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Background imageFire Collection: Battle of Lake Erie, War of 1812

Battle of Lake Erie, War of 1812
British and American ships engaged in the Battle of Lake Erie, 1813. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration

Background imageFire Collection: Blowing glass in a British factory, 1800s

Blowing glass in a British factory, 1800s
Workers in a crown-glass factory, Great Britain, early 1800s. Hand-colored engraving of a 19th-century illustration

Background imageFire Collection: Glass factory workers in Britain, 1800s

Glass factory workers in Britain, 1800s
Manufacturing glass at a flint-glass factory, Great Britain, 1800s. Hand-colored engraving of a 19th-century illustration

Background imageFire Collection: Italian cooks preparing a meal, 1500s

Italian cooks preparing a meal, 1500s
Cooks preparing food in an Italian kitchen, 1500s. Hand-colored 19th-century woodcut reproduction of an earlier illustration

Background imageFire Collection: Forest fire engulfing a steam locomotive, 1890s

Forest fire engulfing a steam locomotive, 1890s
Railroad train racing through a forest fire in the American West, 1890s. Hand-colored halftone reproduction of a 19th-century illustration

Background imageFire Collection: EXPL2A-00238

EXPL2A-00238
Danish Viking ship " Raven" at sea, showing oars and sails. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration

Background imageFire Collection: EVCW2A-00145

EVCW2A-00145
Black regiment of the Union army entering Richmond, Virginia, after its own citizens burned ithe city, April 3, 1865, near the end of the Civil War. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th century illustration

Background imageFire Collection: Country life in medieval Europe

Country life in medieval Europe
Country life in France in the late Middle Ages. Hand-colored 19th-century woodcut reproduction of a 1517 edition of Virgil published in Lyons

Background imageFire Collection: Terror of people escaping the Chicago Fire, 1871

Terror of people escaping the Chicago Fire, 1871
Terrified citizens fleeing Wells Street during the Chicago Fire, 1871. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration

Background imageFire Collection: Flames reaching the waterfront, Chicago Fire, 1871

Flames reaching the waterfront, Chicago Fire, 1871
Flaming buildings and boats on the Chicago River during the Great Fire, 1871. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration

Background imageFire Collection: Jamestown burning during Bacons Rebellion

Jamestown burning during Bacons Rebellion
Bacons rebels burning Jamestown, Virginia, 1676. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration

Background imageFire Collection: San Francisco earthquake and fire, 1906

San Francisco earthquake and fire, 1906
Fire raging in downtown San Francisco after the earthquake of 1906. Hand-colored halftone reproduction of an eyewitness illustration

Background imageFire Collection: Elijah in a chariot of fire

Elijah in a chariot of fire
Elijah taken by an angel in a fiery chariot. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration

Background imageFire Collection: Elijah demonstrating the power of the Hebrew god

Elijah demonstrating the power of the Hebrew god
Prophet Elijah invoking Yahweh over Baals priests on Mount Carmel. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration

Background imageFire Collection: Oregon Trail wagons camping for the night

Oregon Trail wagons camping for the night
Pioneers camp at sunset along the Oregon Trail, 1850s. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration

Background imageFire Collection: Zuni Pueblo shalako

Zuni Pueblo shalako
Shalako leading a ceremony at night, Zuni Pueblo, New Mexico, 1800s. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration

Background imageFire Collection: Native American ceremony in early New England

Native American ceremony in early New England
New England Native Americans throwing valuables into a bonfire. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration

Background imageFire Collection: PMYT2A-00081

PMYT2A-00081
Dragon-mouth of Hell. Hand-colored woodcut reproduction of an illustration from a publication in Augsburg, 1473

Background imageFire Collection: Persephone abducted by Pluto

Persephone abducted by Pluto
Pluto carries off Persephone to his kingdom, the underworld, in Greek mythology. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration

Background imageFire Collection: Fire ceremony among southeastern Native Americans

