Colonialism Gallery

US soldiers in the Philippines after the Spanish-American War, 1899

Water-buffalo dragging guns of the US Army's Utah battery into position against Filipino insurgents, 1899.
Hand-colored halftone reproduction of a 19th-century photograph

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Brirish Royal Horse Artillery charge against unmounted natives near Allahbad, India, during the Sepoy Rebellion, 1857.
Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration

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White men bringing cleanliness to native cultures, 1890s

"White man's burden" is to teach cleanliness, described in a Pears Soap ad, 1890s.
Hand-colored halftone reproduction of a 19th-century illustration

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