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1870s Collection

Background image1870s Collection: Vancouver Island map, 1870s

Vancouver Island map, 1870s
Map of Vancouver Island, British Columbia, Canada, 1870s. Lithograph reproduction of a 19th-century illustration

Background image1870s Collection: Scotland map, 1870s

Scotland map, 1870s
Map of Scotland, 1870s. Printed color lithograph

Background image1870s Collection: Map of England, 1800s

Map of England, 1800s
Map of England and Wales, 1870s. Color lithograph reproduction of a 19th-century illustration

Background image1870s Collection: Newfoundland, 1870s

Newfoundland, 1870s
Map of Newfoundland, Canada, 1870s. Printed color lithograph

Background image1870s Collection: Bowdoin College, Brunswick, Maine, 1870s

Bowdoin College, Brunswick, Maine, 1870s
Bowdoin College in Maine, 1870s. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration

Background image1870s Collection: Ireland map, 1870s

Ireland map, 1870s
Map of Ireland, or Eire, 1870s. Printed color lithograph

Background image1870s Collection: Thomas Nast cartoon about Boss Tweed corruption

Thomas Nast cartoon about Boss Tweed corruption
" Who stole the peoples money? Twas him" cartoon about Tammany Hall scandal, 1871. Hand-colored woodcut reproduction of a Thomas Nast cartoon

Background image1870s Collection: Map of Europe, 1870s

Map of Europe, 1870s
Map of Europe in the 1870s. Color lithograph reproduction of a 19th-century illustration

Background image1870s Collection: Caribbean islands, 1870s

Caribbean islands, 1870s
Map of West Indies and the Caribbean Sea, 1800s. Printed color lithograph

Background image1870s Collection: Map of Hawaii, 1870s

Map of Hawaii, 1870s
Map of the Hawaiian islands, 1870s. Color lithograph reproduction of a 19th-century illustration

Background image1870s Collection: Marietta on the Ohio River, 1870s

Marietta on the Ohio River, 1870s
Steamboats on the Ohio River at Marietta, Ohio, 1870s. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration

Background image1870s Collection: Mormons cutting stone for their temple, Utah

Mormons cutting stone for their temple, Utah
Quarrying stone for the Mormon Temple in Salt Lake City, Utah, 1870s. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration

Background image1870s Collection: South Street docks in New York City, 1870s

South Street docks in New York City, 1870s
Merchant ships unloading along South Street, New York City, 1870s. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration

Background image1870s Collection: Ontario, 1870s

Ontario, 1870s
Map of Ontario, Canada, 1870s. Printed color lithograph

Background image1870s Collection: Erie Canal locks

Erie Canal locks
Boat in the Erie Canal locks at Lockport, New York, 1870s. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration

Background image1870s Collection: Library of Congress, 1870s

Library of Congress, 1870s
Law library within the old Library of Congress, 1870s. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration

Background image1870s Collection: Riverboats at Shreveport, Louisiana, 1870s

Riverboats at Shreveport, Louisiana, 1870s
Stevedores loading barrels at the Red River levee at Shreveport, Louisiana, 1870s. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration

Background image1870s Collection: Mississippi River and the city of Minneapolis, 1870s

Mississippi River and the city of Minneapolis, 1870s
Minneapolis, village of St. Anthony, and St. Anthonys Falls on the Mississippi River, Minnesota, 1870s. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration

Background image1870s Collection: Baltimore in the 1870s

Baltimore in the 1870s
Harbor of Baltimore, Maryland, looking from Federal Hill, 1870s. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration

Background image1870s Collection: Seaport of Galveston, Texas, 1800s

Seaport of Galveston, Texas, 1800s
Galveston bar and roadstead on the Gulf Coast, 1870s. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration

Background image1870s Collection: Leadville, a Colorado boom town, 1870s

Leadville, a Colorado boom town, 1870s
Chestnut Street in Leadville, Colorado, during the mining boom, 1870s. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration

Background image1870s Collection: GASI2A-00067

GASI2A-00067
Map of Siam (now Thailand) and the independent Shan States, 1870s. Printed color lithograph, 19th century

Background image1870s Collection: New Brunswick and Nova Scotia, 1870s

New Brunswick and Nova Scotia, 1870s
Map of Nova Scotia, Prince Edward Island, and New Brunswick, 1870s. Printed color lithograph

Background image1870s Collection: Canada map, 1870s

Canada map, 1870s
Map of British North America, or the Dominion of Canada, 1870s. Printed color lithograph

Background image1870s Collection: United States in the 1870s

United States in the 1870s
United States map, 1870s. Color lithograph

Background image1870s Collection: US Army survivors of Custers Last Stand - horse and scout, Curley

US Army survivors of Custers Last Stand - horse and scout, Curley
Horse " Comanche" and Custers scout Curley, the only US Army survivors of the Battle of Little Bighorn, 1876. Hand-colored woodcut reproduction of a photograph

