustus (arranger), Williams, M. E. (lyricist), Horace Waters, New York, 1861., United States, History, Civil War, 1861-1865, Songs and music, Flags, United States, Pictorial works, Flags, United States, Songs and music, Choruses, Secular (Mixed voices, 4 parts) with piano, Sheet music, Catalogs, United States. Army. New York Infantry Regiment, 7th (1861-1863), Songs and music, Popular Songs of the Day, Songs and Music, War and Conflict, Civil War and Reconstruction (1861-1877), Music associated with the Union side, sheet music

Poster promoting the National Union Republican Presidential nominees. Presidential nominee Ulysses S. Grant and his running mate, Schuyler Colfax, former speaker of the house, won the election with 52.7% of the popular vote against 47.3% of the Democrats (BSLOC_2018_10_66)

The great match at Baltimore, between the 'Illinois Bantam' and the 'Old Cock' of the white house , Cockfighting, Roosters, Presidential elections, Douglas, Stephen A. Stephen Arnold, 1813-1861, Buchanan, James, 1791-1868, Breckinridge, John C. John Cabell, 1821-1875, Democratic Party U.S.

Sigourney's quick step ,

Bookplate of George Washington. Artist: Anonymous, British, 18th century. Dimensions: Plate: 3 11/16 × 2 3/8 in. (9.4 × 6.1 cm)Sheet: 4 1/16 × 2 7/8 in. (10.3 × 7.3 cm). Date: 1772. Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA.

aple Hill Farm" Res. of J. C. Hall, Alexander, Genesee Co., N.Y. ; Johathan Hall. ; Temperance Sullings. ; Old House. ; Wm. Sullings. ; Res. of David Sullings, Esq., Batavia, N.Y. Cartographic. Atlases, Maps. 1876. Lionel Pincus and Princess Firyal Map Division. Genesee County (N.Y.), Real property , New York (State)

Columbia! our country for ever, Hewitt, Geo. W. (composer), Hofford, M. L. (lyricist), Lee & Walker, Philadelphia, 1862., United States, History, Civil War, 1861-1865, Songs and music, Songs with piano, Patriotic music, United States, Sheet music, Catalogs, Knowlton, Miner, 1804-1870, Songs and music, Popular Songs of the Day, Songs and Music, War and Conflict, Civil War and Reconstruction (1861-1877), Music associated with the Union side, sheet music

Waldorf Astoria. 1915. Buttolph, Frank, 1850-1924. Menus. Rare Book Division

American flag, 1818, Anonymous, 1818 - 1820 print American flag with twenty stars and thirteen stripes. On April 13, 1818, the US Congress set as the official flag. This flag was only valid in this year. paper engraving flag, colours (as symbol of the state, etc.) United States of America

Golden sayings of Abraham Lincoln.

Proclamations Re: Representation in State Government, 1837, 1840 , Political representation. Historical Records of the Town of Westborough - Administrative Documents

Man's patriotic handkerchief, 'The Absent-Minded Beggar' handkerchiefs, maps

The great Presidential sweepstakes of 1856. N. Currier and Ives

One hour of American slavery is fraught with more misery than ages of that which we rose in rebellion to oppose , Antislavery movements, Massachusetts, Boston, Slavery, United States, History, Boston Mass., History

President Andrew Johnson pardoning Rebels at the White House / sketched by Mr. Stanley Fox. Andrew Johnson's tailor-shop in Greenville, Tennessee / photographed by J.B. Reef. | Library of Congress

Preamble & resolutions adopted by the Fire Department of Philadelphia, April 20th, 1865 : expressive of regret of the death of our late President of the United States, Abraham Lincoln | Library of Congress

Racist poster for 1868 USA Presidential Election

The American standard, Bagioli, A. (composer), Morris, George P. (lyricist), Firth, Pond & Co., New York, 1862., United States, History, Civil War, 1861-1865, Songs and music, United States. Army, Songs and music, Songs, Texts, Music, Poetry, Vocal music, Songs, Accompaniments, Flags, United States, Songs and music, Popular Songs of the Day, Songs and Music, War and Conflict, Civil War and Reconstruction (1861-1877), Music associated with the Union side, sheet music

The Hotel Astor. Buttolph, Frank, 1850-1924. Menus. 1912-10-14. Rare Book Division

The great American steeple chase for 1844 | Library of Congress

History of the American Flag.

