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Boys Collection

Background imageBoys Collection: Coal mine in England, 1850s

Coal mine in England, 1850s
Removing coal in the Bradley mine, Staffordshire, England, 1850s. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th century illustration

Background imageBoys Collection: Backyard carnival, 1800s

Backyard carnival, 1800s
Children putting on a circus in the backyarrd, 1800s. Hand-colored halftone reproduction of a 19th-century illustration

Background imageBoys Collection: Abraham Lincoln and his family, 1860s

Abraham Lincoln and his family, 1860s
President Abraham Lincoln and his family reading a book in the White House. Digitally colored halftone reproduction of an illustration

Background imageBoys Collection: President Taft and his family

President Taft and his family
President William Howard Taft and his family, 1908. Hand-colored halftone of a photograph

Background imageBoys Collection: Homeless boys sleeping in an alley, 1890s

Homeless boys sleeping in an alley, 1890s
Homeless street boys sleeping in an alley in New York City, 1890s. Hand-colored woodcut reproduction of a 19th-century photograph

Background imageBoys Collection: Boys playing marbles, 1800s

Boys playing marbles, 1800s
Boys playing a game of marbles in a small town, early 1900s. Hand-colored halftone reproduction of an illustration

Background imageBoys Collection: Game of mumblety-peg, 1800s

Game of mumblety-peg, 1800s
Boys playing mumblety-peg in the grass, 1800s. Hand-colored halftone reproduction of a 19th-century illustration

Background imageBoys Collection: Winter fun in Victorian England

Winter fun in Victorian England
Christmas-Eve snowball fight in an English town, 1860. Color lithograph reproduction of an illustration

Background imageBoys Collection: Reading lesson in a 19th-century classroom

Reading lesson in a 19th-century classroom
Boys reading aloud in a schoolroom, 1800s. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration

Background imageBoys Collection: Coal mine disaster in England, 1860s

Coal mine disaster in England, 1860s
Volunteers lowered into a coal mine to attempt rescue of trapped miners in England, 1860s. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration

Background imageBoys Collection: HOUS2A-00020

HOUS2A-00020
Boys scaring their friend with a jack-o lantern, a Halloween prank, 1800s. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration

Background imageBoys Collection: HOUS2A-00085

HOUS2A-00085
Boys playing sports, including bowling, spinning a top, stilts, and a swing, England, 1600s. Hand-colored woodcut reproduction of a 17th-century illustration

Background imageBoys Collection: Easter game of cracking eggs, 1800s

Easter game of cracking eggs, 1800s
Schoolboys cracking eggs, an Easter activity, 1800s. Hand-colored woodcut of an E.A. Abbey illustration

Background imageBoys Collection: Coal mine disaster in England, 1860s

Coal mine disaster in England, 1860s
Volunteers lowered into a coal mine to attempt rescue of trapped miners in England, 1860s. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration


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