Visual Materials
Anti-Slavery Constitutional Amendment photomontage
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Stereographs of 13th Amendment congressional signers
Visual Materials
Two stereographs on card mounts that are composite photographs produced by George May Powell of Powell & Co. featuring politicians who secured the passage of the 13th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution, which permanently abolished slavery. The stereograph featuring 159 individuals is composed of portraits of Vice President Hannibal Hamlin at the top, Speaker of the House Schuyler Colfax at the center, President Abraham Lincoln at the bottom, 38 Senators on the outer edges, and 117 Congressmen in the inner area. The second stereograph features portraits of only the 38 Senators with Abraham Lincoln's portrait in the middle. To construct these composite photographs, George Powell probably borrowed from Mathew Brady's library of photographic portraits, and Lincoln's face is likely cropped from a picture taken by Brady's cameraman, Anthony Berger, on February 9, 1864. This photograph was produced by George May Powell in various sizes, on different mounts, and later under different imprints. A separate key that identified each person was also produced and sold separately.
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The fifteenth amendment
Visual Materials
Image of a parade celebration in Baltimore, Maryland, for the passing of the Fifteenth Amendment of the United States Constitution (allowing African American men the right to vote) on May 19, 1870, surrounded by vignettes and portraits with captions; African American men, women, and children are portrayed in various daily activities as equals to others, including as workers, soldiers, religious figures, politicians, married couples, educators, and voters; portraits of President Ulysses S. Grant, Martin Delany, Frederick Douglass, Hiram Rhodes Revels, Vice President Schuyler Colfax, John Brown, and Abraham Lincoln surround center image along with quotes from the Declaration of Independence and the U.S. Constitution.
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Constitution, By-Laws and Amendments
Manuscripts
The collection consists of letters and documents which formed a portion of the Business Women's Legislative Council of California's records. The items in the collection pertain to the organization, maintenance and activities of the Council. The records span the years from 1927 to 1943, although there is a general gap in the files before 1929 and from 1936 through 1938. Grouped into folders, by document type, the folders are in alphabetical order by and files within every folder are arranged chronologically. Notable correspondence includes letters from elected officials as well as candidates in California and the governors of nearly all states in response to questions about their positions on "equal rights for women wage-earners." Prominent gubernatorial signatories include Franklin D. Roosevelt, Gifford Pinchot, Theodore Bilbo, and Theodore Roosevelt, Jr. Among the many letters from California legislators, the one from Culbert Olson is the most notable. Ephemera includes pamphlets on women's rights from other organizations, newspaper clippings/transcripts and convention programs.
mssBusiness Women's Legislative Council
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Abraham Lincoln collection
Manuscripts
This collection contains correspondence and documents of Abraham Lincoln dating from 1813 to 1865, especially relating to his presidency and the election of 1864, and to the Civil War, including appointments, military commissions, instructions and orders to generals, pardons, and passes. Several items pertain to slavery, including letters and notes, documents regarding gradual emancipation in Delaware, and signed copies of the 13th Amendment. There is a small amount of material for the Lincoln and Todd families. Also present are legal documents, 1838 to 1860, primarily relating to various cases handled by Lincoln during his law partnerships, especially with William H. Herndon. In addition, the collection includes items dating from 1865 to 1911 that concern Lincoln's assassination and the conspirators, his funeral, and his legacy.
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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
Visual Materials
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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Death Bed of Lincoln
Visual Materials
Albumen print. Face of the dying president was modeled after the Mathew Brady profile photo taken Feb. 9, 1864 & later adapted for the copper penny. Rare as engraving, but achieved popularity in this format -- as CDV for family albums. Depicts Lincoln on his deathbed, surrounded by his cabinet and generals. A young man (Robert Lincoln?) covers his face in grief, Mary Lincoln is on her knees at the bedside weeping
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