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Background imageKean Collection: New York Iron Works

New York Iron Works
Illustration of the Burden iron works in Troy, New York circa 1860. (Photo by Kean Collection/Getty Images)

Background imageKean Collection: New York Brewery

New York Brewery
Illustration of the George Ehrets Hell Gate Brewery in New York City circa 1867. (Photo by Kean Collection/Getty Images)

Background imageKean Collection: Tea In China

Tea In China
Illustration of the cultivation and preparation of tea as practised by the Chinese circa 19th century. (Photo by Kean Collection/Getty Images)

Background imageKean Collection: Grand Central Interior

Grand Central Interior
Illustration of the interior train shed of the Grand Central Depot in New York City circa 1880. (Photo by Kean Collection/Getty Images)

Background imageKean Collection: Atlantic Cable Laying

Atlantic Cable Laying
Illustration of a forge on deck at night preparing the iron plating for the capstan during the laying of the Trans-Atlantic telegraph cable in August 1865. (Photo by Kean Collection/Getty Images)

Background imageKean Collection: First American Locomotive

First American Locomotive
Illustration of the The Best Friend, also called The Best Friend of Charleston, was a pioneering locomotive built by the West Point Foundry in New York in 1830 for the South Carolina Railroad

Background imageKean Collection: Irish in New York

Irish in New York
Illustration of Irish emigrants arriving in the United States and at the Common Council in New York City in the late 19th Century. (Photo by Kean Collection/Getty Images)

Background imageKean Collection: A Prayer Meeting

A Prayer Meeting
Illustration of a a prayer meeting held in a contraband camp for escaped slaves in Washington D.C, in 1862. (Photo by Kean Collection/Getty Images)

Background imageKean Collection: Unloading Cotton At Night

Unloading Cotton At Night
Illustration of unloading a cargo of cotton from a steam boat on the Mississippi River by moonlight circa 1870. (Photo by Kean Collection/Getty Images)

Background imageKean Collection: Printing Press

Printing Press
Illustration of a Hoe printing press at work. The first eight-cylinder press was built for the New York Herald, in 1857. (Photo by Kean Collection/Getty Images)

Background imageKean Collection: Ladies Fashion

Ladies Fashion
Illustration of ladies fashion from Godeys Ladys Book of March 1865. (Photo by Kean Collection/Getty Images)

Background imageKean Collection: Adam And Eve

Adam And Eve
Engraving depicting Adam and Eve in the Garden of Eden gazing up at a vision of the Virgin Mary hold the Christ child while standing on the head of a snake, in an engraving dating from 1864

Background imageKean Collection: Achelous

Achelous
Engraving depicting Hercules wrestling with Achelous, river God in Greek Mythology, in the form of a bull, circa 1200 BC. (Photo by Kean Collection/Getty Images)

Background imageKean Collection: Admetus In The Bridal Chamber

Admetus In The Bridal Chamber
Engraving depicting Admetus, king of Pherae in Thessaly, who - in Greek mythology - saves his wife, Alcestis, from a bridal chamber filled with snakes, placed there by the goddess Artemis

Background imageKean Collection: Portrait Of A Lady Unknown

Portrait Of A Lady Unknown
Portrait of a Lady unknown, by Venetian Rococo painter and pastellist Rosalba Carriera (1675-1757), circa 1725. (Photo by Kean Collection/Getty Images)

Background imageKean Collection: Hatfield House

Hatfield House
Engraving depicting deer running in the grounds of Hatfield House, a country house in the Great Park, in Hatfield, Hertfordshire, England, Great Britain, circa 1850

Background imageKean Collection: Transformation Of Arachne

Transformation Of Arachne
Engraving depicting the transformation of Arachne into a spider, after a weaving contest in which Arachnes work depicted the gods failings, the goddess Minerva changes her into a spider

Background imageKean Collection: Perseus Saving Andromeda

Perseus Saving Andromeda
Engraving depicting Perseus, mythic hero of Greek mythology, saving Andromeda from Cetus, a sea serpent sent by Poseidon. The image shows Persus stabbing the Cetus

