Busy Gallery

Governors Palace on Santa Fe Plaza, dating from the 1600s

The Governors Palace, the Spanish capitol of New Mexico and end of the Santa Fe Trail.
Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration

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Italian immigrants in New York City, 1890s

Mulberry Street, center of the Italian immigrant neighborhood in New York City, 1890s.
Hand-colored halftone reproduction of a 19th-century illustration

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New Orleans docks under electric lights, 1880s

Levee at night illuminated for the first time with electric lights, New Orleans, 1880s.
Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration

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