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Background imageArtifact Collection: Pioneer name in Register Rock on the Oregon Trail, 1855

Pioneer name in Register Rock on the Oregon Trail, 1855
Oregon Trail travelers name carved into Register Cliff by the North Platte River near Guernsey, Wyoming. Digital photograph

Background imageArtifact Collection: Wagon tracks on the Oregon Trail, Wyoming

Wagon tracks on the Oregon Trail, Wyoming
Oregon Trail ruts worn into rock by wagon trains near Guernsey, Wyoming. Digital photograph

Background imageArtifact Collection: Conestoga wagon on the Oregon Trail

Conestoga wagon on the Oregon Trail
Conestoga wagon replica on the Oregon Trail, Scotts Bluff National Monument, Nebraska. Digital photograph

Background imageArtifact Collection: Covered wagon brake detail

Covered wagon brake detail
Brake mechanism of a covered wagon on the Oregon Trail, Scotts Bluff National Monument, Nebraska. Digital photograph

Background imageArtifact Collection: Oregon Trail pioneer graves, Wyoming

Oregon Trail pioneer graves, Wyoming
Graves of pioneers along the Oregon Trail in Wyoming. Photograph

Background imageArtifact Collection: Covered wagon with supplies, South Dakota

Covered wagon with supplies, South Dakota
Covered wagon and its supplies displayed at the Black Hills Wild Horse Sanctuary visitor center, South Dakota. Digital photograph

Background imageArtifact Collection: Powder horns and musket balls used in the fur trade

Powder horns and musket balls used in the fur trade
Powder horns, musket balls, and other trade items at a mountain-man rendezvous reenactment, Fort Mandan, North Dakota. Photograph

Background imageArtifact Collection: Salado culture prehistoric pottery artifacts, Arizona

Salado culture prehistoric pottery artifacts, Arizona
Salado pottery and gourds at Besh-Ba-Gowah Archaeological Park, a multi-storied village inhabited circa 1225-1400 AD, Arizona. Digital photograph

Background imageArtifact Collection: Salado culture prehistoric metate y mano for grinding corn, Arizona

Salado culture prehistoric metate y mano for grinding corn, Arizona
Maize grinding stones at Besh-Ba-Gowah Archaeological Park, a multi-storied Salado village inhabited circa 1225-1400 AD, Arizona. Digital photograph

Background imageArtifact Collection: Pueblo Bonito corner window, Chaco Canyon NM

Pueblo Bonito corner window, Chaco Canyon NM
Astronomically positioned window at Pueblo Bonito, an Anasazi/Ancestral Puebloan site in Chaco Canyon, New Mexico. Digital photograph

Background imageArtifact Collection: NATI2A-00161

NATI2A-00161
Title page, Constitution of the Cherokee Nation, 1827, New Echota, Georgia. Hand-colored woodcut reproduction of the document

Background imageArtifact Collection: Statue of Athena

Statue of Athena
Athena, a copy of the statue by Phidias. Photogravure reproduction of a 19th-century photograph

Background imageArtifact Collection: Cannon lighting tool, 18th century

Cannon lighting tool, 18th century
Cannon lighting tool in history of artillery demonstration at Yorktown battlefield, Virginia. Digital photograph

Background imageArtifact Collection: 19th-century artillery caisson

19th-century artillery caisson
Caisson from the 19th century, an artillery demonstration at Yorktown battlefield, Virginia. Digital photograph

Background imageArtifact Collection: Flintlock gun

Flintlock gun
Flintlock mechanism demonstrated at Sutters Fort, Sacramento, California. Digital photograph

Background imageArtifact Collection: Portuguese swivel gun, 17th century

Portuguese swivel gun, 17th century
Portuguese swivel gun from the 1600s, an artillery demonstration at Yorktown battlefield, Virginia. Digital photograph

Background imageArtifact Collection: Brass swivel gun, often used as naval artillery, 1700s

Brass swivel gun, often used as naval artillery, 1700s
Brass swivel gun from the French and Indian War, in artillery demonstration at Yorktown battlefield, Virginia. Digital photograph

Background imageArtifact Collection: Sleeping Beauty

Sleeping Beauty, from a Berlin edition of Grimms Fairy Tales, 1865. Antique hand-colored illustration

Background imageArtifact Collection: Medieval armor in France

Medieval armor in France
Medieval suit of armor displayed on an ancient street of Chartres, France. Digital photograph

Background imageArtifact Collection: Latin grammar page from Gutenbergs press

Latin grammar page from Gutenbergs press
Page of the " Grammaire Latine" by Donatus, published by Gutenberg. Woodcut with a watercolor wash

Background imageArtifact Collection: EXPL2A-00112

EXPL2A-00112
Spanish priests destroying Aztec idols in Mexico. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration

Background imageArtifact Collection: HOUS2D-00036

HOUS2D-00036
Camp cookpots at a Continental Army reenactment, Yorktown battlefield, Virginia. Digital photograph

Background imageArtifact Collection: Kerosene lamp, Georgia

Kerosene lamp, Georgia
Kerosene lamp in Chesser Island homestead, built in 1920s, Okefenokee Swamp National Wildlife Refuge, Georgia. Digital photograph

Background imageArtifact Collection: General Lees note agreeing to a surrender, 1865