Fire ceremony among southeastern Native Americans
Ceremony of Native Americans in the southeast involving a fire ritual, 1500s. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th century illustration

Background imageFire Collection: Pioneer girl spinning

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

Background imageFire Collection: HOUS2D-00036

HOUS2D-00036
Camp cookpots at a Continental Army reenactment, Yorktown battlefield, Virginia. Digital photograph

Background imageFire Collection: HOUS2A-00097

HOUS2A-00097
Family waiting for roast pig and a pot of food cooking for Christmas dinner. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration

Background imageFire Collection: Lisbon destroyed by earthquake and tsunami, 1755

Lisbon destroyed by earthquake and tsunami, 1755
Earthquake and tidal wave causing destruction of buildings in Lisbon, Portugal, 1755. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration

Background imageFire Collection: Georgia Cracker family tending their cookpot, 1890s

Georgia Cracker family tending their cookpot, 1890s
Cracker women cooking outside their poor, rural cabin in Georgia, late 1800s. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration

Background imageFire Collection: Confederate camp dinner, Civil War

Confederate camp dinner, Civil War
Tired and hungry Confederate soldiers cooking supper after a hard march. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration

Background imageFire Collection: Ruins of Fredericksburg, US Civil War

Ruins of Fredericksburg, US Civil War
Fredericksburg, Virginia, after the siege and battle. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration

Background imageFire Collection: Battle of Fredericksburg, 1862

Battle of Fredericksburg, 1862
Confederate artillery on Maryes Hill firing on Union troops attacking Fredericksburg, Virginia, 1862. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration

Background imageFire Collection: Richmond, Virginia, burned by the Confederates, 1865

Richmond, Virginia, burned by the Confederates, 1865
Citizens huddled in Capitol Square during the burning of Richmond by its own people, 1865. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration

Background imageFire Collection: Union soldiers at Camp Cameron, Civil War

Union soldiers at Camp Cameron, Civil War
Soldiers of the Seventh New York Regiment around a campfire at Camp Cameron, Washington DC. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration

Background imageFire Collection: Early iron workers, replacing Stone Age technology

Early iron workers, replacing Stone Age technology
Prehistoric people learning ironworking, the start of the Iron Age. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration

Background imageFire Collection: Prehistoric cave-dwellers

Prehistoric cave-dwellers
Primitive people finding shelter in caves in prehistoric times. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration

Background imageFire Collection: Sack of Rome by the Vandals, 455 A. D

Sack of Rome by the Vandals, 455 A. D
Vandals sacking the city of Rome, effectively ending the power of the Roman Empire, 455 AD. Hand-colored halftone reproduction of a 19th-century illustration

Background imageFire Collection: Conquest of Jerusalem by the Babylonians

Conquest of Jerusalem by the Babylonians
Fall of Jerusalem, beginning the Babylonian Captivity of the Jews, 500s BC. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration

Background imageFire Collection: Refugees from the Chicago Fire, 1871

Refugees from the Chicago Fire, 1871
Camp for Chicago Fire victims on Lake Michigan shore near Lincoln Park, 1871. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration

Background imageFire Collection: People running from the raging Chicago Fire, 1871

People running from the raging Chicago Fire, 1871
Courthouse Square engulfed in flames during the Chicago Fire, 1871. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration

Background imageFire Collection: BUSN2A-00154

BUSN2A-00154
Duquesne steel factories at night, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, 1900 Hand-colored halftone reproduction of an illustration

Background imageFire Collection: Fire in San Francisco, 1851

Fire in San Francisco, 1851
Panic on the waterfront during a great fire in San Francisco, 1851. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration

Background imageFire Collection: Valencia Hotel after the San Francisco earthquake of 1906

Valencia Hotel after the San Francisco earthquake of 1906
Fire raging behind the ruins of the Valencia Hotel, where 75 persons died in the San Francisco earthquake of 1906. Hand-colored halftone reproduction of a photograph

Background imageFire Collection: PPRE2A-00154

PPRE2A-00154
Abraham Lincoln seated before a wood stove. Color lithograph of a 19th-century illustration

