House Collection

Pioneer clearing land around his log cabin. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration

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

Slave couple marrying by jumping over a broom
Broomstick wedding ceremony of African-American slaves, from an eyewitness before the Civil War. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration

Freed slaves wedding dance in a cabin, US South, 1870s. 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

Churning milk to make butter
Girl working a churn on a spring morning. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration

Cades Cove log cabin, Tennessee
Log cabin of John Oliver, built in the 1820s, Great Smokey Mountains National Park, Tennessee. Photograph

Cliff Palace at Mesa Verde National Park, Anasazi/Ancestral Puebloan ruins, Colorado. Digital photograph

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

Feudal lord instructing peasant workers
Peasants receiving their lords orders before going to work, 1400s. Hand-colored 19th-century woodcut reproduction of a manuscript miniature illustration

Gift of meat from Native Americans to Plymouth colonists
Native Americans bringing a deer to New England colonists, 1600s. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration

Colonists arrival at Jamestown, Virginia, 1607
First settlers building Jamestown, Virginia Colony, 1607. 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

New Amsterdam canal, 1600s
Dutch colonists using the canal in Broad Street, New Amsterdam, 1600s. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration

Plymouth Colony in 1622
The tiny settlement of Pilgrims at Plymouth by 1622. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration

Swedish colonists on the Delaware River
Swedes Church and house of Sven Sener on the Delaware River, colonial Pennsylvania. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration

Lighting the gas lamps for a dinner party, 1800s
Guests awaiting the return of gas-light during a Christmas dinner-party, New York City, 1870s. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th century illustration

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

Roman villa
Villa of a wealthy citizen of ancient Rome. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration

Cecil Rhodes in South Africa, 1900
Cecil John Rhodes, British colonial administrator, on his verandah near Cape Town, South Africa, c. 1900. Hand-colored halftone reproduction of a photograph

Colonial house at Charles Towne Landing, South Carolina
Reconstructed colonial home at Charles Towne Landing Historic Site, South Carolina. Digital photograph

Anasazi / Ancestral Puebloan cliff-dwelling, Betatakin
Betatakin, a cliff-dwelling of the Anasazi/Ancestral Puebloans, circa 1250-1300 AD, within Navajo National Monument, Arizona. Photograph

Wolf near a snowy log cabin
Wolf loping past a log cabin in the snow. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century A.B. Frost illustration

Log cabin in Vermont
Hyde log cabin, built in 1783, Grand Isle, Vermont. Photograph

Danish immigrant homestead, Old World Wisconsin
Pedersen Farm, homestead of Danish immigrants preserved at Old World Wisconsin, Eagle, Wisconsin. Photograph

Casa Grande, Hohokam ruins, Arizona
Doorway of Casa Grande, the remains of an ancient Hohokam farming village in central Arizona. Digital photograh

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

Papua, New Guinea, native village
Native village on Humboldt Bay, Papua, New Guinea, 1800s. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration

Jamaican plantation houses from a roadside, 1880s. Hand-colored halftone of a 19th-century Howard Pyle illustration

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

Sailing ships in the Spice Islands
Volcano on Tidore in the Moluccas, seen from the neighboring island of Ternate, 1800s. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration

Vapor trailing from Mt. Mayon, Philippines
Native village beneath the volcanic cone of Mount Mayon, in the Philippines, circa 1890. 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

French-Canadian woman baking bread in an outdoor oven, circa 1900. Hand-colored halftone reproduction of a turn-of-the-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

Zulu mother and child by their hut, Natal, South Africa. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration

Log cabin once owned by Theodore Roosevelt, North Dakota
Theodore Roosevelts log cabin, Medora, North Dakota. Photograph

Beethovens birthplace
Birthplace of Ludwig van Beethoven in Bonn, viewed in the 1800s. Hand-colored engraving of a 19th-century illustration

Quilting party in western Virginia, 1850s. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration

Life in Boston, Massachusetts, 1660s
Colonial seaport of Boston, Massachusetts Bay Colony, in the 1660s. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration

