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Background imageTalking Collection: Lighting the gas lamps for a dinner party, 1800s

Lighting the gas lamps for a dinner party, 1800s
Guests awaiting the return of gas-light during a Christmas dinner-party, New York City, 1870s. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th century illustration

Background imageTalking Collection: Dutch colonists in early New Amsterdam

Dutch colonists in early New Amsterdam
Dutch settlers outdoors along the Battery, New Amsterdam, 1600s. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th century illustration

Background imageTalking Collection: Tea-time, England, 1880s

Tea-time, England, 1880s
Upperclass family enjoying afternoon tea in a hothouse, England, 1880s. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration

Background imageTalking Collection: GEUR2A-00088

GEUR2A-00088
Cafe patrons enjoying an evening on a Paris boulevard, 1870s. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration

Background imageTalking Collection: HOUS2A-00150

HOUS2A-00150
Quilting party in western Virginia, 1850s. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration

Background imageTalking Collection: HOUS2A-00059

HOUS2A-00059
Alehouse scene in th 1700s. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century E.A. Abbey illustration

Background imageTalking Collection: HOUS2A-00137

HOUS2A-00137
Reception in the Toynbee Hall dining room, England, 1890s. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration

Background imageTalking Collection: Italian immigrants tenement in New York City, 1870s

Italian immigrants tenement in New York City, 1870s
Ragpickers Court on Mulberry Street in the Italian neighborhood, New York City, 1870s. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration

Background imageTalking Collection: Upperclass social life, circa 1900

Upperclass social life, circa 1900
Reception to introduce a young man to society, circa 1900. Hand-colored halftone reproduction of an illustration

Background imageTalking Collection: Young women talking, early 1900s

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

Background imageTalking Collection: HOUS2A-00023

HOUS2A-00023
Bobbing for apples at a Halloween party in Ireland, 1800s. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration

Background imageTalking Collection: HOUS2A-00077

HOUS2A-00077
Two young women talking, about 1900. Hand-colored halftone reproduction of an illustration by Alice Barber Stephens

Background imageTalking Collection: HOUS2D-00064

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

Background imageTalking Collection: HOUS2A-00121

HOUS2A-00121
Wayfarers at an inn, 1700s. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration

Background imageTalking Collection: HOUS2A-00076

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

Background imageTalking Collection: HOUS2A-00083

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

Background imageTalking Collection: HSET2A-00008

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

Background imageTalking Collection: HSET2A-00113

HSET2A-00113
Native American joining cowboys at their campfire, late 1800s. Hand-colored halftone reproduction of a 19th-century illustration

Background imageTalking Collection: HOUS2A-00068

HOUS2A-00068
Santa Claus speaking to a child on the telephone, " Hello Little One!" 1880s. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration by Thomas Nast

Background imageTalking Collection: HOUS2A-00013

HOUS2A-00013
Courtship using a whispering rod on Halloween in colonial days. Hand-colored halftone reproduction of a 19th-century illustration

Background imageTalking Collection: HOUS2A-00043

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

Background imageTalking 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 imageTalking Collection: HOUS2A-00135

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

Background imageTalking Collection: HOUS2D-00057

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

Background imageTalking Collection: HOUS2A-00075

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

Background imageTalking Collection: HOUS2A-00042

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


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