Highlights from the past and present of Minnesota, from the rich online collections of the Library of Congress.

Poster showing a minuteman and a modern soldier with tents and cannons in the background, presumably the Military Training Camp in Plattsburgh, N.Y. Copyright by Military Training Camps Association. Poster allows space for additional information to be printed or inscribed. Forms part of: Willard and Dorothy Straight Collection.

A satire on the unlikely alliance of rival editors Horace Greeley and James Watson Webb in support of Zachary Taylor for the presidency in 1848. Unlike Webb, one of Taylor's earliest and most enthusiastic New York supporters, Greeley refused to endorse Taylor until late in September 1848. Here, he and the bewhiskered Webb lie side-by-side in a large, canopied "Bed of Availability." Greeley: "Webb dont you think we can get the Government Printing [contracts] after the 4th of next March?" March 4 was the constitutionally established inauguration day until modified by the Twentieth Amendment. Webb: "We might have got it if you had followed your Partner's advice sooner; as it is now, I'm afraid Taylor will be defeated; & there is that dam'd Letter of Willis Hall's." During his campaign, Taylor was a prolific letter writer. In the foreground stands a night table holding copies of Greeley's New York "Tribune" and Webb's "Courier and Enquirer." A spittoon is on the floor near the foot of the bed, and the two men's clothes rest on chairs nearby. On the far wall of the bedchamber hangs a framed portrait of Taylor.|Lith: & pub: by H.R. Robinson 31 Park Row N.Y. (Adjoining Lovejoy's Hotel.)|Probably drawn by W.J.C.|Title appears as it is written on the item.|Weitenkampf, p. 96.|Forms part of: American cartoon print filing series (Library of Congress)|Published in: American political prints, 1766-1876 / Bernard F. Reilly. Boston : G.K. Hall, 1991, entry 1848-55.

Miss Kay Fukuda, U.S. Naval cadet nurse, Corps head; head-and-shoulders portrait, facing front, in uniform. Title transcribed from Ansel Adams' caption on verso of print. Original neg. no.: LC-A35-4-M-70. Gift; Ansel Adams; 1965-1968. Forms part of: Manzanar War Relocation Center photographs.

Miss Michiko Sugawara, head-and-shoulders portrait, facing front. Title transcribed from Ansel Adams' caption on verso of print. Original neg. no.: LC-A35-4-M-74. Gift; Ansel Adams; 1965-1968. Forms part of: Manzanar War Relocation Center photographs.

Miss Tetsuko Murakami, secretary; bust portrait, facing front. Title transcribed from Ansel Adams' caption on verso of print, where surname is spelled Marujami. Original neg. no.: LC-A35-4-M-75. Gift; Ansel Adams; 1965-1968. Forms part of: Manzanar War Relocation Center photographs.

Miss Yemiko Sedohara, secretary to Project Attorney, bust portrait, facing slightly right. Title transcribed from Ansel Adams' caption on verso of print. Original neg. no.: LC-A35-4-M-76. Gift; Ansel Adams; 1965-1968. Forms part of: Manzanar War Relocation Center photographs.

Miss Yuri Yamazaki, bust portrait, facing front. Title transcribed from Ansel Adams' caption on verso of print. Original neg. no.: LC-A35-4-M-71. Gift; Ansel Adams; 1965-1968. Forms part of: Manzanar War Relocation Center photographs.

Miss Yuri Yamazaki, head-and-shoulders portrait, facing front. Title transcribed from Ansel Adams' caption on verso of print. Original neg. no.: LC-A35-4-M-72. Gift; Ansel Adams; 1965-1968. Forms part of: Manzanar War Relocation Center photographs.

Poster showing a Red Cross in a starburst over the ocean, with poem below. Title from item. When at the last the deeps reveal / The treasure they have stored, / When the victorious trumpets peal / For the coming of the Lord - / In glory then shall these arise, / To take their crowns in fee, / Who hallowed by their sacrifice / His altars in the sea. J.S.A. Wt. 14184. 4/7/18. E3428.

