Black Catholics in Philadelphia and The Journal
...ed a school, Blessed St. Peter Claver, for black children on Lombard St. in 1859, which was later taught by the Sisters of Providence from Baltimore. By the 1880s, black Catholics began a concerted effort to establish a church and accompanying school for the community. In 1886, the St. Peter
Redpath’s Illustrated Weekly: a rare find
...t Ireland in the late 1870’s. The Tribune agreed to his proposal and during 1880 and 1881, Redpath made three trips to Ireland, sponsored in part by The Tribune and The Boston Pilot, to ascertain the causes of the famine. While in Ireland, he became a supporter of Charles Stewart
Pope
...many Hall to depict him as unfit for office. “The German Vote,” November 2, 1872 In 1872, Senator Carl Schurz created the Liberal Republican Party to oppose the reelection of President Ulysses S. Grant. In this cartoon, Nast shows that Schurz is unable to organize the German vote. The poster