Background imageKean Collection: Juno And Apollo

Juno And Apollo
Engraving depicting Juno and Apollo, both are among the Dii Consentes, the list of twelve deities, comprising six gods and six goddesses. in Greco-Roman mythology

Background imageKean Collection: Europa And The Bull

Europa And The Bull
Phoenician princess Europa is carried away by Zeus in the form of a bull, in Greek mythology. An engraving by Fr. Stober after Joh. Ender. (Photo by Kean Collection/Getty Images)

Background imageKean Collection: Capture Of Roanoke

Capture Of Roanoke
The capture of Roanoke Island off North Carolina by Union troops during the American Civil War, February 1862. (Photo by Kean Collection/Getty Images)

Background imageKean Collection: Death Of Diomedes

Death Of Diomedes
The Greek hero and demigod Heracles watches King Diomedes of Thrace being eaten by his own horses, during the completion of his famous Twelve Labours

Background imageKean Collection: Adoration Of The Magi

Adoration Of The Magi
The Adoration of the Magi by Albrecht Durer, completed circa 1503. The three wise men come to worship the infant Jesus Christ in Bethlehem. (Photo by Kean Collection/Getty Images)

Background imageKean Collection: Spiegel Grove

Spiegel Grove in Fremont, Ohio, the residence of Rutherford B. Hayes, 19th President of the United States, circa 1880. An engraving by Harley after G. Gibson. (Photo by Kean Collection/Getty Images)

Background imageKean Collection: The Old Manse

The Old Manse in Concord, Massachusetts, circa 1900. Built in 1770, it was once home to Ralph Waldo Emerson and later, to Nathaniel Hawthorne. (Photo by Kean Collection/Getty Images)

Background imageKean Collection: Second Bank Of The United States

Second Bank Of The United States
Engraving by William Henry Bartlett shows pedestrians on the street outside the imposing facade of the Second Bank of the United States on Chestnut Street in Philadelphia, 1820s

Background imageKean Collection: Painting Of Jewish Passover Seder

Painting Of Jewish Passover Seder
A replica of a 15th century painting from the school of Van Eyeck, depicting a Jewish Passover Seder ceremony. (Kean Collection/Getty Images)

Background imageKean Collection: T270003 court room judge lawyer criminal Roles & Occupations male female crowd People

T270003 court room judge lawyer criminal Roles & Occupations male female crowd People
Engraving of a day at the Tombs Police Court, NYC, September 17, 1870 (Photo by Kean Collection/Getty Images)

Background imageKean Collection: Image Type prints & engravings architecture forts steamboats boats parasols people

Image Type prints & engravings architecture forts steamboats boats parasols people
Old Spanish Fort at Saint Augustine, Florida, 1880s. (Photo by Kean Collection/Getty Images)

Background imageKean Collection: Image Type street scenes markets Picture Attribute black white T288493 prints

Image Type street scenes markets Picture Attribute black white T288493 prints
Street scene in Saint Augustine, Florida, during the Spanish colonial period, c. 1815. (Photo by Kean Collection/Getty Images)

Background imageKean Collection: Image Type Rural Scenes Subject architecture prints engravings T288493 black

Image Type Rural Scenes Subject architecture prints engravings T288493 black
View from Montanus in 1671 of the fort and church at Saint Augustine, Florida, c. 1880. (Photo by Kean Collection/Getty Images)

Background imageKean Collection: Image Type Picture Attribute black & white T288493 maps

Image Type Picture Attribute black & white T288493 maps
Seventeenth Century map of Florida during its Spanish colonial days, c. 1880. (Photo by Kean Collection/Getty Images)

Background imageKean Collection: Image Type prints & engravings architecture people T288493 Picture Attribute color

Image Type prints & engravings architecture people T288493 Picture Attribute color
Various tourtist spots in Saint Augustine, Florida, including the veranda of the Old Spanish House, St. Augustine Hotel, a stairway of the Old Fort, the lighthouse and Magnolia House, 1880s