Picture series Passports of the different nations, USA, Liebig picture, historical, digitally restored reproduction of a collectors picture from c. 1900, North America

Unfurl the school house banner, and other songs ,

All men are by nature equally free and independent and have certain inherent rights of which, when they enter into a state of society, They cannot by any compact deprive or divest their posterity! Namely the enjoyment of life and liberty , Antislavery movements, Massachusetts, Boston, Slavery, United States, History, Boston Mass., History

Thus saith the lord: Ye have not hearken'd unto me in proclaiming liberty , Antislavery movements, Massachusetts, Boston, Slavery, United States, History, 19th century

The Spirit of America, the Union, the age, Lamberty, E. C. (composer), Kurtz, E. L. (arranger), E. L. Kurtz, New York, 1862., United States, History, Civil War, 1861-1865, Songs and music, Choruses, Secular (Mixed voices, 4 parts) with piano, National music, United States, Popular Songs of the Day, Songs and Music, War and Conflict, Civil War and Reconstruction (1861-1877), Music associated with the Union side, sheet music

1852 Presidential Election Poster for the Whig Part featuring General Winfield Scott for President and William Graham for Vice President

DINNER held by MILITARY ORDER OF THE LOYAL LEGION OF THE UNITED STATES COMMANDERY OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA at "HOTEL RYAN, ST.PAUL,MINN." (HOTEL;). Buttolph, Frank, 1850-1924. Menus. 1896. Rare Book Division

For President, Grover Cleveland, for Vice-President, Adlai E. Stevenson. Political poster shows bust portraits of candidates with campaign slogans.

DINNER TO THE PRESIDENT OF THE U.S. held by THE UNION LEAGUE at "PHILADELPHIA, PA" (). Buttolph, Frank, 1850-1924. Menus. 1899. Rare Book Division

Seals of U.S. and Original 13 States

God grant us peace We shall see more Rads "bottled up" in November. Print shows a double campaign placard or sign. The work may be an uncut proof for two placards, produced for both Republican and Democratic camps during the 1868 campaign. It is unclear whether the Grant image is intended to be serious or facetious. The Grant panel has a bust-length portrait of the Republican candidate with the words, "God Grant US Peace." Grant closed his speech accepting the 1868 nomination with the words "Let us have peace," which later became his campaign slogan. The panel at right has a portrait of Grant'

U.S.S. New York. 1916. Buttolph, Frank, 1850-1924. text. Menus. Rare Book Division

Thus saith the lord: Ye have not hearken'd unto me in proclaiming liberty , Antislavery movements, Massachusetts, Boston, Slavery, United States, History, 19th century

Public opinion front (TF)

Arms of the State of Pennsylvania, from the Military Series (N224) issued by Kinney Tobacco Company to promote Sweet Caporal Cigarettes 1888 Issued by Kinney Brothers Tobacco Company Trade cards from the "MIlitary Series" (N224), issued in 1888 by Kinney Tobacco Company to promote Sweet Caporal Cigarettes.. Arms of the State of Pennsylvania, from the Military Series (N224) issued by Kinney Tobacco Company to promote Sweet Caporal Cigarettes. 1888. Commercial color lithograph. Issued by Kinney Brothers Tobacco Company

Our home defenders - Presidential Campaign Ad for 1896 Election - Republicans William McKinley and Garrett Hobart

Unfurl the school house banner, and other songs ,

Annual banquet held by the Democratic Editorial Association of the State of New York at Delmonico's, New York, NY, 1895. Booklet featuring illustrations in color, dimensions 7.5 x 5.5 inches

