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| Date: | 1880 |
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| Description: | A scene from a panoramic painting of Grant's assault on Vicksburg. |
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| Description: | Full-length carte-de-visite of Martin Shenk, holding a flag, and Ryndert Van Loon, holding a musket with bayonet attached. They are posed shaking hands in ... |
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| Description: | Color postcard of a section of the cyclorama painting "Battle of Atlanta" executed by painters under Wilhem Wehner in the 1880s. This scene shows the fight... |
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| Description: | Group portrait in front of a painted backdrop of Billy Bowlegs and his family. They are all wearing native Seminole clothing. Caption reads: "Billy Bowlegs... |
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| Description: | An oil painting of a wealthy, smiling gentleman wearing a suit. Text in lower left corner reads "(copyright) R.S. Burbank, Plymouth, Mass." |
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| Description: | A painting of Reverend John Alden (1599 – 9/12/1687), the first person from the The Mayflower to set foot on Plymouth Rock in 1620, and the seventh signer ... |
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| Description: | Full-length portrait in front of a painted backdrop of an Indian man in elaborate tribal costume in Alberta, Canada. Caption reads: "Indian in Costume, Med... |
| Date: | 1907 |
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| Description: | Depiction of Native Americans buffalo hunting in North Dakota on horseback. A copy of a painting, possibly from 1907. Caption reads: "Buffalo Hunting in th... |
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| Description: | A painting of Andrew Jackson (3/15/1767 – 6/8/1845), the seventh President of the United States (3/4/1829 – 3/4/1837). |
| Date: | 1887 |
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| Description: | Historic re-creation painting of two Pilgrims approaching an old fort converted into their first meeting house. Painted by W.L. Williams. |
| Date: | 1909 |
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| Description: | Painting of an elevated view of Pilgrims and Native Americans meeting in a town. |
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| Description: | View of the foyer of Washington Irving High School, featuring a large fireplace, designed by the architect C.B.J. Snyder (1860-1945) and built in 1913 Ther... |
| Date: | 1910 |
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| Description: | View of the dining room at Wadsworth Hall. There is a table with a centerpiece and four chairs. Other chairs line the walls of the room. There is a firepla... |
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| Description: | A copy of a painting of a man sitting on a porch, entitled "Independence" by Frank Blackwell Mayer (1827-1899), a prominent 19th century American genre pai... |
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| Description: | View of Nellie Custis' bedroom in Mount Vernon, the residence of George Washington. Nellie Custis, the granddaughter of Martha Washington and step-granddau... |
| Date: | 1915 |
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| Description: | Interior of "Meadow Garden," home of Governor George Wallon. The living room is decorated with portraits, paintings, and other ornaments. Tea is set at the... |
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| Description: | Interior view of a bedroom at the Hermitage, home of Andrew Jackson, featuring a canopied bed, matching curtains, ornate wallpaper and gleaming carved wood... |
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| Description: | Foyer of the Hermitage, home of Andrew Jackson, featuring bucolic murals, a curving staircase, ornate couches and sculptures. |
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| Description: | Interior view of a drawing room in the Hermitage, home of Andrew Jackson, featuring chandeliers, a harpsichord and ornately carved furniture. |
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| Description: | Parlor in the home of James K. Polk. The room contains a fireplace along the wall on the right, two floor to ceiling windows with drapes, three carved chai... |
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