General Lees note agreeing to a surrender, 1865
Robert E. Lees letter to Ulysses S. Grant to arrange a surrender, 1865. Woodcut reproduction with a watercolor wash

Background imageArtifact Collection: Reward poster for capture of Jefferson Davis

Reward poster for capture of Jefferson Davis
Reward poster offering $100, 000 in gold for the capture of Jefferson Davis, May 1865. Hand-colored halftone reproduction of a document

Background imageArtifact Collection: Grimms Fairy Tales illustration

Grimms Fairy Tales illustration
Death of a Chicken, from a Berlin edition of Grimms Fairy Tales, 1865. Antique hand-colored book illustration

Background imageArtifact Collection: Assyrian man in bas-relief

Assyrian man in bas-relief
Assyrian carved and painted stone head. Printed 19th-century color lithograph reproduction of an artifact

Background imageArtifact Collection: Virginia Company colonial seal

Virginia Company colonial seal
Seal of the Virginia Company, with a portrait of King James I. Woodcut reproduction with a watercolor wash

Background imageArtifact Collection: Assyrian winged lion bas-relief

Assyrian winged lion bas-relief
Carving of a winged lion in battle at the entrance to an Assyrian temple. Photogravure reproduction of a 19th-century photograph

Background imageArtifact Collection: EVRV2A-00038

EVRV2A-00038
Recruitment poster for Continental soldiers to serve in the American Revolution Hand-colored 19th century woodcut reproduction of the original document

Background imageArtifact Collection: EVRV2D-00176

EVRV2D-00176
Close-up of a Revolutionary War cannon at Yorktown battlefield, Virginia. Digital photograph of a National Park Service living history event at Yorktown Battlefield on the 225th anniversary of

Background imageArtifact Collection: Revolutionary War cannon at Valley Forge

Revolutionary War cannon at Valley Forge
Field artillery in snow on a Continental Army redoubt at Valley Forge winter camp, Pennsylvania. Digital photograph

Background imageArtifact Collection: Archaeologists remove artifacts from a pyramid at Dashur, Egypt

Archaeologists remove artifacts from a pyramid at Dashur, Egypt
M. de Morgan lifts a golden crown from the mummy of Queen Khnemit at Dahshur, 1890s. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration

Background imageArtifact Collection: Excavating the Sphinx, 1880s

Excavating the Sphinx, 1880s
Excavation of ancient Egyptian structures beneath the Sphinx in progress at Ghizeh, 1880s. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration

Background imageArtifact Collection: Witchcraft at Salem Village title page, 1692

Witchcraft at Salem Village title page, 1692
Lamsons " Witchcraft at Salem Village" title page, 1692. Halftone reproduction with a watercolor wash

Background imageArtifact Collection: BUSN2A-00239

BUSN2A-00239
Ad for a Pope-Toledo automobile, 1907. Printed color illustration

Background imageArtifact Collection: Telegraph in operation, 1860s artifact

Telegraph in operation, 1860s artifact
Civil War field telegraph sending-key in working order, living history demonstration, Shiloh National Military Park, Tennessee. Digital photograph

Background imageArtifact Collection: Cotton Mathers book on witchcraft, 1693

Cotton Mathers book on witchcraft, 1693
Title page of Cotton Mathers book, " Wonders of the Invisible World, " 1693. Halftone reproduction with a watercolor wash

Background imageArtifact Collection: Martin Luthers German translation of the Bible

Martin Luthers German translation of the Bible
First edition title page of Martin Luthers translation of the Bible into German. Woodcut with a watercolor wash

Background imageArtifact Collection: Marylands religious tolerance law, 1600s

Marylands religious tolerance law, 1600s
Religious Toleration Act of colonial Maryland, 1649. Printed halftone reproduction with a watercolor wash

Background imageArtifact Collection: PPRE2A-00155

PPRE2A-00155
Marriage certificate of Abraham Lincoln and Mary Todd, 1847. Hand-colored woodcut reproduction of a document

Background imageArtifact Collection: Native Americans on horseback petroglyph

Native Americans on horseback petroglyph
Petroglyphs of Native Americans hunting on horseback, Canyon de Chelly, Arizona. Photograph

Background imageArtifact Collection: Pioneer Life and Frontier Adventures

Pioneer Life and Frontier Adventures
Book cover, " Pioneer Life and Frontier Adventures, " by D.C. Peters, Boston, 1880s. Printed color lithograph

Background imageArtifact Collection: HSET2D-00106

HSET2D-00106
Oregon Trail tracks heading west from Fort Laramie, Wyoming, also the route to California. Digital photograph

Background imageArtifact Collection: HSET2D-00072

HSET2D-00072
Restored Conestoga wagon at Scotts Bluff National Monument on the Oregon Trail in Nebraska. Digital photograph

Background imageArtifact Collection: Fort Laramie trading post, Wyoming

Fort Laramie trading post, Wyoming
Trading post reconstructed at Fort Laramie on the Oregon Trail, Wyoming. Photograph

Background imageArtifact Collection: BUSN2P-00115

BUSN2P-00115
Beaver pelt stretched on a sapling frame and laced with rawhide, a reproduction of the pre-industrial tanning method displayed in Wisconsin. Photograph

Background imageArtifact Collection: Surveyors level, 18th century

Surveyors level, 18th century
Surveyors level from the 1700s, displayed during a reenactment at Yorktown Battlefield, Colonial National Park. Digital photograph



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