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- Flask, 1865-1875 - Glass factories in America began producing inexpensive, mold-formed flasks in the early 1800s. These figured flasks, often decorated with symbols of national pride or political or cultural affiliation, appealed to America's common man. The clasping hands, shield and eagle represent the Union -- a cause many Americans fought to uphold during the Civil War.
- 1865-1875
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Flask, 1865-1875
Glass factories in America began producing inexpensive, mold-formed flasks in the early 1800s. These figured flasks, often decorated with symbols of national pride or political or cultural affiliation, appealed to America's common man. The clasping hands, shield and eagle represent the Union -- a cause many Americans fought to uphold during the Civil War.
- Flask, 1865-1875 - Glass factories in America began producing inexpensive, mold-formed flasks in the early 1800s. These figured flasks, often decorated with symbols of national pride or political or cultural affiliation, appealed to America's common man. The clasping hands, shield and eagle represent the Union -- a cause many Americans fought to uphold during the Civil War.
- 1865-1875
- Collections - Artifact
Flask, 1865-1875
Glass factories in America began producing inexpensive, mold-formed flasks in the early 1800s. These figured flasks, often decorated with symbols of national pride or political or cultural affiliation, appealed to America's common man. The clasping hands, shield and eagle represent the Union -- a cause many Americans fought to uphold during the Civil War.
- Harper's Weekly Cover, "The First Vote," November 16, 1867 - This 1867 issue of <em>Harper's Weekly</em> shows Black Americans lining up to cast their ballots. Congress had recently approved measures allowing African Americans the right to vote -- a right later ratified in the 15th Amendment. Southern states however worked to find ways to disenfranchise black voters; and by the end of the century had in large part succeeded.
- November 16, 1867
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Harper's Weekly Cover, "The First Vote," November 16, 1867
This 1867 issue of Harper's Weekly shows Black Americans lining up to cast their ballots. Congress had recently approved measures allowing African Americans the right to vote -- a right later ratified in the 15th Amendment. Southern states however worked to find ways to disenfranchise black voters; and by the end of the century had in large part succeeded.
- Harper's Weekly Cover, "Another Step Towards Civilization," May 31, 1879 - African Americans, able to move more freely after the Civil War, searched for new opportunities. White landowners sought to control this movement of labor that disrupted the plantation economy. In 1879, white leaders gathered in Vicksburg, Mississippi, to discuss ways to improve the situation. This <em>Harper's Weekly</em> illustration lampooned the convention as a spider trap to blacks who succumbed to empty pledges of white landowners.
- May 31, 1879
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Harper's Weekly Cover, "Another Step Towards Civilization," May 31, 1879
African Americans, able to move more freely after the Civil War, searched for new opportunities. White landowners sought to control this movement of labor that disrupted the plantation economy. In 1879, white leaders gathered in Vicksburg, Mississippi, to discuss ways to improve the situation. This Harper's Weekly illustration lampooned the convention as a spider trap to blacks who succumbed to empty pledges of white landowners.
- Flask, 1865-1875 - Glass factories in America began producing inexpensive, mold-formed flasks in the early 1800s. These figured flasks, often decorated with symbols of national pride or political or cultural affiliation, appealed to America's common man. The clasping hands, shield and eagle represent the Union -- a cause many Americans fought to uphold during the Civil War.
- 1865-1875
- Collections - Artifact
Flask, 1865-1875
Glass factories in America began producing inexpensive, mold-formed flasks in the early 1800s. These figured flasks, often decorated with symbols of national pride or political or cultural affiliation, appealed to America's common man. The clasping hands, shield and eagle represent the Union -- a cause many Americans fought to uphold during the Civil War.
- Flask, 1865-1875 - Glass factories in America began producing inexpensive, mold-formed flasks in the early 1800s. These figured flasks, often decorated with symbols of national pride or political or cultural affiliation, appealed to America's common man. The clasping hands, shield and eagle represent the Union -- a cause many Americans fought to uphold during the Civil War.
- 1865-1875
- Collections - Artifact
Flask, 1865-1875
Glass factories in America began producing inexpensive, mold-formed flasks in the early 1800s. These figured flasks, often decorated with symbols of national pride or political or cultural affiliation, appealed to America's common man. The clasping hands, shield and eagle represent the Union -- a cause many Americans fought to uphold during the Civil War.
- "A Centennial Fourth of July Democratic Celebration," and United States Congress Debate on the Hamburgh Massacre, 1876 -
- July 04, 1876
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"A Centennial Fourth of July Democratic Celebration," and United States Congress Debate on the Hamburgh Massacre, 1876
- Letter from Henry Wilson to Sanborn, October 6, 1870 -
- October 06, 1870
- Collections - Artifact
Letter from Henry Wilson to Sanborn, October 6, 1870
- Flask, 1865-1875 - Glass factories in America began producing inexpensive, mold-formed flasks in the early 1800s. These figured flasks, often decorated with symbols of national pride or political or cultural affiliation, appealed to America's common man. The clasping hands, shield and eagle represent the Union -- a cause many Americans fought to uphold during the Civil War.
- 1865-1875
- Collections - Artifact
Flask, 1865-1875
Glass factories in America began producing inexpensive, mold-formed flasks in the early 1800s. These figured flasks, often decorated with symbols of national pride or political or cultural affiliation, appealed to America's common man. The clasping hands, shield and eagle represent the Union -- a cause many Americans fought to uphold during the Civil War.
- Flask, 1865-1875 - Glass factories in America began producing inexpensive, mold-formed flasks in the early 1800s. These figured flasks, often decorated with symbols of national pride or political or cultural affiliation, appealed to America's common man. The clasping hands, shield and eagle represent the Union -- a cause many Americans fought to uphold during the Civil War.
- 1865-1875
- Collections - Artifact
Flask, 1865-1875
Glass factories in America began producing inexpensive, mold-formed flasks in the early 1800s. These figured flasks, often decorated with symbols of national pride or political or cultural affiliation, appealed to America's common man. The clasping hands, shield and eagle represent the Union -- a cause many Americans fought to uphold during the Civil War.