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Full length portrait of Buffalo Bill Cody.

Full length portrait of Buffalo Bill Cody.

The papers of Howard Richards, lawyer of Philadelphia and Elizabeth, N.J., consist of legal correspondence and records, mostly from his New Jersey office, together with some family estate and personal papers

Racist trade card promoting I. Knopf’s shoe store and depicting a racist caricature of an African American man portrayed with exaggerated features and carrying two bouquets of flowers. Shows the rotund, African American man attired in a yellow hat, a…

Racist trade card illustration depicting a smiling African American boy sitting on top of a crate, eating a piece of watermelon, and holding a larger piece of watermelon in his lap. The boy is attired in a white and blue shirt, brown pants, brown…

Parody of Cervante’s Don Quixote satirizing events from the Jackson presidency, particularly his destruction of the Bank of the United States, depicting Jackson as Quixote and Van Buren as Sancho. Contains twelve titled scenes: (1) "Signor Don…

Racist trade card promoting Hart & Smith’s steamboat route on the Indian River in Florida. Depicts caricatures of African Americans picking cotton on a plantation. Shows an African American man, attired in a hat, a blue collared shirt with the…

The Indigent Widows and Single Women's Society of Philadelphia was founded in 1817 by Sarah Ralston, a Quaker. She organized this charitable organization for women of good "Christian" character. The name was eventually changed to the Ralston House…

Title page in red and black; title vignette.