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Background imageBpa2 Collection: Winston Churchill Watching Bomber Fly

Winston Churchill Watching Bomber Fly
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Background imageBpa2 Collection: Peasant Wedding Feast by Pieter Brueghel the Elder

Peasant Wedding Feast by Pieter Brueghel the Elder
(Original Caption) "Peasant Wedding Feast", painted by Pieter Breughel the Elder (1529-1569). In the Imperial Museum of Vienna. BPA2# 5420

Background imageBpa2 Collection: Mao Zedong Swims the Yangtze River

Mao Zedong Swims the Yangtze River
Mao Zedong swims the Yangtze River at Wuhan to dispel any rumors about his ill health (or death). This event is considered one of the signal events of the beginning of the Cultural Revolution

Background imageBpa2 Collection: Portrait Of Louis Pasteur

Portrait Of Louis Pasteur
(Original Caption) Portrait of Louis Pasteur (1822-1895) French Chemist. Undated photograph by Nadar. BPA2# 4337

Background imageBpa2 Collection: First Message Sent by Morse Code

First Message Sent by Morse Code
(Original Caption) 5/24/1844- "What Hath God Wrought", the first message sent out by Samuel F.B. Morse's (American Artist and inventor, 1791-1892) apparatus, 5/24/1844

Background imageBpa2 Collection: Lithograph of Yacht America

Lithograph of Yacht America
(Original Caption) 1851- Lithograph of the schooner yacht "America". BPA2# 5718

Background imageBpa2 Collection: Roger Fenton's Photographic Van

Roger Fenton's Photographic Van
(Original Caption) Roger Fenton's photographic darkroom van used during the Crimean War. Undated photograph. BPA2# 3675

Background imageBpa2 Collection: Abraham Lincoln Without Beard

Abraham Lincoln Without Beard
(Original Caption) Portrait of Abraham Lincoln without beard (1809-1865). Undated photograph. BPA2# 3846

Background imageBpa2 Collection: Mathew Brady Seated

Mathew Brady Seated
(Original Caption) Portrait of Matthew Brady (1823-1896) pioneer photographer

Background imageBpa2 Collection: Turret On The USS Monitor Battleship

Turret On The USS Monitor Battleship
(Original Caption) 7/1862- Picture shows a close-up of the turret, on the USS Monitor, is seen as two military officers stand aboard looking at the cannon in the turret. BPA2# 716

Background imageBpa2 Collection: Photographers at Signal Tower

Photographers at Signal Tower
(Original Caption) 1864- Appomatox River, VA: Photographers at signal tower at Point Rocks, Appomatox River, Virginia. BPA2#4504

Background imageBpa2 Collection: General Ulysses S. Grant

General Ulysses S. Grant
General Grant stands in front of his campaign tent at his headquarters in City Point (now Hopewell), Virginia

Background imageBpa2 Collection: Caricature of the Human Ear

Caricature of the Human Ear
(Original Caption) 1869- Picture shows Richard Wagner enlarging the human ear so that it can comprehend his "Music of the Future." Caricature from Eclipse 1869 by Andre Gill. BPA2# 1178

Background imageBpa2 Collection: Sculptor F.A. Bartoldi

Sculptor F.A. Bartoldi
(Original Caption) Portrait of Frederic Auguste Bartoldi (1834-1904), famous French sculptor. Photograph by Nadar, undated posed portrait. BPA#2 4789

Background imageBpa2 Collection: Large Team of Horses Pulling Thresher

Large Team of Horses Pulling Thresher
It takes a team of thirty horses to pull a thresher through a wheat field in Oregon

Background imageBpa2 Collection: Linograph Inventor Ottmar Mergenthaler

Linograph Inventor Ottmar Mergenthaler
(Original Caption) Portrait of Ottmar Mergenthaler (1854-1899), inventor of the first linograph typesetting machine. Undated photo. BPA2# 3886

Background imageBpa2 Collection: Students at Carlisle Indian School

Students at Carlisle Indian School
(Original Caption) At Carlisle Indian school, Pennsylvania, a group of Omaha Indian boys in cadet uniforms. Photograph by J. N. Choate, ca 1880. BPA 2 #3273

Background imageBpa2 Collection: George Eastman as Model for New Film

George Eastman as Model for New Film
(Original Caption) 1884- George Eastman was himself the model for tests of the experimental American film, and scrawled across it the identification and date 1884

