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Blowing glass in a British factory, 1800sWorkers in a crown-glass factory, Great Britain, early 1800s. Hand-colored engraving of a 19th-century illustration
Coal mine in England, 1850sRemoving coal in the Bradley mine, Staffordshire, England, 1850s. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th century illustration
Erie Canal barge at Troy, New YorkBarge on the Erie Canal at West Troy, New York, in the late 1800s. Hand-colored halftone reproduction of a 19th-century illustration
Lobster boat off the Atlantic coast of Maine and CanadaLobster fishermen in the Grand Manan Channel between Maine and New Brunswick, 1890s. Hand-colored halftone reproduction of a 19th-century illustration
Barber shaving a customer with a razorBarber of 1789 shaving a customer, shown in a Pears Soap ad, 1880s. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration
Glass factory workers in Britain, 1800sManufacturing glass at a flint-glass factory, Great Britain, 1800s. Hand-colored engraving of a 19th-century illustration
Erie Canal at Schenedtady, New YorkErie Canal barge towed through Schenectady, New York, 1800s. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration
Chinese immigrants working on the transcontinental railroadChinese laborers constructing the Central Pacific Railroad, 1860s. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration
Typesetter at work, 1800sSetting type by hand in a print-shop. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration
Towing Erie Canal barges on the Hudson RiverErie Canal grain-boats towed down the Hudson River to New York City, 1870s. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration
Workers cheering the first train over the mountains from CaliforniaSnowsheds protecting a transcontinental railroad train in the Sierra Nevada mountains. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration
BUSN2P-00001Book and magazine printing press at Harper & Bros. New York City, early 1900s. Printed halftone of a photograph
Erie Canal boats wintering in New York harborErie Canal boats anchored for the winter at the East River docks, New York City, 1880s. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration
PPRE2A-00193Young George Washington working as a surveyor in Virginia. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration
BUSN2A-00160Great Railroad Strike workers blockade the locomotive engines at Martinsburg, West Virginia, in 1877. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration
Building the transcontinental railroadImmigrants and other workers laying track for the transcontinental railroad across Nebraska, 1860s. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration
Transcontinental railroad workers attacked by Native AmericansCheyenne Indians attacking workers building the transcontinental railroad on the Great Plains, 1867. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration
Immigrants building the transcontinental railroadAsian and European immigrants working on the last mile of the transcontinental railroad, 1869. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration
Dining car on the transcontinental railroadPalace Hotel dining car on the Union Pacific Railroad, 1869. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration
Laying railroad track across the Great PlainsWorkers laying track for the transcontinental railroad, 1860s. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration
Freight train brakemen in a blizzardRailroad brakemen working atop boxcars in a snowstorm, 1890s. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration
Railroad telegraph office, early 1900sTelegraphers at a railway signal office, early 1900s. Hand-colored woodcut of an early 20th-century illustration
Western Union office in New York City, 1870sWestern Union Companys telegraph operations in New York City, 1870s. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration
Cod fishing with hand lines, 1800sCod fishermen hauling in hand-lines from the deck of a boat on the North Atlantic, 1800s. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration
PPRE2A-00156Young Abe Lincoln working on an Ohio River keelboat. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration
Colonial seafarers in New York, 1700sRecruiting sailors outside a tavern on Brownjohns wharf, New York, 1700s. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century Howard Pyle illustration
Blacksmith shoeing a horseBlacksmith fitting a horseshoe, 1800s. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration
School board interviewing a teacher, 1800sProspective teacher interviewed by a rural school board, 1870s. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration
Working in a shoe factory, late 1800sShoe industry worker making lasts, 1800s. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration
Meeting the new postmistress, early 1900sTownspeople meeting their new postmistress, about 1905. Hand-colored halftone reproduction of a 1905 illustration
Steamboat taking on cargo, Mississippi river, 1800sMississippi steamboat loading cattle and corn, New Madrid, Missouri, circa 1880. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration
Black stevedores in St. Louis, Missouri, 1890sAfrican-American roustabouts on the levee, St. Louis, Missouri, 1890s. Albertype reproduction of a photograph
Silversmith in ancient EgyptAncient Egyptian worker in silver. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration
Mules towing a barge on the Erie CanalGrain-boat towed by a mule team on the Erie Canal, 1800s. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration
Fishing with nets in ancient EgyptFishermen using nets in ancient Egypt. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration
Atchison & Pikes Peak Railroads first section of track, 1865First spike on the Atchison & Pikes Peak Railroad, 1865. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration
Work party on the transcontinental railroadTranscontinental railroad constructed across the western prairie, 1860s. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration
Steam locomotives passing each other, early 1900sLocomotive fireman in coal car waving to an oncoming train, early 1900s. Printed color halftone reproduction of an illustration
Lead mining in Missouri, mid-1800sExtracting lead ore in Granby, Missouri, 1800s. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration
Telegraph office at Sandy Hook, New Jersey, 1870sTelegraph office at Sandy Hook on the New Jersey shore, 1870s. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration
BUSN2A-00123Lobstermen hauling traps off the coast of Maine, 1800s. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration
Maine lobster catch, early 1900sLobstermen loading their catch from a dory to a sailboat, circa 1900. Hand-colored halftone reproduction of a 20th-century illustration
PPRE2A-00181James A. Garfield as a boy, working as a mule rider towing a canal boat. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration
Young Lincoln working on a river bargeYoung Abe Lincoln as a flatboatman on the Ohio River. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration
BUSN2A-00015Villagers watching a blacksmith working at his forge, 1800s. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration
Small office in the late 1800sMan and woman at a desk, late 1800s. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration
BUSN2A-00126Tunnel in a California mine, 1850s. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration
BUSN2A-00151Old-time shoemaker working outdoors. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration