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Frontispiece: United States Capitol, WashingtonElements of Geography, Ancient and Modern (1825)

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, greyscale

Places shown: Washington; DC; USA

Added: 2009-01-25

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Page 2: Wasn’t it pleasant, O brother mineOut to Old Aunt Mary’s (1904)

“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 WoodOut to Old Aunt Mary’s (1904)

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-blossomsOut to Old Aunt Mary’s (1904)

“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, colour

Places shown: USA

Added: 2006-01-16

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Birthplace of General U. S. Grant.Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant (1885)

In June, 1821, my father, Jesse R. Grant, married Hannah Simpson. I was born on the 27th April, 1822, at Point Pleasant, Clermont County, Ohio. (p. 24) The etching of the well-treed house of General [...]

Keywords: houses, american history, trees, roads, greyscale

Places shown: Point Pleasant; Clermont County; Ohio; USA

Added: 2012-12-15

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Washington and his FatherThe American Boy’s Life of Washington (1870)

George Washington and his father: With a view to George’s gratification and surprise, this good father once prepared a smooth bed in the garden, and had written thereon with the point of a sharp stick [...]

Keywords: children, george washington, portraits, people, presidents, illustrations for children, costumes, greyscale

Places shown: Stafford County; Virginia; USA

Added: 2011-02-15

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Declaration of IndependenceThe Table Book of Art (1880)

This, it turns out, is a very famous painting in America. There is also a cropped version for use as a laptop of desktop computer background. Trumbell’s The Declaration of Independence On the 4th of J [...]

Keywords: politics, royalty, terrorism, people, interiors, americana, wallpaper, backgrounds, greyscale

Places shown: Philadelphia; Pennsylvania; USA

Added: 2012-11-15

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Declaration of IndependenceThe Table Book of Art (1880)

This, it turns out, is a very famous painting in America. This version is cropped to make a screen background: there is also a widescreen version which has the full painting as reproduced in the book. [...]

Keywords: art, politics, royalty, terrorism, people, interiors, americana, wallpaper, backgrounds, greyscale

Places shown: Philadelphia; Pennsylvania; USA

Added: 2012-11-15

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The Young General [George Washington]The American Boy’s Life of Washington (1870)

George Washington, as a boy, stands with a short toy sword and marshalls four other boys into a line as they pretend to be soldiers. It was not to be wondered at that George, who had entered with grea [...]

Keywords: children, games, weapons, george washington, peoplechildren, illustrations for children, costume, greyscale

Places shown: Virginia; USA

Added: 2011-02-15

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Old Advert: Hotel ChamberlinScribner’s Magazine 1903 No. 11 (1903)

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

Places shown: Old Point Comfort; Virginia; USA

Added: 2008-06-04

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A Severe Battle EnsuedThe American Boy’s Life of Washington (1870)

This picture illustrates the Battle of Princeton, New Jersey, USA, in 1777, between the British insurgent forces and the government army. When they reached Stony Brook, on the outskirts of Princeton, [...]

Keywords: battles, people, weapons, canon, guns, george washington, greyscale

Places shown: Stony Brook; Princeton; NY; USA

Added: 2018-03-01

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General Sullivan’s HouseHarper’s New Monthly Magazine, Vol. LXXIII. (1886)

I thought this picture would make a good Christmas Card! It shows the New England house of a wealthy lawyer from the 18th century, snow-covered in a wintry December. John Sullivan was a lawyer in D [...]

Keywords: winter, christmas, snow, american uprising, houses, buildings, greyscale

Places shown: Durham; New Hampshire; USA

Added: 2011-12-23

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Sheridan’s Ride by T. Buchanan ReadGreat Men and Famous Women, vol. II (1894)

“[Philip 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 [...]

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

Places shown: Strasburg; Pennsylvania; USA

Added: 2006-08-30

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