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The Erect Form CorsetJune 1902: Americas leading corset the Erect Form follows the natural outlines of the form and does not compress the figure into a graceless illogical shape
Westwardcirca 1850: Emigrants in covered wagons approaching the Rockies on their journey to the west. The Rocky Mountains. Emigrants Crossing the Plains. A lithograph by Currier and Ives
Gold Workers1848: Gold workers of California panning for gold. (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)
Mining Campcirca 1850: A mining camp by a North-West American river. (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)
Gold Mining1859: A gold mining operation in California. (Photo by E. P. Vollum/Hulton Archive/Getty Images)
Ellis Exchangecirca 1905: A money exchange on Ellis Island, New York. (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)
Russian Emigrant1905: A Russian Jew arriving at Ellis Island, New York. (Photo by Lewis W. Hine/Hulton Archive/Getty Images)
Ruins Of CityMay 1906: The ruins of San Francisco after the earthquake of 1906 which destroyed much of the city. (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)
Five Points Prayers1887: Children praying in the nursery in Five Points House. Five Points was one of the most notorious slums in New York and was compared to the black hole of Calcutta by the English author
Canal Excavation16th June 1888: An excavator at work on the Panama Ship canal at Tabemilla (Tavernilla). Original Publication: Illustrated London News Sketched by Melton Prior (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)
Gold Rushcirca 1846: Workers returning after dinner to Granvilles claim, a California gold mine. (Photo by E. P. Vollum/Hulton Archive/Getty Images)
Mail Train1870: A mail train carrying cargo across the Sierra Nevada. (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)
Union OfficersJune 1864: A group of Union officers of the Army of the Potomac at Headquarters at Cold Harbor, Virginia, the scene of one of the bloodiest battles of the civil war
Ensley WorkmenOctober 1890: A group of workers from the blast furnace at Ensley, six miles from Birmingham, Alabama. Iron ore is converted into about 200 tons of pig iron per day in each of the three functioning
Celebrationscirca 1810: A group of black Americans from Philadelphia celebrating the abolition of slavery with a feast. Published by Tregear at his humourist print shop, Cheapside, London
Oil Wells7th April 1866: The Gordon Oil wells in Western Canada. Original Publication: From The Illustrated London News. (Photo by HultonArchive/Illustrated London News/Getty Images)
Maize Harvest1847: Indian corn, harvested for fodder in America. Original Publication: Pictorial Times - Free Trade - Pub. 1847 (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)
Silver Campcirca 1890-1900: A mining camp at the eastern base of the Sierra Nevadas, Nevada, USA. The area mines silver ore almost exclusively after its discovery in 1859. (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)
Haida Womancirca 1800: A Haida woman from the Queen Charlotte Islands in British Columbia, wearing a lip plug through her lower lip. Original Artist: By Norman H Hardy. (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)
Crow Warriorscirca 1800: A group of men from the Crow tribe, carrying a bow and arrows and a rifle. (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)
Oregon Mancirca 1848: A Kalapuya (Calapooya) man from Oregon. An illustration from The Races of Man by Charles Pickering, pub. 1848. (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)
Moving Assembly Line1913: Fords first moving assembly lines at Highland Park. (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)
Pueblo Indiancirca 1850: A Pueblo Indian wearing traditional dress. (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)
Brushing Against1898: An Apache woman named Brushing Against, wearing traditional clothing and jewellery. (Photo by F. A. Rinehart/Hulton Archive/Getty Images)
Young Chinookcirca 1840: A young Chinook boy, Hee-doh-gee-ats. (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)
Blue Wings1900: Blue Wings, a member of the Winnebago tribe. (Photo by F. A. Rinehart/Hulton Archive/Getty Images)
Peruvian Priestcirca 1800: Three Peruvian women visiting a priest in Lima. (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)
Villagecirca 1850: A native American village. Original Publication: From a drawing by George Catlin (1796 - 1872). (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)
Eagle Feather1901: A Sioux Indian, Eagle Feather, carrying a young child in a papoose. (Photo by F. A. Rinehart/Hulton Archive/Getty Images)
Rocky Journey1878: A train and its passengers stop at Mount Stephen in the Rocky Mountains for a photograph. (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)
New CPRcirca 1890: A soldier watching the construction of the extension to the Canadian Pacific Railway south of Moose Jaw, Saskatchewan. (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)
Summit Tunnelcirca 1905: Workmen at the Tunnel of the Summit on the Argentine Railway at Mendoza. (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)
Drug Addictscirca 1900: An opium den in San Francisco, California. (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)
Canadian Ranch1900: A group of ranchers at Glen Ranch, Ou apello Valley, Canada. (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)
Indigenous Peoplecirca 1900: Native Americans in traditional dress in open country on which their tents are pitched. The horse pulls a travois. (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)
Tepee Bandcirca 1900: A group of Iroquois (North American) Indians outside their tepee. (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)
Chicago Fire Report9th October 1871: A young news vendor holding a poster announcing the Chicago Fire. (Photo by Oscar Gustav Rejlander/Hulton Archive/Getty Images)
First Anaestheticcirca 1846: Doctors at Massachusetts General Hospital in Boston re-enact for daguerreotype their first operation using ether. (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)
Battle Of GettysburgJuly 1863: The battlefield at Gettysburg in Pennsylvania, after the bloodiest battle of Americas Civil war, in which nearly 6000 soldiers died in 3 days of fighting, from July 1 to July 3, 1863
Battle Of Trenton26th December 1776: The Battle Of Trenton by John Trumbull (1756 - 1843), in which American troops under cover of darkness crossed the Delaware River to defeat the Hessian (German)
Earthquake Firecirca 1906: San Francisco on fire in the aftermath of the earthquake. (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)
Earthquake16th April 1906: The ruins of the City Hall in San Francisco after the earthquake. (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)
Salt Lake Citycirca 1850: The founding of Salt Lake City in Utah with the beginnings of a settlement by the Mormon sect evident. (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)
Battle Of Fair Oaks31st May 1862: The US Civil Wars Battle of Fair Oaks. (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)
Timber Tradecirca 1919: Loggers working in a river in New Brunswick in Canada. (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)
Theodore Rooseveltcirca 1905: Theodore Roosevelt (1858 - 1919), the 26th President of the United States (1901-09) sitting at his desk working. (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)
Avenue Des Alliescirca 1918: Fifth Avenue, decorated with the flags of the twenty-two nations at war with Germany, during the Fourth Liberty Loan
Gold Settlementcirca 1898: Gold prospectors in one of the settlements which sprang up during the Klondyke gold rush. (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)