Background imageBpa2 Collection: Annie Oakley Shooting Over Shoulder

Annie Oakley Shooting Over Shoulder
Sharpshooter Annie Oakley shooting over her shoulder using a hand mirror

Background imageBpa2 Collection: Workers Clearing After Blizzard

Workers Clearing After Blizzard
(Original Caption) 1888- New York, NY: Workers dig out the snow from underneath an elevated train line after the blizzard of 1888. BPA2# 5413

Background imageBpa2 Collection: Suggestion for Aerial Warfare

Suggestion for Aerial Warfare
(Original Caption) Aerial warfare: A suggestion from a military correspondent who has seen Professor Baldwin's descent

Background imageBpa2 Collection: Portion of the Difference Engine No. 1

Portion of the Difference Engine No. 1
(Original Caption) 1889- Picture shows an impression from a woocut of a small portion of Mr. Babbage's Difference Engine, No

Background imageBpa2 Collection: Labor Class Arm and Hammer

Labor Class Arm and Hammer
(Original Caption) 1889- Picture shows an "Arm and Hammer" engraving to represent the laboring class. BPA2# 2783

Background imageBpa2 Collection: President Benjamin Harrison

President Benjamin Harrison
Portrait of Benjamin Harris (1833-1901), the twentieth President of the United STates. Undated photograph. BPA2#3845

Background imageBpa2 Collection: Susan B. Anthony and Elizabeth Cady Stanton

Susan B. Anthony and Elizabeth Cady Stanton
Susan B. Anthony (L) reads a book with Elizabeth Cady Stanton. The two women were leaders of the nineteenth century suffragist and abolitionist movements

Background imageBpa2 Collection: Boy Sampling His Chocolate

Boy Sampling His Chocolate
(Original Caption) "The Chocolate Seller: Trade is Dull." The young boy is more interested in sampling his wares than selling them. Undated engraving

Background imageBpa2 Collection: Early Bicycle Race in Madison Square Garden

Early Bicycle Race in Madison Square Garden
(Original Caption) New York, NY: Bicycle race in Madison Square Garden. Note nickleodeon set-up at left. Undated photograph circa 1895. BPA2# 5158

Background imageBpa2 Collection: Two Girls in Field of Daisies

Two Girls in Field of Daisies
(Original Caption) 1896- Two young girls in a field of daisies. BPA2# 4341

Background imageBpa2 Collection: Lithograph Showing Early Baseball Team

Lithograph Showing Early Baseball Team
(Original Caption) First Nine of the Cincinati (Red Stockings) Baseball Club. Lithograph. 1869 by Tuchfarber, Walkey and Moellmann

Background imageBpa2 Collection: Yacht Columbia Sailing

Yacht Columbia Sailing
ORIGINAL CAPTION READS: The Yacht "Columbia" on the water. Photograph, 1899. BPA2# 5707

Background imageBpa2 Collection: Duck Soup Movie Poster

Duck Soup Movie Poster
(Original Caption) Picture shows the movie poster from the Marx Brothers movie, "Duck Soup." Directed by Leo McCarey. Undated photo circa 1933. BPA2# 5789

Background imageBpa2 Collection: Drane and Alexander as Mutt and Jeff

Drane and Alexander as Mutt and Jeff
(Original Caption) 1912- Vaudeville team of Drane and Alexander, posing together in their vaudeville costumes. PA2# 5235

Background imageBpa2 Collection: Eskimo Building an Igloo

Eskimo Building an Igloo
(Original Caption) Picture shows an Eskimo building an igloo. Undated photograph. BPA2# 814

Background imageBpa2 Collection: Map af St. Augustine

Map af St. Augustine
(Original Caption) Map of St. Augustine, Florida, 1588. BPA2# 5137

Background imageBpa2 Collection: View Of Hall Of The Chevaliers

View Of Hall Of The Chevaliers
(Original Caption) France: Mont Saint Michel, The Hall of the Chevaliers. Undated photograph. BPA2# 5193

Background imageBpa2 Collection: The Plum-Pudding in Danger Cartoon by James Gillray

The Plum-Pudding in Danger Cartoon by James Gillray
A political cartoon of Prime Minister William Pitt and Napoleon Bonaparte dividing up the globe, almost certainly after the Peace of Amiens in 1802

