African American soldiers--History--18th century; United States--History--War of 1812--Participation, African American; Great Britain. Corps of Colonial Marines--African Americans
This research will address several key historical realities overlooked in reference to African Americans during the War of 1812. One, that African Americans played a significant role in the successes of United States military conflicts during the...
Two women, wearing upswept hairstyles and long Victorian dresses, face away from the camera toward the porch of a frame house. It may be a copy from a daguerreotype. Title supplied by cataloger.
A woman sits in a rowboat that has been pulled up on the shore of Lake Michigan, gazing out at the water as if searching for someone or something. Handwritten on album page by photographer Kate Matthews: "Far Away". Inscribed on first and...
Two men and four boys stand in the street in front of the entrance gate at Baxter Square Park. Iron bars are bent over from the tornado which hit Louisville, Kentucky, on March 27, 1890. Damaged homes sit across the street. Purchased in 1880,...
