Historic Collection (#87)

HSET2A-00018
Pioneers building a log cabin, 1800s. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration

HSET2A-00024
Pioneers entering the wilderness on horses. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration

HSET2A-00035
Men around a wagon train campfire at night. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration

HSET2A-00048
Covered wagon pioneers camp at a water hole in an arid section of trail. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration

HSET2A-00050
Settlers building fences around a homestead on the frontier, 1800s. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration

HSET2A-00052
Settlers on the Great Plains fighting a prairie fire. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration

HSET2A-00053
Wagon train on the National Road, early 1800s. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration

HSET2A-00055
Sheep brought home to a settlers log cabin in the Blue Ridge Mountains. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration

HSET2A-00057
Wagon train crossing the mountains, 1800s Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration

HSET2A-00059
Covered wagon crossing a river by rope ferry. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration

HSET2A-00065
Pioneer woman getting water from a well near her log cabin, Carolina. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration

HSET2A-00067
Pioneers loading supplies into wagons for travel across the prairies. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration

Santa Fe Trail pioneer
Bullwhacker beside a covered wagon on the Santa Fe Trail. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration

HSET2A-00074
" Arkansas pilgrims, " a family crossing the Great Plains in a covered wagon. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration

HSET2A-00072
Madonna of the prairies- a mother and child inside a covered wagon. Hand-colored halftone reproduction of a 19th-century illustration

Pioneer with a pack horse in the Rockies
Pioneer with a pack horse in the Rocky Mountains. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration

Customs inspectors checking steamship passenger luggage
First-class passengers baggage inspected on arrival of a steamship in New York harbor, 1880s. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration

HSET2A-00108
Guide leading a wagon train to the Platte River onf the Oregon Trail. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration by Frederic Remington

HSET2A-00099
Covered wagon migrants in midwinter making camp for the night. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration by W.A. Rogers

HSET2A-00097
Covered wagon coming through Cumberland Gap on the Wilderness Road on a misty morning. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration

HSET2A-00098
Settlers in front of their cabin in Rugby, Tennessee, 1800s. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration

HSET2A-00093
Covered wagons coming into Santa Fe, New Mexico, on the Santa Fe Trail, 1850s. Hand-colored lithograph reproduction of a 19th-century illustration

HSET2A-00092
Covered wagons at the Plaza, the end of Santa Fe Trail in New Mexico. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration

HSET2A-00079
Stagecoach caught in a prairie blizzard, 1800s. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration

HSET2A-00112
Pioneer family moving west in a covered wagon, 1840s. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration

HSET2A-00114
Pioneers fording the Snake River on the Oregon Trail, 1800s. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration

HSET2A-00121
Thirsty oxen finding water along a westward wagon trail, Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration by Frederic Remington

HSET2D-00068
Restored covered wagons (Conestoga wagon at rear) at Scotts Bluff National Monument on the Oregon Trail in Nebraska. Digital photograph

HSET2D-00113
Memorial statue for the tragic Donner Party expedition at the site of one of their cabins in the Sierra Nevada, California. Digital photograph

Covered wagon axel detail
Grease bucket under a covered wagon on the Oregon Trail, Scotts Bluff National Monument, Nebraska. Digital photograph

Covered wagon detail
Detail of covered wagon on the Oregon Trail, Scotts Bluff National Monument, Nebraska. Digital photograph

Wagons in New York City, early 1900s
Horse-drawn traffic on Fifth Avenue in New York City, 1909. Printed color halftone reproduction of a watercolor illustration

Canvas top of a covered wagon
Covered wagon interior on the Oregon Trail, Scotts Bluff National Monument, Nebraska. Digital photograph

Canvas top of a Conestoga wagon
Conestoga wagon canvas top on the Oregon Trail, Scotts Bluff National Monument, Nebraska. Digital photograph

Covered wagon on the Oregon Trail
Covered wagon replica on the Oregon Trail, Scotts Bluff National Monument, Nebraska. Digital photograph

Central Park in New York City, 1880s
Spring day on the Mall in Central Park, New York City, 1880s. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration

Covered wagons on the Oregon Trail, Scotts Bluff National Monument, Nebraska. Digital photograph

New York City on the day of Washingtons first inauguration
Crowds on Wall Street on the morning of George Washingtons inauguration as first US president, April 1789. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration

Mormon Trail pioneer grave by the transcontinental railroad, Nebraska
Grave of Mormon Trail pioneer Rebecca Winters, next to the transcontinental railroad tracks, Nebraska (grave has since been moved). Photograph

Mormon Trail pioneer grave, Nebraska
Grave of Mormon Trail pioneer Rebecca Winters, who died of cholera in Nebraska in 1852, since reburied nearby. Photograph

BUSN2A-00078
Coal miners tamping an explosive charge in a tunnel, 1860s. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration

Cantilevered barn, Great Smoky Mountains
Wagon in a cantilevered barn, Cades Cove, Great Smoky Mountains National Park, Tennessee. Photograph

Dried food storage on a pioneer farm, Great Smoky Mountains
Provisions drying at restored farmstead, Great Smoky Mountains National Park, Oconaluftee, North Carolina. Photograph

BUSN2A-00088
Pat Lyon, blacksmith, at the forge. Hand-colored woodcut

Mormons with a hand-cart on the trail to Utah
Mormons using a hand-cart across the plains to Utah, 1800s. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration

BUSN2A-00134
Woodworker showing young boy his tools and techniques. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration

French missionaries arriving in Maine, 1600s
French missionaries landing on Mount Desert Island, Maine. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration

BUSN2A-00180
Coal miners emerging from the shaft after their nine hours of toil are ended, early 1900s. Hand-colored halftone of a photograph

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