8 April 1968

Associated Press

Photograph

Title: Marines Guard U.S. Capitol

One telephoto entitled, "Marines Guard U.S. Capitol " dated April 8, 1968 taken by Associated Press. Depicts two National Guardsmen standing in front of the U.S. Capitol Building.

GLC09740.052

8 April 1968

Associated Press

Photograph

Title: Soldier in Silhouette

One telephoto entitled, "Soldier in Silhouette" dated April 8, 1968 taken by Associated Press. Depicts the silhouette of a National Guardsmen in front of the U.S. Capitol Building.

GLC09740.053

8 April 1968

Associated Press

Photograph

Title: Cincinnati

One telephoto entitled, "Cincinnati" dated April 8, 1968 taken by Associated Press. Depicts white police officers in riot gear inspecting a car belonging to Black men.

GLC09740.057

8 April 1968

United Press International

Photograph

Title: Pittsburgh, PA

One telephoto entitled, "Pittsburgh, PA" dated April 8, 1968 taken by United Press International. Depicts protesters in front of National Guardsmen who are pointing guns with bayonets towards their faces. Wire transfer information describes protestors as "agitators."

GLC09740.058

8 April 1968

Associated Press

Photograph

Title: Negro Looter Shot Dead

One telephoto entitled, "Negro Looter Shot Dead" dated April 8, 1968 taken by Associated Press. Image is of a priest praying over a 47-year old deceased Black man who is covered with a sheet. Wire transfer information states he was shot by Baltimore police who claimed he was looting.

GLC09740.060

9 April 1968

Associated Press

Photograph

Title: Demonstrator Downed

One telephoto entitled, "Demonstrator Downed" dated April 9, 1968 taken by Associated Press. Image is of two Episcopilean priest; Reverend Edward L. Warner (on the ground) and Reverend David Fly (on the right). They are being apprehended by police who wearing tear gas masks. They are surrounded by tear gas.

GLC09740.061

9 April 1968

Associated Press

Photograph

Title: Ground and Tied

One telephoto entitled, "Ground and Tied" dated April 9, 1968 taken by Associated Press. Image is of three Baltimore policmen in riot gear holding down one Black man to the ground.

GLC09740.062

9 April 1968

Associated Press

Photograph

Title: Curfew Breaker Grounded

One telephoto entitled, "Curfew Breaker Grounded" dated April 9, 1968 taken by Associated Press. Image is of a Black man who is bruised on his face held down by three police officers in riot gear. (similar to GLC09740.063)

GLC09740.063

9 April 1968

Associated Press

Photograph

Title: Youngstown, O.

One telephoto entitled, "Youngstown, O." dated April 9, 1968 taken by Associated Press. Image is National Guardsmen with an army vehicle. Wire transfer information describes the curfew that had been put in place and injuries incurred from riots following Martin Luther King Jr.'s assassination.

GLC09740.064

9 April 1968

Associated Press

Photograph

Title: Wilmington, Del.

One telephoto entitled, "Wilmington, Del." dated April 9, 1968 taken by Associated Press. Image is a bird's eye view of the smoke arising from buildings in Wilmington's business district.

GLC09740.065

9 April 1968

Associated Press

Photograph

Title: Watch Fire

One telephoto entitled, "Watch Fire" dated April 9, 1968 taken by Associated Press. Image is of crowd watching smoke arise from buildings in the distance. Wire transfer information details that the fires took place in Pittsburgh's Brushwood area.

GLC09740.070

9 April 1968

Associated Press

Photograph

Title: Chattanooga, Tenn.

One telephoto entitled, "Chattanooga, Tenn.," dated April 9, 1968 taken by Associated Press. Image is of police officer confronting two people walking in Chattonooga. Wire transfer information claims that the two men were looters. Also details that a disturbance broke out after a memorial held for Martin Luther King Jr. 500 students marched in his honor.

GLC09740.071

1863

Douglass, Frederick, 1818-1895

Broadside

Title: Men of Color: To Arms! Now or Never... [recruitment broadside]

One broadside entitled Men of Color: To Arms! Now or Never. dated 1863. Dramatic oversize recruitment broadside appealing to free African-Americans to enlist for three years. The broadside asks "Are freemen less brave than slaves[?]" Subscribed in type by Douglass and fifty-four other African-American leaders, including William Forten, Rev. William T. Catto, Rev. Stephen Smith, Rev. J.C. Gibbs, and many others. Per David Blight letter, it appeared Spring 1863. (This broadside reprints a Douglass editorial.)

