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Pioneer family on the Oregon TrailCovered wagon of a homesteader family heading west with their belongings. Hand-colored engraving combined with a photograph
New York harbor, 1850sNew York City, viewed from Brooklyn, 1850s. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration
Mountain man in the old westOld trapper in the American West, 1800s. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century Frederic Remington illustration
Sioux tepee of buffalo-hideTipi made of buffalo hide sewn with sinew in the traditional way, Wicoti Living History Lakota Encampment, Black Hills, SD. Digital photograph
Sleighs in the 19th centurySleigh travel on a road in winter, 1800s. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration
EVNT2A-00051Napoleon and the Old Guard before the Battle of Waterloo, 1815. Hand-colored engraving of a 19th century painting
Troop train taking Union soldiers to the frontUnion troops transported to the front by rail, US Civil War. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration
Slave auction in New OrleansSlaves for sale at an auction in New Orleans, Louisiana. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration
Free Soil versus slavery conflict in Kansas, 1850sKansas Free Soil " peace convention" at Fort Scott, Kansas, 1850s. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration
Battle of Manila Bay, 1898Admiral George Dewey commanding US fleet in the Battle of Manila Bay, Spanish-American War, 1898. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration
Growth of the United States to 1853U.S. map, showing territorial growth to 1853. Printed color lithograph of a 19th-century illustration
EXPL2A-00265Map of the territory ceded by Mexico to the US after the Mexican-American War, 1848-1853. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration
Sam Houston, with his autograph. Hand-colored engraving of a 19th-century portrait
Department of State and the Army and Navy, Washington DC, 1882New building for the Departments of State, Army, and Navy (later called the Executive Office Building), Washington DC, 1882. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration
Washington DC from Capitol Hill in 1800Looking down Pennsylvania Avenue at Washington DC, 1800. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration
Hawaiians in the mid-1800sDiamond Head and Waikiki in the Hawaiian Islands, 1870s. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration
Cotton loaded on steamboats by black slaves, New OrleansSlaves loading cotton bales on riverboats at the New Orleans levee, 1850s. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration
Governors Palace on Santa Fe Plaza, dating from the 1600sThe Governors Palace, the Spanish capitol of New Mexico and end of the Santa Fe Trail. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration
Ohio River at Cincinnati, Ohio, 1860sRiverboats loading at the Ohio River levee in Cincinnati, Ohio, 1860s. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration
St. Elmos fire on a sailing shipSaint Elmos fire, an electrical phenomenon, on a ships masts. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration
Chinese immigrants working on the transcontinental railroadChinese laborers constructing the Central Pacific Railroad, 1860s. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration
Mohawk and Hudson Railroad, 1831First steam train on the Mohawk and Hudson Railroad, New York, 1831. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration
Carl Friedrich GaussMathematician Carl Friedrich Gauss. Digitally colored woodcut of a 19th-century portrait
New Archangel, Russian town in Alaska, now called SitkaSitka, or New Archangel, capital of Alaska in 1869, when purchased from Russia. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration
San Gabriel Mission, CaliforniaMission and bells of San Gabriel, near Los Angeles. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration
Traveling minister on the American frontierItinerant preacher riding a mule from settlement to settlement. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration
Typesetter at work, 1800sSetting type by hand in a print-shop. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration
Building the railroad to Bismarck, North Dakota, 1870sLaying railroad track in winter across the Missouri River at Bismarck, North Dakota, 1879. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration
NATI2A-00113Wampanoag warrior in full costume, Massachusetts. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration
California under Mexican rule, 1800sMap of Alta California under Mexican government, early 1800s. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration
Lighting the gas lamps for a dinner party, 1800sGuests awaiting the return of gas-light during a Christmas dinner-party, New York City, 1870s. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th century illustration
Ottoman Turk massacre of Greeks at Chios, 1822Massacre of Greeks by the Turks on the Aegean Island of Chios, 1822. Printed halftone reproduction of a 19th-century painting by Delacroix
Oregon wheatfields, late 1800sFarmland of Polk County, Oregon, as seen from Mount Pizgah, 1880s. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration
Mountain climbers in the Alps, 1880sMountaineering in the Tyrol with ropes and picks, 1880s. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration
EVCW2A-00122Confederate General Thomas " Stonewall" Jackson mortally wounded by his own men at the Battle of Chancellorsville, 1863. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th century illustration
Union gunboats sunk in Galveston Bay, 1863Rebel attack on Union gunboats at Galveston, Texas, 1863. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration
Confederate soldiers in action, Battle of ChickamaugaBraggs Confederates firing from the woods at Chickamauga, Georgia, 1863. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration
EVCW2A-00027Confederate Louisiana brigade throwing stones at advancing Federal Army of the Potomac at the second Battle of Bull Run 1862, US Civil War. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th century illustration
Cornfield at the Battle of Antietam, Civil WarUnion troops charging through the cornfield at Antietam, 1862. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration
Picketts Charge, Battle of GettysburgConfederates charge the Union lines at Gettysburg, 1863. Printed color lithograph
Confederates holding ground in a Civil War battleConfederate soldiers on the line of battle with fate against them. Hand-colored engraving from a painting by Gilbert Gaul
Slave-ship hoisting sail, 1800sAfrican slave-ship hoisting sail upon sighting an English cruiser, 1800s. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration
Slave couple marrying by jumping over a broomBroomstick wedding ceremony of African-American slaves, from an eyewitness before the Civil War. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration
EVNT2A-00070Custers last stand at the Little Big Horn River, Montana, 1876. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th century illustration
Downtown Atlanta in the late 1800sBusiness center of Atlanta, Georgia, about 1880. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration
Washington DC and the original Capitol building, 1810Washington DC from Capitol Hill in 1810, and an inset view (upper right) of the original Capitol (which burned in 1814). Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration
Nantucket fishing village in the 1800sPony cart hauling water in Siasconset village, Nantucket Island, 1870s. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration
St. Louis on the Mississippi River, 1870sSteamboat traffic on the Mississippi River at St. Louis, Missouri, 1870s. Hand-colored engraving of a 19th-century illustration