SIXTH ANNUAL BANQUET & BALL held by LEGGERA ASSOCIATION at "CAMPIDOGLIO HOTEL, NEW YORK, NY" (HOTEL;). Buttolph, Frank, 1850-1924. text. Menus. 1900. Rare Book Division

Grand celebration : In mass meeting, on Independence Day : the managers of the Massachusetts Anti-Slavery Society have made arrangements for a grand celebration... in the... grove, at Abington... : Edmund Quincy, Sec'y. Francis Jackson, Pres. , Antislavery movements, Massachusetts, Boston, Fourth of July celebrations, Phillips, Wendell, 1811-1884, Parker, Theodore, 1810-1860, Garrison, William Lloyd, 1805-1879, Pillsbury, Parker, 1809-1898, Quincy, Edmund, 1808-1877

How it marches! the flag of the Union, Hawley, H. H. (composer), Root, George F. (George Frederick), 1820-1895 (arranger), Root & Cady, Chicago, 1865., United States, History, Civil War, 1861-1865, Songs and music, Flags, United States, Songs and music, Choruses, Secular (Mixed voices, 4 parts) with piano, Popular Songs of the Day, Songs and Music, War and Conflict, Civil War and Reconstruction (1861-1877), Music associated with the Union side, sheet music

Public office is a public trust For President of the United States, Grover Cleveland of New York ; For Vice-President of the United States, Allen G. Thurman of Ohio. Political poster shows vignettes of the candidates, banners with campaign slogans, and an eagle.

Campaign poster for the Free Soil party ticket of former president Martin Van Buren for president and Charles F. Adams for vice president, Currier & Ives, 1848

Remain Silent, US Presidents

The American flag, Hays, Will. S. (composer), D. P. Faulds, Louisville, 1863., United States, History, Civil War, 1861-1865, Songs and music, Flags, United States, Songs and music, Choruses, Secular (Mixed voices, 4 parts) with piano, Rousseau, Lovell Harrison, 1818-1869, Songs and music, Flags, United States, Pictorial works, Popular Songs of the Day, Songs and Music, War and Conflict, Civil War and Reconstruction (1861-1877), Music associated with the Union side, sheet music

My country so dear, Everest, C. (composer), Everest, C. (lyricist), Lee & Walker, Philadelphia, 1863., United States, History, Civil War, 1861-1865, Songs and music, Songs with piano, Sheet music, Catalogs, Popular Songs of the Day, Songs and Music, War and Conflict, Civil War and Reconstruction (1861-1877), Music associated with the Union side, sheet music

How the public domain has been squandered, map showing the 139,403,026 acres of the people's land - equal to 871,268 farms of 160 acres each, worth at $2 an acre, $278,806,052, given by Republican congresses to railroad corporations ; this is more land than is contained in New York, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Ohio, and Indiana , Democratic Party U.S., Platforms, Railroads, United States, Maps, Public lands, United States, Maps, Presidents, United States, Election, 1884 Norman B. Leventhal Map Center Collection

The eagle of liberty strangling the serpent of corruption. True American ticket. For president. Wm. Henry Harrison. For president Francis Granger Ohio electors of president and vice-president of the U. States. 1840 | Library of Congress

The Nation Mourns / published by Chas. Magnus. 12 Frankfort St. New York. Liljenquist Family Collection of Civil War Photographs , pp/liljmem. Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865, Death & burial, Death, Washington (D.C.), 1860-1870, Women, United States, 1860-1870, Grief, United States, 1860-1870, Soldiers, Union, 1860-1870, Poetry, 1860-1870, United States, History, Civil War, 1861-1865, Union.

campaign banner for the Republican ticket in the 1864 presidential election. President Abraham Lincoln and Andrew Johnson.

