English Text Collection

Joe Medwick Wearing Cardinals Uniform

Map of Cleveland's Torso Murders
Foreboding Kingsbury Run, shunned by the timid as the legend of its murders has grown, is indicated on this map by dots locating 10 of the 11 torso murders which have occurred there since Sept

Wayne Gretzky Lifts the Stanley Cup Trophy
Edmonton Oilers team captain Wayne Gretzky lifts the Stanley Cup high over his head after the Oilers beat the New York Islanders, 5-2, to win the 1984 Stanley Cup series

Daily News Headlines During 1987 Stock Market Crash
1987 Stock Market Crash. Headlines: New York Daily News. Tuesday Oct. 20, 1987. ***** EDITORIAL USE ONLY--WITH CAUTION ******

White Women Protesting Desegregation
Mrs. Lee Hooks and other white housewives demonstrate against planned desegregation at William Franz Elementary School in New Orleans

Marilyn Monroe Wearing a Potato Sack
(Original Caption) The most torrid thing to hit Hollywood since the days of the first Blonde Bomshell Jean Harlow is the scintillating Marilyn Monroe

Crowds of Demonstrators at Vietnam War Protest
Demonstrators carry banners and signs during a Vietnam War protest in New York's Central Park on April 15, 1967

Standard Oil Monopoly Political Cartoon by C.J. Taylor
An editorial cartoon depicting Standard Oil president John D. Rockefeller as the "King of the World"

Illustrated Political Cartoon: Corporate Greed as Octopus
(Original Caption) 6/27/1882 - Corporate greed octopus gobbles up freight for Great Railroad while unemployed handlers look on. Cartoon 1882

New York Times Headlines on Hindenburg Crash
New York Times front page headlines the day after the Hindenburg disaster, May 7, 1937

Portraits of Convicted Abraham Lincoln Assassination Conspirators
(Original Caption) The Principal Conspirators. Reproduction photos of eight of Lincoln's conspirators

Standard Oil Horse Drawn Wagon On Old St
One of Standard Oil Company's (later Amoco Corporation) first tank wagons

The Betsy Ross House
(Original Caption) Exterior view of Betsy Ross's house in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Undated photograph

Early Locomotive
William Galloway Locomotive

This is the House that Polk Built Editorial Cartoon
Circa 1846 cartoon against the Mexican War and President James Polk

Rally Spirits of 76 Handbill
POSTER EXHORTING CITIZENS OF LEOMINSTER, MASS. TO A JULY 8, 1854 ANTI-SOUTH RALLY AGAINST THE "NEBRASKA INIQUITY"

Title Page from the Origin of Species
(Original Caption) 1859-Title page of Charles Darwin's revolutionary book, "The Origin of the Species, " published in 1859

Louisa May Alcott
(Original Caption) Louisa May Alcott, ca. 1860

Early Chatham Square Site
(Original Caption) New York: Chatham Square, New York City

Coffee Advertisement By Jenkins and Company
(Original Caption) Advertisement for Akbar Coffee by Jenkins and Company. Ad shows clipper ship. BPA2# 11

W.G Taylors Patent Power Loom Calico Machine Engraving
W.G. TAYLORS PATENT POWER LOOM CALICO MACHINE. OBTAINED THE PRIZE MEDAL 1862.UNDATED ENGRAVING

19th-Century Print of Rioters Attacking Brownstones
The event took place during the New York Draft Riots which happened in July of 1863

Richard Owen
British paleontologist and anatomist Richard Owen, who contributed to the study of fossils and opposed the views of Charles Darwin

Handbill for Magnetic Oil
(Original Caption) Poster advertising rheumatic oil, ca. 1870

Railroad Ticket Office
The ticket office and ticket agents of the Atlantic and Pacific Railroad in a large unnamed Western City. After 1876 this railroad was reorganized as the subsidiary St

The Progress of the Century by Currier & Ives
(Original Caption) "The progress of the century." Printing press, telegraph, railroad, steam engine. Lithograph by Currier and Ives, 1876

New York City Police officers pose in front of the 20th Precinct Station

"Cap" Anson, Famed Baseball Player
Adrian Constantine "Cap" Anson was known in later years as "Pop" Anson

George Eastman as Model for New Film
(Original Caption) 1884- George Eastman was himself the model for tests of the experimental American film, and scrawled across it the identification and date 1884