Background imageFire Collection: Scorpions sent from Hell

Scorpions sent from Hell
Scorpions ascending in the smoke from Hell to plague mankind. Hand-colored 19th-century woodcut of an illustration from a French manuscript of the 1100s

Background imageFire Collection: Black magic countered by St James to Elder

Black magic countered by St James to Elder
Saint James the Elder combating the diabolical enchantments of a magician. Hand-colored woodcut reproduction of a composition by Breughel the Elder

Background imageFire Collection: Pioneer woman cooking outside a log cabin

Pioneer woman cooking outside a log cabin on the banks of the Susquehanna River, Pennsylvania. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration

Background imageFire Collection: Santa Fe Trail pioneers

Santa Fe Trail pioneers around a campfire on their way southwest. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration

Background imageFire Collection: HSET2A-00002

HSET2A-00002
Border settlers in Ohio building a log cabin. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration

Background imageFire Collection: Lonely covered wagon camp on the prairie

Lonely covered wagon camp on the prairie
Man and his dogs camped by their covered wagon on the Great Plains. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration

Background imageFire Collection: Covered wagons escaping a prairie fire

Covered wagons escaping a prairie fire
Wagon train crossing a stream to escape a prairie fire. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century Frederic Remington illustration

Background imageFire Collection: Firefighters in the 1870s

Firefighters in the 1870s
Boston firefighters using a hose against a major fire, 1870s. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration

Background imageFire Collection: Catching a jumping fire victim, circa 1900

Catching a jumping fire victim, circa 1900
Fire victim jumping from a burning building into firemens life-net, circa 1900. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration

Background imageFire Collection: Enemy Native American village set afire, Florida

Enemy Native American village set afire, Florida
Native Americans attacking enemy village by shooting burning moss to set it afire, Florida, 1500s. Hand-colored woodcut from Theodore Debry, from a painting by LeMoyne

Background imageFire Collection: NATI2A-00151

NATI2A-00151
Native Americans around a fire on the Virginia/North Carolina coast, 1500s. Hand-colored woodcut reproduction of an illustration from Hariot

Background imageFire Collection: Tipi in a blizzard

Tipi in a blizzard
Native American tepee in a snowstorm, emitting embers from center smoke-hole. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration

Background imageFire Collection: PMYT2A-00022

PMYT2A-00022
Sorcerers evoking a hand within a circle of fire. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration

Background imageFire Collection: EVNT2A-00013

EVNT2A-00013
US fleet of Oliver H Perry during his naval victory over the British on Lake Erie in 1813 during the War of 1812. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th century illustration

Background imageFire Collection: HOUS2A-00003

HOUS2A-00003
Pioneer mother cooking with a bake-kettle in the fireplace. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration

Background imageFire Collection: HOUS2A-00036

HOUS2A-00036
Dutch family at home in New Netherland. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration

Background imageFire Collection: HOUS2A-00037

HOUS2A-00037
Frontier father reading to his children by firelight, 1800s. Hand-colored halftone reproduction of a 19th-century illustration

Background imageFire Collection: HOUS2A-00159

HOUS2A-00159
Fighting a fire with buckets in a frontier village, 1800s. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration

Background imageFire Collection: Fireside reading, 1800s

Fireside reading, 1800s
Woman reading by the fire in the Victorian era. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration

Background imageFire Collection: HOUS2D-00029

HOUS2D-00029
Cooking over an open fire at a Continental Army camp reenactment, Yorktown battlefield, Virginia. Digital photograph

Background imageFire Collection: Cornbread cooking in a Confederate camp, reenactment

Cornbread cooking in a Confederate camp, reenactment
Cornbread and coffee on a campfire, Confederate living history demonstration, Shiloh National Military Park, Tennessee. Digital photograph

Background imageFire Collection: HOUS2A-00096

HOUS2A-00096
Woman stirring a cook-pot hanging in a fireplace. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration

