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October 9, 1896 | Speech
Sioux Falls, SD Speech, 1896-10-09
Speech by William Jennings Bryan.
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October 25, 1894 | Newspaper
Silas
The Nebraska State Journal ridicules Bryan for his attractive looks and youth, and sarcastically dismisses Populist-Democractic gubernatorial candidate Silas Holcomb as a local loan shark. The paper also prints a humorous poem mocking Bryan.
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December 14, 1867 | Illustration
Shooting Buffalo from the Trains of the Kansas Pacific Railroad
This image from the December 14, 1867 issue of Harper's Weekly depicts men shooting buffalo for sport from Kansas Pacific Railroad cars.
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May 29, 1875 | Illustration
Shooting Antelopes From A Railroad Train In Colorado
This scene from the May 29, 1875 issue of Harper's Weekly depicts a hunting party shooting pronghorn antelope from a railroad train in Colorado.
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September 11, 1869 | Illustration
Sherman Station, Wyoming Territory
This image from the September 11, 1869 issue of Harper's Weekly depicts the rail station in Sherman, Wyoming Territory.
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May 11, 1861 | Illustration
Seventh Regiment on Board the "Boston," En Route for Annapolis
This image from the May 11, 1861 issue of Harper's Weekly depicts members of the Seventh Regiment aboard the steamship "Boston," en route to Annapolis, Maryland.
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December 31, 1869 | Legal decision
Seth E. Beedy Deposition
Catharine Brown's attorneys deposed two white men who were on the train with Brown and witnessed her expulsion from the cars in Alexandria. Both lived in Maine and were deposed in December 1869. Seth Beedy was traveling with Benjamin Hinds, who knew and recognized "Kate" Brown. Beedy testified, "she was ejected by violence and that alone."
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August 4, 1877 | Illustration
Serving Chowder To The Soldiers.
This image comes from a series of illustrations "Scenes In The Armory Of The Seventh Regiment, N.G.S.N.Y." depicting the soldiers' stay in their armory in preparation for violence on the streets of New York.
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June 17, 1868 | Government document
Senate Report on Catharine Brown
The U.S. Senate Committee on the District of Columbia hears testimony about the forcible ejection of Catherine Brown from the Alexandria and Washington Railroad coach. Multiple witnesses are called and the circumstances of her removal are described.
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July 16, 1896 | Speech
Sedalia, MO Speech, 1896-07-16
Speech by William Jennings Bryan.
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July 16, 1859 | Illustration
Scene On The Morning After The Late Terrible Accident On The Michigan Southern Railroad
This image from the July 16, 1859 issue of Harper's Weekly depicts a scene on the morning after a terrible train accident on the Michigan Southern Railroad.
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August 11, 1877 | Illustration
Scene in the Armory of the Seventh Regiment, N.G.S.N.Y. — The troops awaiting orders.
During the strikes, New York's Seventh Regiment occupied the armory for several days in preparation for violence in the city. Although there were several large meetings held, no mob action took place in New York.
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June 26, 1858 | Illustration
Scene During the Inundation at Cairo, Illinois
This image from the June 26, 1858 issue of Harper's Weekly depicts the flooding of Cairo, Illinois.
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November 3, 1894 | Illustration
Save Nebraska From Confederated Monopoly
In 1894, Democrat William Jennings Bryan ran against Republican John M. Thurston for Nebraska's open seat in the United States Senate. During the race, the Omaha Bee, a Republican reform paper, campaigned against the Burlington & Missouri Railroad as an especially nefarious force endangering the republic. In this political cartoon, Editor Edward Rosewater broadened the paper's attack to include all monopolies.
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1862 | Photograph
Savage?s Station, headquarters of General George B. McClellan, June 27, 1862
McClellan used the Richmond & York River Railroad to position his massive Army of the Potomac just a few miles from Richmond.
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1892 | Time Table
Santa Fe Route
This 1892 Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe time table featured detailed insets with maps of its subsidiary lines.
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March 1, 1907 | Time Table
Santa Fe
By 1907 railroads were producing elaborate time tables with detailed connecting information, rates, and times. The Santa Fe Railroad emphasized detailed times and schedules for this large system.
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October 27, 1854 | Letter
Samuel G. White's Affidavit, October 27, 1854
When two slaves were killed on the Blue Ridge Tunnel project, the Board of Public Works attorneys sought sworn affidavits from white men who knew the enslaved men to determine their value for compensation to the slaveholders. The legal process regularized and the practice of industrial slavery on the railroads.
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September 17, 1896 | Speech
Salisbury, NC Speech, 1896-09-17
Speech by William Jennings Bryan.
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July 13, 1896 | Speech
Salem, IL Speech, 1896-07-13
Speech by William Jennings Bryan.
