Images Dated 8th December 2011

First Ferris wheel, Chicago Worlds Fair, 1893

Ferris wheel -250 feet in diameter, 36 cars - at the Columbian Exposition, Chicago, 1893.
Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century 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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A trireme, used by the ancient Greeks and Romans

A trireme, with three banks of oars, used by the ancient Greeks and Romans.
Hand-colored halftone reproduction of a 19th-century illustration

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