Background image1870s Collection: GMDE2A-00054

GMDE2A-00054
Map of Arabia, 1870s. Printed color lithograph, 19th century

Background image1870s Collection: Russia under the tsars

Russia under the tsars
Map of Russia, 1870s. Color lithograph reproduction of a 19th-century illustration

Background image1870s Collection: Hawaiians in the mid-1800s

Hawaiians in the mid-1800s
Diamond Head and Waikiki in the Hawaiian Islands, 1870s. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration

Background image1870s Collection: Building the railroad to Bismarck, North Dakota, 1870s

Building the railroad to Bismarck, North Dakota, 1870s
Laying railroad track in winter across the Missouri River at Bismarck, North Dakota, 1879. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration

Background image1870s Collection: Lighting the gas lamps for a dinner party, 1800s

Lighting the gas lamps for a dinner party, 1800s
Guests awaiting the return of gas-light during a Christmas dinner-party, New York City, 1870s. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th century illustration

Background image1870s Collection: Nantucket fishing village in the 1800s

Nantucket fishing village in the 1800s
Pony cart hauling water in Siasconset village, Nantucket Island, 1870s. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration

Background image1870s Collection: St. Louis on the Mississippi River, 1870s

St. Louis on the Mississippi River, 1870s
Steamboat traffic on the Mississippi River at St. Louis, Missouri, 1870s. Hand-colored engraving of a 19th-century illustration

Background image1870s Collection: Virginia City, Nevada, 1870s

Virginia City, Nevada, 1870s
Main street of Virginia City, a mining boomtown in Nevada, 1870s. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration

Background image1870s Collection: Knoxville, Tennessee, 1870s

Knoxville, Tennessee, 1870s
Bridge across the Tennessee River at Knoxville, 1870s. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration

Background image1870s Collection: American yacht Mohawk

American yacht Mohawk
Americas Cup contender " Mohawk" under full sail, 1870s. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration

Background image1870s Collection: Towing Erie Canal barges on the Hudson River

Towing Erie Canal barges on the Hudson River
Erie Canal grain-boats towed down the Hudson River to New York City, 1870s. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration

Background image1870s Collection: Railroad land for sale in Iowa and Minnesota

Railroad land for sale in Iowa and Minnesota
Farmland in Minnesota and Iowa for sale by the St. Paul & Sioux City Railroad Company, 1870s. Handset type advertisement with a watercolor wash

Background image1870s Collection: Spaceship to the Moon imagined in the 1870s

Spaceship to the Moon imagined in the 1870s
Projectile train to the moon, a suggested form of space travel, 1870s. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration

Background image1870s Collection: Wichita, Kansas, 1870s

Wichita, Kansas, 1870s
Main street in Wichita, Kansas, 1870s. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration

Background image1870s Collection: HOUS2A-00030

HOUS2A-00030
Large turkey strutting in front of an admiring family at Thanksgiving season, 1870s. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration

Background image1870s Collection: Serbia map

Serbia map
Map of Servia in the 1870s. Printed color lithograph reproduction of a 19th-century illustration

Background image1870s Collection: Victorian era picnic

Victorian era picnic
Families having a summer picnic, England, 1870s. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration

Background image1870s Collection: Site of Ancient Troy excavated by Schliemann

Site of Ancient Troy excavated by Schliemann
Schliemanns excavation of the acropolis walls of ancient Troy, 1800s. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration

Background image1870s Collection: EVNT2A-00070

EVNT2A-00070
Custers last stand at the Little Big Horn River, Montana, 1876. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th century illustration

Background image1870s Collection: Dr Livingstones African servants, 1800s

Dr Livingstones African servants, 1800s
Chuma and Susi, David Livingstones loyal African servants, 1870s. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration

Background image1870s Collection: EXPL2A-00366

EXPL2A-00366
Map of equatorial Africa as known in the 1870s. Printed color lithograph, 19th century

Background image1870s Collection: Visitors arriving at the White House in carriages, 1870s

Visitors arriving at the White House in carriages, 1870s
Winter carriage traffic at the White House the final days of the Grant Administration, 1877. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration

Background image1870s Collection: GEUR2A-00088

GEUR2A-00088
Cafe patrons enjoying an evening on a Paris boulevard, 1870s. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration

Background image1870s Collection: Saint Moritz, Switzerland, 1800s

Saint Moritz, Switzerland, 1800s
Village of Saint Moritz, Switzerland in the 1870s. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration

Background image1870s Collection: AGRI2A-00072

AGRI2A-00072
Milking-time in a dairy barn, 1870s. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration

Background image1870s Collection: Cotton wharf in Charleston SC, 1870s

Cotton wharf in Charleston SC, 1870s
Black stevedores loading bales on the cotton wharf in Charleston, South Carolina, 1870s. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration

Background image1870s Collection: EVNT2A-00075

EVNT2A-00075
General Oliver Otis Howard pursuing the Nez Perce tribe on the Dead Mule Trail in Idaho, 1877. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th century illustration

