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1878 | Government report
Testimony by Norman M. Smith, manager of the Pittsburgh transfer station for the Pennsylvania Railroad Company
Norman M. Smith describes the moment of firing into the crowd in Pittsburgh and his impressions of the military and the "mob."
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October 12, 1861 | Illustration
Terrible Railway Accident on the Ohio and Mississippi Railroad
This image from the October 12, 1861 issue of Harper's Weekly depicts a railway accident on the Ohio and Mississippi railroad.
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October 22, 1896 | Speech
Terre Haute, IN Speech 1, 1896-10-22
Speech by William Jennings Bryan.
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October 16, 1869 | Illustration
Ten-Miles Canon, Nevada
This image from the October 16, 1869 issue of Harper's Weekly depicts a Central Pacific Railroad passenger train traveling through Ten-Mile Canyon in Nevada. Just months after the driving of the "golden spike," the transcontinental railroad was in operation ferrying passengers through some of the sublime, dramatic landscape of the west.
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June 24, 1862 | Letter
Telegram regarding travel of enslaved African Americans via railroad.
In this June 24, 1862 telegram between a Mr. Young and E. H. Stokes, Young informs Stokes that he has "sent you by train three (3) negroes," which cost $1,800.
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July 21, 1877 | Newspaper
Tearing Up Tracks
This article from the July 21, 1877 issue of the Baltimore Sun describes the damage rioters caused to the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad's tracks near Lee Street in Baltimore.
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July 21, 1877 | Newspaper
Tearing Down The Telegraph
This article from the July 21, 1877 issue of the Baltimore American recounts the mob's destruction of railroad property, including tearing down the telegraph office, ripping up the railroad tracks, smashing locomotives, and burning depots.
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August 11, 1877 | Illustration
Taking Posession of the West Albany Freight Yards
This August 11, 1877 image from Leslie's Illustrated depicts the firmness and order of the Ninth New York State National Guard Regiment as it takes "posession" of the West Albany, New York freight yards on July 24, 1877, in the face of a pressing crowd.
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July 17, 1896 | Speech
Table Rock, NE Speech, 1896-07-17
Speech by William Jennings Bryan.
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October 19, 1867 | Illustration
Surveying in Central America for a Railroad Across the Isthmus of Nicaragua
This image from Harper's Weekly depicts railroad surveyors floating down Nicaragua's Rio Rama on a raft doing preliminary work to build a railroad across the isthmus.
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May 30, 1868 | Illustration
Surveying for the Central Pacific Railroad in Humboldt Pass
This image from the May 30, 1868 issue of Harper's Weekly depicts surveyors examining Humboldt Pass in the Sierra Mountains of Nevada for the Central Pacific Railroad.
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October 23, 1896 | Speech
Sullivan, IL Speech, 1896-10-23
Speech by William Jennings Bryan.
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1937 | Artwork
Subway Drillers, 1937
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September 3, 1896 | Speech
Sturgis, MI Speech, 1896-09-03
Speech by William Jennings Bryan.
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August 7, 1896 | Speech
Stuart, IA Speech, 1896-08-07
Speech by William Jennings Bryan.
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July 25, 1877 | Newspaper
Striking Everywhere
This selection of articles from the July 25, 1877 issue of the Pittsburgh Daily Post reveals how the strike is affecting railroads and communities all over the country, as well as how citizens are responding.
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August 26, 1894 | Newspaper
Strikes Have Their Uses
The Bryan-Thurston Senate race took place in the context of a massive strike by Pullman car and railroad workers in the summer of 1894. Both men vied for the support of workingmen.
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1878 | Book
Strikers, Communists, Tramps and Detectives
In this excerpt from Allan Pinkerton's Strikers, Communists, Tramps and Detectives, Pinkerton gives his opinion regarding the origin of America's Great Railway Strike of 1877.
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July 18, 1877 | Newspaper
Strikers in Full Possession of the Line
This excerpt from the July 19, 1877 edition of the London Times offers a description of the strikers' control of the Baltimore and Ohio line.
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July 26, 1877 | Newspaper
Status of the Strike
This article from the July 26, 1877 issue of the Pittsburgh Daily Post notes a stoppage in the railroad strike's violence, but mentions that an agreement between the railroad owners and the strikers seems unlikely.
