Snow Gallery

Building the railroad to Bismarck, North Dakota, 1870s

Laying railroad track in winter across the Missouri River at Bismarck, North Dakota, 1879.
Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration

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Schwatkas discovery of Franklin expedition grave, 1880

Grave of Franklin Expedition member Lt. John Irving found by Schwatka's American search party in Greenland, 1880.
Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th century illustration

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Russian serfs using thatch from their roofs to feed livestock during a famine, 1890s.
Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration

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