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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Unwrapping an Egyptian mummy, Cairo, 1880s

British and Egyptian officials unwrapping an Egyptian mummy in the Boulak Museum, Cairo, 1880s.
Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration

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