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Grand celebration of Bunker Hill Monument. June 17, 1843. This broadside and poem commemorates the Daniel Webster's June 17th oration at the newly-erected Bunker Hill Monument in Charlestown, Massachusetts.

At end of title: "Scene: a village…

Charley […] experiences or a visit to the grand opera, London, 1872. Dated about 1872. These pen and ink drawings by, most likely, a Cincinnati, Ohio, artist depicts a Cincinnatian’s humorous visit to the Grand Opera in London.

Portable bandstand picturegram. Dated June 2, 1947. This picturegram depicts the Al Koran Temple Little Symphony Band of Cleveland, Ohio, as it marched in a fifteen thousand strong Shriners’ parade in Atlantic City, New Jersey. The parade took place…

Syria Temple Patrol Shriners bang gun. Dated 1950s. A cardboard toy bang gun created for the Syria Temple Shriners of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. Imprint reads, "Trade Mark Reg. U.S. Pat. Off. Made In U.S.A."

The duellists [sic], or the death of Cilley. Dated about 1838. This poem memorializes the death of United States Congressman Jonathan Cilley from Maine, who died in a duel with another Congressman, William J. Graves from Kentucky.

Carrier's address, to the patrons of the Rhode-Island Republican. Dated January 1, 1833. This carrier’s address to the patrons of the Rhode-Island Republican highlights the national and international events of the past year in verse form. Topics…

A song, composed by the British soldiers, after the fight at Bunker Hill, June 17, 1775. Dated between 1875 and 1880. This song in twelve stanzas was written by an unknown British author and commemorates the Battle of Bunker Hill and the British…

Webster Festival. Ode to commemorate the civic festival given to the Hon. Daniel Webster at Faneuil Hall, July 24, 1838. Dated 1838. This lyrical poem in twenty-two stanzas commemorates a dinner given at Faneuil Hall in honor of United States Senator…

Celebration of the two hundredth anniversary of the settlement of Hingham broadside. Dated 1835. This broadside contains the order of exercises for the celebration of the two hundredth anniversary of Hingham, Massachusetts. Includes the text of a…

Signed photograph of President Gerald R. Ford, addressed to the Caldwell Consistory, Valley of Bloomsburg, Pennsylvania, Ancient and Accepted Scottish Rite. Signed by President Ford below photograph, on mat.

Photograph is the first official…