1900s Gallery

Sinking of the Titanic

Titanic's stern in the air as the ship sinks in the North Atlantic, 1912.
Hand-colored halftone reproduction of an illustration from eyewitness reports

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Russo-Japanese treaty at Portsmouth NH, 1905

President Theodore Roosevelt presiding over the Treaty of Portsmouth ending the Russo-Japanese War, 1905.
Hand-colored halftone illustration

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Uncle Sam leading Cuba away from the Old World, saying, "That wicked man is going to gobble you up, my child, " 1901.
Hand-colored woodcut of a 1901 illustration

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