A Monopoly that Requires Crushing by Grant Hamilton
Political Cartoon of Tidewater Pipe Line fighting with Standard Oil

Lithograph of a A Colored Preacher by Charles Stanley Reinhart
(Original Caption) 1889- "A Colored Preacher." Lithograph, 1889

Sign of a Secondhand Store
(Original Caption) Sign on a second handstore in Louisiana. Undated Photograph. BPA 2 #2339

Ritter Painless Dental Offices
(Original Caption) New York, NY: The Ritter Painless Dental Company: Brooklyn dental parlour which doesn't hide its accomplishments. Photo, ca. 1890

Poster Hanger Hanging Posters
(Original Caption) Poster hanger in Chicago. Photographed by Krausz, 1891. BPA 2 #5

Mahatma Gandhi
Gandhi and his associates pose in front of his law offices in South Africa

Indian Statue in Front of Cigar Store
(Original Caption) Wooden Indian with hand in front of his eyes, frontal view, in front of University Cigar Emporium. Note luncheon menu with prices at right. Photo ca. 1895. BPA2# 5057

Nose Art on Mr. Fala
On the side of the B-26 Marauder bomber Mr. Fala shows the President's Scottie running down Berlin's Wilhelmstrasse and encountering a fire hydrant with Hitler's head atop it. Lt

Suffragist Parade in New York
Grand Marshall Inez Milholland leads a procession of 30, 000 marchers in New York during a suffragist parade

Sears, Roebuck and Co. Catalog No.105
Cover of a Sears Roebuck & Co. Consumer's Guide, Fall 1897

General View of a Prairie Schooner
(Original Caption) "Prairie Schooner." Ashville, North Carolina. Undated stereoscope photograph

First Letter Carried by Pony Express
(Original Caption) Facsimile of the first letter carried over the plains by the Pony Express, bearing the news of the election of President Abraham Lincoln. November 8, 1860. BPA2# 5157

World War I Notice From German Embassy
(Original Caption) WWI notice from the German embassy in Washington, DC advising that passage on the Atlantic on ships flying the British colors is to be undertaken at the travellers own risk

Hand Shaped Sign Advertising for a Midwife
(Original Caption) Finger pointing sign--Advertisement for midwife. BPA 2 #28

Title Page of Poor Richard's Almanac
(Original Caption) Poor Richard's Almanac, 1733. Titlepage. BPA2 #5408

Early Version of a Vacuum Cleaner
(Original Caption) Beginning of the vacuum cleaner. Movable gadget as wheeled up to house for a cleaning job, ca. 1900, photograph. BPA 2 #5184

Texaco Service Station
(Original Caption) New York, NY: A gas station in New York City when gas was 11 2/10 cents. Tremont Avenue and Dock Street in the Bronx. (Clear with Bernice Abbot.) Photograph

Jesse James Wanted Poster Nailed to Tree Trunk
A wanted poster offering a "$500 Reward For the Arrest and Conviction of Jesse James, St. Louis Midland Railroad"

Dice and Chips on Craps Table
Close up view of dice and chips on craps table

Psalm 95 Taking Form of Christmas Tree
Psalm 95 written in the form of a tree. Undated illlustration

Advertisement for Lucky Strike Cigarettes
(Original Caption) Be Happy-Go Lucky! enjoy Your Cigarette! If you're not happy with your present brand (and a 38-city survey shows that millions are not), smoke Luckies

Lucky Strike Cigarette Advertisement Featuring Grading Leaf by Peter Hurd
A 1944 advertisement for Lucky Strike cigarettes features a detail of Grading Leaf by Peter Hurd

President Grant and Logan Begging for Funds
Note in dog's mouth and offered to Lady Liberty states: "Logan's Bill to Place US Grant on the Retired Army List"

Advertisement for Iowa and Nebraska Lands
Mid 19th Century advertisement for "Iowa and Nebraska Lands - for sale on 10 years credit by the Burlington and Missouri River Railroad Company."

Advertisement for Saratoga Spa

Weapons for Liberty Liberty Loan Poster by Joseph Christian Leyendecker
Advertisement for "USA Bonds-Third Liberty Loan Campaign Boy Scouts of America-Weapons for Liberty."

