Conversation Gallery

Franklin, Hamilton, and other delegates discussing the Constitution

Franklin, Hamilton, and others discussing the framing of the US Constitution at a tea party in Philadelphia, 1787.
Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration

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Italian immigrants tenement in New York City, 1870s

Ragpickers Court on Mulberry Street in the Italian neighborhood, New York City, 1870s.
Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration

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Courtship using a whispering rod on Halloween in colonial days.
Hand-colored halftone reproduction of a 19th-century illustration

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