Background imageKean Collection: Image Type prints & engravings Picture Attribute black & white T294710 Subject Politics

Image Type prints & engravings Picture Attribute black & white T294710 Subject Politics
Exterior view of Oak Hill, the residence of James Monroe (1758 - 1831), fifth president of the United States, Loudoun County, Virginia, 19th Century. (Engraving by Kean Collection/Getty Images)

Background imageKean Collection: Image Type bone skeleton Object Science & Technology Medicine & Healthcare Subject

Image Type bone skeleton Object Science & Technology Medicine & Healthcare Subject
Illustration of a human skeleton taken from an 19th Century anatomy text. (Engraving by Kean Collection/Getty Images)

Background imageKean Collection: Image Type prints & engravings Picture Attribute black & white T295500 Subject Medicine

Image Type prints & engravings Picture Attribute black & white T295500 Subject Medicine
Illustration of a human skeleton with major bones noted, undated. (Engraving by Kean Collection/Getty Images)

Background imageKean Collection: Fight From A French Manuscript

Fight From A French Manuscript
Engraving showing How both parties are out of their tents, armed and ready to their duty at the signal from the marshal, who has thrown the glove

Background imageKean Collection: Der Thronsaal In Konigsschloss

Der Thronsaal In Konigsschloss
An engraving of Der Thronsall in Konigschloss, the Throne of the Royal Palace, Munich, Bavaria, Germany, late 1860s. (Photo by Kean Collection/Getty Images)

Background imageKean Collection: The Unmerciful Servant

The Unmerciful Servant
Print shows an illustration of the biblical parable The Unmerciful Servant, and depicts a servant who begs for forgiveness from his debt after being brought bound and on his kness before his king

Background imageKean Collection: Louis XIII Carraiage

Louis XIII Carraiage
Illustration of a two horse coach with footman during the reign of King Louis XIII of France circa 1630. (Photo by Kean Collection/Getty Images)

Background imageKean Collection: Elizabethan Relics

Elizabethan Relics
Relics associated with Queen Elizabeth I of England, circa 1800. They are, (1) A jewel given to her by Archbishop Parker, (2) Her golden prayerbook, (3, 4 and 5) ornate cups

Background imageKean Collection: Engraving Of Karakakooa Harbor, HI

Engraving Of Karakakooa Harbor, HI
Engraving of sailing ships and native canoes in Karakakooa Harbor, Owhyee (now the Hawaiian islands), circa 1825. (Photo by Kean Collection/Getty Images)

Background imageKean Collection: Broome Street Factories

Broome Street Factories
Illustration of the Broome Street Works and R. Hoe & Co. Press Makers in New York City, circa 1890. (Kean Collection/Getty Images)

Background imageKean Collection: Croton Lake And Water Works

Croton Lake And Water Works
Collage of images shows Croton Lake (at bottom), Croton, New York, January 1882. The lake supplies the water works, parts of which include (starting at center left and continuing clockwise)

Background imageKean Collection: Moving The Cardiff Giant

Moving The Cardiff Giant
In an illustration based on a photograph by C. O. Gott, a group of well-dressed men haul what came to be known as the Cardiff Giant from its resting place in the field of farmer William C

Background imageKean Collection: Charlotte Of Ojibway Indian Tribe

Charlotte Of Ojibway Indian Tribe
Charlotte, a member of the Ojibway Indian tribe at New Post, stands outdoors along the Abitibi River in Canada, 1900s. (Photo by Kean Collection/Getty Images)

Background imageKean Collection: Seminole Squaws

Seminole Squaws
Two Seminole squaws with a child, 1889. An engraving by Kenyon Cox after a photograph. (Photo by Kean Collection/Archive Photos/Getty Images)

Background imageKean Collection: Cherokee Mother

Cherokee Mother
The Cherokee Mothers Last Offering, circa 1850. Engraving by Charles A. Jewett after John Gadsby Chapman. (Photo by Kean Collection/Archive Photos/Getty Images)



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