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March 22, 1844 Illustration  Lithograph of Charles Stratton dressed as Napoleon Bonaparte. Visual Still
January 2, 1847 Article    Document
January 1849 Article    Document
March 1852 Article    Document
April 1852 Magazine    Document
December 1854 Article    Document
September 1855 Article    Document
November 1855 Article    Document
July 3, 1858 Engraving  A woman with crown and shield watches as Diphtheria, Scrofula, Cholera, and a large male creature emerge from dirty water. Visual Still
circa 1865 Photograph  Souvenir photograph of Tom Thumb dressed as a sailor. Visual Still
circa 1865 Photograph  Tom Thumb dress in traditional Scottish clothing. Visual Still
circa 1880 Advertisement  Color advertising card shaped like artist's palette. Visual Still
June 7, 1882 Print  Uncle Sam and a woman in an American flag dress cover their ears as an Irishman yells. Bricks with labels including Irish independence are scattered at the feet of Uncle Sam. The dim room has two levels of beds, with labels including Frenchman, Negro, and Russian. Visual Still
January 17, 1883 Cover  llustration shows Benjamin F. Butler spreading ashes labeled Censure, Exposure, Desire for Reform, [and] Criticism on a slide in the snow labeled Slide of Public Mismanagement to the dismay of a group of children labeled Factory Employee, Sup't. of Charitable Institution, Prison Supt., Army Snob, Matron of Infant Asylum, Manager of Insane Asylum, [and] Superflluous Gov't. Employee on Beacon Hill. Visual Still
August 1, 1883 Cover  Print shows George F. Hoar standing in front of a monument that states To the Eternal Shame of Massachus'tts - Conceived in Corruption Erected in Humanity [?] Tewkesbury; his hat labeled Republicans is under one foot, the other foot in a bucket of whitewash labeled The Republican Report, he is holding a large brush with which he has attempted to cover up the text on the stone. This cartoon refers to disturbing events that took place at the State Almshouse at Tewksbury, Massachusetts, prior to 1883. Visual Still
September 17, 1884 Cover  Print shows Benjamin F. Butler standing on a stage dressed as a clown, a list of nominations for the 1884 presidential election trails from his pocket: Last ... Greenback ... Convict Party ... Tewksbury Pauper ... Women's Suffrage ... His own nomination; next to him Belva Lockwood has emerged through a hole in the stage floor carrying over her head a scroll announcing the Nomination for Pres. Women's Rights Party. Visual Still
May 1, 1898 Cover  Print showing a bloated Civil War veteran sitting on a chair beneath a sign that states How the Fatman has grown. On display next to him is Uncle Sam sitting on a chair beneath a sign that states The Living Skeleton. Visual Still
1905 Postcard  Drawing of a man pulling a wagon away path from a large institutional building. Visual Still
October 7, 1906 Article    Document
December 16, 1906 Article    Document
1909 Postcard  Bright color illustration of an elderly blind man leading a young blind boy past a Danger sign Visual Still
circa 1910 Postcard  Color postcard cartoon depicts man flying an airplane away from a brick building labeled Insane Asylum while guards look on from the roof. Visual Still
June 1918 Cartoon  Cartoon of a soldier with a cane running from women welcoming his home. He runs toward a job. Visual Still
August 1918 Cartoon  Cartoon of soldier with cane in military fortification made of sandbags marked charity. Poison gas, marked worn-out notion of the cripple, lies in the direction of a job. Visual Still
1919 Ephemera  A printed card with a photograph attached. Visual Still
circa 1924 Postcard  Visual Still
1926 Article    Document
January 1926 Article    Document
April 29, 1926 Article    Document
1927 Article    Document
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