Winter Gallery

Haakon Haakonson brought to safety by the Birchlegs, 1200s

Birchlegs carrying Prince Hakon Hakonson to safety over the mountains, a Norwegian legend.
Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration

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Colonial dispute in Rhode Island, 1600s

Colonists conflict over cattle at Acquidneck (now Newport), Rhode Island, 1641.
Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration

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Chilkoot Pass during the Alaska/Klondike Gold Rush

Alaska/Klondike prospectors climbing to the summit of the Chilkoot Pass, 1890s.
Hand-colored halftone reproduction of a 19th-century illustration

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