Bridge Collection

Marco Polo leaving Venice, 1300s
Marco Polo leaving Venice on his journey to China, 1338. Color lithograph reproductioin of a manuscript: Bod. Misc. 264

Ancient Athens
Athens from the east, in the time of Hadrian. Hand-colored engraving of a 19th-century illustration

Busy Brooklyn Bridge the year it opened, 1883
Traffic on the Brooklyn Bridge, seen from the Manhattan side, 1883. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration

Nottingham Castle in the 1500s
Nottingham Castle overlooking the surrounding countryside in the 1500s. Hand-colored 19th-century woodcut reproduction of an earlier illustration

Tower of London in the late Middle Ages
London during the time of Henry VII (1457-1509). Color lithograph reproduction of an illuminated manuscript: Roy 16F, ii

Rome, Georgia, in the mid-1800s
Town of Rome, Georgia, viewed from the Coosa River, 1850s. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration

Brooklyn Bridge when newly opened, 1883
Brooklyn Bridge over the East River, looking toward Manhattan, 1883. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration

Spokane, Washington, 1880s
Spokane Falls before the great fire, Washington Territory, 1880s. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration

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Medieval walled city of Nuremberg, Germany, 1400s. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration

Ohio River at Cincinnati, Ohio, 1860s
Riverboats loading at the Ohio River levee in Cincinnati, Ohio, 1860s. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration

Xerxes bridge of boats across the Hellespont, 480 BC
Bridge of boats built by Xerxes Persian army across the Hellespont to invade Greek territory, 480 BC. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration

Knoxville, Tennessee, 1870s
Bridge across the Tennessee River at Knoxville, 1870s. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration

Prague on the Vltava River, 1800s
Hradschin Palace, Kleinseite, and bridge over the Vltava River in Prague, Czechoslovakia, 1800s. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration

Brooklyn Bridge, New York City, 1883
The new Brooklyn Bridge over the East River, New York City, 1883. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration

Taos Pueblo, 1800s
Pueblo of Taos, on the Rio Pueblo de Taos, in New Mexico, 1800s. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration

Brooklyn Bridge opened by President Chester Arthur
President Chester A. Arthur presiding over the opening of the Brooklyn Bridge, 1883. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration

Agriculture in the Middle Ages
Peasants sowing and cultivating fields outside a walled town in the Middle Ages. Printed halftone reproduction of a medieval manuscript miniature

Paris and the river Seine, early 1800s
Town hall and Pont d Arcole on the River Seine, Paris, before 1850. Hand-colored engraving of a 19th-century J.M.W. Turner illustration

Battle of Antietam combat at Burnside Bridge, 1862
Union charge across Burnside Bridge over Antietam Creek, Civil War, 1862. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration

Medieval manor and fields
Arrangement of manor lands and a farming village in the late Middle Ages. Hand-colored 19th-century woodcut reproduction of an earlier illustration

Thames docks in the 1800s
Houses of Parliament and Westminster from across the Thames, London, 1800s. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th century illustration

Cleveland, Ohio, 1880s
Cleveland, Ohio, from the viaduct over the Cuyahoga River, 1880s. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration

Corduroy road up a Vermont mountainside
Corduroy bridge on the road to Mount Mansfield, Vermont, 1800s. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration

First train on the Camden & Amboy Railroad
Johnny Bull, the first locomotive on the Camden & Amboy Railroad. 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

Railroad in Oregons Cascade Mountains, 1860s
Railroad trestle in the Cascade Mountains of Oregon, 1866. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration

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Bridge over the Tigris River at Baghdad, 1850s. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration

River Seine in Paris, 1890s
Pont Neuf bridging the Seine to the Ile de la Cite, viewed from near the Louvre, Paris, 1890s. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration

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Prussian army crossing the Loire River at Orleans, France, during a snowstorm, Franco-Prussian War, 1871. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration

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London before the Great Fire of 1666. Hand-colored woodcut

Roman army crossing the Danube
Roman legions crossing the Danube on a bridge of boats. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration

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Native suspension bridge on the Congo River, 1800s. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th century illustration

Paris boulevards in the 1870s
Bridge over the River Seine, Paris, 1870s. Printed color lithograph of a 19th-century illustration

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Rouen, France, on the River Seine. Hand-colored engraving of an early 19th-century J.M.W. Turner illustration

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Inca hanging bridge over a gorge in the Andes Mountains. Hand-colored halftone reproduction of a 19th-century illustration

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Union troops battling their way across Burnside Bridge in the Battle of Antietam in the American Civil War. Hand-colored halftone of a 19th century illustration

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Alexander the Great leading the Greek army building a causeway during the siege of Tyre, 332 BC. Hand-colored halftone illustration of a 19th-century illustration

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