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Background imageBoston Collection: Boston streetcars, 1890s

Boston streetcars, 1890s
Trolleys on Tremont Street at the corner of Park Street, Boston, 1890s. Hand-colored engraving of a 19th-century illustration

Background imageBoston Collection: Old North Church in Boston

Old North Church in Boston
Steeple of the Old North Church, where lanterns signalled Paul Revere, Boston, Massachusetts. Digital photograph

Background imageBoston Collection: Boston in 1854

Boston in 1854
Busy Boston harbor and skyline, topped by the Massachusetts State House, 1854.t Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century newspaper masthead

Background imageBoston Collection: Clipper ship loading supplies for the California gold fields

Clipper ship loading supplies for the California gold fields
Clipper ship R.B. Forbes in Boston, taking on cargo for California, 1851. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration

Background imageBoston Collection: Plan for a subway station in Boston, 1890s

Plan for a subway station in Boston, 1890s
View of a proposed subway station in Boston, Massachusetts, 1892. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration

Background imageBoston Collection: Firefighters in the 1870s

Firefighters in the 1870s
Boston firefighters using a hose against a major fire, 1870s. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration

Background imageBoston Collection: Architect Charles Bulfinch

Architect Charles Bulfinch, with his autograph. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration

Background imageBoston Collection: Hutchinsons account of Massachusetts Bay Colony in the 1600s

Hutchinsons account of Massachusetts Bay Colony in the 1600s
Title page of Thomas Hutchinsons " History of the Colony of Massachusets-Bay, " first published in 1764. Woodcut with a watercolor wash

Background imageBoston Collection: Boston hat and fur store, 1850s

Boston hat and fur store, 1850s
Hat and fur store of Klous & Company, Court Street, Boston, 1850s. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration

Background imageBoston 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 imageBoston Collection: PSOC2A-00028

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

Background imageBoston Collection: PUSA2D-00005

PUSA2D-00005
Daniel Webster statue in front of the Massachusetts State House, Boston. Digital photograph

Background imageBoston Collection: Puritans arguing a point, 1600s

Puritans arguing a point, 1600s
New England Puritans debating an issue, 1600s. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration

Background imageBoston Collection: PUSA2A-00054

PUSA2A-00054
Anne Hutchinson sentenced to be banished from Massachusetts Bay Colony, 1637. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration

Background imageBoston Collection: HSET2A-00107

HSET2A-00107
Young woman reading the Bible in a Puritan jail, New England, 1600s. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration

Background imageBoston Collection: HSET2A-00036

HSET2A-00036
New England colonists on a town street, late 1600s. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration

Background imageBoston Collection: HSET2A-00008

HSET2A-00008
Puritans drinking from pewter mugs in colonial Massachusetts. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration

Background imageBoston Collection: EVRV2A-00039

EVRV2A-00039
Colonists fortifying Breeds Hill the night before the Battle of Bunker Hill, at the outset of the American Revolution, 1775. Hand-colored engraving of a 19th-century illustration

Background imageBoston Collection: EVRV2A-00062

EVRV2A-00062
Boston Tea Party, a protest against British taxes before the American Revolution, 1773. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration

Background imageBoston Collection: EVRV2A-00059

EVRV2A-00059
Colonial protestors emptying tea during the Boston tea party, 1773. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th century illustration

Background imageBoston Collection: PREV2D-00037

PREV2D-00037
Paul Revere statue near Old North Church in Boston, Massachusetts. Digital photograph

Background imageBoston Collection: EVRV2A-00119

EVRV2A-00119
Effigy of a Stamp Act official hung by protesting colonials, 1765. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration

Background imageBoston Collection: Stamp Act repeal, 1766

Stamp Act repeal, 1766
Handbill announcing repeal of the Stamp Act, 1766. Woodcut with a watercolor wash

Background imageBoston Collection: PREV2A-00058

PREV2A-00058
Two lanterns in the belfry of the Old North Church, the signal to Paul Revere to begin his midnight ride, 1775. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration for Longfellows poem

Background imageBoston Collection: Bunker Hill defended by American minutemen, 1775

Bunker Hill defended by American minutemen, 1775
Prescott on the redoubt in defense of Breeds Hill, Battle of Bunker Hill, 1775. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th century illustration

Background imageBoston Collection: Colonists participating in the Boston Tea Party, 1773

Colonists participating in the Boston Tea Party, 1773
Colonists throwing boxes of tea overboard during the Boston Tea Party, 1773. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration

