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Man Clinging to Plank after Steamer Sinks
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Illustration from Frank Leslie's Illustrated Newspaper of John Tice clinging to a piece of wreckage after the sinking of the steamer Central America. Other people are afloat in the water around him.
1857
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Tice and Grant Rescuing Dawson from the Raft
1857
John Tice and Alexander Grant helping George W. Dawson from a floating piece of debris into a lifeboat after the sinking of the steamer Central America. The men have fashioned a distress flag from ...
George Dawson Denied Access to Raft
1857
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The War on Red River
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Illustration from Frank Leslie's Illustrated Newspaper depicting Admiral Porter's fleet passing through Colonel Bailey's dam during the War on Red River.
Steam Ice Car
December 3, 1859
Engraved drawing of Norman Wiard's ice locomotive, the Lady Franklin operating on a frozen river. Male passengers and crew members are standing on the deck of the vehicle. The vessel was built, but...
The Sinking of the Lady Elgin
circa 1859
A page from Frank Leslie's Illustrated Newspaper with two sketches and a narrative of the sinking of the sidewheeler passenger, Lady Elgin, in 1860. Three hundred passengers lost their lives. One s...
Dedication Ceremony for the National Cemetery at Gettysburg
December 5, 1863
Engraving of the dedication ceremony for the Soldiers' National Cemetery, November 19,1863, that appeared in "Frank Leslie's Illustrated Newspaper." It was at this ceremony that President Abraham L...
