Churning milk to make butterGirl working a churn on a spring morning. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration
Nantucket fishing village in the 1800sPony cart hauling water in Siasconset village, Nantucket Island, 1870s. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration
Quaker women spinning in churchQuaker ladies doing their chores while at worship services. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration
Dutch colonists in early New AmsterdamDutch settlers outdoors along the Battery, New Amsterdam, 1600s. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th century illustration
Natives gathering food in Florida, 1500sFlorida Native Americans gathering crocodiles, fish, and other wild animals and plants, 1591. Hand-colored Debry engraving of a LeMoyne painting
HOUS2A-00129Pair of horses pulling a plow - calendar illustration for the month of March. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration
Putting in seed on a bonanza farm, 1800sSeeding grain on a bonanza farm, North Dakota, early 1890s. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration
HOUS2A-00141French-Canadian woman baking bread in an outdoor oven, circa 1900. Hand-colored halftone reproduction of a turn-of-the-century illustration
HSET2A-00054New England colonial couple in farmhouse dooryard, late 1600s. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration
Erie Canal boats wintering in New York harborErie Canal boats anchored for the winter at the East River docks, New York City, 1880s. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration
NATI2A-00174Pueblo farmer plowing the soil near Laguna Pueblo, New Mexico, 1800s. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration
GEUR2A-00139Young Dutch woman gathering cabbages in a basket, 1800s. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th century illustration
Dutch canal and tow-path, 1800sDog-cart with fresh vegetables and people towing a barge along a Dutch canal, 1800s. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration
AGRI2A-00072Milking-time in a dairy barn, 1870s. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration
Washboard for scrubbing laundry in the 1800sWoman reenactor doing laundry with a washboard, living history demonstration, Shiloh National Military Park, Tennessee. Digital photograph
Oregon Trail wagons camping for the nightPioneers camp at sunset along the Oregon Trail, 1850s. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration
Settlers plumping mill for grinding cornFrontier settlers plumping mill for grinding corn. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration
Italian immigrants tenement in New York City, 1870sRagpickers Court on Mulberry Street in the Italian neighborhood, New York City, 1870s. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration
HOUS2A-00031Weaver at his loom in Europe, 1600s. Hand-colored engraving of a 17th-century illustration by J. Amman
Seamstress, 1800sWoman sewing to earn money at home, 1800s. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration
HOUS2A-00021Woman stitching a patchwork quilt, 1800s. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration
HOUS2A-00048Young Puritan woman reading while spinning at her wheel. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration
GATL2A-00031Outdoor kitchen in a Jamaica town, 1890s. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration
HOUS2A-00148Plum pudding served for a frontier familys Christmas dinner, 1800s. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration by A.B. Frost
HOUS2A-00097Family waiting for roast pig and a pot of food cooking for Christmas dinner. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration
Hay harvest, 1800sFarmers haying, a calendar illustration for June, 1850s. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th century illustration
A hay ride, 1800sChildren riding atop a hay wagon pulled by a pair of horses, 1800s. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration
Sulky plow, 1800sFarmer riding a sulky plow drawn by a pair of horses, circa 1890. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration
Scots housewife preparing haggis, 1800sChopping the ingredients for haggis in Scotland, 1800s Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century E. A. Abbey illustration
HOUS2A-00007Mexican women making tortillas, 1800s. Color lithograph reproduction of a 19th-century illustration
Georgia Cracker family tending their cookpot, 1890sCracker women cooking outside their poor, rural cabin in Georgia, late 1800s. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration
Country life in medieval EuropeCountry life in France in the late Middle Ages. Hand-colored 19th-century woodcut reproduction of a 1517 edition of Virgil published in Lyons
Union soldiers at Camp Cameron, Civil WarSoldiers of the Seventh New York Regiment around a campfire at Camp Cameron, Washington DC. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration
HUSG2A-00050African-American boy reading to his family of former slaves, 1870s. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration
Slaves husking corn on a plantationSlaves social gathering at a plantation corn-husking, 1800s. Hand-colored halftone of a 19th-century illustration
Slave cabin on a southern plantationSlave family outside their cabin on a southern plantation. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration
Greek women at their household choresWomen occupied with sewing, spinning, and other household chores in ancient Greece. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration
PPRE2A-00107Young Abe Lincoln cutting wood for his mother at their Indiana log cabin. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration
Pioneer woman cooking outside a log cabin on the banks of the Susquehanna River, Pennsylvania. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration
Homesteaders in the Rocky MountainsPioneer familys homestead in the far west. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration
NATI2P-00012Paleo-Indian caribou hunters. Photograph of a Maine State Museum diorama
NATI2P-00006Paleo-Indian caribou hunters. Photograph of a Maine State Museum diorama
Pueblo women in New MexicoPueblo Indian women drawing water from the Rio Grande in New Mexico. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration
NATI2A-00178Meat strips drying to make " jerky" outside a tepee on the plains. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration
NATI2A-00118Native American teepee encampment on the Great Plains, 1800s. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration
NATI2A-00020Zuni family planting their crops, New Mexico. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration
EVRV2D-00113French soldier cleaning his musket at a reenactment on the Yorktown Battlefield, Virginia. Digital photograph of a National Park Service event at Yorktown Battlefield on the 225th anniversary of
Making silk in early ChinaSilk-making in the early days of China. Hand-colored halftone reproduction of a 19th-century illustration