Russo-Japanese treaty at Portsmouth NH, 1905President Theodore Roosevelt presiding over the Treaty of Portsmouth ending the Russo-Japanese War, 1905. Hand-colored halftone illustration
Cartoon protesting Jeffersons trade embargo, 1807Cartoon protesting the Embargo Act passed by President Thomas Jefferson in 1807 Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration
PPRE2A-00091President Theodore Roosevelt refusing to pay Colombia millions for Panama Canal rights, 1903. Hand-colored 1903 W.A. Rogers cartoon
GATL2A-00009Uncle Sam leading Cuba away from the Old World, saying, " That wicked man is going to gobble you up, my child, " 1901. Hand-colored woodcut of a 1901 illustration
Congress of Berlin, 1878Otto von Bismarck welcoming delegates to the Congress of Berlin, 1878. Photogravure reproduction of a 19th-century illustration by Anton von Werner
Congress of Vienna, ending the Napoleonic Wars, 1814-1815European statesmen meeting at the Congress of Vienna to close the Napoleonic Wars, 1815. Hand-colored engraving reproduction of a 19th-century painting
Cuba becoming a market for US goods, 1903Cuba addressing Uncle Sam, " I come to buy, not beg, sir, " 1903. Hand-colored woodcut of a W.A. Rogers cartoon
President Hayes receiving the first Chinese ambassador to the USFirst Chinese ambassador to the US met by President Rutherford Hayes, 1878. Hand-colored halftone reproduction of a 19th-century illustration
First US diplomatic mission to Japan, 1856Townsend Harris, first American diplomat in Japan, escorted into Shimoda, 1856. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration
