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1870s Collection (page 4)

Background image1870s Collection: AGRI2A-00076

AGRI2A-00076
Cowboys driving a longhorn herd on the great cattle trail 1800s Hand-colored engraving of a 19th-century illustration

Background image1870s Collection: US Army at Rosebud Creek, before defeat by Crazy Horse, 1876

US Army at Rosebud Creek, before defeat by Crazy Horse, 1876
General Crooks army with Indian scouts before the Battle of Rosebud Creek, Sioux wars, 1876. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration

Background image1870s Collection: GAFR2A-00047

GAFR2A-00047
Swan Hotel in the diamond-mining region of South Africa, 1870s. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century photograph

Background image1870s Collection: GAFR2A-00048

GAFR2A-00048
Prospectors working the diamond diggings near Colesberg, South Africa, 1872. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration

Background image1870s Collection: Lunch for visitors to an ancient Egyptian temple, 1800s

Lunch for visitors to an ancient Egyptian temple, 1800s
Tourists having lunch in the remains of an ancient Egyptian temple at Medinet, 1870s. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration

Background image1870s Collection: Henry Stanley in Africa

Henry Stanley in Africa
African explorer Henry Stanley attacked by elephants, 1870s. Color lithograph of a 19th-century illustration from Stanleys book, " In Darkest Africa"

Background image1870s Collection: Henry Stanley leading an African expedition, 1870s

Henry Stanley leading an African expedition, 1870s
Stanleys expedition marching toward Muta Nzege near Mount Ruwenzori, 1870s. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration

Background image1870s Collection: EXPL2A-00204

EXPL2A-00204
Henry Stanleys expedition dragging a boat around rapids on the Congo river in Africa 1870s. Printed color lithograph of a 19th-century illustration

Background image1870s Collection: Lighthouse off the Massachusetts coast, 1870s

Lighthouse off the Massachusetts coast, 1870s
Bird Island Light in Buzzards Bay off Cape Cod, Massachusetts, 1870s. Hand colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration

Background image1870s Collection: Milwaukee, Wisconsin, 1870s

Milwaukee, Wisconsin, 1870s
Downtown Milwaukee looking west from the waterfront of Lake Michigan, 1870s. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration

Background image1870s Collection: HSET2A-00045

HSET2A-00045
Settlers emigrating by train to the West, 1870s. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration

Background image1870s Collection: Final spike in the northern transcontinental railroad, Montana

Final spike in the northern transcontinental railroad, Montana
Completion of the northern transcontinental railroad from Minnesota to the Pacific coast. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration

Background image1870s Collection: TRAN2A-00251

TRAN2A-00251
First train over the Key West Railroad, Florida. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration

Background image1870s Collection: PSCI2A-00069

PSCI2A-00069
Thomas Edison, the " wizard of Manlo Park, " in his New Jersey laboratory. Hand-colored 19th-century woodcut

Background image1870s Collection: Danger ahead for a steam locomotive

Danger ahead for a steam locomotive
Flagger warning a railroad crew to brake for danger ahead on the tracks. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration

Background image1870s Collection: PSCI2A-00065

PSCI2A-00065
Alexander Graham Bell in New York communicatiing for the first time with Chicago by telephone. Hand-colored halftone of a 19th-century photograph

Background image1870s Collection: BUSN2A-00222

BUSN2A-00222
Nevada silver miners changing the shift, 1870s. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration

Background image1870s Collection: Harvard College, 1870s

Harvard College, 1870s
Harvard College in Cambridge, Massachusetts, 1870s. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration

Background image1870s Collection: Hot Springs, Arkansas, 1870s

Hot Springs, Arkansas, 1870s
Valley Street in Hot Springs, Arkansas, 1870s. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th century illustration

Background image1870s Collection: Little Rock, Arkansas, 1870s

Little Rock, Arkansas, 1870s
Little Rock, capital of Arkansas, viewed from the river in the 1870s. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration

Background image1870s Collection: Buying Thanksgiving turkeys in Hartford, Connecticut, 1870s

Buying Thanksgiving turkeys in Hartford, Connecticut, 1870s
Open-air market at Statehouse Square on the day before Thanksgiving in Hartford, Connecticut, 1870s. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration

