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Reservoir At Reade & Centre StreetsPedestrians walk past the Reservoir at Reade & Centre streets, New York, New York, 1866. (Kean Collection/Getty Images)
View Of Manhattan ReservoirPedestrians and carriages travel past the Manhattan Reservoir on Chambers Street near Centre Street, January 1882. (Kean Collection/Getty Images)
Getting Water At A SpringA man and woman load water from a spring into a barrel mounted on a horse-drawn wagon, New York, New York, 1700s. Original caption reads New Yorks Primitive Source of Water-Supply--the Spring
Draw WellA man operates a draw well while a women waits for a turn, New York, New York, 1700s. (Kean Collection/Getty Images)
Entertaining At A PartyAt a crowded party, several guests gather around a man who plays the piano, mid 1800s. (Kean Collection/Getty Images)
Evening PrayersTwo children kneel to pray while a woman sitting in a wicker chair holds an open book in her lap and watches them, mid 1800s. (Kean Collection/Getty Images)
Reading The Evening NewspaperA man reads a newspaper while his wife watches their children play, mid 1800s. (Kean Collection/Getty Images)
Country StoreAn illustration of a man sitting in a rocking chair reading a newspaper while another man leans against a door and smokes a pipe in a county store, circa 1890s. (Photo by Kean Collection/Getty Images)
French War Veteran Returns To FamilyEngraving depicting a veteran of the Battle of Waterloo returning to his family, 1815. (Kean Collection/Getty Images)
Arms And ArmorA group of swords probably for ceremonial presentation purposes made by the Nineteenth Century French lapidary Alexandre Gueyton, engraved by T. Hollis after a drawing by H. Mason, 19th Century
City Of CincinnatiIllustration of a woman and girl on a hillside near the Ohio River, Cincinnati, Ohio, circa 1872. Several steamboats with smoke emanation from their smokestacks travel along the river
Illustration Of Cincinnati, OhioAerial view of the city of Cincinnati and steamboats on the Ohio River, Cincinnati, OH, 1860s. (Photo by Kean Collection/Getty Images)
View Of The City Of CincinnatiIllustration of sailboats and steamboats on the Ohio River flowing through the city of Cincinnati, OH, 1850s. (Photo by Kean Collection/Getty Images)
Fremont Camp In WyomingLandscape scene of Fremont Camp, Wyoming, 1845. (Photo by Kean Collection/Getty Images)
Farmers Harvest Indian CornAmerican farmers bundle stalks of Indian corn during autumn harvest in a cornfield, 1863. (Photo by Kean Collection/Getty Images)
Farmer Husks Corn On CornfieldAn American farmer sits on an overturned basket in a cornfield and husks corn during harvest season, 1850s. (Photo by Kean Collection/Getty Images)
Visiting An Asian MerchantEngraving shows a American man in light-colored suit as he talks to an Asian shopkeeper in a dark robe, early 1880s. Both men sit on benches in sunlit store full of Asian artifacts
A Scene From Longfellows EvangelineEngraving illustrates a scene from Henry Wadsworth Longfellows Evangeline in which the two separated lovers, Evangeline and Gabriel
The SomnamblistEngraving of a woman dressed a nightgown who sleepwalks with her eyes open as a man stands by and holds his hands over his face, mid to late 1800s
Slave Gang Of Central AfricaAn etching, titled Slave Gang of Central Africa, shows a group of captured slaves, roped together and on foot, as they are circled by muslim slavers on horseback, late 1800s
An Arab Merchant At Tlemcen, AlgeriaAn engraved illustration shows a merchant astride his horse in a marketplace, his rifle over his shoulder, a lamb tucked under his arm, and some fowl over his saddle, Tlemcen, Algeria, late 1800s
Engraving of Slave Escape, Mid-19th CenturyAn engraving of a Black male slave fleeing from two Caucasian men on horseback during a slave-hunt, mid-19th century. (Engraving from Kean Collection/Getty Images)
Black Family In Horsedrawn Carriage, 1860sIllustration of a Black family in a horsedrawn wagon traveling into Union territory during the American Civil War, 1860s. (Kean Collection/Getty Images)
