To you, who had the greatest impact on American system and politics without ever becoming a President?

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What's the most interesting mystery in history to you guys?

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American Revolutionary War veteran William Hutchings, photographed at the age of 100 in 1864.

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John D. Rockefeller gifting a 5-cent coin to a child, 1929.

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Favorite fact about WWII?

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USS Constitution

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To you, who was the “best” American in history?

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Could someone please tell me who the person in the puff of smoke is? I need to identify him for a history assigmnent and after looking through my textbook I'm still not sure.

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Last stand hill, Little bighorn battlefield, Montana. It was at this site that the last 40 men under General Custer's 210 strong command made a desperate last stand before being totally annihilated by 2,000 Lakota, Arapaho, Northern Cheyenne and Dakota warriors.

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I always thought Uncle Sam was made up

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1946, The deadliest hotel fire in U.S. history

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Mugshot of Bertha Boronda, the woman who was arrested for cutting off her husband’s penis with a razor in 1907.

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[March 5th, 1770] 254 years ago today, the Boston Massacre occurred, an event that galvanized anti-British feelings in the lead-up to the American Revolution.

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Name 1 Good Thing About McClellan

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Supressing History

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Who was the most important person in American history excluding presidents

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Today is the anniversary of Executive Order 9066; internment of Japanese American citizens.

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Is this a confederate flag?

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What a beautiful fucking country!

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Why doesn't Martin Van Buren get more hate in modern discourse for his role in the Trail of Tears? It seems to fall all on Andrew Jackson.

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Honestly, how many knew the founders were this young?

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Whooo boy, this picture... wow. It's 1873 and this is American Progress. The light of scientific advancement sweeps West, pushing out the Native Americans, wild animals, and darkness. Taming the wild frontier was seen as a virtuous good, done for the benefit of civilization.

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Abraham Lincoln with his son, Thomas Tad Lincoln, the fourth and youngest son of the 16th President of the United and his wife Mary Todd Lincoln. Thomas died at the age of 18.

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A Real American Hero

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“Who would you vote for in this election?” Day 1: 1788-1789

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If you could change the outcome of one Presidential Election, what would it be?

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Top Row: George Washington, John Adams, Bottom Row: Thomas Jefferson, James Madison

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Who is your favourite president of the 20th century? I’ll start

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The Gadsen Purchase

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Top 10 American Speeches of the 20th Century

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When do you think this was

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Uniform coat, gauntlets and the pen with General Robert E. Lee signed the terms of surrender to union general Ulysses S. Grant at Appomattox court house on April 9th, 1865. Housed in civil war museum in Richmond Virginia.

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What are your thoughts on Realpolitik?

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Richard nixon

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Tombstone of William Penn, founder of Pennsylvania, and his second wife, Hannah Penn.

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A month into Margaret “Peggy” Shippen’s marriage to Gen. Benedict Arnold, he began to conspire with the British army through Peggy’s friend, Maj. John Andre. He eventually switched sides to fight for the British. #WHM

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No surprise George Washington wins 1788-1789 Day 2: 1792

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why do pictures of Lewis Powell (one of the Lincoln assassination conspirators) look so modern?

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1920s Chicago 😳 This is not Birmingham.

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Did George McClellan want to be a dictator?

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Anyone else fascinated with Richard Nixon? If so, what's something you find interesting? A fun/not so fun fact?

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Lyndon Johnson still holds the record for the biggest landslide ever in a presidential election (1964)

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Map of presidential birth states

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A playground in the USA in the 1970s

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Former US President Bill Clinton would be the first POTUSA to send an email!

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Name 1 Good Thing about Woodrow Wilson

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The last lunch Richard Nixon had at the White House before he resigned from the presidency on August 9th, 1974. The meal consists of canned pineapples topped with cottage cheese, and a glass of milk.

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George H. Bush letter to Bill Clinton on inauguration in 1993

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Chester Arthur appreciation post

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Are there other composers like Sousa in US history that you like/admire?

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Did Anyones' Public History Class Get This Far?

