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Background imageHeritage Collection: Fishing boats unloading in London, 1800s

Fishing boats unloading in London, 1800s
Landing fish at Billingsgate Market, London, 1880s. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration

Background imageHeritage Collection: Maori village in New Zealand, 1800s

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

Background imageHeritage Collection: Dunedin, New Zealand, 1860

Dunedin, New Zealand, 1860
Princes Street in Dunedin, New Zealand, in 1860. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration

Background imageHeritage Collection: Double-play in a New York / Boston baseball game, 1886

Double-play in a New York / Boston baseball game, 1886
New York baseball team making a double-play against Boston, 1886. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration

Background imageHeritage Collection: Medieval game of chess

Medieval game of chess
Chess players in the Middle Ages Hand-colored 19th-century woodcut reproduction of a 13th-century manuscript illustration

Background imageHeritage Collection: Roping a bear in California, 1800s

Roping a bear in California, 1800s
Californians putting a lasso on a bear, 1800s. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration

Background imageHeritage Collection: Steeplechase riders in Britain, 1880s

Steeplechase riders in Britain, 1880s
Steeplechase riders taking a jump in Britain, 1880s. Color lithograph reproduction of a 19th-century painting by J. Sturgess

Background imageHeritage Collection: Tourists hiking in the Colorado Rockies, 1870s

Tourists hiking in the Colorado Rockies, 1870s
Hikers and an artist on Grays Peak in the Colorado Rockies, 1870s. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration

Background imageHeritage Collection: Hawaiians surfing, 1870s

Hawaiians surfing, 1870s
Natives on surfboards near Honolulu, Hawaii, 1870s. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration

Background imageHeritage Collection: Firestone tires ad, 1912

Firestone tires ad, 1912
Advertisement for Firestone Tire & Rubber Company, 1912. Hand-colored woodcut

Background imageHeritage Collection: Building the transcontinental railroad

Building the transcontinental railroad
Immigrants and other workers laying track for the transcontinental railroad across Nebraska, 1860s. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration

Background imageHeritage Collection: Transcontinental railroad workers attacked by Native Americans

Transcontinental railroad workers attacked by Native Americans
Cheyenne Indians attacking workers building the transcontinental railroad on the Great Plains, 1867. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration

Background imageHeritage Collection: Transcontinental railroad across the Great Plains

Transcontinental railroad across the Great Plains
Transcontinental railroad track to a station on the Great Plains, 1800s. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration

Background imageHeritage Collection: Immigrants building the transcontinental railroad

Immigrants building the transcontinental railroad
Asian and European immigrants working on the last mile of the transcontinental railroad, 1869. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration

Background imageHeritage Collection: Financiers of the transcontinental railroad

Financiers of the transcontinental railroad
Railroad kings Huntington, Stanford, Ames, Crocker, Dillon, and Moffat, 1800s. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration

Background imageHeritage Collection: Travel by railroad and canal, 1837

Travel by railroad and canal, 1837
Advertisement for rail and canal travel from Philadelphia to Pittsburgh and Louisville, 1837. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration

Background imageHeritage Collection: Dining car on the transcontinental railroad

Dining car on the transcontinental railroad
Palace Hotel dining car on the Union Pacific Railroad, 1869. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration

Background imageHeritage Collection: Transcontinental railroad in Nevada, 1869

Transcontinental railroad in Nevada, 1869
Central Pacific passenger train passing through a canyon in Nevada, 1869. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration

Background imageHeritage Collection: Coats of arms of some nations, 1800s

Coats of arms of some nations, 1800s
National coats of arms of selected countries, 1800s. Printed color lithograph

Background imageHeritage Collection: Laying railroad track across the Great Plains

Laying railroad track across the Great Plains
Workers laying track for the transcontinental railroad, 1860s. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration

Background imageHeritage Collection: Steam locomotive 1850s

Steam locomotive 1850s
Locomotive on the Ohio and Mississippi Railway, 1850s. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration

Background imageHeritage Collection: Freight train brakemen in a blizzard

Freight train brakemen in a blizzard
Railroad brakemen working atop boxcars in a snowstorm, 1890s. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration

Background imageHeritage Collection: New England textile factory, 1800s

New England textile factory, 1800s
Sugar River textile mill in Newport, New Hampshire, about 1880. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration

Background imageHeritage Collection: Huygens clock diagram

Huygens clock diagram
Side view of Huygenss clock, showing the pendulum mechanism, 1600s. Hand-colored halftone reproduction of an illustration