Robert Smalls, captain of the gun-boat "Planter" ; The gun-boat "Planter," run out of Charleston, S.C. by Robert Smalls, May, 1862.. Clippings, Portraits. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Print Collection. Public figures, Smalls, Robert, 1839-1915

$1200 to 1250 dollars for Negroes. Broadsides. 1853. Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, Photographs and Prints Division. Slavery , United States, Slaves , Social conditions, Slave trade , United States

Vintage Photograph. Collage of images symbolic of the USA

We are marching on to victory, Herman, Carl (composer), Spencer, Vickie (lyricist), Horace Waters, New York, 1865., United States, History, Civil War, 1861-1865, Songs and music, Choruses, Secular (Mixed voices, 4 parts) with piano, Patriotic music, United States, Sheet music, Catalogs, Sherman, William T. (William Tecumseh), 1820-1891, Songs and music, Sherman's March to the Sea, Songs and music, Richmond (Va.), History, Siege, 1864-1865, Songs and music, Popular Songs of the Day, Songs and Music, War and Conflict, Civil War and Reconstruction (1861-1877), Music associated with the Union side, sheet music

It is a debt we owe the purity of religion to show that it is at variance with that law which warrants slavery! Give me liberty or give me death , Antislavery movements, Massachusetts, Boston, Slavery, United States, History, Boston Mass., History

Frank Leslie's Illustrated Newspaper reports on the month long Lynn, Massachusetts shoemaker's strike. It depicts a strikers attacking an express van and the strike's leader, Napoleon Wood.

Our duty to our flag, Wood, Albert H. (composer), Wood, Albert H. (lyricist), G. D. Russell & Company, Boston, 1863., United States, History, Civil War, 1861-1865, Songs and music, Flags, United States, Songs and music, Choruses, Secular (Mixed voices, 4 parts) with piano, Popular Songs of the Day, Songs and Music, War and Conflict, Civil War and Reconstruction (1861-1877), Music associated with the Union side, sheet music

Funeral march dedicated to the memory of Abraham Lincoln, Barnard, J. C. (composer), S., W. (arranger), Wm. A. Pond & Co., New York, 1865., United States, History, Civil War, 1861-1865, Songs and music, Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865, Death and burial, Songs and music, Marches (Piano), Funeral music, Piano music, Popular Songs of the Day, Songs and Music, War and Conflict, Civil War and Reconstruction (1861-1877), Music associated with the Union side, sheet music

The Ambassador. 1919. Buttolph, Frank, 1850-1924. text. Menus. Rare Book Division

Our flag's the flag of Washington (Maryland! my Maryland), Barker, George (arranger), Barker, George (lyricist), A. C. Peters & Bro., Cincinnati, 1863., Washington, George, 1732-1799, Songs and music, United States, History, Civil War, 1861-1865, Songs and music, Songs, Texts, Music, Poetry, Vocal music, Patriotic music, Flags, United States, Songs and music, Maryland, History, Civil War, 1861-1865, Songs and music, Popular Songs of the Day, Songs and Music, War and Conflict, Civil War and Reconstruction (1861-1877), Music associated with the Union side, sheet music

A poster advertisement of a travelling Negro Theatrical Company, Mississippi.. Johnston, Harry Hamilton, Sir, 1858-1927. Photographs, Illustrations. 1910. Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, Jean Blackwell Hutson Research and Reference Division. Mississippi, African American theater

Our national flag, Deems, J. M. (composer), George Willig, Jr., Baltimore, 1857., United States, History, Civil War, 1861-1865, Songs and music, Flags, United States, Pictorial works, Flags, United States, Songs and music, Choruses, Secular (Mixed voices, 4 parts) with piano, Popular Songs of the Day, Songs and Music, War and Conflict, Civil War and Reconstruction (1861-1877), Music associated with the Union side, sheet music

Sun Yat-sen, founding father of the Republic of China, appears with Abraham Lincoln on a 1942 stamp. Sun Yat-sens 'Three Principles' (Nationalism, Democracy, and People's Livelihood) reflect a concept he admired from Lincoln's Gettysburg Address: 'Of the people, by the people, and for the people'.

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