Background imageBpa2 Collection: Wagon Train Driving Through Town

Wagon Train Driving Through Town
(Original Caption) A wagon train drives down the main street in a small farming comuunity. Undated photograph, circa 1880. BPA2#5148

Background imageBpa2 Collection: 'The Desert'- Photo By Sen. B.Goldwater

"The Desert"- Photo By Sen. B.Goldwater
(Original Caption) Phoenix, AZ- "The Desert" was made by United States Senator Barry Goldwater at sunset near Phoenix, AZ

Background imageBpa2 Collection: Portrait Of President John Tyler

Portrait Of President John Tyler
(Original Caption) Portrait of United States President John Tyler (1790-1862). Undated photograph. BPA2#3837

Background imageBpa2 Collection: Union Army Recuiting Poster

Union Army Recuiting Poster
(Original Caption) Union Army Draft Poster, 1862 at Philadelphia. "TO ARMS! RALLY FOR THE RIGHT! Recruits Wanted For THREE MONTHS SERVICE, IN COMPANY A GRAY RESERVES. CAPT. CHARLES S

Background imageBpa2 Collection: Young Couples By Sign/Lover'S Paradise

Young Couples By Sign/Lover'S Paradise
(Original Caption) Photo shows two young couples by a sign that reads "No Visitors- Lover's Paradise." Undated. BPA2#5205

Background imageBpa2 Collection: Women Fishers Carrying Basket of Fish

Women Fishers Carrying Basket of Fish
(Original Caption) Chiba, Japan- Japanese fisherwomen carry a basket of fishe as a fishing vessel returns to the beach after a day's work off Chiba Pref. near Tokyo. Undated photograph

Background imageBpa2 Collection: Southern Oregon Coastal Scene

Southern Oregon Coastal Scene
(Original Caption) Oregon: Pacific Northwest: Southern Oregon coast scene near Cape Sebastion. Undated photograph. BPA2# 5388

Background imageBpa2 Collection: Mockingbird With An Egg Inset

Mockingbird With An Egg Inset
(Original Caption) Picture shows a mockingbird, with an inset showing it's egg. Undated lithograph.BPA2# 5755

Background imageBpa2 Collection: Napoleon on Horseback at the St. Bernard Pass by Jacques-Louis David

Napoleon on Horseback at the St. Bernard Pass by Jacques-Louis David
(Original Caption) Napoleon crossing the Alps, on May 20, 1800. The march is said to have been really made on mule back with a simple mountaineer of the country as a guide

Background imageBpa2 Collection: Caryatids In A Greek Temple

Caryatids In A Greek Temple
(Original Caption) Caryatids (draped female figures, usually used in place of columns) of a Greek temple. Undated Photograph. BPA2# 2281

Background imageBpa2 Collection: Portrat Of Emperor Maximilian I

Portrat Of Emperor Maximilian I
(Original Caption) Portrait of Emperor Maximilian I (1459-1519) a Holy Roman Emperor. Painting from the School of Lucas Crancah. Undatedate

Background imageBpa2 Collection: Painting- St Jerome In The Wilderness

Painting- St Jerome In The Wilderness
(Original Caption) Painting by Joos Van Cleve: "St. Jerome in the Wilderness" showing St. Jerome living a hermetical life under a tree. Undated. BPA2#4295

Background imageBpa2 Collection: Women Sitting In Opera Box

Women Sitting In Opera Box
(Original Caption) A box at the opera, in the Loge. Drawing by Will Grefe. Undated. BPA2# 3500

Background imageBpa2 Collection: Over the Top for You Liberty Loan Poster by Sidney H. Reisenberg

Over the Top for You Liberty Loan Poster by Sidney H. Reisenberg
(Original Caption) World War I poster for the Third Liberty Loan- "Over the Top For You. Bus U.S. Government Bonds." Undated illustraton. BPA2# 5572

Background imageBpa2 Collection: The Conjurer by Heironymous Bosch

The Conjurer by Heironymous Bosch
The Magician-Conjurer. Painting by Hieronymus Bosch (1460-1512).BPA 2 #2923

