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Ku Klux Klan cross burning
Date: Between 1920 and 1929
Members of the Ku Klux Klan burning a cross
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Volunteers shooting at John Brown and his followers
Date: 1859
An illustration of volunteers shooting insurgents who had taken refuge by swimming to a rock, and throwing others off the bridge at Harpers Ferry. This sketch was drawn on the…
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Governor Wise, of Virginia, examining the wounded Harpers Ferry prisoners
Date: 1859
A sketch of Governor Wise, of Virginia, examining the wounded Harpers Ferry prisoners in the presence of Senator Mason. A reporter of the New York Herald, a special sketch artist,…
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Ku Klux Klan with a railroad car
Date: Between 1920 and 1929
This photograph shows members of the Ku Klux Klan with a Chicago, Rock Island and Pacific Railroad passenger car.
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Barbed wire advertisement
Date: Between 1880 and 1889
An early advertisement for barbed wire fencing “Victorious and triumphant! Haish’s improved S barb and Stevens’ lock stitch steel fence wire.” The advent of barbed wire as material for fencing…
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Prisoners Shields Green, Copeland, and Haslett in a jail cell following the Harpers Ferry insurrection
Date: 1859
Illustration showing prisoners Shields Green, Copeland, and Haslett, in a jail cell after the Harpers Ferry insurrection. At the time of the insurrection, Harper’s Ferry was located in Virginia; however,…
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Burying dead insurgents after Harpers Ferry insurrection
Date: 1859
A sketch of the dead Harpers Ferry insurgents being buried.
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Harpers Ferry, Virginia
Date: 1859
An illustration showing a general view of Harpers Ferry, visible is the bridge, armory, and hills surrounding the area.
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Richard Realf
Date: 1859
A sketch of a portrait of Richard Realf, appointed secretary of state in the new constituition planned by John Brown of the Harpers Ferry Insurrection. Copied from Frank Leslie’s Illustrated…
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Bringing the prisoners out of the engine house at Harpers Ferry
Date: 1859
Illustration showing soldiers bringing the prisoners out of the engine house at Harpers Ferry, Virginia (now West Virginia).
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Storming of the engine house at Harpers Ferry
Date: 1859
This illustration shows the storming of the engine house by the United States Marines at Harpers Ferry. Illustrated by David Hunter Strother who used the pen named Porte Crayon.
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Engine house at Harpers Ferry
Date: 1859
Illustration showing the interior of the engine house, just before the gate was broken down by a storming party. Col. Washington and his associates as captives, held by Brown as…
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Carrying the prisoners from the armory to the railroad station, in route to Charlestown, Virginia, for trial
Date: 1859
An illustration showing Harpers Ferry prisoners being carried from the armory to the railroad station, in route to Charlestown, Virginia, for trial.
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Capt. Cook brought out of jail
Date: 1859
An illustration of Captain John Cook, a John Brown follower, being brought out of jail and surrounded by soldiers.
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General Lane escorting the legislature to Lecompton
Date: December 1857
General James H. Lane escorting the legislature to Lecompton, copied from the Life of Gen. James H. Lane by John Speer.
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The sentinel firing at Cook and Coppic
Date: 1859
A sketch of the sentinel firing at Cook and Coppic, as they were endeavoring to escape from the jail at Charlestown, on Thursday night, Dec. 15, 1859. Copied from Frank…
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The execution of Cook and Coppic in Charlestown
Date: 1859
A sketch of the execution of Cook and Coppic in Charleston, as military and citizens look on. Copied from Frank Leslie’s Illustrated Newspaper.
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Border ruffians
Date: May 1856
Illustration showing border ruffians marching on Lawrence, Kansas Territory, copied from History of Kansas by J. N. Holloway.
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John Brown riding on his coffin to the place of execution
Date: 1859
Sketch of John Brown riding on his coffin to the place of execution, copied from Frank Leslie’s Illustrated Newspaper.
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John Brown
Date: 1859
Sketch of John Brown ascending the scaffold preparatory to being hanged, copied from Frank Leslie’s Illustrated Newspaper.
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Sketch of the prisoners Cook, Coppic, Greene, and Copeland
Date: 1859
Sketch of the prisoners Cook, Coppic, Greene, and Copeland receiving sentence to death, copied from Frank Leslie’s Illustrated Newspaper.
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Lawrence, Kansas Territory
Date: 1856
Illustration depicting Lawrence, Kansas Territory, May, 1856. The building under the flag is the Free-State Hotel and the earth embankment (right of center) was constructed for the town’s defense. The…
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House in which John Brown’s pikes were found
Date: 1859
Sketch of the house in which John Brown’s pikes were found, copied from Frank Leslie’s Illustrated Newspaper.
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John Brown’s residence, Kennedy Farm, Maryland
Date: 1859
John Brown’s residence, Kennedy Farm, Maryland, copied from Frank Leslie’s Illustrated Newspaper.
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Prisoner John Brown and his counsel
Date: 1859
Prisoner John Brown and his Boston counsel, Mr. Hoyt. Drawn by David Hunter Strother.