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Lesson 11 Document 1

TITLE:  The Union as it was The lost cause, worse than slavery / Th. Nast.
CALL NUMBER:  Illus. in AP2.H32 1874 (Case Y) [P&P]
REPRODUCTION NUMBER:  LC-USZ62-128619 (b&w film copy neg.)
No known restrictions on publication.
SUMMARY:  Man "White League" shaking hands with Ku Klux Klan member over shield illustrated with African American couple with dead(?) baby. In background, man hanging from tree.
MEDIUM:  1 print : wood engraving.
CREATED/PUBLISHED:  1874.
CREATOR: Nast, Thomas, 1840-1902, artist.
NOTES: Illus. in: Harper's weekly, v. 18, no. 930 (1874 Oct. 24), p. 878.

SUBJECTS:
Ku Klux Klan (1874)
African Americans--Punishment & torture--1870-1880.
FORMAT:
Periodical illustrations 1870-1880.
Wood engravings 1870-1880.
REPOSITORY:  Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division Washington, D.C. 20540 USA
DIGITAL ID:  (b&w film copy neg.) cph 3c28619 http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/cph.3c28619
CARD #:   2001696840

 

 

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