Secret Collection

Young women talking, early 1900s
Young women sharing secrets, circa 1900. Printed color halftone of an illustration by Alonzo Kimball

Family storyteller
Old woman telling folklore to young girls in a cottage kitchen, England. 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

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Two young women talking, about 1900. Hand-colored halftone reproduction of an illustration by Alice Barber Stephens

Romantic moment discovered, 1800s
Man leaning to kiss a young woman, surprising an older woman, 1870s. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration

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Burial of Hernando DeSoto in the Mississippi River to keep his death secret from hostile Native Americans, 1542. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration

Moonshiners crossing the Appalachians with bootleg whiskey
Moonshine whiskey taken to market in the southern Appalachians, 1860s. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration

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Sailors digging for Captain Kidds pirate treasure. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration

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Captain Kidd burying his pirate treasure on Gardiners Island, New York harbor. Hand-colored halftone reproduction of a 19th-century illustration

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Pandora atop the opened box of evils. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration

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Santa Claus on a rooftop hiding from a boy, 1870s. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration by Thomas Nast

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" Open, Sesame" password allowing Forty Thieves to stash their plunder in one of thei 1001 Arabian Nights tales. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration

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Secret burial of Hernando de Soto at night in the Mississippi River, 1542. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration

Pro-Union meeting in Louisiana, 1866
Secret meeting of southern pro-Unionists in Louisiana, 1866. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration

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Benedict Arnold committing treason by promising to deliver West Point to the British, 1780. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration

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