Background image1870s Collection: HUSG2A-00045

HUSG2A-00045
Freed slaves wedding dance in a cabin, US South, 1870s. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration

Background image1870s Collection: Buffalo killed from a train on the Great Plains

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

Background image1870s Collection: Thomas Nast cartoon about government corruption, 1877

Thomas Nast cartoon about government corruption, 1877
To the victor belong the spoils, a satire on civil service, showing Andrew Jackson statue riding a hog, 1877. Hand-colored woodcut of a Thomas Nast cartoon

Background image1870s Collection: Cartoon about literacy tests in the South, 1870s

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

Background image1870s Collection: Mauna Loa eruption, 1870s

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

Background image1870s Collection: Terror of people escaping the Chicago Fire, 1871

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

Background image1870s Collection: Downtown Indianapolis, 1870s

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

Background image1870s Collection: Waikiki village, Hawaii, 1870s

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

Background image1870s Collection: Ohio River at New Albany, Indiana, 1870s

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

Background image1870s Collection: Traditional Hawaiian home, 1800s

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

Background image1870s Collection: Market in the French Quarter of New Orleans, 1870s

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

Background image1870s Collection: Chicago grain elevators loading ships, 1870s

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

Background image1870s Collection: Flames reaching the waterfront, Chicago Fire, 1871

Flames reaching the waterfront, Chicago Fire, 1871
Flaming buildings and boats on the Chicago River during the Great Fire, 1871. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration

Background image1870s Collection: Charleston, South Carolina, 1870s

Charleston, South Carolina, 1870s
Bird s-eye view of Charleston, South Carolina, in the mid-19th century Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration

Background image1870s Collection: Black Hills gold rush, South Dakota, 1870s

Black Hills gold rush, South Dakota, 1870s
Deadwood City during the Black Hills gold rush, 1870s. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration

Background image1870s Collection: Tourists hiking in the Colorado Rockies, 1870s

Tourists hiking in the Colorado Rockies, 1870s
Hikers and an artist on Grays Peak in the Colorado Rockies, 1870s. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration

Background image1870s Collection: Hawaiians surfing, 1870s

Hawaiians surfing, 1870s
Natives on surfboards near Honolulu, Hawaii, 1870s. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration

Background image1870s Collection: BUSN2A-00160

BUSN2A-00160
Great Railroad Strike workers blockade the locomotive engines at Martinsburg, West Virginia, in 1877. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration

Background image1870s Collection: Human evolution as described in the 1870s

Human evolution as described in the 1870s
Theory of the " descent of man" as illustrated in the 1870s. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration

Background image1870s Collection: Strait jacket used on a mentally ill patient

Strait jacket used on a mentally ill patient
Insane asylum use of the strait jacket to restrain patients, New York City, 1870s. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th century illustration

Background image1870s Collection: Telegraph office at Sandy Hook, New Jersey, 1870s

Telegraph office at Sandy Hook, New Jersey, 1870s
Telegraph office at Sandy Hook on the New Jersey shore, 1870s. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration

Background image1870s Collection: Denver in the 1870s

Denver in the 1870s
Busy downtown Denver, Colorado, late 1870s. Hand-colored woodcut reproduction of a 19th-century illustration

Background image1870s Collection: Western Union office in New York City, 1870s

Western Union office in New York City, 1870s
Western Union Companys telegraph operations in New York City, 1870s. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration

Background image1870s Collection: PPRE2A-00028

PPRE2A-00028
President Ulysses S. Grant, with his autograph. Hand-colored engraving of a 19th-century portrait

Background image1870s Collection: Queen Victoria

Queen Victoria
Queen of England Victoria I, 1870s. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration

Background image1870s Collection: Castle Garden arrival of immigrants, 1870s

Castle Garden arrival of immigrants, 1870s
Immigrants arriving at Castle Garden, New York City, 1870s. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration

Background image1870s Collection: Italian immigrants tenement in New York City, 1870s

Italian immigrants tenement in New York City, 1870s
Ragpickers Court on Mulberry Street in the Italian neighborhood, New York City, 1870s. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration

Background image1870s Collection: Irish immigrant shantytown in New York City

Irish immigrant shantytown in New York City
Irish immigrant family on a summer evening in the shantytown at the Five Points, New York City, 1870s. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration

Background image1870s Collection: Crowded streets of New York City, 1870s

Crowded streets of New York City, 1870s
Traffic around the Post Office at Broadway and Fulton Street, 1870s. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration

Background image1870s Collection: Oraibi, a Hopi village, 1870s

Oraibi, a Hopi village, 1870s
Hopi village of Oraibi, from John Wesley Powells description, 1870s. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration

Background image1870s Collection: Statue of Liberty torch shown in Philadelphia, 1876

Statue of Liberty torch shown in Philadelphia, 1876
Statue of Libertys torch on display at the Centennial Exposition, Philadelphia, 1876. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration



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