Native Gallery

EXPL2A-00139

Timbuktu in Africa, as drawn by Rene-Auguste Caillie, the first European visitor, 1828.
Hand-colored 19th-century woodcut reproduction of Caillie's illustration

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1800s, 1828, 19th Century, Africa, African, Art, Caille, Caillie, City, Civilization, Commerce, French Sudan, Historic, History, Illustration, Mali, Native, Rene Auguste Caillie, Sahara, Sahara Desert, Songhai, Songhai Empire, Soudan, Sudan, Timbuctoo, Timbuktu, Tombouctou, Town, Trade, Travel, Vintage, West Africa

US Army survivors of Custers Last Stand - horse and scout, Curley

Horse "Comanche" and Custer's scout Curley, the only US Army survivors of the Battle of Little Bighorn, 1876.
Hand-colored woodcut reproduction of a photograph

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1800s, 1870s, 1876, 19th Century, 7th Cavalry, America, American, Amerindian, Army, Battle, Battle Of Little Bighorn, Cavalry, Combat, Conflict, Curley, Custer, Frontier, General Custer, George Armstrong Custer, Heritage, Historic, History, Horse, Indian, Indian Removal, Little Big Horn, Little Bighorn, Military, Montana, Mt, Native, Native American, North America, Scout, Sioux, Sioux War, Survivor, Traditional, United States, Uprising, Us A, Us Army, Us Cavalry, Vintage, War, West, Western

EXPL2A-00128

Landing of Jean Nicolet on the Wisconsin shore of Lake Michigan, 1634, the first European to reach that region.
Hand-colored halftone of a 19th-century illustration

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