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Announcement Collection

Background imageAnnouncement Collection: End of the Revolutionary War announced by signal-fires

End of the Revolutionary War announced by signal-fires
Beacon-fires in the hills along the Hudson River celebrating end of Revolutionary War, 1783. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration

Background imageAnnouncement Collection: Lincoln election results displayed in New York City, 1860

Lincoln election results displayed in New York City, 1860
Crowd reading the announcement of Lincolns election by Drummond Light at the New York Herald office, 1860. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration

Background imageAnnouncement Collection: Rider arriving with the mail on a post road

Rider arriving with the mail on a post road
Old-time post-rider trumpeting the arrival of the mail. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration

Background imageAnnouncement Collection: Reading from a scroll in ancient Jerusalem

Reading from a scroll in ancient Jerusalem
Proclamation read from a scroll in ancient Jerusalem. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration

Background imageAnnouncement Collection: Stamp Act repeal, 1766

Stamp Act repeal, 1766
Handbill announcing repeal of the Stamp Act, 1766. Woodcut with a watercolor wash

Background imageAnnouncement Collection: EVRV2A-00224

EVRV2A-00224
Announcement of the Treaty of Paris, ending the Revolutionary War, 1783. Woodcut reproduction with a watercolor wash

Background imageAnnouncement Collection: Declaration of Independence read to crowds in Philadelphia, 1776

Declaration of Independence read to crowds in Philadelphia, 1776
John Nixon reading the Declaration of Independence in Philadelphia, July 8, 1776. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration

Background imageAnnouncement Collection: Town crier with a lost child

Town crier with a lost child
Town crier calling, " Child lost!" and ringing an alarm bell. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration

Background imageAnnouncement Collection: EVRV2A-00054

EVRV2A-00054
Handbill warning Boston patriots against buying tea, December 2, 1773. Watercolor wash on a 19th-century woodcut reproduction of the document

Background imageAnnouncement Collection: EVRV2A-00130

EVRV2A-00130
Sons of Liberty handbill supporting boycott of British goods in Boston before the Revolutionary War. Woodcut reproduction with watercolor wash

Background imageAnnouncement Collection: EVRV2A-00198

EVRV2A-00198
Bellman told to ring the Liberty Bell to announce the Declaration of Independence in Philadelphia, 1776. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration

Background imageAnnouncement Collection: EVRV2A-00237

EVRV2A-00237
Announcement of peace treaty ending the Revolutionary War, printed in New York City, March 25, 1783. Woodcut reproduction of the original document wiith a watercolor wash


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