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The great exhibition of 1860

Description: Image of a political cartoon satirizing the antislavery orientation of the Republican platform during the presidential election of 1860; abolitionist editor Horace Greeley (left) grinds his New York "Tribune" organ as candidate Abraham Lincoln (center, riding on a wooden rail) prances to the organ music while tethered with a cord to Greeley's index finger with his lips padlocked shut; William H. Seward stands in the background wearing a skirt and holding a wailing black infant; at right stand two other New York editors friendly to the Republican cause: Henry J. Raymond of the "New York Times" holding an ax, and James Watson Webb of the New York "Courier and Enquirer" holding out a tambourine.
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Date: ©1860
Call number: priJLC_POL_002702

Sunday school singing. : Sings at the Pilgrim to night. Tickets for sale here

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Image of a full-length portrait of evangelist, singer, and sacred music composer Philip Phillips (also spelled Phillip Phillips), known as the "Singing Pilgrim," sitting at an organ labeled "Smith's American Organ" in formal dress, with two song books labeled "Singing Pilgrim" and "Music Leaves" are on the organ; portrait surrounded by a circular twig border decorated with leaves, flowers, and a banner with song titles, and an image of the allegorical figure of Columbia holding an American flag at top with a bald eagle; the poster advertises a concert by Phillips at the Pilgrim.

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Firemen's promenade concert and ball. The Extinguisher and Batcheller Hose Companies will hold their first promenade concert and ball, in the town hall, North Brookfield, Thursday evening, Nov. 27th, 1879

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Image of a firefighter holding a speaking trumpet with a sign attached by a ribbon that advertises a concert and ball on November 27, 1879, sponsored by the Extinguisher and Batcheller hose companies at the North Brookfield, Massachusetts, Town Hall; with firefighting equipment including a ladder, preventer, hand bucket, and ax behind the sign.

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Grand Canal Celebration. : Fire department

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Image of a side view of a parade float drawn by four horses with a driver, two firefighters, including one with an ax and the other the pipe, and a hand-pump manual fire engine labeled "Washington 20" on the platform; the image depicts a float in the Grand Canal Celebration celebrating the opening of the Erie Canal in New York City on November 4, 1825.

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Poster exhibit mechanics fair the 19th exhibition

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Image of an advertisement for a a poster exhibit at the Mechanics Fair 19th Exhibition in 1895; female artist holding a paint palette with an angel holding a torch above her at right.

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Sprague’s Original Georgia Minstrels

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Image of minstrel musicians in blackface dressed in formal suits and sitting with their musical instruments on a curtained stage; vignette of a head-and-shoulders portrait of show proprietor Z. W. Sprague at top centered with four corner vignettes of minstrel performers consisting of a man gesturing at top left, a man dancing at top right, a man in a hobo costume holding an umbrella and jumping at bottom right, and two men in hobo costumes playing a banjo and tambourine at bottom left.

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The New York Sunday world. Sept. 29

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Image of an advertisement for the New York Sunday World featuring a woman wearing an elaborate herald costume and holding a large staff.

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The great exhibition of 1860

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