Mathew Brady or Levin Handy, Joseph Rainey, First African American to serve in the U.S. House of Representatives, 1869-1879, Library of Congress, Between 1865 and 1880
Joseph Hayne Rainey, 1832-1887. Born in Georgetown, South Carolina. He was the first African American to serve in the U.S. House of Representatives,…
Committee of 100 for the 250th Celebration of the founding of the City of Newark, Past Mayors of Newark, New Jersey, 1836-1884, Library of Congress, 1916
The City of Newark's anniversary industrial exposition in 1916 celebrated the 250th anniversary of the settlement of the City. This composition was…
Smithsonian-led Team of 3-D Digital Imaging Specialists, Smithsonian 3-D Portrait of President Barack Obama, First African-American U.S. President, Smithsonian Institution, 12/02/2014
People have always sought to document their leaders with the best technology available in their time, and the Smithsonian collects the results of…
National Archives, William Livingston First Governor of New Jersey 1776-1790, National Archives, No date given
William Livingston 1723 - 1790, served as the Governor of New Jersey 1776 - 1790, during the American Revolutionary War and was a signer of the United…
McKinley Presidential Campaign, William McKinley Presidential Campaign, Library of Congress, 1895-1900
"Democracy is the only system that persists in asking the powers that be whether they are the powers that ought to be." - Sydney J. Harris In the 1896…