Burning Collection

Blowing glass in a British factory, 1800s
Workers in a crown-glass factory, Great Britain, early 1800s. Hand-colored engraving of a 19th-century illustration

Glass factory workers in Britain, 1800s
Manufacturing glass at a flint-glass factory, Great Britain, 1800s. Hand-colored engraving of a 19th-century illustration

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Black regiment of the Union army entering Richmond, Virginia, after its own citizens burned ithe city, April 3, 1865, near the end of the Civil War. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th century illustration

Judge Lynch burning justice, cartoon of 1901
Justice burned, entitled " Judge Lynchs Latest Victim, " 1901. Hand-colored woodcut of a 1901 W.A. Rogers cartoon

Sack of Rome by the Vandals, 455 A. D
Vandals sacking the city of Rome, effectively ending the power of the Roman Empire, 455 AD. Hand-colored halftone reproduction of a 19th-century illustration

Jamestown burning during Bacons Rebellion
Bacons rebels burning Jamestown, Virginia, 1676. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration

Catching a jumping fire victim, circa 1900
Fire victim jumping from a burning building into firemens life-net, circa 1900. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration

Enemy Native American village set afire, Florida
Native Americans attacking enemy village by shooting burning moss to set it afire, Florida, 1500s. Hand-colored woodcut from Theodore Debry, from a painting by LeMoyne

New York draft rioters murdering a black man, 1863
Hanging a black man on Clarkson Street during the New York draft riots, 1863. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th century illustration

New York draft rioters burning a black orphanage, 1863
African-American orphanage destroyed in the New York draft riots, 1863. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration

Richmond, Virginia, burned by the Confederates, 1865
Citizens huddled in Capitol Square during the burning of Richmond by its own people, 1865. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration

Great Fire of London, 1666
St. Pauls Cathedral in London destroyed in the conflagration of 1666. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration

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Capture and burning of Washington DC by the British in 1814, during the War of 1812. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th century illustration

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Steel industry workers at the coke furnaces of Pennsylvania, 1880s. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th century illustration

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Martin Luther in Wittenberg burning Pope Leo Xs Bull of excommunication, 1521. Hand colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration

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Religious reformer Jan Hus burned at the stake, 1415. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration

Making a dugout canoe
Native Americans making a dugout canoe by burning out the core. Digitally colored woodcut of a Theodore DeBry engraving

Pittsburgh coke ovens, 1880s
Steel workers at the Pittsburgh coke ovens, showing their dwellings on the hilltop, 1880. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration

Ancient Rome in flames
Citizens fleeing ancient Rome as the city burns. Hand-colored engraving of a 19th-century illustration

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