Background imageBoston Collection: EVRV2A-00173

EVRV2A-00173
Minutemen at the Battle of Bunker Hill at the outbreak of the American Revolution, 1775. Hand-colored engraving of a 19th-century illustration

Background imageBoston Collection: EVRV2A-00021

EVRV2A-00021
Paul Reveres engraving of the Boston Massacre, 1770, an event leading to the Revolutionary War. Printed color engraving of Reveres illustration

Background imageBoston Collection: Boston seen from Dorchester, Massachusetts, 1774

Boston seen from Dorchester, Massachusetts, 1774
Seaport of Boston, Massachusetts, viewed from Dorchester Heights, 1774. Hand-colored engraving of a 19th-century illustration

Background imageBoston Collection: Boston Tea Party conspirators meeting-place

Boston Tea Party conspirators meeting-place
Building where the Sons of Liberty plotted the Boston Tea Party, shown in the 1800s. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration

Background imageBoston Collection: PREL2A-00050

PREL2A-00050
Reverend John Cotton portrait and signature. Hand-colored woodcut reproduction of a portrait

Background imageBoston Collection: Bay Psalm Book, 1640

Bay Psalm Book, 1640
Bay Psalm Book, printed in Massachusetts Bay Colony, 1640. Woodcut with a watercolor wash

Background imageBoston 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 imageBoston Collection: EVRV2A-00184

EVRV2A-00184
Map of the Battle of Bunker Hill, drawn from a British map. Hand-colored woodcut reproduction

Background imageBoston Collection: PBLA2D-00010

PBLA2D-00010
Quill pen in the hand of the Phyllis Wheatley statue, Boston Womens Memorial. Digital photograph

Background imageBoston Collection: Scene from The Scarlet Letter

Scene from The Scarlet Letter
Reverend Dimmesdales vigil on the scafold, from Hawthornes The Scarlet Letter, edition of 1874. Hand-colored woodcut

Background imageBoston Collection: PLIT2A-00022

PLIT2A-00022
Hester Prynne wearing the Scarlet Letter A in a scene from Hawthornes novel. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration

Background imageBoston Collection: PBLA2A-00006

PBLA2A-00006
Poet Phyllis Wheatly. Hand-colored woodcut of an 18th-century illustration

Background imageBoston Collection: PBLA2D-00007

PBLA2D-00007
Phyllis Wheatley statue, Boston Womens Memorial. Digital photograph

Background imageBoston Collection: PBLA2D-00008

PBLA2D-00008
Phyllis Wheatley statue, Boston Womens Memorial. Digital photograph

Background imageBoston Collection: PBLA2D-00009

PBLA2D-00009
Phyllis Wheatley statue, Boston Womens Memorial. Digital photograph

Background imageBoston Collection: PREV2D-00044

PREV2D-00044
Boston Massacre victoms grave, Old Granary Burying Ground, Boston, Massachusetts. Digital photograph

Background imageBoston Collection: PSOC2A-00011

PSOC2A-00011
Masthead of " The Liberator, " 1831, Garrisons abolitionist newspaper. Hand-colored woodcut reproduction

Background imageBoston Collection: EVCW2D-00197

EVCW2D-00197
Robert Gould Shaw in command of black troops of the 54th Massachusetts Regiment, memorial in Boston, Massachusetts. Digital photograph of the bas-relief sculpture by Augustus Saint-Gaudens

Background imageBoston Collection: EVCW2D-00198

EVCW2D-00198
Black soldiers of the 54th Massachusetts Regiment, memorial in Boston, Massachusetts. Digital photograph of a bas-relief sculpture by Augustus Saint-Gaudens

Background imageBoston Collection: EVCW2D-00199

EVCW2D-00199
Black soldiers of the 54th Massachusetts Regiment, memorial in Boston, Massachusetts. Digital photograph of the bas-relief sculpture by Augustus Saint-Gaudens

Background imageBoston Collection: EVCW2D-00200

EVCW2D-00200
Black soldier of the 54th Massachusetts Regiment, memorial in Boston, Massachusetts. Digital photograph of a bas-relief sculpture by Augustus Saint-Gaudens

Background imageBoston Collection: EVCW2D-00201

EVCW2D-00201
Robert Gould Shaw in command of black troops of the 54th Massachusetts Regiment, memorial in Boston, Massachusetts. Digital photograph of a bas-relief sculpture by Augustus Saint-Gaudens



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