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1850s Collection (page 3)

Background image1850s Collection: Dry-goods sales room in Boston, 1850s

Dry-goods sales room in Boston, 1850s
Second floor of Driggss Lace & Bonnet store in Boston, 1852. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration

Background image1850s Collection: HSET2A-00096

HSET2A-00096
Southern lady and her African-American slave in an outdoor market, 1800s. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration

Background image1850s Collection: Woman urging a slave to escape

Woman urging a slave to escape
Plantation school teacher urging a slave to escape to freedom, 1850s. Hand-colored halftone reproduction of a 19th-century illustration

Background image1850s Collection: PSOC2A-00028

PSOC2A-00028
" The Liberator" : masthead of William Lloyd Garrisons abolitionist newspaper, 1850s. Hand-colored woodcut

Background image1850s Collection: HSET2A-00010

HSET2A-00010
A plantation home in Mississippi before the Civil War. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration

Background image1850s Collection: PPRE2A-00080

PPRE2A-00080
Lincoln-Douglas debate at Galesburg, Illinois, 1858. Hand-colored halftone of a 19th-century illustration

Background image1850s Collection: EVNT2A-00242

EVNT2A-00242
Prospectors working the Gregory gold diggings in the Colorado Rockies, May 1859. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration

Background image1850s Collection: Prospector in the California Gold Rush

Prospector in the California Gold Rush
California prospector hoping to strike it rich. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th century illustration

Background image1850s Collection: EVNT2C-00012

EVNT2C-00012
Prospector panning for gold near Sutters Mill in the American River, Coloma, California. Composite of hand-colored woodcut and digital photograph

Background image1850s Collection: US Army expedition on the prairie, 1850s

US Army expedition on the prairie, 1850s
Supply wagons and US troops crossing the Great Plains, 1850s. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration

Background image1850s Collection: Construction of Fort Bridger, Wyoming, 1850s

Construction of Fort Bridger, Wyoming, 1850s
Army camp for soldiers building Fort Bridger in Wyoming, 1850s. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration

Background image1850s Collection: HSET2A-00102

HSET2A-00102
Fort Laramie, Wyoming, in 1849. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration by Frederic Remington

Background image1850s Collection: PEXP2A-00043

PEXP2A-00043
General John C. Fremont in his prairie uniform leading an expedition into western territory. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration

Background image1850s Collection: John Speke at Lake Victoria, Africa

John Speke at Lake Victoria, Africa
Africa explorer John Henning Speke, with Lake Victoria in background. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration

Background image1850s Collection: Capitol of North Carolina, 1850s

Capitol of North Carolina, 1850s
North Carolina state capitol at Raleigh in the 1850s. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration

Background image1850s Collection: USKY2A-00002

USKY2A-00002
Shops and market on the town square, Covington, Kentucky 1850s. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration

Background image1850s Collection: Charleston Custom-House, South Carolina, 1850s

Charleston Custom-House, South Carolina, 1850s
Customs House in Charleston, South Carolina, 1850s. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration

Background image1850s Collection: Jonesboro, Tennessee, 1850s

Jonesboro, Tennessee, 1850s
Town of Jonesboro, Tennessee, 1850s. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration

Background image1850s Collection: Fur-trading outpost in the Pacific Northwest

Fur-trading outpost in the Pacific Northwest
Okonogan, an Astor fur-trading establishment in Oregon Territory (now Washington State), 1850s. Printed color woodcut of a 19th-century illustration

Background image1850s Collection: Erie Canal along the Mohawk River, New York

Erie Canal along the Mohawk River, New York
Erie Canal and Mohawk Little Falls in the Mohawk Valley, New York, 1850s. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustratioin

Background image1850s Collection: Mississippi River boats passing Fort Armstrong

Mississippi River boats passing Fort Armstrong
Fort Armstrong on Rock Island in the Mississippi River, 1850s. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration

Background image1850s Collection: San Francisco post office during the Gold Rush

San Francisco post office during the Gold Rush
Newcomers line up for their mail at the San Francisco Post Office during the Gold Rush. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration

Background image1850s Collection: EVNT2A-00199

EVNT2A-00199
Gold seekers en route to the California Gold Rush on a clipper ship in fair weather, 1849 or 1850. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration

