Daily Life Collection

Tower of London in the late Middle Ages
London during the time of Henry VII (1457-1509). Color lithograph reproduction of an illuminated manuscript: Roy 16F, ii

Marco Polo leaving Venice, 1300s
Marco Polo leaving Venice on his journey to China, 1338. Color lithograph reproductioin of a manuscript: Bod. Misc. 264

Parisian beauty salon, 1800s
Lady in a hair salon in Paris, 1890s. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration

Mother getting her daughter dressed, early 1900s
Mother putting on her daughters socks and shoes, a morning ritual, early 1900s. Printed color halftone of Jessie Willcox Smith illustration

Backyard carnival, 1800s
Children putting on a circus in the backyarrd, 1800s. Hand-colored halftone reproduction of a 19th-century illustration

Medieval walled city of Nuremberg, Germany, 1400s. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration

Maori village in New Zealand, 1800s
Maori fortified village, or pah, in Taranaki, New Zealand, mid-1800s. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration

Women of ancient Greece
Ancient Greek women and a priestess (background). Antique hand-colored print

Tower of the Winds in Athens, ancient Greece
Tower of the Winds topped by a weathervane of Triton, and with sundials on the outer walls, ancient Athens. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration

Nantucket fishing village in the 1800s
Pony cart hauling water in Siasconset village, Nantucket Island, 1870s. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration

Pueblo farmer plowing the soil near Laguna Pueblo, New Mexico, 1800s. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration

Natives gathering food in Florida, 1500s
Florida Native Americans gathering crocodiles, fish, and other wild animals and plants, 1591. Hand-colored Debry engraving of a LeMoyne painting

Street in Aztec Tenochtitian (reconstruction). Hand-colored halftone reproduction of a 19th-century illustration

Dutch canal and tow-path, 1800s
Dog-cart with fresh vegetables and people towing a barge along a Dutch canal, 1800s. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration

Tea-time, England, 1880s
Upperclass family enjoying afternoon tea in a hothouse, England, 1880s. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration

Home in ancient Rome
Roman house, viewed from the atrium through the tablinumin to the peristyle and a garden. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration

Forum Romanum in ancient Rome
Procession in the Forum Romanum, ancient Rome. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration

Roman ladies and a slave girl
Roman ladies and their slave girl. Antique hand-colored print

New England colonial couple in farmhouse dooryard, late 1600s. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration

Apaches receiving beef rations from Indian agents at San Carlos Reservation, Arizona, 1890s. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century Frederic Remington illustration

Digger Indians returning from a hunt with rabbits and birds, Sierra Nevada Mountains, 1800s. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration

Young Dutch woman gathering cabbages in a basket, 1800s. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th century illustration

Irish children carrying peat to pay for school
Children in western Ireland carrying peat to pay for their schooling, 1800s. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration

Columbia River fishing camp of Native Americans
Native American fishing camp by the Columbia River, 1800s. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration

Hamburg, Germany, early 1800s
Market place in Hamburg, Germany. Hand-colored engraving

Dugout home covered with prairie sod
A dugout covered with sod, home of a prairie homesteader, 1800s. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration

Agriculture in the Middle Ages
Peasants sowing and cultivating fields outside a walled town in the Middle Ages. Printed halftone reproduction of a medieval manuscript miniature

Greek women at their household chores
Women occupied with sewing, spinning, and other household chores in ancient Greece. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration

African ivory trade, 1800s
Ivory trader in an African village, 1800s. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration

Village green in Concord, Massachusetts, 1830s
Center of Concord, showing the courthouse (left), church, and homes, circa 1830. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration

New Hampshire village, 1800s
Village of New Boston, New Hampshire, in the 1800s. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration

Santa Fe Plaza the center of life in New Mexico, 1800s
Families gathering for chores and companionship on Santa Fe Plaza. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration

Life in colonial Jamestown
Colonists on an old Jamestown street, Virginia Colony, 1600s. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration

Quaker meetinghouse and academy, colonial Philadelphia
Friends meeting-house and academy on South Fourth Street, Philadelphia, 1700s. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration

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

A pioneer familys sod house on the Kansas plains, 1800s. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration

Native American longhouses on Manhattan Island before the arrival of Dutch settlers. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration

Native American raid on homesteaders cattle
Plains Indians killing white settlers cattle, 1800s. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century Frederic Remington illustration

Oraibi, a Hopi village, 1870s
Hopi village of Oraibi, from John Wesley Powells description, 1870s. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration

Native Americans spearing fish
Native Americans fishing from a canoe. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration

Mohawk village in central New York State, about 1780. Hand-colored woodcut

Plains Indians horse-racing, 1800s. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century Frederic Remington Illustration

Iroquois woman, late 1800s
Iroquois woman packing goods on her back, 1890s. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration

