Images Dated 8th December 2011

William and Mary College, 1700s

Early view of William and Mary College, Williamsburg, Virginia, 1700s.
Hand-colored 19th-century woodcut reproduction of an earlier illustration

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First settlers of Hartford, Connecticut, 1636

Thomas Hooker's congregation migrates from Massachusetts to settle Hartford, Connecticut, 1636.
Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration

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Sinking of the Titanic

Titanic's stern in the air as the ship sinks in the North Atlantic, 1912.
Hand-colored halftone reproduction of an illustration from eyewitness reports

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