Six hundreds photographs dating from 1842 to 1862, many of them portraits by Mathew Brady and his assistants. (
http://lcweb2.loc.gov/ammem/daghtml/daghome.html
)
Information on Thoreau's life, family, and friends, along with background on his experience at Walden and the writing of the book. (
http://www.waldenfont.com/thoreau.asp
)
Searchable books and pamphlets, primarily concerning women's suffrage, but also touching on other reform movements. (
http://lcweb2.loc.gov/ammem/naw/nawshom.html
)
Click on 'Exhibitions' on the Museum of the City of New York Home Page, and search for 'A Good Day's Sport' to see Currier & Ives images of fishing, hunting, and horse racing in antebellum America. (
http://www.mcny.org/Exhibitions/currierives/good2.htm
)