Background imageBpa2 Collection: Augustus First Roman Emperor

Augustus First Roman Emperor
(Original Caption) Sculpture of Augustus (63BC-14AD), first Emperor of Rome and Grand-Nephew of Julius Ceasar. He defeated Mark Antony and Cleopatra and gained control over the empire. BPA2# 4219

Background imageBpa2 Collection: Native American Totem Poles In B.C

Native American Totem Poles In B.C
(Original Caption) Charlotte Island, British Columbia, Canada: Native American Totem Poles. Undated photograph. BPA2# 4114

Background imageBpa2 Collection: Group Of Men In Old Time Grocery Store

Group Of Men In Old Time Grocery Store
(Original Caption) Grocery store: Old time American grocery store. Merchant is seen packing up merchandise. At left: Crackerbarrel philosophers. Woodcut by Alexander Anderson, ca. 1835. BPA2# 3659

Background imageBpa2 Collection: Front Of Marine Pocket Compass

Front Of Marine Pocket Compass
(Original Caption) Front of a Marine Pocket Compass, with the case open showing the direction face. Undated engraving. BPA#2 2198

Background imageBpa2 Collection: Portrait Of Karl Von Clausewitz

Portrait Of Karl Von Clausewitz
(Original Caption) Portrait of Karl Von Clausewitz (1780-1831) German strategist and military writer. Undated lithograph after a portrait by W. Wach. (Prussia). BPA2#5369

Background imageBpa2 Collection: Fleurs-de-lis Designs

Fleurs-de-lis Designs
(Original Caption) Picture shows a fleur de Lis display. Undated engraving. BPA2# 2032

Background imageBpa2 Collection: Detail Of Otto The Great Statue

Detail Of Otto The Great Statue
(Original Caption) Portrait of Otto the Great:(912-973) German Emperor. Detail of statue in Magdeburg Cathedral. BPA2# 4261

Background imageBpa2 Collection: Allegorical Representaion Of Opium

Allegorical Representaion Of Opium
Picture shows a copper engraving of an allegirical representation of Opium. Undated engraving. BPA2# 1165

Background imageBpa2 Collection: Allegorical Representaion Of Death

Allegorical Representaion Of Death
(Original Caption) 1496- Picture shows an allegorical representation of death walking out of his coffin and through a cemetery. Woodcut 1496. BPA2# 1018

Background imageBpa2 Collection: Le Chahut by Georges Seurat

Le Chahut by Georges Seurat
"Le Chahut" painting by Georges Seurat (1859-1891). Painting shows a chorus line kicking on stage with the orchastra visible in the pit. Undated BPA2# 1542

Background imageBpa2 Collection: Front View of Bust of Nefertiti

Front View of Bust of Nefertiti
(Original Caption) Head of Nefertiti. Egyptian sculpture, 18th Dynasty, circa 1340 BCE. Berlin. BPA 2 #4277

Background imageBpa2 Collection: A Watchmaker's Sign

A Watchmaker's Sign
(Original Caption) Close-up of a Watchmaker's sign in the shape of a pocketwatch. Undated photograph. BPA2#5015

Background imageBpa2 Collection: Portrait of Federico da Montefeltro by Piero della Francesca

Portrait of Federico da Montefeltro by Piero della Francesca
(Original Caption) Portrait of Federigo Montefeltro (1444-1482), Duke of Urbino. Undated profile painting by Piero Della Francesca. BPA2#4526

Background imageBpa2 Collection: Detail of Pope Julius II by Raphael and Workshop

Detail of Pope Julius II by Raphael and Workshop
(Original Caption) Portrait of Pope Julius II: Detail of head (1443-1513). Painting attributed to Raphael. Florence. BPA2# 3749

Background imageBpa2 Collection: Portrait of Giuseppe Verdi by Giovanni Boldini

Portrait of Giuseppe Verdi by Giovanni Boldini
Portrait of Giuseppi Verdi (1813-1901) Italian Operatic composer. Painting by Giovanni Boldini. BPA2# 3483

Background imageBpa2 Collection: French Physician Philip E Pinel

French Physician Philip E Pinel
(Original Caption) Picture shows Philip e Pinel (1745-1826), French physician, demanding the removal of the chains from the insane at the Bicetre Hospital in Paris. Painting by Charles Miller