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June 25th 1876. Two hundred and sixty eight soldiers of the United States 7th cavalry regiment are wiped out by the combined forces of the Arapaho, Lakota and northern Cheyenne at the Battle of the Little Big Horn.

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A Vietnamese teenager buttons up her Mothers blouse after she was sexually assaulted by American GI's. They were gunned down moments after this photo was taken. My Lai Massacre, Vietnam. 16 March 1968.

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Poster of USDA recommendation on how to eat well from over 70-80 years ago, it was called the “Basic 7”.

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Billionaire Howard Hughes, businessman, investor, pilot, engineer and film director was once in the public eye, however, after his plane crash in 1946 that changed. Hughes became reclusive, rarely ever seeing anyone. He spent the last 20 years of his life renting out various Hotels in North America.

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All Proposed Statehoods Inside The U.S.A

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Andrew Jackson

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The Civil War wouldn’t have happened if it had been prevented earlier

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2 Bills: Buffalo Bill & Pawnee Bill's Wild West shows' large group picture. possibly 1912. I just love the hi-def of this image. The faces on each person feel so real and I want to know everyone's personal life story.

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What books are available to help understand American history?

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Best Books on American History (see comments for the list)

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John Hinckley, the guy that tried to assassinate Ronald Reagan, was released from prison. He’s now releasing original music on YouTube: https://youtu.be/EDQ7d6GQJI8

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Last Stand Hill, Little Bighorn Battlefield. Montana. It was at this site that the last 40 men under General Custer's 210 strong command made a desperate last stand before being totally annihilated by hundreds of Lakota, Arapaho, Northern Cheyenne and Dakota warriors.

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A list of American Amendments that were never approved.

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Critical Race Theory or Theory Critical of Racists?

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Need Help With a Political Cartoon. Can’t Find Anything on this specific cartoon and i need information on who created it, (i’m aware the author’s signature is there i just can’t make out what it says) what it means, what event/people are being shown.

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I found this in some stuff I purchased at auction. It's a tintype in an old locket. Is this Lincoln?

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I am from India. Fascinated by United States history and love for NYC, tried to capture primary themes. Have I missed anything important?

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There are many similarities between America in the 1970s and now. Biden would be followed by a resurgent Trump or a wave started by a similar figure. Biden's goal must be to avoid Carter's fate

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My great grandma kept this post card and picture because the guy died at pearl harbor on the USS Arizona. Can anyone match the name to the list of KIA sailors? If i found surviving relatives id send them that picture.

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3 Presidential elections in Jimmy Carter's lifetime

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This coin is implanted into the concrete at the Pentagon where AA Flight 77 crashed on September 11, 2001, right where the nose of the plane was found. I couldn't find any record of this online, but I took this approved image while on a private tour.

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States/Territories that have had Third Party/Independent Governors

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Up the Cutbank, photo by Roland W. Reed

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Election 2000 Question

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So I work at a thrift store, while I was working I pulled a picture frame off a cart for it to be priced, the only thing in the frame is a very dark piece of paper so I shined the light on it

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does anyone know the meaning behind this political cartoon?

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Who's sitting beside Franklin D. Roosevelt?

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Can anyone identify who this is?

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Does anyone have a scan or image of this illustration? More info in comments

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What if John c Breckinridge won instead of Lincoln in 1960?

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Photo in JFK Library nearby UMass Boston Campus. Can anyone tell who they are?

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The Articles of Confederation failed miserably and the Confederate states of America wanted to go back to that?

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Who is this?

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Is A an adequate answer to this question, or is it a poor question? (First year teacher, standardized final)

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anyone know what this is? my mom says my grandpa got it from a US embassy a long time ago but she dosent remember the year or the war. hoping someone would have more information on it and what is it.

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From Washington to Trump, a facemorph time-lapse of every USA President [x-post /r/DataArt]

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I was walking our land (rural NC) and found this metal tool and an old nail. Does anyone have an idea what the tool might be? Its hard to see in the image but the handle side is curved in slightly like it may have been used as an attachment to something else. xoxo

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Relationship between Black and Irish Americans?

