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Walking Purchase land claim in colonial Pennsylvania

William Penn's Walking Purchase agreement with Native Americans for as much land as a man could walk in 3 days.
Hand-colored halftone reproduction of a 19th-century illustration

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Farm girl bringing a basket of eggs to sell to the country store, 1800s.
Hand-colored halftone reproduction of a 19th-century illustration

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Bookstalls in Paris in the early 20th century

Browsers at the Odeon bookstalls on the Left Bank, Paris, circa 1910.
Printed color reproduction of a 20th-century illustration

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