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| Date: | 03 04 1934 |
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| Description: | Bryn Griffiths, Capitol Theatre advertising manager and treasurer, shown at empty safe after burglary. |
| Date: | 1903 |
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| Description: | Robbers, guns drawn, escort the engineer from the locomotive in a scene from The Great Train Robbery. |
| Date: | 1863 |
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| Description: | Black & white lithograph by Milwaukee lithographer Louis Kurz depicting the Madison Turners or Turnverein at a shooting party on the Madison lakefront. Th... |
| Date: | 01 18 1944 |
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| Description: | Jury members and lawyers from the trail of Arthur M. Joys. Seated at the defense table are (left to right): defense attorney Darrell MacIntyre, defendant ... |
| Date: | 1884 |
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| Description: | Two drawings illustrating a hyperbolic comparison between a society which permits drinking of alcoholic beverages and one that does not. |
| Date: | 1923 |
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| Description: | Two police officers holding rifles escort two prisoners into a paddywagon. Lining the road is a long, perspective view of an outdoor prison. Red text impri... |
| Date: | 03 24 1970 |
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| Description: | Cover of "The East Village Other," an underground newspaper, featuring a cartoon bomb on top of a pile of money. The headline reads, "Booming the Economy."... |
| Date: | 1933 |
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| Description: | Jimmy Cagney as Danny Kean in a scene still from "Picture Snatcher" (WB, 1933). |
| Date: | 1892 |
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| Description: | Close-up of a statue of Captain Myles Standish, a military leader of the Plymouth Colony. Begun in 1892, the statue depicts Standish grasping his sword in... |
| Date: | 1860 |
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| Description: | Two images of the "family" of Virginia. Above depicts a happy, prosperous "family" at the Declaration of Independence in 1776. A banner with the stars and ... |
| Date: | 1951 |
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| Description: | A street scene in Berlin that shows the damage caused by wartime bombing. A banner or billboard on the damaged building on the right is advertising a film ... |
| Date: | 1893 |
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| Description: | A replication of the crucifixion of Jesus Christ. Jesus, along with two other men, are on crosses. On the left is a group of men. One soldier wearing armor... |
| Date: | 1893 |
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| Description: | Jesus is hanging on the cross, while a soldier wearing armor points at him. Other soldiers are present, some riding horses. A group of people on the right ... |
| Date: | 1922 |
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| Description: | Forged labels imitating United States Government Revenue stamps seized by Prohibition Officers. The labels were used by bootleggers to make customers belie... |
| Date: | 1903 |
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| Description: | Color lithograph poster for "Jesse James / The Missouri Outlaw" consisting of just the bust of the famous outlaw in full beard, with a red and white dotted... |
| Date: | 1946 |
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| Description: | Lobby card for the Monogram film "The Shadow Returns," featuring stars Kane Richmond and Barbara Reed, as well as an image of The Shadow punching a crimina... |
| Date: | 1946 |
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| Description: | Lobby card for the Monogram film "The Shadow Returns," featuring a colorized still of The Shadow punching a criminal. |
| Date: | 1946 |
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| Description: | Lobby card for the Monogram film "The Shadow Returns," featuring several characters on a patio investigating a body that has just fallen from the roof. |
| Date: | 1916 |
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| Description: | The robber Jimmy Briggs (played by Eugene Pallette) menaces Grace Remington (Norma Talmadege) in her bedroom in this scene still from the silent feature fi... |
| Date: | 1916 |
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| Description: | The robber Jimmy Briggs (played by Eugene Pallette) is stifling the cries of Grace Remington (Norma Talmadege) in this scene still from the silent feature ... |
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