Images Dated 9th December 2011

Cylinder printing press, 1800s

Hoe printing press, showing type locked on the bed and overlays fixed on the cylinder; ink rollers on far right, 1800s.
Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration

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Naval battle off Puerto Rico, Spanish-American War

U.S. Navy cruiser "St Paul" shelling Spanish destroyer "Terror" off San Juan, Puerto Rico, 1898.
Hand-colored halftone reproduction of a 19th-century illustration

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Whaling ship diagram, 1800s

Deck plan and cutaway view of whaling schooner "Amelia" of New Bedford, Massachusetts, 1800s.
Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration

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