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  • New York City - Demonstration of the colored inhabitants of New York in honor of the adoption of the fifteenth amendment to the constitution of the United States - Friday April 8, 1870

    New York City - Demonstration of the colored inhabitants of New York in honor of the adoption of the fifteenth amendment to the constitution of the United States - Friday April 8, 1870

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    Image of bands, horses, and groups of people parading down a street in New York in a demonstration in honor of the passage of the fifteenth amendment to the United States Constitution, which granted the right to vote to African American men in the United States; buildings along street in background.

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  • Soldier's memorial : 2d Connecticut Company E Heavy Artill'ry

    Soldier's memorial : 2d Connecticut Company E Heavy Artill'ry

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    Image of a memorial military register certificate from the American Civil War with a list of soldiers' names framed by images of America personified as a woman with an American flag and bald eagle near a rock etched with "Constitution," flags, shields, an American eagle, scenes of battles, women representing Peace and War, and soldiers being reunited with their families; portraits of President George Washington and two unidentified men at top center.

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  • President Lincoln & cabinet

    President Lincoln & cabinet

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    Image of a set of portraits of United States president Abraham Lincoln and the six men of his cabinet in a Union shield frame with stars and stripes: Secretary of War Simon Cameron, Secretary of the Treasury Salmon P. Chase, Secretary of State William H. Seward, Postmaster General Montgomery Blair, Secretary of the Navy Gideon Welles, Secretary of the Interior C.B. Smith, and Attorney General Edward Bates.

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  • Contrabands

    Contrabands

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    Image of African American "contraband" men dancing and playing banjo at night in a Union military camp during the American Civil War; three soldiers, including two African American men, look on near a campfire in front of a tent with an American flag flying above it.

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  • The great jubilee scene

    The great jubilee scene

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    Image of a group of African American men, women, and a child dancing outdoors and singing with their hands in the air.

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  • “Leopard Men of Africa” : Half brute! Half human! They dive from trees to kill! The new African thriller 10,000 other jungle thrills!

    “Leopard Men of Africa” : Half brute! Half human! They dive from trees to kill! The new African thriller 10,000 other jungle thrills!

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    Image of a head-and-shoulders portrait of an African man with upper and lower lip plates; the poster advertises the film "Leopard Men of Africa."

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