Background imageBpa2 Collection: 'Eng-Chang'Lithograph Of Siamese Twins

"Eng-Chang"Lithograph Of Siamese Twins
(Original Caption) 1837: "Eng-Chang." The Siamese Twins. Lithograph by Alfred Hoffy. BPA2#3541

Background imageBpa2 Collection: Portrait Of Tzu Hsi- Chinese Empress

Portrait Of Tzu Hsi- Chinese Empress
(Original Caption) Full length portrait of Tzu Hsi (1853-1908) Chinese Empress dowager. After a chinese Painting. Undated. BPA2#3622

Background imageBpa2 Collection: The Boston Tea Party, December 16, 1773

The Boston Tea Party, December 16, 1773
(Original Caption) The Boston Tea Party by John Andrew, "Ballou's Pictorial", 1856

Background imageBpa2 Collection: King Ludwig Ii Of Bavaria

King Ludwig Ii Of Bavaria
(Original Caption) Portrait of King Ludwig II of Bavaria. Undated painting by Tauber. BPA 2 #4269

Background imageBpa2 Collection: Statue Of Colleoni In Venice

Statue Of Colleoni In Venice
(Original Caption) Venice, Italy: Statue of Colleoni, detail, showing the mounted horseman in armor, by Andrea Verrochio. Undated photograph. BPA2#5363

Background imageBpa2 Collection: Covered Wagons Cross The Plains

Covered Wagons Cross The Plains
(Original Caption) Westward Movement in the United States. Wagon Trains Crossing the plains of the Midwest. Steel Engraving, Circa 1850. BPA2# 3729

Background imageBpa2 Collection: Painting Of Virgil With Spectacles

Painting Of Virgil With Spectacles
(Original Caption) Virgil With Spectacles. Painting By Tom Rink. Detail. BPA2# 1705

Background imageBpa2 Collection: Engraving of the Death of a Vampire

Engraving of the Death of a Vampire
Death of a vampire, by driving a wooden stake into its heart. Undated engraving.BPA2# 3117

Background imageBpa2 Collection: United States President James Madison

United States President James Madison
(Original Caption) Painting of James Madison, the fourth President of the United States. Painting by Gilbert Stuart. BPA2# 3842

Background imageBpa2 Collection: Side View of Sculpture Head of Akhenaten by Tuthmosis

Side View of Sculpture Head of Akhenaten by Tuthmosis
(Original Caption) Berlin, Germany: King Amenhotep IV of Egypt, 1370 B.C. Egyptian Museum, Berlin. Photo, BPA2 #4527

Background imageBpa2 Collection: Bust Of A Roman Aristocrat'S Hairstyle

Bust Of A Roman Aristocrat'S Hairstyle
(Original Caption) Rome, Italy- Picture shows a woman's hairdo of the Roman aristocracy in the Museo Capitolino. Bust of a woman said the be Julia, the daughter of Titus. BPA2# 4215

Background imageBpa2 Collection: Passenger Pigeon by John James Audubon

Passenger Pigeon by John James Audubon
Picture shows a watercolor of male and female passenger pigeons (now extinct), by John James Audubon. Undated painting. BPA2# 528

Background imageBpa2 Collection: Painting Of Empress Eugeine

Painting Of Empress Eugeine
(Original Caption) Picture Empress Eugeine. Painting by Gerard, Versailles. BPA2# 4252

Background imageBpa2 Collection: Drawing of The Gout, ca. 1799

Drawing of The Gout, ca. 1799
(Original Caption) Picture shows "The Gout, " by James Gillray on 5/14/1799. BPA2# 3528

Background imageBpa2 Collection: Engraving of Johann Adam Schall von Bell at His Peking Observatory

Engraving of Johann Adam Schall von Bell at His Peking Observatory
China: Jesuit missionaries in China. Jesuit priest in study room of Peking Observatory. In the background newly revised maps by Father Adam Schall. Undated copper engraving, CIRCA 1660. BPA2# 4089

Background imageBpa2 Collection: A Dressmaker'S Form For Woomen'S Fashion

A Dressmaker'S Form For Woomen'S Fashion
(Original Caption) Picture shows a dressmaker's form for women's fashions. Undated woodcut. BPA2# 4970

Background imageBpa2 Collection: Kantorovitz's Measuring Device

Kantorovitz's Measuring Device
(Original Caption) Kantorovitz's garment measuring device. Woodcut, 1895. BPA2# 4960



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