Colonial New York harbor, 1667
New York City after its surrender by the Dutch, 1667. Hand-colored halftone reproduction of a 17th-century illustration

Colonial farm in Germantown, Pennsylvania
Shoemakers farm in Germantown, Pennsylvania, early 1700s. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration

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

South Carolina colonists planting crops
Settlers planting crops in South Carolina during colonial days. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration

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

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

Colonists building their homes at Plymouth, 1620s
Pilgrims cutting forests and building houses at Plymouth Colony. Hand-colored halftone reproduction of a 19th-century illustration

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

Traditional Hawaiian home, 1800s
Native thatched hut of the Sandwich Islands, 1870s. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration

Settlement at Boston, 1630s
Windmill overlooking the first houses at Boston, Massachusetts Bay Colony, 1630s. 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

John Hancocks home in Boston, 1700s
Horse-drawn carriage in front of John Hancocks mansion on Beacon Hill, Boston, 1700s. Hand-colored halftone reproduction 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

Home in colonial Baltimore, Maryland
Colonial gentleman smoking a pipe of Maryland tobacco. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration

Oldest house in the US, Santa Fe, New Mexico
Oldest house in the U.S. as seen on a Santa Fe street in the 1800s. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration

Pioneer Marietta, Ohio, 1780s
Beginning of settlement of Marietta, Ohio, in 1788. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration

San Antonio, Texas, in the 1800s
Quiet street in San Antonio, Texas, 1870s. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration

El Paso, Texas, in the mid-1800s
Busy village of El Paso, 1800s. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration

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

Jamestown colonists building homes, 1607
Colonists building Jamestown in Virginia, 1607. 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

Jamestown colonist building homes
Virginia colonists beginning to build Jamestown, 1608. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration

President Taft and his family
President William Howard Taft and his family, 1908. Hand-colored halftone of a photograph

Settlers plumping mill for grinding corn
Frontier settlers plumping mill for grinding corn. 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

Sod house of a homesteader family on the Great Plains, 1800s. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration

New Amsterdam, mid-1600s
View of New Amsterdam at the foot of Manhattan Island, mid-1600s. Hand-colored 19th-century woodcut reproduction of a 17th-century illustration by Augustine Herman

Brooklyn Ferry on the Manhattan shore, 1700s
Brooklyn Ferry loading to cross the East River to Long Island, 1700s. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration

Posting Wall Street in New Amsterdam, 1600s
Dutch colonist marking Wall Street in the Bowery, New Amsterdam, 1644. Hand-colored halftone reproduction of a 19th-century illustration

Seaport of New York City, 1670s
New York City as an English colony in 1673. Hand-colored woodcut reproduction of a 17th-century illustration

Sod home of a pioneer family on the plains
Prairie homestead family preparing for winter at their sod home. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration

Manhattan Island farm and shipyard, 1600s
Smiths Valley with a Dutch blacksmith shop, farm, and shipyard on Manhattan Island, 1600s. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration

Manhattan Island in the late 1700s
New York City, viewed from upper Manhattan Island, late 1700s. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration

Kentucky woman fighting off Native Americans, 1791
Wife of John Merrill defends her Kentucky home against Native Americans, 1791, Kentucky. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration

Homestead in Dakota Territory, 1800s
Homesteaders cabins marking their claims in the Red River Valley, North Dakota, 1800s. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration

Roger Williams making a home in Rhode Island, 1636
Roger Williams building his first dwelling in Rhode Island, 1636. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration

William Penn arriving at Philadelphia, 1682
Landing of William Penn in colonial Pennsylvania, 1682. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration

Starving colonists at Jamestown
Jamestown colonists dealing out the last kernels of corn during the Starving Time, 1609-1610. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration

Weaver at his loom in Europe, 1600s. Hand-colored engraving of a 17th-century illustration by J. Amman

Pueblo Bonito corner window, Chaco Canyon NM
Astronomically positioned window at Pueblo Bonito, an Anasazi/Ancestral Puebloan site in Chaco Canyon, New Mexico. Digital photograph

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

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

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