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An episode of the lynching of the Italians in New Orleans.
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| Title: | An episode of the lynching of the Italians in New Orleans. |
| Subtitle: | The citizens breaking down the door of the parish prison with the beam brought there the night before for that purpose. |
| Created: | c. 1912 |
| Caption: | Around the turn of the twentieth century, there were several incidents in Louisiana of angry mobs attacking and lynching Italian immigrants. The violence strained relations between the United States and the Kingdom of Italy. |
| Source: | Andrews, E. Benjamin. History of the United States: From the Earliest Discovery of America to the Present Time, Volume 5. New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1912. |
Five Points in New York City
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| Title: | Five Points in New York City |
| Artist: | Frank Leslie's Illustrated Newspaper |
| Created: | 1872 |
| Caption: | The full title of this engraving is "Life sketches in the metropolis - Our homeless poor - Early morning in Donovan Lane, near the Five Points." |
| Source: | Library of Congress |
Golden Spike Ceremony at Promontory, Utah
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| Title: | Golden Spike Ceremony at Promontory, Utah |
| Created: | May 10, 1869 |
| Source: | National Archives & Records Administration |
Immigrants Just Arrived from Foreign Countries--Immigrant Building
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| Title: | Immigrants Just Arrived from Foreign Countries--Immigrant Building |
| Subtitle: | Ellis Island, New York Harbor |
| Artist: | Underwood & Underwood |
| Created: | 1904 |
| Source: | Library of Congress |
Jewish Immigration
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| Title: | Jewish Immigration |
| Caption: | Physicians examining a group of Jewish immigrants at Ellis Island. |
| Source: | Library of Congress |
Landing at Ellis Island
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| Title: | Landing at Ellis Island |
| Created: | 1902 |
| Source: | Library of Congress |
Liberty Enlightening the World
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| Title: | Liberty Enlightening the World |
| Artist: | Root & Tinker |
| Created: | c. 1884 |
| Source: | Library of Congress |
Model of Bell's First Telephone
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| Title: | Model of Bell's First Telephone |
| Artist: | Detroit Publishing Company |
| Created: | c. 1915 - 1925 |
| Caption: | Text on plaque: "This model of Bell's first telephone is a duplicate of the instrument through which speech sounds were first transmitted electrically, 1875" |
| Source: | Library of Congress |
Replica of Thomas Edison's First Lightbulb
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| Title: | Replica of Thomas Edison's First Lightbulb |
| Date: | c. 1880 |
| Source: | National Parks Service |
Sod home of John and Marget Bakken, Milton, ND
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| Title: | Sod home of John and Marget Bakken, Milton, ND |
| Date: | circa 1895 |
| Caption: | Sod home of John and Marget Bakken, Milton, N.D., circa 1895. This photograph was the basis for the U.S. Homestead Act, 1862-1962 commemorative stamp. |
| Source: | Library of Congress |
The Assassination of President Garfield
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| Title: | The Assassination of President Garfield |
| Artist: | A. Berghaus and C. Upham |
| Created: | July 16, 1881 |
| Source: | Library of Congress |
The Edison Home Phonograph
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| Title: | The Edison Home Phonograph |
| Created: | c. 1897 |
| Source: | Library of Congress |
The First Oil Well
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| Title: | The First Oil Well |
| Created: | c. 1890 |
| Caption: | Reproduction of a photograph showing Edwin L. Drake (right) and the Drake Well in the background, in Titusville, Pennsylvania. |
| Source: | Library of Congress |
The Great Western Migration, Loup Valley, Nebraska
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| Title: | The Great Western Migration, Loup Valley, Nebraska |
| Subtitle: | A family poses with the wagon in which they live and travel daily during their pursuit of a homestead. |
| Created: | c. 1866 |
| Source: | National Archives & Records Administration |
