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Lot of 10 stereoviews, featuring 2 documenting Coxey's Army approaching Washington, DC. The first is by J.F. Jarvis (Underwood & Underwood), copyrighted 1894, and is titled, "'More Money, Less Misery, Good Roads,'-Coxey's Army approaching Washington." Shows the unemployed men who had marched all the way to Washington, DC from Ohio--The first March on Washington, May 1, 1894. They carry banners and signs. One of the newspaper men stands by his bicycle. Image has lightened a bit, some wear to edges/corners. The second, on a mat credited to Griffith & Griffith, Philadelphia, entitled, "Coxey's Army Bandwagon," shows men near or inside a wagon with sign on side that reads "The Common Brass Band." Some light scattered spotting on image. In the wake of the Panic of 1893, Coxey's Army was a protest march on Washington, DC, led by Ohio businessman Jacob Coxey in 1894. Marchers were unemployed workers eager for the government to create jobs in the public works sector and pay workers in paper currency. Though they officially called themselves "the Army of the Commonwealth in Christ," the group has endured in historical and popular memory as "Coxey's Army." References to the event and the "army" can be found across the spectrum of popular culture, including a mention in the 1955 play Inherit the Wind, the expression "enough food to feed Coxey's Army," and even interpretations of L. Frank Baum's The Wonderful Wizard of Oz. Two cards by J.F. Jarvis and sold by U&U: The Funeral of the Cuban patriot Gen. Garcia, Washington, DC, USA; and Birdseye View from [Washington] Monument, looking east, Washington, DC. General Calixto Garcia Iniguez fought in at least three wars working for Cuban independence (Ten Years' War, Little War and War of 1895). He died of pneumonia while on a diplomatic mission to Washington, DC. Cuba ultimately won its war for independence as part of the Spanish-American War a couple years later. Three cards have portraits of native Americans on one side: Whirlwind, Cheyenne Chief; Horseback, Comanche Chief; and Horseback's son, Comanche. On the verso are American views (in same order): Grant's Tomb, New York; White House, Washington; and Old State House, Boston. Three more cards show images of paintings - Washington Resigning his Commission, DeSoto's Discovery of the Mississippi, and Embarkation of the Pilgrims. No photographer/publisher info. Condition: The three native American views are on lighter weight white cards and show quite a bit of surface soild/handling wear.