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Background imageRural Collection: BUSN2A-00015

BUSN2A-00015
Villagers watching a blacksmith working at his forge, 1800s. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration

Background imageRural Collection: BUSN2A-00153

BUSN2A-00153
Rural newspaper editor considering farm products as payment for a subscription, 1800s Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration

Background imageRural Collection: HOUS2A-00020

HOUS2A-00020
Boys scaring their friend with a jack-o lantern, a Halloween prank, 1800s. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration

Background imageRural Collection: Barefoot boy

Barefoot boy
Barefoot country boy carrying toy tops. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th century illustration

Background imageRural Collection: Fashionable couple outdoors, early 1900s

Fashionable couple outdoors, early 1900s
Well-to-do couple on a hillside, early 1900s. Hand-colored halftone reproduction of an illustration

Background imageRural Collection: Courtship in a woodland setting, 1800s

Courtship in a woodland setting, 1800s
Young man and woman on a walk in the countryside, late 1800s. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration

Background imageRural Collection: Traveler on a hillside

Traveler on a hillside
Man resting on a grassy hillside. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration

Background imageRural Collection: Christmas singing in a church, 1800s

Christmas singing in a church, 1800s
Churchgoers singing Christmas carols from a hymnbook, 1800s. Hand-colored woodcut of a Caldecott illustration

Background imageRural Collection: Rural Christmas gathering of neighbors, 1800s

Rural Christmas gathering of neighbors, 1800s
People going to a neighbors Christmas party in the country. Hand-colored woodcut of a Caldecott illustration

Background imageRural Collection: Summertime activity for a country boy

Summertime activity for a country boy
Barefoot boy crossing a stream. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration

Background imageRural Collection: Summer afternoon for a boy and his dog, circa 1900

Summer afternoon for a boy and his dog, circa 1900
Boy lying under a shade tree with his sleeping dog, early 1900s. Printed color halftone reproduction of an illustration by F.E. Schoonover

Background imageRural Collection: HOUS2A-00147

HOUS2A-00147
Neighbors celebrating Christmas Eve with a sleigh ride, 1800s. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration

Background imageRural Collection: AGRI2A-00124

AGRI2A-00124
Native workers harvesting coffee in Costa Rica, 1800s. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration

Background imageRural Collection: Starving peasants begging from wealthy Russians, 1890s

Starving peasants begging from wealthy Russians, 1890s
Starving Russian peasants begging from a wealthy couple in the town of Kazan, 1890s. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration

Background imageRural Collection: Russian political prisoners sent to Siberia, 1880s

Russian political prisoners sent to Siberia, 1880s
Russian prisoners marched on a muddy road to exile in Siberia, 1880s. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration

Background imageRural Collection: GEUR2A-00055

GEUR2A-00055
Russian peasant women at work, carrying large stones on a litter. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration

Background imageRural Collection: Training a young horse, 1800s

Training a young horse, 1800s
Men trying to bridle a wary horse in a barnyard, 1800s. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration

Background imageRural Collection: Rural romance

Rural romance
Girl and boy helping with spring farm chores. Hand-colored halftone reproduction of a 19th-century illustration

Background imageRural Collection: Dairy herd

Dairy herd
Jersey cows in a spring pasture. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration

Background imageRural Collection: AGRI2A-00107

AGRI2A-00107
Farmer plowing sod with a team of horses, 1800s. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration

Background imageRural Collection: AGRI2A-00085

AGRI2A-00085
Farm women pouring milk into a churn in dairy barn. Hand-colored engraving of a 19th-century illustration

Background imageRural Collection: Homemade jam, pickles, and canned tomatoes

Homemade jam, pickles, and canned tomatoes
Traditional homemade pickles, tomatoes, and fruit jam. Photograph

Background imageRural Collection: Homemade pickles and canned tomatoes

Homemade pickles and canned tomatoes
Traditional home-preserved pickles and tomatoes. Photograph

