The Steamboat Ben Campbell in the 1850s LC-USZ6-2054 DLC (b&w film copy neg. post-1992) Daguerreotype Collection (Library of Congress)
The Decade of Crisis, the 1850s
The Steamboat Ben Campbell
in the 1850s LC-USZ6-2054 DLC (b&w film copy neg. post-1992) Daguerreotype
Collection (Library of Congress)
| The Compromise of 1850 | The Emergence of Lincoln |
| The Road to Rebellion | John Brown and Harper's Ferry |
| The Road West | Sport |
| Slavery and Race |
The National Park Service offers an
exhibit with images, links, and other materials on the Underground
Railroad.
The Tools of the Trade section of the Library of Congress, American Treasures presentation offers early photos of occupations such as locksmiths, stone cutters, and seamstresses.
Maryland's Reverdy Johnson is introduced in the Library of Congress, Today in History feature for May 21. Townsend Harris, 1858 treaty with Japan is the second feature for July 29. Jenny Lind's singing tour of the United States is remembered in the feature for September 11.
This page was last updated
August 21, 2002
Background: an altered image of the Declaration of Independence, see the original images at the presentation on the Declaration of Independence by the US National Archives.