Date: | 11 25 1871 |
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Description: | Engraved view of Peshtigo Fire showing people trying to escape the flames by boat and on horseback. A team of cattle also seek refuge and several birds tak... |
Date: | 1845 |
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Description: | Illustration of Chippewa and Sioux Indians battling each other at the Brule River. Wood engraving from Armstrong, "Early Life Among The Indians." |
Date: | 1871 |
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Description: | Drawing of the Peshtigo Fire, showing people seeking refuge in the Peshtigo River. |
Date: | 1850 |
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Description: | Travelers in a rowing canoe on Lake Superior. |
Date: | 1832 |
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Description: | Travellers setting up camp along the Missouri River. |
Date: | |
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Description: | Engraving of George Washington and his troops rowing across an icy Delaware River to attack the British, from the painting by E. Leutze. |
Date: | 03 09 1878 |
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Description: | Illustration by N.A. Greenback of ice-skaters and iceboats featuring the new Poughkeepsie design of pivoting runners. A key at the bottom of the image iden... |
Date: | 1883 |
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Description: | Engraving of a woman carrying a bundle of clothing and standing with her back to the sea. Behind her other women are in the process of doing wash in the wa... |
Date: | 1857 |
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Description: | Bird's-eye view of Madison over rooftop and across lake with sailboats and steamers. A group of people are standing on a viewing platform on the roof in th... |
Date: | 1655 |
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Description: | Christopher Columbus begins his first expedition, 1492. |
Date: | 1655 |
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Description: | Encounter with Indians during Christopher Columbus' first expedition in 1492. |
Date: | 1784 |
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Description: | Plate 41. Scene from Cook's Third Expedition, 1776-1779, while in Alaska. |
Date: | 1784 |
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Description: | Plate 50. Portrait from Cook's Third Expedition, 1776-1779, while in Alaska. |
Date: | 1784 |
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Description: | Plate 57. Scene from Cook's Third Expedition, 1776-1779, while in Alaska. |
Date: | 07 14 1894 |
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Description: | Cartoon depicting "King Debs" a man wearing a crown representing Debs American Railway Union, sitting atop the highway of trade. |
Date: | 1835 |
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Description: | Two-story home with sloping roof. One man is whipping a team of eight cattle while another man drives the plow behind them. To the left stands a man near a... |
Date: | 11 02 1889 |
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Description: | Engraved view of a government snagboat removing obstructions from the channel of a western river. |
Date: | 04 05 1862 |
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Description: | Engraved illustration for the story titled: "The Fight at Island No. 10". The view from the deck of a boat looks out at the approaching gun boats coming do... |
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