Background imageRural Collection: Fruit for home canning

Fruit for home canning
Fruit and berries with old-fashioned home preserving jars. Photograph

Background imageRural Collection: Neighborhood concert in a French-Canadian village, 1900

Neighborhood concert in a French-Canadian village, 1900
French-Canadian villagers enjoying impromtu music, circa 1900. Digitally colored halftone reproduction of an illustration

Background imageRural Collection: BUSN2A-00166

BUSN2A-00166
French fur traders and Native Americans dancing at a rendezvous in the north woods. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration

Background imageRural Collection: Calf on a dairy farm

Calf on a dairy farm
Jersey calf, a dairy breed. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration

Background imageRural Collection: GAFR2A-00010

GAFR2A-00010
Native village in the valley of the Congo River, Africa, 1800s. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration

Background imageRural Collection: GAFR2A-00023

GAFR2A-00023
Cattle farm of the Dinka, a Swahili-speaking people in Africa, 1800s. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration

Background imageRural Collection: GAFR2A-00032

GAFR2A-00032
Fantee huts, Ashanti Colony in Africa, 1800s. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration

Background imageRural Collection: GAFR2A-00026

GAFR2A-00026
Daily life in an African village in the Congo basin. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration

Background imageRural Collection: AGRI2A-00083

AGRI2A-00083
Sheep near a cottage in West Rutland, Vermont, 1880s. Hand-colored engraving of a 19th-century illustration

Background imageRural Collection: AGRI2A-00111

AGRI2A-00111
Pioneers planting corn on newly cleared land in the backwoods. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration

Background imageRural Collection: HREC2A-00009

HREC2A-00009
Couples dancing to music of a fiddler at a rural hoedown, 1800s. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration

Background imageRural Collection: Farm horses watered in France, 1910

Farm horses watered in France, 1910
Farmer watering his horses near Sevres, France, about 1910. Printed color reproduction of a contemporary illustration

Background imageRural Collection: HOUS2A-00087

HOUS2A-00087
Saint Valentine observing a young couple, the origin of Valentines Day. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration

Background imageRural Collection: HOUS2A-00130

HOUS2A-00130
Rural July Fourth celebration, with patriotic speeches, dancing, and socializing, 1800s. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration

Background imageRural Collection: BUSN2A-00009

BUSN2A-00009
Peddler showing his wares to a farm family, 1800s. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration

Background imageRural Collection: Romance on the way to school, circa 1900

Romance on the way to school, circa 1900
Boy walking a girl to school on a winter morning, early 1900s. Halftone of a color illustration by Howard E. Smith

Background imageRural Collection: New pupil in a one-room school

New pupil in a one-room school
New student is the center of attention in a one-room school, circa 1900. Hand-colored halftone reproduction of a 19th-century illustration

Background imageRural Collection: GEUR2A-00124

GEUR2A-00124
Russian serfs plowing fields on the steppes. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration

Background imageRural Collection: GEUR2A-00125

GEUR2A-00125
Russian village in the sourthern agricultural zone, 1800s. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration

Background imageRural Collection: GEUR2A-00126

GEUR2A-00126
Russian village on the banks of the Volga. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration

Background imageRural Collection: AGRI2A-00042

AGRI2A-00042
Cranberry bog pickers at work on Cape Cod, Massachusetts, 1890s. Hand-colored halftone reproduction of a photograph

Background imageRural Collection: AGRI2A-00081

AGRI2A-00081
Young woman milking a cow in a pasture. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration

Background imageRural Collection: AGRI2A-00099

AGRI2A-00099
Horsedrawn sleds hauling sap in a maple sugar camp 1800s. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration

Background imageRural Collection: AGRI2A-00090

AGRI2A-00090
Clearing farmland in spring for planting, using ox and horse teams to plow and pull stumps. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration

Background imageRural Collection: GGBR2A-00067

GGBR2A-00067
A rural English cottage, with a woman spinning, a traveler, and a hunter, 1600s. Hand-colored 19th-century woodcut reproduction of a 17th-century illustration



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