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- Lewis Cass, circa 1860 - Politician Lewis Cass, who served from 1857 to 1860 as Secretary of State under President James Buchanan, posed for this carte-de-visite in a professional photographer's studio around 1860. Cartes-de-visite, small photographic prints on cardboard stock, remained popular from the Civil War in the 1860s through the 1880s. Americans commonly collected and exchanged them to commemorate family members or celebrities.
- circa 1860
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Lewis Cass, circa 1860
Politician Lewis Cass, who served from 1857 to 1860 as Secretary of State under President James Buchanan, posed for this carte-de-visite in a professional photographer's studio around 1860. Cartes-de-visite, small photographic prints on cardboard stock, remained popular from the Civil War in the 1860s through the 1880s. Americans commonly collected and exchanged them to commemorate family members or celebrities.
- Governor Beckham and Party at the Races, Derby Day, Louisville, Kentucky, 1901 - From 1895 to 1924, the Detroit Publishing Company was one of the world's major image publishers. The company had a wide-ranging stock of original photographs. Among them was this image showing a group of spectators - including Kentucky governor J. C. W. Beckham - aboard a coach at the 27th running of the Kentucky Derby horse race in Louisville, 1901.
- 1901
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Governor Beckham and Party at the Races, Derby Day, Louisville, Kentucky, 1901
From 1895 to 1924, the Detroit Publishing Company was one of the world's major image publishers. The company had a wide-ranging stock of original photographs. Among them was this image showing a group of spectators - including Kentucky governor J. C. W. Beckham - aboard a coach at the 27th running of the Kentucky Derby horse race in Louisville, 1901.
- Flask, 1824-1825 - Glass factories in America began producing inexpensive, mold-formed flasks in the early 1800s. These figured flasks, often decorated with symbols of national pride, appealed to America's common man. This early 1820s flask contains images of two historic figures: General Lafayette, a French aristocrat who helped America win its independence; and DeWitt Clinton, the New York governor who supported construction of the Erie Canal.
- 1824-1825
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Flask, 1824-1825
Glass factories in America began producing inexpensive, mold-formed flasks in the early 1800s. These figured flasks, often decorated with symbols of national pride, appealed to America's common man. This early 1820s flask contains images of two historic figures: General Lafayette, a French aristocrat who helped America win its independence; and DeWitt Clinton, the New York governor who supported construction of the Erie Canal.
- Michigan Democratic Party Campaign Button, 1952-1956 - Political party officials want voters to cast a "straight-party" ballot -- to vote for every candidate running from their party. In the 1950s, the Democratic Party encouraged Michigan voters to "Make it Emphatic Vote Straight Democratic" by casting their ballots for G. Mennan Williams for governor and Adlai Stevenson for president. Voters split the ballot anyway. Williams became governor, but the state backed Republican Dwight Eisenhower.
- 1952-1956
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Michigan Democratic Party Campaign Button, 1952-1956
Political party officials want voters to cast a "straight-party" ballot -- to vote for every candidate running from their party. In the 1950s, the Democratic Party encouraged Michigan voters to "Make it Emphatic Vote Straight Democratic" by casting their ballots for G. Mennan Williams for governor and Adlai Stevenson for president. Voters split the ballot anyway. Williams became governor, but the state backed Republican Dwight Eisenhower.