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Background imageSocial 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 imageSocial 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 imageSocial Collection: HOUS2D-00064

HOUS2D-00064
African-American woman reenactor in a sewing circle at Yorktown, Virginia. Digital photograph

Background imageSocial Collection: Neighbors sharing farm work on the Great Plains

Neighbors sharing farm work on the Great Plains
Prairie settlers helping a neighbor with his farm work, circa 1900. Hand-colored halftone reproduction of a photograph

Background imageSocial Collection: HOUS2A-00076

HOUS2A-00076
Outdoor tea party in colonial New England, 1700s. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration

Background imageSocial Collection: HOUS2A-00083

HOUS2A-00083
Men enjoying an afterdinner drink in colonial times. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration

Background imageSocial Collection: HOUS2A-00064

HOUS2A-00064
Christmas feast in a baronial hall. Hand-colored engraving of a 19th-century illustration by Caldecott

Background imageSocial Collection: HOUS2A-00047

HOUS2A-00047
Coffee-house orator in London, 1700s. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19t9h-century illustration

Background imageSocial Collection: Skidmore Guard reunion in New York City, 1870s

Skidmore Guard reunion in New York City, 1870s
Ball of the Skidmore Guard, a black military organization, NYC, 1870s. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration

Background imageSocial Collection: PANC2A-00040

PANC2A-00040
Cleopatras barge on the Nile. Hand-colored halftone reproduction of a painting by H. Picou

Background imageSocial Collection: HSET2A-00008

HSET2A-00008
Puritans drinking from pewter mugs in colonial Massachusetts. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration

Background imageSocial Collection: HREC2A-00018

HREC2A-00018
Christmas holiday party with dancing. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration

Background imageSocial Collection: HREC2A-00010

HREC2A-00010
Couples at a ballroom dance, 1700s. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration

Background imageSocial 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 imageSocial Collection: HREC2A-00008

HREC2A-00008
A Birthnight Ball in colonial Virginia. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration

Background imageSocial Collection: Learning the minuet

Learning the minuet
Colonial children learning to dance the minuet. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration

Background imageSocial Collection: HREC2A-00023

HREC2A-00023
George Washington dancing a minuet at Sally Fairfaxs home in colonial Virginia. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration

Background imageSocial Collection: White House reception, 1850s

White House reception, 1850s
Reception at the White House by President James Buchanan, 1850s. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration

Background imageSocial Collection: Independence Day festivities in New York City, 1834

Independence Day festivities in New York City, 1834
Fourth of July celebration in New York City, looking south on Broadway from Cortlandt Street, 1834. Hand-colored halftone reproduction of a 19th-century illustration

Background imageSocial 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 imageSocial Collection: HOUS2A-00124

HOUS2A-00124
Festooning a Civil War memorial statue on Decoration Day in New York City, 1880s. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration

Background imageSocial Collection: HOUS2A-00043

HOUS2A-00043
Fashionable supper party, 1880s. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration

Background imageSocial Collection: HOUS2A-00058

HOUS2A-00058
Holiday guests toasting the New Year in New Amsterdam, 1640. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration

Background imageSocial Collection: HOUS2A-00081

HOUS2A-00081
Large team of oxen pulling a barn at a moving-bee, 1870s. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration

Background imageSocial Collection: Romance on a city rooftop, 1800s

Romance on a city rooftop, 1800s
Woman hanging laundry talking with a mason on a city rooftop, 1870s. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration

Background imageSocial Collection: HOUS2A-00135

HOUS2A-00135
Ladies enjoying their sewing circle, 1800s. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration

Background imageSocial 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 imageSocial Collection: HREC2A-00028

HREC2A-00028
Men reading newspapers in a library reading-room, 1700s. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration by Howard Pyle

Background imageSocial Collection: HOUS2D-00057

HOUS2D-00057
Womens sewing circle reenacted at Yorktown battlefield, Virginia. Digital photograph

Background imageSocial Collection: Snowball fight, 1870s

Snowball fight, 1870s
Couples having fun with a snowball fight, 1870s. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration

Background imageSocial Collection: HREC2A-00036

HREC2A-00036
Spanish Californians or Mexicans dancing the fandango, 1800s. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration

Background imageSocial Collection: HOUS2A-00075

HOUS2A-00075
Ladies and gentlemen having tea in a drawing-room, 1700s. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration

Background imageSocial Collection: HOUS2A-00042

HOUS2A-00042
High society dinner guests conversing, 1880s. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration



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