Meeting the new postmistress, early 1900s
Townspeople meeting their new postmistress, about 1905. Hand-colored halftone reproduction of a 1905 illustration

French village wedding procession, 1800s
Wedding party strolling through the village of Pont-Aven in Brittany, France. Printed halftone reproduction of a 19th-century illustration

Couple during the French Revolution
Jacobin couple in revolutionary Paris, 1794. Antique hand-colored print

Paris and the river Seine, early 1800s
Town hall and Pont d Arcole on the River Seine, Paris, before 1850. Hand-colored engraving of a 19th-century J.M.W. Turner illustration

Paris boulevard in the late 19th century
French woman strolling on the Boulevard des Italiens, Paris, 1890s. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration

Nursery in a well-to-do home, early 1900s
Bathtime in the nursery, an illustration from an Ivory Soap ad, 1903. Printed color lithograph of Alice Stephens painting

Young Puritan woman reading while spinning at her wheel. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration

Old Knickerbocker family around the tea table, New York Colony, 1700s. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration

Pioneer girl spinning
Pioneer woman at her spinning-wheel by the fireside. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration

Boys playing marbles, 1800s
Boys playing a game of marbles in a small town, early 1900s. Hand-colored halftone reproduction of an illustration

Game of mumblety-peg, 1800s
Boys playing mumblety-peg in the grass, 1800s. Hand-colored halftone reproduction of a 19th-century illustration

Family farm cow with her new calf, 1800s
Dairy cow and her new calf admired by a young girl, her mother, and farmhands. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th century illustration

Family storyteller
Old woman telling folklore to young girls in a cottage kitchen, England. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration

Dutch family in colonial New York, 1700s
Well-to-do New York Dutch family at home, 1700s. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th century illustration

Colonial family in New York
Dutch family at home in colonial New York. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration

Reading the Bible in a Victorian home
Morning worship in a Victorian familys home. Hand-colored engraving of a 19th-century illustration

Norwegian village funeral, 1800s
Sunday funeral in a Norwegian village, 1800s. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration

Hay harvest, 1800s
Farmers haying, a calendar illustration for June, 1850s. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th century illustration

Traders bartering in the Middle Ages
Medieval merchants bartering and a farmer trading his sheep, 1300s. Hand-colored 19th-century woodcut reproduction of a miniature

A hay ride, 1800s
Children riding atop a hay wagon pulled by a pair of horses, 1800s. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration

Scots housewife preparing haggis, 1800s
Chopping the ingredients for haggis in Scotland, 1800s Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century E. A. Abbey illustration

Mexican women making tortillas, 1800s. Color lithograph reproduction of a 19th-century illustration

Dutch family having dinner in New Amsterdam, 1600s. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration by E.A. Abbey

Shops in a medieval French town
Apothecary, barber, furrier, and tailor shops along a street in the 1400s. Hand-colored 19th-century woodcut reproduction of a medieval illustration

Clergy collecting tax from medieval merchants
Tax on markets levied by a member of the clergy, Tournay, France, 1400s. Hand-colored 19th-century woodcut reproduction of a medieval illustration

Black slave in colonial New York
African-American household slave in colonial New York. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration

Slave family in colonial New York
Slave family making music in their cellar room of the Knickerbocker mansion, New York, 1700s. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration

Black slave or servant in colonial New York
Black servant or slave welcoming a guest to the old Knickerbocker homestead, New York. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration

Slaves milling grain in ancient Pompeii
Slaves grinding grain in a bakery in ancient Pompeii. Hand-colored woodcut of a 9th-century illustration

House interior from the ruins of Pompeii
Home interior in Pompeii, excavated from the ruins. Printed color lithograph

Propylaia, entrance to the Acropolis
Propylaia, the entrance to the Acropolis, as it appeared in ancient Athens. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration

Ancient Greek city home
Entrance to a home in ancient Greece. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century woodcut

Wealthy familys home in ancient Rome
Well-to-do family consulting their house philosopher in ancient Rome. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration

Romans dressed in the toga. Hand-colored 19th-century woodcut reproduction of Roman statues

Bread-making in ancient Rome
Bakery workers in ancient Rome. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration

Bride in ancient Rome
Dressing a Roman bride. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration

Roman woman taking drawing lessons
Woman taking art lessons in the atrium of a Roman home. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration

Fruit brought to ladies in ancient Greece
Ancient Greek ladies and attendant serving fruit. Hand-colored 19th-century woodcut reproduction of a vase painting

Banquet in ancient Rome
Banquet at a wealthy home in ancient Rome. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration

Ancient Roman haruspex sacrifice
Roman haruspex ceremony, foreseeing the future by viewing the entrails of a sacrificial animal. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration

Servants grooming a Roman lady
Roman lady dressed and groomed by her servants. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration

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