Violence Against Chinese Workers, CO, 1880Illustration depicting a violent attack against Chinese laborers, Denver, Colorado, 1880. (Kean Collection/Getty Images)
Confederate Soldiers Threaten Churchgoers, TN, 1860sIllustration of Confederate soldiers rounding up Black people in a church during the American Civil War, Nashville, Tennesee, 1860s. (Kean Collection/Getty Images)
Slaves Escaping To Union Territory, 1860sIllustration depicting Black slaves in a covered wagon escaping into Union territory during the American Civil War, 1860s. (Kean Collection/Getty Images)
Red Mountain in Yellowstone National ParkView of Red Mountain in Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming. (Photo by Kean Collection/Getty Images)
Canyons of Yellowstone National Park, WyomingAn engraving of Canyons of Yellowstone Park, Wyoming. (Photo by Kean Collection/Getty Images)
Engraving of Yale College, New Haven, Connecticut, 1764. (Photo by Kean Collection/Getty Images)
Engraving Of Princeton CollegeEngraving of Princeton College, Princeton, New Jersey, circa 1785. (Photo by Kean Collection/Getty Images)
Map Illustrating Mexican-American WarA map of the Western United States and Mexico, illustrating the Mexican-American War (1845-1847). (Engraving by Kean Collection/Getty Images)
Whaling ShipWhaling boats attack a whale with gun harpoons. (Photo by Kean Collection/Getty Images)
Harpooning A WhaleAn engraving of whalers at sea in a small boat attacking a whale with a had harpoon, circa 1820. (Photo by Kean Collection/Getty Images)
Uncle Toms Cabin IllustrationAn illustration of an African-American slave from the novel Uncle Toms Cabin, by American novelist Harriet Beecher Stowe, 1852. (Photo by Kean Collection/Getty Images)
Train on double tracks of elevated railway, NYC, c. 1880Train rides over double tracks of the elevated railway on Seventh Avenue, Greenwich Village, New York City, circa 1880. (Photo by Kean Collection/Getty Images)
Herrings Patent Champion Triple Bankers SafeView of a Herrings Patent Champion Triple Bankers Safe, c. 1870. (Photo by Kean Collection/Getty Images)
Herrings Fire-Proof Safe with Bankers ChestView of a Herrings Fire-Proof Safe with Bankers Chest, c. 1870. (Photo by Kean Collection/Getty Images)
Mother Bethel AME Black Church - Philadelphia, PAIllustration of the Mother Bethel African Methodist Episcopal Church, the first American church for Black congregations founded by Richard Allen in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, 1786
Benjamin Franklins Poor Richards AlmanacBy Diligence and Perseverance The Mouse Eat The Cable In Two / Diligence Is The Mother Of Good Luck; And God Gives All Things To Industry
Franz Joseph Haydns BirthplaceFranz Joseph Haydns (1732 - 1809) birthplace in Rohrau, Austria, c.1900. (Image from Kean Collection/Getty Images)
Illustrations Of British Emigrants to CanadaComposite illustration of Britsh emigrants en route from Liverpool, England to Canada, published in the Illustrated London News, November 15, 1884. (Kean Collection/Getty Images)
Lubeck, GermanyAn engraving by J.L. Williams of the senate house, marketplace, and cathedral in the town of Lubeck, Schleswig Holstein region, Germany, as it looked when visited by composer J.S. Bach in 1705
Sacramento City, CaliforniaEngraving showing a general view of Sacramento City, California, circa 1850. (Photo by Kean Collection/Getty Images)
Alhambra Palace, Granada, SpainEngraving of girl reading in Alhambra Palace with a dog at her side, Granada, Spain. (Photo by Kean Collection/Getty Images)
Apache War DressAn engraving of two Apache Indians wearing warm weather war dress. (Photo by Kean Collection/Getty Images)
Sharecropper Plays The Banjo In The FieldA group of African American farm workers gather around a worker sitting on a bale of cotton singing and playing banjo in a cotton field, Southern U.S. 19th Century
Home Of John RandolphEngraving of Roanoke, the country home of American politician John Randolph (1773 - 1833), Virginia. (Kean Collection/Getty Images)
Hoe Rotary PressEngraving of the Hoe rotary press. (Photo by Kean Collection/Getty Images)