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Lawlessness Collection

Background imageLawlessness Collection: Gunfight in the street of a western town

Gunfight in the street of a western town. Hand-colored engraving of a 19th-century Frederic Remington illustration

Background imageLawlessness Collection: Free Soil versus slavery conflict in Kansas, 1850s

Free Soil versus slavery conflict in Kansas, 1850s
Kansas Free Soil " peace convention" at Fort Scott, Kansas, 1850s. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration

Background imageLawlessness Collection: Rowdy cowboys

Rowdy cowboys
Rowdy cow-punchers firing their guns in the air. Hand-colored engraving of a 19th-century Frederic Remington illustration

Background imageLawlessness Collection: Sheriff removing criminals boots

Sheriff removing criminals boots
Western sheriff arresting law-breakers and making them remove their boots to reduce escapes. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th century illustration

Background imageLawlessness Collection: BUSN2A-00194

BUSN2A-00194
Dynamite bomb exploding among police ranks during the Haymarket Square riot in Chicago, 1886. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th century illustration

Background imageLawlessness Collection: Mob burning abolitionist Elijah Lovejoys print-shop, Illinois, 1835

Mob burning abolitionist Elijah Lovejoys print-shop, Illinois, 1835
Pro-slavery mob burning the print-shop of abolitionist Elijah P. Lovejoy, Alton, Illinois, 1835. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration

Background imageLawlessness Collection: HSET2A-00030

HSET2A-00030
Gunman in a western saloon, 1800s. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration

Background imageLawlessness Collection: Credit Mobilier cartoon during the Grant Administration, 1873

Credit Mobilier cartoon during the Grant Administration, 1873
" Injured innocents" cartoon about participants in the Credit Mobilier scandal. 1873. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration

Background imageLawlessness Collection: Judge Lynch burning justice, cartoon of 1901

Judge Lynch burning justice, cartoon of 1901
Justice burned, entitled " Judge Lynchs Latest Victim, " 1901. Hand-colored woodcut of a 1901 W.A. Rogers cartoon

Background imageLawlessness Collection: Fall of the Bastille in the French Revolution

Fall of the Bastille in the French Revolution
Capture of the Bastille, French Revolution. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration

Background imageLawlessness Collection: GATL2A-00037

GATL2A-00037
General Juan Rius Rivera, insurgent leader in the Pinar del Rio, Cuba, 1896. Hand-colored halftone reproduction of a 19th-century photograph

Background imageLawlessness Collection: Black family murdered by the KKK, 1870s

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

Background imageLawlessness Collection: KKK murderers visit a black familys cabin, 1800s

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

Background imageLawlessness Collection: Anti-Chinese mob in San Francisco, late 1800s

Anti-Chinese mob in San Francisco, late 1800s
Denis Kearney inciting an anti-Chinese mob in San Francisco, late 1800s. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration

Background imageLawlessness Collection: Train-robbers, 1800s

Train-robbers, 1800s
Gunmen robbing a railroad train, late 1800s. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration

Background imageLawlessness Collection: Blacks crushed by prejudice and violence after emancipation

Blacks crushed by prejudice and violence after emancipation
Immigrant, a southerner, and a businessman combine to declare the US to be " a white mans government, " 1868. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century Thomas Nast cartoon

Background imageLawlessness Collection: EVNT2A-00101

EVNT2A-00101
Parisians liberating prisoners after storming the Bastille during the French Revolution. Hand-colored engraving of a 19th century French illustration

Background imageLawlessness Collection: EVNT2A-00060

EVNT2A-00060
Death of Delaunay, governor of the Bastille, at the hands of a mob during the French Revolution, 1789. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th century illustration

Background imageLawlessness Collection: French revolutionaries

French revolutionaries
Citizen soldiers of the French Revolution. Antique hand-colored print

Background imageLawlessness Collection: PLAT2A-00008

PLAT2A-00008
Jean-Jacques Dessalines, emperor Jacques I of Haiti. Hand-colored woodcut

Background imageLawlessness Collection: GATL2A-00010

GATL2A-00010
Cuban sugar-planter with his staff and bodyguards, 1890s. Hand-colored halftone reproduction of a photograph

Background imageLawlessness Collection: Jews assaulted in Kiev, 1880s

Jews assaulted in Kiev, 1880s
Assault on Jews within sight of the Russian military in Kiev, 1880s. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration

Background imageLawlessness Collection: New York draft rioters murdering a black man, 1863

New York draft rioters murdering a black man, 1863
Hanging a black man on Clarkson Street during the New York draft riots, 1863. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th century illustration

Background imageLawlessness Collection: Voting rights cut away from a black Sampson, 1868

Voting rights cut away from a black Sampson, 1868
Southern Delilah cutting voting rights from a black Samson, 1868. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century Thomas Nast cartoon

Background imageLawlessness Collection: Antislavery documents burned in South Carolina, 1830s

Antislavery documents burned in South Carolina, 1830s
Pro-slavery bonfire of abolitionist literature in Charleston, South Carolina, 1830s. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration

Background imageLawlessness Collection: EVNT2A-00057

EVNT2A-00057
Protestors tar and feather a tax collector during the Whiskey Rebellion in Pennsylvania 1790s. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th century illustration

Background imageLawlessness Collection: HSET2A-00032

HSET2A-00032
Saloon brawl in a cattle town, western U.S. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration by Frederic Remington

Background imageLawlessness Collection: Outlaws holding up a stagecoach

Outlaws holding up a stagecoach
Outlaws holding up stagecoach passengers, 1800s. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration

Background imageLawlessness Collection: Western gunfighter

Western gunfighter making his victom " dance." Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century Frederic Remington illustration

Background imageLawlessness Collection: Miners smashing into a saloon

Miners smashing into a saloon
Western miners smashing into a saloon. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration

Background imageLawlessness Collection: EVNT2A-00102

EVNT2A-00102
Parisians invasion of the Assembly during the French Revolution. Hand-colored engraving of a 19th century French illustration

Background imageLawlessness Collection: EVNT2A-00095

EVNT2A-00095
Mob liberating prisoners after capturing the Bastille in the French Revolution. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration

Background imageLawlessness Collection: GATL2A-00024

GATL2A-00024
Leonard Parkinson, a captain of Maroons during a Negro insurrection in Jamaica, 1700s. Hand-colored woodcut reproduction of a contemporary illustration

Background imageLawlessness Collection: Louisiana statehouse captured by the White League, 1874

Louisiana statehouse captured by the White League, 1874
Surrender of the Louisiana State House to the White League, 1874. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration

Background imageLawlessness Collection: Vigilantes burning a settlers home

Vigilantes burning a settlers home
Band of vigilantes burning a settlers home, western US. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century Zogbaum illustration

Background imageLawlessness Collection: Cattlemen killing sheep in Colorado, late 1800s

Cattlemen killing sheep in Colorado, late 1800s
Cattlemens raid on sheepherders in Colorado during the livestock range wars, late 1800s. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration


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