Items in USA

Sheridan’s Ride by T. Buchanan Read

“Sheridan’s next operations, however, were the most important, as they have become the most renowned, in his career. Passing through Strasburg [USA], he posted his troops on the further bank of Cedar [...]

Keywords: people, soldiers, horses, swords, american civil war

Places shown: Strasburg; Pennsylvania; USA

Added: 2006-08-30

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Page 2: Wasn’t it pleasant, O brother mine

“Wasn’t it pleasant, O brother mine, In those old days of the lost sunshine     Of youth—when the Saturday’s chores were through,     And the “Sunday’s wood” in the kitchen, too,     And we went visit [...]

Keywords: colour, page images

Places shown: USA

Added: 2006-01-16

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Page 3. The Sunday Wood

The picture shows two boys carring small logs suitable for use in the woodstove in the background; the nearer boy is barefoot and the farther one (whose feet are not in the picture) wears a yellow hat [...]

Keywords: colour, people, bare feet, people, children, interiors, page images, illustrations for children

Places shown: USA

Added: 2006-01-16

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Page 5. The scent of the cherry-blossoms

“The scent of the cherry-blossoms blown After us, in the roadway lone” (p. 5) [page 4 is blank] The pencil sketch reproduced here shows a stream or river running past some trees, with some blossom in [...]

Keywords: sketches, trees, water, illustrations for children

Places shown: USA

Added: 2006-01-16

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Old Advert: Hotel Chamberlin

Keywords: advertisements, buildings, hotels, water, wallpaper, backgrounds

Places shown: Old Point Comfort; Virginia; USA

Added: 2008-06-04

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Frontispiece: United States Capitol, Washington

Engraving (probably a woodcut) of the US Capitol building in Washington, DC. The building was burned down in the War of 1812 by the British (from Canada), and this engraving was made before the new c [...]

Keywords: buildings

Places shown: Washington; DC; USA

Added: 2009-01-25

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