Background imageFire Collection: Cookpot of Virginia natives, 1500s

Cookpot of Virginia natives, 1500s
Native American cookpot, Virginia Colony, 1585. Hand-colored woodcut of a 16th-century John White drawing

Background imageFire Collection: HOUS2D-00040

HOUS2D-00040
Food baking at a Continental Army camp reenactment, Yorktown battlefield, Virginia. Digital photograph

Background imageFire Collection: HOUS2D-00039

HOUS2D-00039
Food baking at a Continental Army camp reenactment, Yorktown battlefield, Virginia. Digital photograph

Background imageFire Collection: HOUS2D-00037

HOUS2D-00037
Camp coffeepot at a Continental Army reenactment, Yorktown battlefield, Virginia. Digital photograph

Background imageFire Collection: Union troops on the move at Chancellorsville, Civil War, 1863

Union troops on the move at Chancellorsville, Civil War, 1863
General Reynolds repositioning I Corps at the Battle of Chancellorsville, Virginia, 1863. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration

Background imageFire Collection: New York draft rioters murdering a black man, 1863

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

Background imageFire Collection: New York draft rioters burning a black orphanage, 1863

New York draft rioters burning a black orphanage, 1863
African-American orphanage destroyed in the New York draft riots, 1863. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration

Background imageFire Collection: Union sentries reading a Confederate message, Civil War

Union sentries reading a Confederate message, Civil War
Confederate messenger stopped by Union pickets, US Civil War. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration

Background imageFire Collection: EVCW2A-00067

EVCW2A-00067
Union gunboats and steamships passing the Confederate stronghold Vicksburg, on the Mississippi River, night of April 16, 1863. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th century illustration

Background imageFire Collection: Rabbit chased for food in a Confederate camp

Rabbit chased for food in a Confederate camp
Hungry Confederates chasing a rabbit running through their camp, US Civil War. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration

Background imageFire Collection: Union soldiers in camp, Civil War

Union soldiers in camp, Civil War
Soldiers cooking over an open campfire during the Civil War. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration

Background imageFire Collection: Great Fire of London, 1666

Great Fire of London, 1666
St. Pauls Cathedral in London destroyed in the conflagration of 1666. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration

Background imageFire Collection: Prehistoric use of friction to make fire

Prehistoric use of friction to make fire
Humans discovering how to make fire in prehistoric times. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration

Background imageFire Collection: BUSN2A-00069

BUSN2A-00069
Pinkerton men leaving Carnegie Steel Works during the Homestead Riot, 1892. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration

Background imageFire Collection: EVNT2A-00031

EVNT2A-00031
Capture and burning of Washington DC by the British in 1814, during the War of 1812. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th century illustration

Background imageFire Collection: PPRE2A-00116

PPRE2A-00116
George Washington and Thomas Fairfax attending a Native American war-dance. Hand-colored engraving of a 19th-century illustration

Background imageFire Collection: EXPL2A-00161

EXPL2A-00161
John Smith a captive among Native Americans of Virginia Colony, 1600s Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration

Background imageFire Collection: HSET2A-00077

HSET2A-00077
Buffalo soldiers around a campfire, 1880s. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration by Frederic Remington

Background imageFire Collection: HSET2A-00113

HSET2A-00113
Native American joining cowboys at their campfire, late 1800s. Hand-colored halftone reproduction of a 19th-century illustration

Background imageFire Collection: AGRI2A-00074

AGRI2A-00074
Chuck wagon serving cowboys their midday meal. Hand-colored engraving of a 19th-century Frederic Remington illustration

Background imageFire Collection: EVRV2A-00218

EVRV2A-00218
Colonials setting a bonfire at the Bowling-Green to protest the Stamp Act in New York City, 1765. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration by Darley

Background imageFire Collection: EVRV2A-00002

EVRV2A-00002
Retreat of the British from Concord, Massachusetts, at the outset of the American Revolution. Hand-colored engraving of a 19th-century illustration



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