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The. A. Parke Garrison poses for a photograph at the age of 18.

Illustrated three verse song about a young army recruit.

1956 presidential candidates Adlai Stevenson II and President Dwight D. Eisenhower campaign during the 1955 World Series, in which the Brooklyn Dodgers took on the New York Yankees. A fan in rags asks the two candidates about the status of Brooklyn…

Instrumental music. Compilation of 15 songs in the dance genres of Two-step, Waltz, Schottische, Three-step/Mazurka, and Lancier.

Rudolph Ohrning, an accomplished commercial artist, was a graduate of the American Academy of Art in Chicago. This painting, titled, "The Window," was purchased at the Scada Art Fair, May, 1964.

Illustrated six verse satirical song sung to the tune of "Washing Day." The song derides Abraham Lincoln and the Republicans as abolitionists and supporters of racial equality for blacks.

A man presents the U.S. Senate with a railroad rate Regulation bill approved by the president, pupit, press, and people which the Senate rejects. A tycoon then brings a ship subsidy bill condemned by the president, press, and public and the Senate…

Chicago Mayor Carter Harrison, Jr. stands next to a flag labeled "Police Department Reorganization" under a storm cloud labeled "Public Sentiment Against Commercialized and Protected Vice." The cartoon is in response to the resignation ofChicago…

Mr. Peanut, bearing a strong resemblence to John F. Kennedy, points his finger at Adlai Stevenson II, calling himself "No. 1" and Stevenson "No. 2" referencing the final results of the Democratic primary process.

Three Confederate prisoners are standing near or sitting on a pile of long logs. These men are wearing hats and are holding knapsacks, jackets, and canteens. This image was taken at Gettysburg, Pennsylvania. The original photograph was taken by…

Illustrated eight verse pro-Union song.

Alternative title: "We Shall Meet, but We Shall Miss Him: (Thanksgiving, 1861)

The United Sunday School Band poses for a group photo at a camp site that was visited by Abraham Lincoln in 1832. The camp site is located near Rock Island, opposite Black Hawk Village. On verso: "John Hanbug, 1923."

The Hutchinson Family was one of the most popular American singing groups of the nineteeth century. By the 1860s, the singers split into separate groups or "tribes" headed by two of the original four brothers. This song praises the victory of the…

Piano music dedicated "To the memory of Abraham Lincoln."

Illustrated two verse song and chorus sung to the tune of the "Marseilles Hymn."

Illustrated two verse song and chorus sung to the tune of the "Marseilles Hymn."

"A Collection of music containing an introductory course for congregational singing, theory of music and teacher's manual, elementary, intermediate and advanced courses, for singing schools and musical conventions, and tunes, hymns, anthems and…

A man attempts to impress upon an audience the importance of street cars in Chicago, but they only have eyes for the motor car. Captions: "Under one: Yes, sir-ee! I know this car matter from A to Z. I'll tell you whats the best kind of a car for…

Illustrated three verse song and chorus about a soldier's death.

Opportunity in the form of a goddess knocks on the door of the 1912 Democratic National Convention while Alton B. Parker and William Jennings Bryan fight inside. Former New York Governor and 1904 Democratic presidential nominee Alton B. Parker headed…