Armour's Veribest Canned Meats Advertisement
Chicago, IL: "Why not try Veribest you can buy

Sears, Roebuck and Co. Catalog No.110
Cover of a Sears Roebuck & Co. Consumer's Guide, Fall 1900

Poster of Golfer in Miami
A man in golf clothes, in mid-swing, appears in an advertisement for Miami's winter tourist season

Take a Kodak with You Advertisement
Advertisement for Kodak cameras featuring "The Kodak Girl" well dressed, and standing on a windswept cliff with camera in hand

Walter A. Wood Single Apron Binder Advertisement
Late 19th Century advertisement

Map of the United States of America
(Original Caption) USA: Political map of the United States

Map of America Showing Indian Tribes Location
(Original Caption) Map of America labeled with indigenous Indian Tribes. The Iroquois-Tuscaroras of N.C. joined their kinsmen, the Iroquois or "Five Nations" of N.Y

Mrs. Winslow's Soothing Syrup Trade Card
MRS. WINSLOW'S SOOTHING SYRUP FOR CHILDREN TEETHING. COLOR LITHOGRAPH, UNDATED

Political Cartoon of Pollution Problems with Standard Oil Company as Octopus
(Original Caption) New York: STANDARDOILCO. - A Horrible Monster, Whose Tentacles Spread Poverty, Disease And Death, And Which Is The Primal Cause Of The Nuisances At Hunter's Point

Movie Poster for Frankenstein Double Feature

Street in Greenwich Village
(Original Caption) Greenwich village, west 8th street between 5th and 6th avenues looking west. New York City

Advertisement for Wire Bustles
(Original Caption) Ad for wire bustles used by women in the 1880's

His Master's Voice Advertisement
His Master's Voice" is one of the most iconic and recognizable trademarks in advertising history. The image originated from an 1898 painting by English artist Francis Barraud

Vegetable Pill Advertisement for Headaches
(Original Caption) Advertisement for Wright's Indian Vegetable Pills

London Horse Bus
The rear end of a horse-drawn bus in London

Don't Tread on Me Flag
Drawing of a flag with a coiled rattlesnake and the words Don't Tread on Me similar to the Gadsden Flag, which is believed to be the first flag of the Continental Navy of the American Revolution

Election Slate of the Maryland Democratic Party
The slate of Democratic candidates in the state of Maryland, including the Presidential candidate, Samuel Tilden. Tilden's contest against Rutherford B

Title Page to Gulliver's Travels
(Original Caption) 1726- London, England: Title page from the first edition fo Jonathan Swift's Travels into Several Remote Natons of the World; In Four Parts, By Lemuel Gulliver

New York Times Press Room
Press Room of the New York Times

Title Page Of Journal Outlining Conspiracy
The title page of a journal detailing the proceedings related to the New York Conspiracy of 1741, printed by James Parker

Title Page of the Freemason Constitution
(Original Caption) Titlepage of "The Constitution of the Free-Masons." Philadelphia, 1734. Printed by Benjamin. First book on Free-Masonry printed in America

Traffic on West 8th Street in Greenwich Village
A horse-drawn wagon mixes with auto traffic in 1940s Greenwich Village

Joe DiMaggio Demonstrates on Swinging a Baseball Bat
(Original Caption) What quality is it that lifts Joe DiMaggio, slugging Yankee outfielder, above the crowd? he leads in runs batted in, runs scored doubles and hits

Feminist Marchers Going Through New York City
(Original Caption) Gloria Steinem (center), one of the more celebrated figures in the feminist movement, is among the more than 5, 000 participants in a march against pornography in New York

Copy of Suicide Note to Jean Harlow
(Original Caption) This is a facsimile of the suicide note left by Paul Bern to his platinum haired actress wife, Jean Harlow, before he committed suicide in Hollywood

Posters Hanging in House of Trade Unions
Communists gather for an important meeting in the House of Trade Unions in Moscow, with multilingual proclamations and banners of "fathers" of the Marxist state, during the Stalin era

Auto Parts Store and Garage
(Original Caption) Auto parts store and garage in Atlanta, Georgia. Photograph by Walker Evans. Undated

Boy Selling Newspapers
(Original Caption) Alaska-Newsboy in Matanuska Junction, Undated Photograph. BPA2# 2708

Early Heinz Wagon with Advertising
(Original Caption) An early Heinz wagon reflects the interest of the company's founder, H. J. Heinz, in advertising

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