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I’m Theodore Roosevelt. Ask me anything

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The Rising Tide Of Color - The Threat Against White World Supremacy

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US Presidents by decade since the '40s

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What happened from 1965-1980 that caused such a drop?

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My Great Great Grandfather was awarded the Medal of Honor for saving Richard Nixon’s Great Grandfather during the civil war. Found his citation in an old cedar chest recently when I was going through some things at my aunts house that recently passed.

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JFK letter to child, 1961

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This Day in U. S. History: General George McClellan Relieved of Command of the Army of the Potomac

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Hacketstown, NJ civil war statue last winter.

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TIL what Alexander Hamilton was like

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Whig Party Gang

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Marine WW II Navajo Code Talkers honored last night during national television broadcast [960 x 720]

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Since the rest of the US dollars concept sucks, I decided to make my own 20 dollars in based in history and great decision making, I present you Franklyn D. Roosevelt.

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100 years ago today, the front pages of almost every American newspaper dominated by one story

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Happy 274th birthday to Thomas Jefferson

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Gary, Indiana. 1959.

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Question: why would the map key on a 1942 Texaco Touring Map of Iowa reference the U.S. Interstate Highways. I thought those were created in the late 1950s?

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Can anyone tell me what this is?

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I'm doing some vocab terms for my APUSH class...

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Found a check book inside an abandoned school in Nebraska. Anyone know about this check book besides the fact it's a checkbook?

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Meriwether Lewis of the Lewis and Clark Expedition - leaning on his musket

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Why we oppose votes for men (1915)

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All this controversy about Sherman

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Times Square celebration of victory over Japan, August 1945

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Original copy of the New York Herald after Lincoln's assassination.

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America, do you know your heroes?

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True grit - by a six year old. In 1960, six year old Ruby Bridges braved the threats from white parents and became the first African-American child to attend an all-white elementary school in New Orleans

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Harry S Truman, circa March 1972. Could be the last time he was photographed

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The City of Washington 1892

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Unknown symbol on Wall Street Grave?

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I had always thought the casting for the Confederacy's vice president in 'Lincoln' was a dramatization; turns out it was pretty accurate.

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Times Square (1936) as it appeared the night FDR won his second term as President

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Kent State chaos, 1970

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can someone explain what this cartoon is about?

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The Debate Between the US Constitution and the Confederate States of America Constitution: What you need to know

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Tempers flared on the Oregon trail - precious buffalo chips were the best way to make a fire on the prairie

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They weren't kidding about the Starving Period in Jamestown

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My class is going to create paper dolls of their favorite person in U.S. History. Here is mine as an example: Frederick Douglass

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Statue of Liberty's crown repair, 1938

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JFK at Cape Canaveral (11/18/1963), checking out a Project Gemini rocket he will never see launched

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55 years ago on 11/22/1957, the singing duo known as Tom & Jerry appeared on American Bandstand. Wonder whatever happened to those guys?

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I'm reading diary journals from Southern women during the Civil War, &etc. After a few dozen primary documents this is how I think the South felt in 1862.

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I am having trouble in my US History assignment, what does 6 golden lines mean in Indians VS American war ?

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69 years ago to this day. Never Forget.

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Is a woman's place in the home? A 1925 debate

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True Blues

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Abraham Lincoln & Hannibal Hamlin 1860 Presidential Campaign Banner [2048x1386] (/r/HI_Res version in comments)

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Thought you guys would enjoy this. An Indian arrowhead I found in my backyard (the tip was broken off when I found it).

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The House of Representatives managers who pursued Andrew Johnson's impeachment, which culminated 145 years ago today

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Bowling Green Fence NYC - One of the few relics of the American Revolution the public can actually touch and feel.

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Fort Ticonderoga - Imgur

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I scanned this late 1800s glass negative last night with a ship on it. Does anyone know anything about it?

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In 1913 this NY-based cigarette company gave away swastika-laden Navajo blankets as incentive to smoke their product

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Map of United States from 1884 showing state nicknames represented by hogs.

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