GLC10021

1866

Carpenter, Francis Bicknell, 1830-1900

Print

Title: The First reading of the Emancipation Proclamation...[engraving after Carpenter]

One engraving depicting the First reading of the Emancipation Proclamation based on the painting by Francis Bicknell CArpenter dated 1866. Steel engraving by A. H. Ritchie after the painting by Francis B. Carpenter. Fully titled "The First Reading of the Emancipation Proclamation before the Cabinet. From the original picture painted at the White House in 1864." Large "premium engraving from 'The Independent.'" The image depicts Lincoln and his cabinet at his first reading of the proclamation, ending slavery in states still in rebellion. From left to right the men are identified (per the…

GLC10020

1861

Currier & Ives

Print

Title: Victorious bombardment of Port Royal, S.C.

One print entitled Victorious bombardment of Port Royal, S.C. from Currier and Ives dated 1861.

GLC10028

1913

Browne, F.F., fl. 1914

Book

Title: Every Day Life of A. Lincoln

One book entitled Every Day Life of A. Lincoln by F.F. Browne published 1913. Tis book is a extra illustrated & extended edition. Each document has been inlaid on Whatman paper.

GLC10006

5 December 1864

Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865

Document

Title: Thirteenth Amendment resolution

Thirteenth amendment resolution ending slavery, partially printed and signed by members of both houses of Congress who voted for the resolution. A "Congressional" copy NOT signed by President Lincoln, partially printed on parchment with manuscript additions. Signed by Hamlin, Colfax, Forney, McPherson, 37 senators, and 111 Congressmen.

GLC10007

circa 1848

Punch

Engraving

Title: [Overseers with a Black child]

One print of Abraham Lincoln for the magazine, Punch. Reverse side contains print of a male and female overseer with a Black enslaved child. The child's face is not shown but does appear to be pleading to the man. The woman is wearing stripes with a whip in one hand and raising her other fist. The man wears a shirt with stars. Standing together they appear like the American flag.

GLC08878.1219

1790/03/10

Fenno, John, 1751-1798

Newspaper

Title: Gazette of the United States. [No. 95 (March 10, 1790)]

First printing of the Census Act signed in type by Washington (p. 1), debate on payment of securities (p. 2-3), and letter signed Rusticus on abolition of slavery and colonization and Quakers (p. 4).

GLC08760

1861/09/15

Bennett, James Gordon, 1841-1918

Newspaper

Title: The New York herald. [No. 9136 (September 15, 1861)]

Prints a letter of President Lincoln to John C. Fremont concerning emancipation. Headline reads, "Modification of the Proclamation with regard to the liberation of slaves." Lincoln asks Fremont to modify his order proclaiming that all slaves owned by Confederates in Missouri were free because it goes against Congress. Civil War news, retreat of the rebel Army of Manassas, news from Havana and Mexico, among other items.

GLC08793

1787/12/13

J. Dunlap and D.C. Claypoole, 1784-1790

Newspaper

Title: The Pennsylvania packet, and daily advertiser [No. 2763 (December 13, 1787)]

Reports on the ratification of the Constitution in Pennsylvania. Prints Benjamin Franklin's "Last Speech at the late Federal Convention." Contains foreign and domestic news. Many advertisements, including some for slaves.

GLC08809

1789/05/02-06

Fenno, John, 1751-1798

Newspaper

Title: Gazette of the United States. [No. 7 (May 2 - May 6, 1789)]

Anti-slavery essay, President's home (in New York).

GLC08810

1790/06/09

Fenno, John, 1751-1798

Newspaper

Title: Gazette of the United States. [Vol. II, no. 17 (June 9, 1790)]

Reports on Rhode Island's ratification of the Constitution, a debate on tonnage in the House of Representatives, and news from Europe. Also prints an extract from a speech to Congress by Massachusetts Governor John Hancock on the national debt, acts passed by Congress and ones still pending, and news items about appointments, slavery, and suicide. Same issue as GLC03123.

GLC08720.01

1836/12/31

Newspaper

Title: Herald of freedom. [Vol. 2, no. 44 (December 31, 1836)]

Slavery and abolition.

GLC08721

1815/01/28

Niles, Hezekiah, 1777-1839

Newspaper

Title: Niles weekly register. [Vol. VII, no. 22 (January 28, 1815)]

A leading national periodical discusses the Hartford Convention, Britain's war aims, the possibility that American forces at New Orleans can rebuff a British invasion, and African Americans' participation in the war effort. Pages numbers 337-352.

GLC08725.02