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Drawing

Ann Lapham

Date: 
Description: Drawn portrait of Ann Lapham, wife of Increase A. Lapham.
Newspaper Article/Clipping

Underground Newspaper Cover: Maine Times

Date: 11 26 1971
Description: Cover of "Maine Times," an underground newspaper, featuring a photograph of a boy holding a rifle and posing next to a deer, suspended from his garage. The...
Newspaper Article/Clipping

Underground Newspaper Cover: The Fifth Estate

Date: 02 19 1970
Description: Cover of "The Fifth Estate," an underground newspaper, featuring a grim reaper figure wearing an American flag-patterned tie, and holding a man's severed h...
Print

Athletic Games at Gilmore's Concert Garden, New York

Date: 12 1875
Description: Composite of engraved images of men involved in various athletic activities: fencing, weightlifting, juggling with clubs and cannon balls, wrestling, and b...
Magazine or Periodical

"Pitiful Reform" Cartoon

Date: 10 30 1875
Description: A cartoon of a woman representing excellence standing on the steps of Tammany Hall and holding her nose as she looks at the pitiful state of school reform....
Magazine or Periodical

Edison In His Workshop

Date: 08 02 1879
Description: A drawing of Thomas Edison seated at a desk working on an experiment. Caption at bottom reads: "Edison In His Workshop."
Magazine or Periodical

The Electric Light in Houses

Date: 06 24 1882
Description: Three depictions of men laying electrical tubes in the streets of New York and testing them for insulation. Caption reads: "The Electric Light in Houses— L...

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