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Signal Collection

Background imageSignal Collection: EXPL2A-00238

EXPL2A-00238
Danish Viking ship " Raven" at sea, showing oars and sails. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration

Background imageSignal Collection: End of the Revolutionary War announced by signal-fires

End of the Revolutionary War announced by signal-fires
Beacon-fires in the hills along the Hudson River celebrating end of Revolutionary War, 1783. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration

Background imageSignal Collection: Union cavalry bugler, Civil War

Union cavalry bugler, Civil War
Bugler announcing a water call in a Union cavalry camp. Hand-colored woodcut of a Winslow Homer Civil War sketch

Background imageSignal Collection: Rider arriving with the mail on a post road

Rider arriving with the mail on a post road
Old-time post-rider trumpeting the arrival of the mail. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration

Background imageSignal Collection: HSET2A-00126

HSET2A-00126
Drummer calling early New England colonists to church service, 1600s. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration by E.A. Abbey

Background imageSignal Collection: EVNT2A-00238

EVNT2A-00238
Declaration of war by a Pequot Indian delivering an arrow to Massachusetts Bay colonists, 1636. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration

Background imageSignal Collection: EVRV2A-00249

EVRV2A-00249
Messenger bringing colonists news of the battle at Lexington Green, 1775. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration

Background imageSignal Collection: PREV2A-00058

PREV2A-00058
Two lanterns in the belfry of the Old North Church, the signal to Paul Revere to begin his midnight ride, 1775. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration for Longfellows poem

Background imageSignal Collection: EVRV2A-00234

EVRV2A-00234
Rider warning Minutemen the British were marching to Lexington 1775, beginning the Revolutionary War. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration

Background imageSignal Collection: EVRV2A-00172

EVRV2A-00172
British signalling surrender after the siege of Yorktown, 1781, effectively ending action in the American Revolution. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration

Background imageSignal Collection: Danger ahead for a steam locomotive

Danger ahead for a steam locomotive
Flagger warning a railroad crew to brake for danger ahead on the tracks. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration

Background imageSignal Collection: EVNT2A-00227

EVNT2A-00227
Carolina colonists fleeing in canoes from a Native American attack. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration

Background imageSignal Collection: Town crier with a lost child

Town crier with a lost child
Town crier calling, " Child lost!" and ringing an alarm bell. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration

Background imageSignal Collection: EVCW2A-00062

EVCW2A-00062
Union Army Signal Corps setting up telegraph wire during a Civil War battle, 1863. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th century illustration

Background imageSignal Collection: EVRV2A-00250

EVRV2A-00250
Minutemen roused by Paul Revere to do battle in Lexington, April 19, 1775. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration

Background imageSignal Collection: EVRV2A-00198

EVRV2A-00198
Bellman told to ring the Liberty Bell to announce the Declaration of Independence in Philadelphia, 1776. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration

Background imageSignal Collection: EVRV2A-00248

EVRV2A-00248
Paul Revere calling the Lexington Minutemen to arms, 1775. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration by Darley


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