Background imageHeritage Collection: Yale Universitiy in the late 1700s

Yale Universitiy in the late 1700s
Yale College in 1784. Hand-colored woodcut of an illustration

Background imageHeritage Collection: Hans Christian Oersted

Hans Christian Oersted, who founded the study of electromagnetism. Digitally colored woodcut

Background imageHeritage Collection: Abraham de Moivre

Abraham de Moivre
Mathematician Abraham de Moivre. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration

Background imageHeritage Collection: Ferdinand de Lesseps

Ferdinand de Lesseps
Ferdinand-Marie de Lesseps, who conceptualized the Suez Canal. Digitally colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration

Background imageHeritage Collection: Harvard College, 1720

Harvard College, 1720
Harvard College in 1720. Hand-colored 19th-century woodcut reproduction of an earlier illustration

Background imageHeritage Collection: Jean-Baptiste-Andre Dumas

Jean-Baptiste-Andre Dumas
French chemist Jean-Baptiste-Andre Dumas. Digitally colored woodcut

Background imageHeritage Collection: Dr. John Clarke

Dr. John Clarke, co-founder of Rhode Island, portrait in 1664. Digitally colored woodcut of a 17th-century portrait

Background imageHeritage Collection: Busy New Orleans waterfront, late 1800s

Busy New Orleans waterfront, late 1800s
Steamboats and barges on the Mississippi River at New Orleans, circa 1880. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration

Background imageHeritage Collection: Barges towed by steam power on the Erie Canal

Barges towed by steam power on the Erie Canal
Steam-powered canal-boat towing a barge on the Erie Canal, 1880s. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration

Background imageHeritage Collection: Medieval astronomer or astrologer

Medieval astronomer or astrologer
Astronomer accused of sorcery, holding a disc with magic figures, 1200s. Hand-colored 19th-century woodcut reproduction of a medieval illustration

Background imageHeritage Collection: Chinatown shops, San Francisco, 1880s

Chinatown shops, San Francisco, 1880s
Busy Chinatown street in San Francisco, 1880s. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration

Background imageHeritage Collection: Denver in the 1870s

Denver in the 1870s
Busy downtown Denver, Colorado, late 1870s. Hand-colored woodcut reproduction of a 19th-century illustration

Background imageHeritage 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 imageHeritage Collection: Wooly mammoth fossil, South Dakota

Wooly mammoth fossil, South Dakota
Fossil skull and tusks of a wooly mammoth in an excavation at Mammoth Site, Hot Springs, South Dakota. Digital photograph

Background imageHeritage Collection: Medieval healing through prayer

Medieval healing through prayer
Attempt to cure disease through the intercession of a saint, Middle Ages. Hand-colored 19th-century woodcut reproduction of a medieval illustration

Background imageHeritage Collection: Hartford on the Connecticut River, 1850s

Hartford on the Connecticut River, 1850s
Steamboats on the Connecticut River in Hartford, 1850s. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration

Background imageHeritage Collection: Angels with trumpets

Angels with trumpets
Angels trumpeting in the sky. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration

Background imageHeritage Collection: Jesus performs the miracle of loaves and fishes

Jesus performs the miracle of loaves and fishes
Jesus multiplying bread and fish to feed the multitudes who came to hear him preach. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration

Background imageHeritage Collection: Jesus at the Sea of Galilee

Jesus at the Sea of Galilee
Jesus preaching from a boat on the shore of the Sea of Galilee. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration

Background imageHeritage Collection: Jesus at the Last Supper

Jesus at the Last Supper
Jesus breaking bread at the Last Supper with the Apostles. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration

Background imageHeritage Collection: Titanothere, an extinct rhinocerus of North America

Titanothere, an extinct rhinocerus of North America
Extinct species of rhinocerus, Titanothere, ancient South Dakota. Hand-colored halftone reproduction of an 1890s Charles Knight illustration

Background imageHeritage Collection: Jesus performs a miracle for the wedding at Cana

Jesus performs a miracle for the wedding at Cana
Wedding at Cana, where Jesus turned water into wine for the celebration. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration

Background imageHeritage Collection: David playing the harp

David playing the harp
King David playing the harp in ancient Israel. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration

Background imageHeritage Collection: Ezekiel in the valley of dry bones

Ezekiel in the valley of dry bones
Hebrew prophet Ezekiel walking through the valley of dry bones. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration



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