Kentucky Collection

Battle of Munfordville, Kentucky, Civil War
Confederates charging Union fortifications at Munfordville, Kentucky, 1862. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration

Daniel Boone
Portrait of Daniel Boone wearing a coonskin cap. Digitally colored woodcut reproduction of a 19th-century illustration

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

Ohio River bringing settlers to the Old Northwest
Pioneers on the Ohio River settling the old Northwest Territory, late 1700s. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration

Settlers on the Ohio River
Flatboat of settlers descending the Ohio River, 1800s. 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

Rescue of flood victims on the Mississippi River, 1800s
Residents rescued at night from the flooded Mississippi River, 1882. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration

Slave crossing the Ohio River to escape the South
African-American escaping slavery by crossing the Ohio River, 1850s. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration

Plantation slaves singing and clapping
Group of slaves singing on a southern plantation, 1800s. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration based on a Boston teachers description

Slaves husking corn on a plantation
Slaves social gathering at a plantation corn-husking, 1800s. Hand-colored halftone of a 19th-century illustration

Black family murdered by the KKK, 1870s
Ku Klux Klan members shooting a black family in their cabin, 1870s. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration

KKK murderers visit a black familys cabin, 1800s
Ku Klux Klansmen wrapped in sheets on a murderous raid in a black familys cabin, late 1800s. Hand-colored halftone reproduction of a 19th-century illustration

Slave cabin on a southern plantation
Slave family outside their cabin on a southern plantation. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration

Cincinnati, viewed from the Kentucky side of the Ohio River, 1850s
Cincinnati, Ohio, from Newport Barracks, Kentucky, on south bank of the Ohio River, 1850s. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration

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Covered wagon fording the Cumberland River in Kentucky, 1800s. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration

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Judges, lawyers, and clients on their way to court on the frontier, late 1700s or early 1800s. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration

Boones Fort, founded by Daniel Boone, 1775
Boones Fort, an oblong enclousure of logs about 250 x 150 feet, along the Kentucky River. Hand-colored woodcut from a sketch by Colonel Henderson

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Pathway of the Wilderness Road, Levi Jackson Wilderness Road State Park, Kentucky. Photograph

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Daniel Boone, pioneer of Kentucky, with his rifle and dog. Hand-colored engraving of a painting

Kentucky viewed by Daniel Boone
Daniel Boones first view of Kentucky. Digitally colored etching of a 19th-century illustration

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Daniel Boones first sight of Kentucky. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration

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Daniel Boone rescues his daughter from Native American captors. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration

Battle of Perryville, Kentucky, US Civil War
Starkweathers brigade holding the Union left at the Battle of Perryville, Kentucky, 1862. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration

Kentucky grave, National Cemetery, Shiloh battlefield
Kentucky cavalry soldiers headstone amid other Union graves, National Cemetery, Shiloh National Military Park, Tennessee. Digital photograph

Slave cabins on a plantation
Row of slave cabins on a southern plantation, 1800s. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration

Woman urging a slave to escape
Plantation school teacher urging a slave to escape to freedom, 1850s. Hand-colored halftone reproduction of a 19th-century illustration

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Henry Clay as a young man. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century portrait

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Shops and market on the town square, Covington, Kentucky 1850s. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration

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Covered wagon coming through Cumberland Gap, viewed from Eagle Cliff, 1800s. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration

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Covered wagon entering Kentucky through Cumberland Gap. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration

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

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

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A Kentucky wedding, about 1800. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration

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Daniel Boone in the Kentucky wilderness. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration

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Daniel Boone holding a book Hand-colored engraving from a painting by Sully

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John Finley, discoverer of Kentucky. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration

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Foraging Confederate soldiers taking homemade pies from a farmhouse during Morgans Raid, 1863. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration

Boy keeping warm in a slave cabin
Young black boy in his bare slave cabin, US South. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration

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Henry Clay. Hand-colored engraving of a 19th-century portrait

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