Charles Morehead Thomas was born in 1847 in Bowling Green, Kentucky. He attended the common schools of Warren County, Kentucky, but was caught up in the turmoil of the Civil War, joining the Confederate Army as a youth. After the war he returned to...
Paintings; Allusions; Anti-Americanism; Politics & government; Political issues; Capitalism; Imperialism; Wealth; Corruption; Poverty; Emigration & immigration; Social classes; Economic & social conditions; Domestic life; Child labor;...
"This enormous, collage-like painting is crammed with anti-American allusions. An electric chair sits on the plinth at the top center (the Rosenbergs were electrocuted as Russian spies in 1953). A GI nonchalantly reads a pornographic magazine....
Crosley Radios For Louisville Territory airplane, likely Bowman Field, Louisville, Kentucky, circa 1930. Two men make a transaction as pilot watches. Plane advertises: Crosley Radios For Louisville Territory; Crosley packages placed on ground in...
Train on the center tracks in a row of four sets of railroad tracks beneath a metal railroad sign that crosses the tracks. In the background the tracks curve around a tree-covered mountain. There are trees to the left below a drop-off. Two people...
Portraits; United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Military personnel--Union; Generals--American--1860-1870; Generals; Military uniforms; Military officers
Portrait of Isaac Ingalls Stevens (1818-1862), the first governor of Washington Territory, a United States Congressman, and a major general in the Union Army during the United States Civil War until his death at the Battle of Chantilly.
Portraits; United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Military personnel--Union; Generals--American--1860-1870; Generals; Military uniforms; Military officers
Portrait of John Pope (1822-1892), a career Army officer and Union major general in the United States Civil War. He was born in Louisville, Kentucky, the son of Nathaniel Pope, a prominent Federal judge in early Illinois Territory and a friend of...
Portraits; United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Military personnel--Union; Generals--American--1860-1870; Generals; Military uniforms; Military officers
Portrait of Lew Wallace (1827-1905), a lawyer, governor, and Union general in the United States Civil War. He was also an author, best remembered for his historical novel Ben-Hur: A Tale of the Christ. During the war, he was promoted to Brigadier...
Soldiers; Men; Women; Discovery & exploration; Animals; Dairy farming; Uniforms; War casualties; Indians of North America
Woodblock prints of, from top to bottom starting at left: centurion on horseback, holding sword and spear - signed "Hartwell"; man with rifle holding map of South America; woman holds pail on head while another woman milks cow; uniformed...
Map of Kentucky, bordered by "North Western" Territory, Virginia and Tennessee Government, shows mountain ranges, rivers, large creeks, salt licks, cities, and towns, but no county names or borders. Printed in lower right margin, "W....
Map of Kentucky, bordered by "North W'n" Territory, Ohio, Virginia and Tennessee Government, shows mountain ranges, rivers, large creeks, salt licks, cities, and towns, but no county names or borders. Printed in lower right margin,...
Map of Kentucky, bordered by "North Western Territory", Virginia, and Tennessee Government, shows mountain ranges, rivers, large creeks, cities, and towns, plus nine county names, but not precise county borders. Printed beneath the title,...
Map of Kentucky bordered by "N. W. Territory," Virginia and" S. W. Territory," shows rivers, large creeks, major cities and towns plus nineteen county names, but not precise county borders. Mountains are shown pictorially but...
St. Louis, Missouri seen from above; a tall tower stands above the surrounding buildings. The Mississippi River can be seen in the back. Text printed on verso reads, "St. Louis is the largest city on the Mississippi river, and one of the most...
Map of northeastern United States, excluding New England but including "New-York, New-Jersey, Pennsylvania, Delaware and the Territory N:W: of Ohio," shows state borders, mountain ranges, rivers, major creeks, large lakes, cities, and...
Map of the Great Lakes area extends south to Tennessee and North Carolina covering Kentucky, Pennsylvania, Maryland, Virginia, New York, and the Western Territory. Details include state borders, mountain ranges, rivers, large creeks, cities, and...
Map of eastern North America encompasses Canada, the Great Lakes, the first sixteen states including Kentucky and Tennessee, plus the Western Territory as well as land south of Tennessee, west of Georgia and north of Florida. Details include state...
Horse-drawn vehicle on dirt road by stone formation. There are a cactus and a yucca plant in the foreground. Printed text on verso reads, "Desert scene, Arizona - The surface of Arizona is a series of plateaus, ranging in altitude from 80 to...
"The son and successor of Artaxerxes, Shapur I (r. 241-272), succeeded in further extending Sasanian territory. He also erected a great palace at Ctesiphon, the capital his father had established near modern Baghdad in Iraq. The central...
Santa Fe Mission depot, a structure with Spanish-influenced architecture. Other buildings are visible nearby, and telegraph wires run between various buildings and the depot. There are people standing near the tracks and the station, and several...
Russia (Federation)--Politics and government, 1991-
Every state, regardless of its size, faces a problem of spatial organization and distribution of its power over territory, particularly in times of the formation of its statehood and the establishment of the system of governance. The...
