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Reverend P. Pernin

Date: 
Description: Reverend P. Pernin made from a wood engraving from "The Finger Of God Is There."
Print

Idols of the Mandan Indians

Date: 1832
Description: Mandan Indian standing before an idol.
Print

Tombs of Assiniboin Indians on Trees

Date: 1832
Description: Tombs made by Assiniboin Indians in trees.
Print

Indians Take Revenge on the Priests

Date: 1655
Description: Girolamo Benzoni (1519-1570) was an Italian from Milan who spent the years 1541-1556 in the New World. His observations of Spanish imperialism were publish...
Print

Carib Indians Revolt at Cumana against Dominican Monks

Date: 1655
Description: Girolamo Benzoni (1519-1570) was an Italian from Milan who spent the years 1541-1556 in the New World. His observations of Spanish imperialism were publish...
Print

Zemi Worship among the Arawak of Hispaniola

Date: 1655
Description: Girolamo Benzoni (1519-1570) was an Italian from Milan who spent the years 1541-1556 in the New World. His observations of Spanish imperialism were publish...
Print

J. Wesley Carhart

Date: 1880
Description: Engraved portrait of J. Wesley Carhart of Racine, Methodist minister, physician, and inventor of a steam-powered automobile in 1871. Although impractical, ...
Print

Underground Newspaper Cover: The Kudzu

Date: 06 24 1969
Description: Cover of "The Kudzu," an underground newspaper, featuring a reproduction of Martin Schongauer's 15th Century engraving entitled, "Saint Anthony Tormented b...
Print

Indian Prophet's Lodge

Date: 1855
Description: An illustration of an Indian prophet standing by his lodge, which has symbols drawn on and floating above it. Others are seated, watching him. Two persons ...
Print

Foreign Missions Receipt

Date: 1856
Description: Receipt issued by the American Board of Commissioners of Foreign Missions to Frederick Smith for a contribution of ten cents from the Sabbath School of the...
Print

Reverend Samson Occom

Date: 1808
Description: Engraved quarter-length portrait of Reverend Samson Occom.
Print

The Missionary

Date: 1892
Description: Photographic print of an engraved image showing a robed missionary standing in a birch bark canoe paddled by four Native Americans and another man who appe...
Print

Rural Burial

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Description: Engraved view of a country burial in the snow. A clergyman reads a blessing as a mourner kneels near the grave. A group of mourners bow their heads. A team...
Map or Atlas

Theatre de la Guerre en Espagne et en Portugal

Date: 1740
Description: Engraved and hand-colored map of the Iberian peninsula as a theater of war during the War of the Spanish Succession (1701-1714). The map is dedicated to Ki...
Newspaper Article/Clipping

The American Spiritualist Masthead

Date: 1872
Description: Engraved masthead for The American Spiritualist depicting a seance over the word "phenomenal," a globe over the word "scientific," and a man at a de...
Map or Atlas

Carte du Canada ou de la Nouvelle France: Et des Decouvertes qui y ont été Faites

Date: 1710
Description: A seminal and fairly accurate map of the Great Lakes Region up to Baffin's Bay in Northern Canada. This is possibly the first printed map to locate Detroit...
Map or Atlas

Le Cours de Missisipi, ou de St. Louis: Fameuse Riviere de L'Amerique Septentrionale aux Environs de Laquelle se Trouve le Païs Appelle Louisiane

Date: 1718
Description: This map shows the Mississippi River, with latitude and longitude coordinates, ad covers east to Lake Ontario and south to Illinois. The inset map (the top...
Map or Atlas

Carte Particuliere du Fleuve Saint Louis: Dressee sur les Lieux Avec les Noms des Sauvages du Pais

Date: 1719
Description: Map of the Great Lakes and the St. Lawrence river showing French and English cities and villages, trading posts, Indian villages and tribes, portages, for...
Map or Atlas

Connecticut, from the Best Authorities

Date: 1795
Description: Map of Connecticut showing counties, townships, cities, roads, islands, swamps, hills, mountains, lakes, rivers, reefs, and numerous other geographical and...
Map or Atlas

A Particular Map, to Illustrate Gen. Amherst's Expedition to Montreal: With a Plan of the Town & Draught of ye Island

Date: 1760
Description: Map showing upstate New York, Lake Ontario, and the St. Lawrence River during the last, decisive battle of the French and Indian War. The main map shows a ...

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