Highlights from the past and present of Mississippi, from the rich online collections of the Library of Congress.

Highlights from the past and present of Missouri, from the rich online collections of the Library of Congress.

The Nakai family from left to right: Mitsu, half-length portrait, standing, and, seated on a cot, Margaret, with a baby on her lap, Jane, a young girl, looking at a photo album, and Roy, a young boy. Title transcribed from Ansel Adams' caption on verso of print. Original neg. no.: LC-A351-3-M-35. Gift; Ansel Adams; 1965-1968. Forms part of: Manzanar War Relocation Center photographs.

Mitsu Nakai, three-quarter length portrait, seated on couch, facing front, holding baby. Title transcribed from Ansel Adams' caption on verso of print. Original neg. no.: LC-A35-4-M-57. Gift; Ansel Adams; 1965-1968. Forms part of: Manzanar War Relocation Center photographs.

Mitsuo Matsuro, bust portrait, facing front, wearing fire fighter uniform. Title transcribed from Ansel Adams' caption on verso of print. Original neg. no.: LC-A35-4-M-64. Gift; Ansel Adams; 1965-1968. Forms part of: Manzanar War Relocation Center photographs.

Ad for the Model T Ford in the Amarillo daily news. (Amarillo, Tex.), 05 May 1912.

Title appears as it is written on the item.|Forms part of: American cartoon print filing series (Library of Congress)

A parody of Democratic politics in the months preceding the party's 1848 national convention. Specifically, the artist ridicules the rivalry within the party between Free Soil or anti-slavery interests, which upheld the Wilmot Proviso, and regular, conservative Democrats or "Hunkers." The "Gilpins" (named after the hero of William Cowper's 1785 "Diverting History of John Gilpin," who also loses control of his mount, to comic effect) are regular Democrats Lewis Cass, Thomas Hart Benton, and Levi Woodbury, who ride a giant sow down "Salt River Lane" away from the "Head Quarters of the Northern Democracy," which displays a Liberty cap and a flag "Wilmot Proviso." Cass, a former general and avid expansionist, wears a military uniform and brandishes a sword "Annexation." John Van Buren (right), a Free Soil Democrat, tries to restrain the pig by holding its tail. He remarks, "This is our last hope. If the tail draws out, they are gone for good." A man at left tries to block the pig's passage shouting "Stop, stop, Old Hunkers! here's the house!" Cass orders, "Clear the road. Don't you see that we are fulfilling our manifest destiny!" Benton asserts, "We are not a whit inclined to tarry there." On the far right a stout gentleman chases after them calling, "Hey! hey, there! where upon airth are you going? Come back here to your quarters!" Meanwhile former President and Free Soil contender Martin Van Buren is neck-deep in a pool at the lower right. He laments, "Had I served my country with half the zeal with which I served my illustrious predecessor, I should not thus have slumped in the mud." He refers to his service under Andrew Jackson, whom he succeeded as President. Attribution of "The Modern Gilpins" to John L. Magee is based on its similarities in draftsmanship and facial characterizations to Magee's 1850 satire "The Clay Statue," (no. 1850-9) and to several Mexican War prints he executed for the publisher Baillie.|Entered . . . 1848 by J. Baillie. |Published by James Baillie, 87th St. near 3d Avenue, N.Y.|Signed: Mack del (John L. Magee).|Title appears as it is written on the item.|Weitenkampf, p. 91-92.|Forms part of: American cartoon print filing series (Library of Congress)|Published in: American political prints, 1766-1876 / Bernard F. Reilly. Boston : G.K. Hall, 1991, entry 1848-3.

Highlights from the past and present of Montana, from the rich online collections of the Library of Congress.

Marble monument with inscription that reads, "Monument for the Pacification of Spirits," with mountains in the background, including Mt. Williamson. Title transcribed from Ansel Adams' caption on verso of print. Original neg. no.: LC-A351-3-M-13. Gift; Ansel Adams; 1965-1968. Forms part of: Manzanar War Relocation Center photographs.