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Background imageOccupations Collection: BUSN2A-00153

BUSN2A-00153
Rural newspaper editor considering farm products as payment for a subscription, 1800s Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration

Background imageOccupations Collection: BUSN2A-00171

BUSN2A-00171
Young blacksmith reading a newspaper, 1800s. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century painting by F. B. Mayer

Background imageOccupations Collection: BUSN2A-00176

BUSN2A-00176
Miners digging and loading coal into an underground mule-drawn cart in Pennsylvania, 1860s. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration

Background imageOccupations Collection: Firefighters in the 1870s

Firefighters in the 1870s
Boston firefighters using a hose against a major fire, 1870s. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration

Background imageOccupations Collection: BUSN2A-00180

BUSN2A-00180
Coal miners emerging from the shaft after their nine hours of toil are ended, early 1900s. Hand-colored halftone of a photograph

Background imageOccupations Collection: Catching a jumping fire victim, circa 1900

Catching a jumping fire victim, circa 1900
Fire victim jumping from a burning building into firemens life-net, circa 1900. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration

Background imageOccupations Collection: Tuscaroras capturing colonial surveyors in the Carolinas

Tuscaroras capturing colonial surveyors in the Carolinas
Surveyors Lawson and DeGraffenried captured by Native Americans in the Carolinas, 1711. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration

Background imageOccupations Collection: HOUS2A-00031

HOUS2A-00031
Weaver at his loom in Europe, 1600s. Hand-colored engraving of a 17th-century illustration by J. Amman

Background imageOccupations Collection: BUSN2A-00243

BUSN2A-00243
Traveling photographer taking a picture of farmers in their field, 1880s. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century A.B. Frost illustration

Background imageOccupations 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

Background imageOccupations Collection: PPRE2A-00221

PPRE2A-00221
George Washington as a surveyor in Virginia. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th century illustration

Background imageOccupations Collection: PEDU2A-00002

PEDU2A-00002
Samuel Chapman Armstrong, founder of Hampton Institute. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration

Background imageOccupations Collection: PREV2A-00080

PREV2A-00080
Young Ben Franklin in a Philadelphia printing shop, told by Governor Keith he should go to England. Hand-colored woodcut

Background imageOccupations Collection: Blacksmith shop

Blacksmith shop
Blacksmith and his apprentices at their forge. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration

Background imageOccupations Collection: Coal mine disaster in England, 1860s

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

Background imageOccupations Collection: BUSN2A-00261

BUSN2A-00261
Typesetters and printers at work in a print shop, 1800s. Hand-colored halftone of a 19th-century illustration by A. B. Frost

Background imageOccupations Collection: BUSN2A-00245

BUSN2A-00245
Reporters working a murder story, 1890s. Hand-colored halftone of an illustration

Background imageOccupations Collection: BUSN2D-00012

BUSN2D-00012
Cobblers tools at a reenactment at Yorktown battlefield, Virginia. Digital photograph

Background imageOccupations 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

Background imageOccupations Collection: Meeting the new postmistress, early 1900s

Meeting the new postmistress, early 1900s
Townspeople meeting their new postmistress, about 1905. Hand-colored halftone reproduction of a 1905 illustration

Background imageOccupations Collection: HOUS2A-00011

HOUS2A-00011
Man weaving on a large hand-loom. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration

Background imageOccupations Collection: New pupil in a one-room school

New pupil in a one-room school
New student is the center of attention in a one-room school, circa 1900. Hand-colored halftone reproduction of a 19th-century illustration

Background imageOccupations Collection: Hampton Institute lecture hall, 1870s

Hampton Institute lecture hall, 1870s
African-American students in the assembly-room at the Hampton Institute in Virginia, 1870s. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration



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