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An image that captures a very large traffic jam in Chicago, Illinois

An ingenious, anonymous man demonstrates to reporters how one can transport flasks of alcohol throughout the city during Prohibition.

A rum runner lies in wait on a dock in Sandwich, Ontario for the signal that it is clear to bring alcohol across the Detroit River to a landing plot on 17th Street. Diagram courtesy of a Detroit News Photographer.

A portrait of each candidate vying for the presidency of the United States in 1876

L to R, Unidentified, First Assistant Postmaster General Hubert Work; Second Assistant Postmaster General E.H. Shaugnnessy; Third Assistant Postmaster General W. Irving Glover; Fourth Assistant Postmaster General Harry H. Hillany.

Cartoons highlighting crimes committed by Tweed

Cartoon depicting a child being wrapped up by a spider