1871 Collection

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

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

Dr. Livingstone, I presume? 1871
Stanley finding Dr. Livingstone at Ujiji, Tanganyika, 1871. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration

Refugees from the Chicago Fire, 1871
Camp for Chicago Fire victims on Lake Michigan shore near Lincoln Park, 1871. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration

People running from the raging Chicago Fire, 1871
Courthouse Square engulfed in flames during the Chicago Fire, 1871. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration

Railroad trestle over the Mississippi River in Minnesota
Northern Pacific Railroad bridge over the Mississippi River at Brainerd, Minnesota, 1871. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration

Communist demonstration broken up by New York police
Communist workers driven from a demonstration in Tompkins Square by mounted police, New York City, 1871. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration

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

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

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Joseph Hayne Rainey, first black US Congressman, admitted to the House in 1871. Hand-colored halftone reproduction of a photograph

Ku Klux Klan bill signed by President Grant, 1871
President U.S. Grant at the Capitol, signing a bill to curb the Ku Klux Klan, 1871. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration

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