Images

Half-portrait of US President John Tyler (1790-1862), reproduction of a photographic print, circa 1860. Brady-Handy Collection, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.

The explosion onboard USS Princeton on 28 February 1844, hand-colored lithograph by N. Currier, 1844. Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.

First Lady Julia Gardiner Tyler, the second wife of US President John Tyler, c. 1850-60. Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.

Official portrait of US President John Tyler (1790-1862), oil on canvas by George Peter Alexander Healy, 1864. Blue Room of the White House, Washington, D.C.

Vice President John Tyler receives news of the death of President William Henry Harrison. Illustration from between pages 12 and 13 of The Lives of the Presidents, v. 5, by William Osborn Stoddard, New York: Frederick A. Stokes & Brother...

This map illustrates the Russian Empire on the eve of World War I in 1914. Spanning from Eastern Europe to the Pacific Ocean, it was the largest contiguous empire in history. Built through centuries of conquest and colonization, Russia's...

Three-quarter-length portrait of John Brown, salt print, reproduction of daguerreotype attributed to Martin M. Lawrence, May 1859. Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.

John Brown's tombstone, North Elba, New York. Photograph by Mwanner, 2008.

John Brown, daguerreotype by African-American photographer Augustus Washington in Springfield, Massachusetts, c. 1846-1847. Brown is holding the hand-colored flag of Subterranean Pass Way, his militant counterpart to the Underground Railroad...

Harpers Ferry arsenal; the "engine house", later called "John Brown's Fort", is on the left, 1862. National Park Service.