Crime Collection

Gunfight in the street of a western town. Hand-colored engraving of a 19th-century Frederic Remington illustration

Pirates capturing a ship
Pirates capturing a galleon on the high seas. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century Howard Pyle illustration

Deacon Giless Distillery temperance cartoon, 1830s
" Bringing back the rum, " temperance cartoon showing liquor barrels labeled with forms of death, Salem, Massachusetts. Hand-colored woodcut from an 1830s temperance pamphlet

Sheriff removing criminals boots
Western sheriff arresting law-breakers and making them remove their boots to reduce escapes. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th century illustration

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Dynamite bomb exploding among police ranks during the Haymarket Square riot in Chicago, 1886. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th century illustration

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Gunman in a western saloon, 1800s. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration

Puritan in the stocks as punishment in Massachusetts, 1600s
Puritan offender in the stocks, Massachusetts Bay Colony, 1600s. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration

Puritan prisoner in the pillory in New England
Puritan offender standing in the pillory in a New England seaport, 1600s. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration

Pirate captain hung from the yardarm
The pirate Banister, executed by hanging from the yardarm of a sailing ship. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration

Chicago police arresting a suspect, 1890s
Police making a patrol-box arrest in Chicago, 1890s. Hand-colored halftone reproduction of a 19th-century Thulstrup illustration

Scarlet Letter protagonist Hester Prynne
Hester Prynne and her daughter Pearl, from Hawthornes " The Scarlet Letter". Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration

Ducking stool punishment for a Jamestown woman
Jamestown woman led to the ducking stool for public humiliation, 1600s. Hand-colored halftone reproduction of a 19th-century illustration

Train-robbers, 1800s
Gunmen robbing a railroad train, late 1800s. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration

New York draft rioters murdering a black man, 1863
Hanging a black man on Clarkson Street during the New York draft riots, 1863. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th century illustration

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Robin Hood and Little John hunting deer in Sherwood Forest. Hand-colored woodcut

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Saloon brawl in a cattle town, western U.S. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration by Frederic Remington

Outlaws holding up a stagecoach
Outlaws holding up stagecoach passengers, 1800s. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration

Western gunfighter making his victom " dance." Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century Frederic Remington illustration

Miners smashing into a saloon
Western miners smashing into a saloon. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration

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Captain Kidd in chains, executed for piracy in England, 1701. Hand-colored woodcut of an illustration from Exquemelin

Pirates attacking a merchant ship
Pirates sinking a merchant ship on the high seas. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration

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Reporters working a murder story, 1890s. Hand-colored halftone of an illustration

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Jews daughter accused of witchcraft in the Middle Ages. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration

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Hester Prynne wearing the Scarlet Letter A in a scene from Hawthornes novel. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration

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Guy Fawkes brought before King James I after discovery of the Gunpowder Plot, 1605. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration

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Norman barons waylaying travelers in England in the late Middle Ages. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration

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British colonial government burning Zengers newspaper on Wall Street, New York City, 1734. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration

Vigilantes burning a settlers home
Band of vigilantes burning a settlers home, western US. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century Zogbaum illustration

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Benedict Arnold committing treason by promising to deliver West Point to the British, 1780. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration

Cattlemen killing sheep in Colorado, late 1800s
Cattlemens raid on sheepherders in Colorado during the livestock range wars, late 1800s. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration

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