GCL3356462: PRESIDENTIAL CAMPAIGN 1904 Uncle Sam: "Never swap pilots while crossing a stream": American cartoon, c.1904, showing the Ship of State going at full speed towards the presidential election with President Theodore Roosevelt at the wheel, while Democratic candidate Alton Brooks Parker, from his dinghy, tries in vain to attract Uncle Sam's attention. / Bridgeman Images
GCL3356503: CARTOON: BLACK SUFFRAGE, 1880. 'Freedom of Suffrage to the Blacks Means Freedom of Suffrage to the Whites.' In spite of this statement by Secretary of State Evarts, Southern whites board up the Temple of Liberty to disenfranchise black voters and urge the North, represented by New York's Tammany Hall, to do likewise. Cartoon by Thomas Nast, 1880., Nast, Thomas (1840-1902) / Bridgeman Images
GCL3356670: EXPRESS MAIL, 1840s A mail carrier from Henry Wells' express service being pursued by Post Office agents, wanting to arrest him. In the 1840s, Wells' much less expensive express service eventually forced the U.S. government to lower the postal rates by three-fourths. Wood engraving, American, 1875. / Bridgeman Images