Background image1870s Collection: PSCI2A-00050

PSCI2A-00050
Thomas Alva Edison in 1879. Hand-colored woodcut of a drawing by Francis Lathrop

Background image1870s Collection: PPRE2A-00066

PPRE2A-00066
Ulysses S. Grants inauguration for a second Presidential term, 1873. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration

Background image1870s Collection: PPRE2A-00256

PPRE2A-00256
Young Theodore Roosevelt, circa 1874. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century photograph

Background image1870s Collection: BUSN2A-00258

BUSN2A-00258
Shoppers in the new elevator at Lord & Taylors store on Broadway, 1870s. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration

Background image1870s Collection: Immigrants to America asking directions

Immigrants to America asking directions
Northern European immigrants asking the way to the American Midwest, 1870s. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration

Background image1870s Collection: AGRI2A-00046

AGRI2A-00046
A turpentine distillery in North Carolina, 1870s. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration

Background image1870s Collection: PUSA2A-00062

PUSA2A-00062
King Kalakaua of the Sandwich Islands visits US President Grant, 1874. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration

Background image1870s Collection: New York map, 1870s

New York map, 1870s
Map of New York State, 1870s. Printed color lithograph of a 19th-century illustration

Background image1870s Collection: HOUS2A-00069

HOUS2A-00069
Santa Claus on a rooftop hiding from a boy, 1870s. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration by Thomas Nast

Background image1870s Collection: HOUS2A-00070

HOUS2A-00070
Children finding gifts on the family Christmas tree, 1870s. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration

Background image1870s Collection: Romance on a city rooftop, 1800s

Romance on a city rooftop, 1800s
Woman hanging laundry talking with a mason on a city rooftop, 1870s. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration

Background image1870s Collection: President Hayes receiving the first Chinese ambassador to the US

President Hayes receiving the first Chinese ambassador to the US
First Chinese ambassador to the US met by President Rutherford Hayes, 1878. Hand-colored halftone reproduction of a 19th-century illustration

Background image1870s Collection: Snowball fight, 1870s

Snowball fight, 1870s
Couples having fun with a snowball fight, 1870s. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration

Background image1870s Collection: GASI2A-00005

GASI2A-00005
Map of Asia, circa 1870. Printed color lithograph, 19th century

Background image1870s Collection: Wheelers expedition in the southern Rockies, 1870s

Wheelers expedition in the southern Rockies, 1870s
George M. Wheelers expedition exploring the Sangre de Cristo range in Colorado and New Mexico, 1870s. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration

Background image1870s Collection: AGRI2A-00053

AGRI2A-00053
African-American stevedores loading cotton on a ship in Charlestown, South Carolina, 1870s. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration

Background image1870s Collection: BUSN2A-00008

BUSN2A-00008
Factory workers making rifle cartridges, 1870s. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration

Background image1870s Collection: BUSN2A-00195

BUSN2A-00195
Depositors making a run on a bank during a financial panic in the 1800s. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th century illustration

Background image1870s Collection: Black voters in Richmond, Virginia, 1871

Black voters in Richmond, Virginia, 1871
African-American citizens voting in Richmond, Virginia, 1871. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration

Background image1870s Collection: HUSG2A-00015

HUSG2A-00015
African-American man collecting pay for cotton delivered in Austin, Texas, 1870s. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration

Background image1870s Collection: HUSG2A-00009

HUSG2A-00009
African-American workers collecting pay after harvesting strawberries in Virginia during Reconstruction. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration

Background image1870s Collection: HUSG2A-00023

HUSG2A-00023
Freed African-Americans traveling through St Louis, leaving the South after the Civil War. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration

Background image1870s Collection: HUSG2A-00030

HUSG2A-00030
African-American church congregation in Washington DC, 1870s. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration

Background image1870s Collection: HUSG2A-00022

HUSG2A-00022
Freed African-Americans embarking for the North on riverboats after the Civil War. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration

Background image1870s Collection: HUSG2A-00032

HUSG2A-00032
Former slaves fleeing to Kansas from yellow fever outbreak in South, 1870s. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration

Background image1870s Collection: HUSG2A-00033

HUSG2A-00033
Former slaves on a boat to the North after the Civil War. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration

Background image1870s Collection: HUSG2A-00046

HUSG2A-00046
Former slave couple in spring outside their cabin in Virginia after the Civil War. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration



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