Images Dated 7th July 2010

Insectivorous Plants

Illustration entitled Insectivorous Plants, depicting carnivorous plants, plants that derive some or most of their nutrients from trapping and consuming animals or protozoans, typically insects and other arthropods, circa 1875. The plants shown are: 1. Dinaea muscipula (Venus Fly-Trap); 2. Drosera rotundifolia (Sundew); 3. Nepenthes Mastersiana (Masters Pitcher-Plant; 4. Pinguicula vulgaris (common butterwort); 5. Drosophyllum lusitanicum (Portuguese Fly-catcher); 6. Darlington californica; 7. Sarracenia purpurea; 8. Ulticularia minor (Bladderwort). (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

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Steam Inpection Car

Illustration of a steam inspection car designed and constructed by Mr. Jay Noble, master mechanic for M. M. Buck & Co., of St. Louis, Missouri in 1876. (Photo by Kean Collection/Getty Images)

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106416511, 1870 1879, Archival, Black And White, Buck Co, Car, Constructed, Design, Examining, Finance, Horizontal, Huty 17025, Illustration, Illustration Technique, Illustrative Technique, Jay Noble, Masters, Mechanic, Missouri, Quality Control, Railroad Track, Railway, Saint Louis, Steam Train, Transportation, Usa

Santa Fe Railroad Engine

Illustration of the Uncle Dick locomotive engine for the Raton Switchback, Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railroad built by the Baldwin Locomotive Works of Philadelphia circa 1890. (Photo by Kean Collection/Getty Images)

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106418745, 1890 1899, Archival, Atchison, Baldwin Locomotive Works, Black And White, Building, Engine, Finance, Horizontal, Huty 17025, Illustration, Illustration Technique, Illustrative Technique, Philadelphia, Railroad Track, Railway, Raton Switchback, Santa Fe Railroad, Steam Train, Topeka, Transportation, Uncle Dick, Usa