1800s Collection (page 11)

Buffalo killed from a train on the Great Plains
Passengers and crew shooting buffalo from a train on the transcontinental railroad, 1870s. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration

Steam engine of James Watt
Schematic drawing of James Watts steam engine. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration

Machine-spun thread on a bobbin in the Lowell mills
Bobbins with machine-spun thread, Boott Cotton Mills, Lowell, Massachusetts. Photograph

Brooklyn Bridge opened by President Chester Arthur
President Chester A. Arthur presiding over the opening of the Brooklyn Bridge, 1883. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration

Cartoon protesting Jeffersons trade embargo, 1807
Cartoon protesting the Embargo Act passed by President Thomas Jefferson in 1807 Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration

Cotton gin in use by African-American slaves in the South
Slaves using Eli Whitneys cotton gin, invented in the 1790s. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration

Ethiopian Emperor Menelik II
Menelik II, emperor of Ethiopia, 1890s. Hand-colored woodcut reproduction of a 19th-century photograph

Pirate captain hung from the yardarm
The pirate Banister, executed by hanging from the yardarm of a sailing ship. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration

Hamburg, Germany, early 1800s
Market place in Hamburg, Germany. Hand-colored engraving

Oregon Trail covered wagons
Restored covered wagons (Conestoga wagon at rear), at Scotts Bluff National Monument on the Oregon Trail in Nebraska. Digital photograph

US Navy Captain William Bainbridge
William Bainbridge in US Navy uniform, leaning against cannon on deck of ship. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration

Suez Canal under construction, 1869
Dredges beiginning to build the Suez Canal, 1869. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration

Washboard for scrubbing laundry in the 1800s
Woman reenactor doing laundry with a washboard, living history demonstration, Shiloh National Military Park, Tennessee. Digital photograph

Reading lesson in a Pennsylvania classroom, 1700s
School reading lesson in colonial Pennsylvania. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century Howard Pyle illustration

Russian military uniforms, 1900
Russian soldiers, including Cossacks, dragoons, and sailors, circa 1900. Color lithograph of a contemporary illustration

Slave catchers capturing a fugitive slave
Escaped slave captured under the Fugitive Slave Law. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration

Cartoon about literacy tests in the South, 1870s
" The blakman orter be eddikated afore he kin vote with us wites" - cartoon about literacy tests, 1870s. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century Thomas Nast cartoon

United States map in 1830
Territories of the United States in 1830. Printed color lithograph

Arab on a camel
Arab traveling in the desert. Printed color halftone reproduction of an illustration

African ivory trade, 1800s
Ivory trader in an African village, 1800s. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration

African drums, 1800s
Waganda drummers, Africa, 1800s. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration

Rock Creek in Washington DC, 1800s
Boy fishing in Rock Creek, Washington DC, 1800s. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration

Early design for the Washington Monument, 1860s
Early design for the Washington Monument in Washington DC, 1860. Hand-colored engraving of a 19th-century illustration

New Library of Congress building, 1890s
Main hall and grand staircase of the new Library of Congress building, 1890s. Hand-colored halftone reproduction of a 19th-century illustration

Mauna Loa eruption, 1870s
Eruption of Mauna Loa, Hawaii, viewed from the sea, 1870s. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration

State capitol in Springfield, Illinois, 1850s
Illinois State House In Springfield, 1850s. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration

Terror of people escaping the Chicago Fire, 1871
Terrified citizens fleeing Wells Street during the Chicago Fire, 1871. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration

White House and Treasury Building, 1890s
White House and Treasury Building in Washington DC, 1890s. Albertype reproduction of a photograph

Early view of the White House, 1807
East front of the White House with porticos added, circa 1807. Hand-colored halftone reproduction of a drawing by architect Benjamin H. Latrobe

New Years reception at the White House, 1880s
Diplomats and other New Years visitors received at the White House, 1880s. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration

Washington DC about 1860
City of Washington, from the dome of the Capitol, 1860. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration

Stores on Wabash Avenue, Chicago, 1890s
Bretanos and other retail shops on Wabash Avenue south of Monroe Street, Chicago, 1890s. Albertype reproduction of a photograph

Chicago street downtown in the 1890s
Streetcar on State Street north of the Palmer House, Chicago, 1890s. Albertype reproduction of a photograph

Dearborn Avenue, Chicago, 1890s
Chicagos Dearborn Avenue north of Chestnut Street: Newberry Library, Unity Church, and New England Congregational Church (left-right), 1890s. Albertype reproduction of a photograph

White House about 1860
White House, viewed from the Potomac River, about 1860. Hand-colored engraving of a 19th-century illustration

Chicagos Michigan Avenue, 1890s
Leland Hotel on Michgan Avenue, Chicago, 1890 s. Albertype reproduction of a photograph

Chicago lumber wharves, 1880s
Lumber district of Chicago, viewed from the West Side Waterworks, 1880s. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration

Downtown Indianapolis, 1870s
Washington Street, looking west from Meriden Street, Indianapolis, 1870s. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration

Waikiki village, Hawaii, 1870s
Village of Waikiki, Sandwich Islands, 1870s. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration

Ohio River at New Albany, Indiana, 1870s
New Albany, Indiana, viewed from the Ohio River, about 1870. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration

Washington DC in the 1840s
City of Washington from Maryland, showing the Anacostia River joining the Potomac, 1840s. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration

State capitol of Indiana, 1850s
Indiana state capitol, Indianapolis, 1850s. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration

Traditional Hawaiian home, 1800s
Native thatched hut of the Sandwich Islands, 1870s. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration

Market in the French Quarter of New Orleans, 1870s
Native American and black merchants in a French Quarter market, New Orleans, 1870s. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration

Chicago grain elevators loading ships, 1870s
Grain loaded in Chicago on ships bound for the Erie Canal, 1870s. Hand colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration

Downtown Chicago, 1850s
Randolph Street, Chicago, in the 1850s. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration

Nantucket in the 1850s
Sailing ships in the harbor of Nantucket, Massachusetts, 1850s. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration

City of Chicago in 1860
Overview of Chicago, looking west from Lake Michigan, 1860. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration

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