Background image1850s Collection: PNAV2A-00010

PNAV2A-00010
USS Mississippi, flagship of Mathew Perrys expedition to Japan, 1852. Hand-colored woodcut of an 1852 illustration

Background image1850s Collection: PNAT2A-00051

PNAT2A-00051
Billy Bowlegs, chief of the eastern Seminole tribe, 1850s, with his signature. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th century portrait

Background image1850s Collection: HSET2A-00093

HSET2A-00093
Covered wagons coming into Santa Fe, New Mexico, on the Santa Fe Trail, 1850s. Hand-colored lithograph reproduction of a 19th-century illustration

Background image1850s Collection: White House in the 1850s

White House in the 1850s
Visitors walking the public grounds of the White House, 1858. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration

Background image1850s Collection: White House reception, 1850s

White House reception, 1850s
Reception at the White House by President James Buchanan, 1850s. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration

Background image1850s Collection: HOUS2A-00151

HOUS2A-00151
Santa Claus paying a Christmas visit to his young friends in the United States, 1850s. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration

Background image1850s Collection: PLIT2A-00104

PLIT2A-00104
Part of the original manuscript of " Uncle Toms Cabin" by Harriet Beacher Stowe. Hand-colored woodcut

Background image1850s Collection: PLIT2A-00004

PLIT2A-00004
Harriet Beecher Stowe in 1853. Hand-colored halftone reproduction of a drawing by George Richardson

Background image1850s Collection: First US diplomatic mission to Japan, 1856

First US diplomatic mission to Japan, 1856
Townsend Harris, first American diplomat in Japan, escorted into Shimoda, 1856. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration

Background image1850s Collection: EVNT2A-00200

EVNT2A-00200
Goorkahs serving in the British military during Sepoy Mutiny, India, 1850s. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th century illustration

Background image1850s Collection: EVNT2A-00172

EVNT2A-00172
Brirish Royal Horse Artillery charge against unmounted natives near Allahbad, India, during the Sepoy Rebellion, 1857. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration

Background image1850s Collection: EXPL2A-00180

EXPL2A-00180
Henry Grinnells ship aground during the search led by Elisha Kent Kane for the lost Sir John Franklin expedition, under the midnight sun, 1853

Background image1850s Collection: AGRI2A-00118

AGRI2A-00118
Wine-press in Longworths wine-cellars, Ohio, 1850s. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration

Background image1850s Collection: PBLA2A-00013

PBLA2A-00013
Frederick Douglass as a young man, with his autograph. Hand-colored engraving of a 19th-century portrait

Background image1850s Collection: Pro-slavery voters from Missouri entering Kansas Territory, 1850s

Pro-slavery voters from Missouri entering Kansas Territory, 1850s
Missouri " border ruffians" entering Kansas to vote for slavery in the territory, 1850s. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration

Background image1850s Collection: Proslavery voters invading Kansas, 1850s

Proslavery voters invading Kansas, 1850s
Pro-slavery forces ferrying Missouri voters to the Kansas shore to vote against free soil, 1850s. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration

Background image1850s Collection: PSOC2P-00002

PSOC2P-00002
John Brown, with autograph reading " Farewell God bless you/Your Friend/John Brown." Engraved reproduction of a photograph

Background image1850s Collection: HSET2A-00017

HSET2A-00017
A plantation house in Georgia. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration

Background image1850s Collection: EVNT2A-00220

EVNT2A-00220
Gold Rush prospectors washing sediments from a stream to find nuggets in California. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration

Background image1850s Collection: Yosemite Valley wilderness

Yosemite Valley wilderness
Yosemite Valley before it became a national park, viewed in the 1850s. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration

Background image1850s Collection: PUSA2A-00048

PUSA2A-00048
Samuel Brannan, California pioneer newspaper publisher. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century portrait

Background image1850s Collection: EVNT2A-00175

EVNT2A-00175
Prospectors finding gold in a stream during the California Gold Rush. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration

Background image1850s Collection: EVNT2A-00176

EVNT2A-00176
Town of Marysville, California, during the California Gold Rush, 1850. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th century illustration

Background image1850s Collection: EVNT2A-00173

EVNT2A-00173
Prospectors traveling a rough road to the gold regions of California. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th century illustration

Background image1850s Collection: EVNT2A-00106

EVNT2A-00106
Prospectors panning for gold during the California Gold Rush. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th century illustration



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