Under Ground Collection

Coal mine in England, 1850s
Removing coal in the Bradley mine, Staffordshire, England, 1850s. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th century illustration

Wiring New York City for electricity, 1880s
Workers testing the insulation of electric wires going in the streets of New York City, 1882. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration

Plan for a subway station in Boston, 1890s
View of a proposed subway station in Boston, Massachusetts, 1892. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration

Underground wiring laid in New York City, 1882
Workers laying the tubes for electric wires in the streets of New York City, 1882. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th century illustration

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An underground village of dugouts doing business along the transcontinental railroad, 1870s. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration

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Tunnel in a California mine, 1850s. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration

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Miners digging and loading coal into an underground mule-drawn cart in Pennsylvania, 1860s. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration

Coal mine disaster in England, 1860s
Volunteers lowered into a coal mine to attempt rescue of trapped miners in England, 1860s. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration

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Natives working in the Spanish mines of Mexico. Hand-colored woodcut of a DeBry engraving

Catacomb of Cappucins buried beneath Palermo, Sicily
Burial chamber in the Catacomb of Cappuccini, beneath Palermo, Sicily. 19th-century photograph

Catacombs of ancient Rome
Entrance to the Catacombs beneath Rome, where early Christians hid. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration

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Native workers descending into a diamond mine near Johannesburg, South Africa, 1890s. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th century illustration

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Nevada silver miners changing the shift, 1870s. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration

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Coal miners emerging from the shaft after their nine hours of toil are ended, early 1900s. Hand-colored halftone of a photograph

Coal mine disaster in England, 1860s
Volunteers lowered into a coal mine to attempt rescue of trapped miners in England, 1860s. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration

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