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Background imageKean Collection: French Fashion

French Fashion
Illustration of Parisienne fashion from Petersons Magazine in December 1877. (Photo by Kean Collection/Getty Images)

Background imageKean Collection: Iron Forge

Iron Forge
Illustration of the inside an iron forge in New York City circa 1851. (Photo by Kean Collection/Getty Images)

Background imageKean Collection: French Fashion

French Fashion
Illustration of Parisienne fashion from Petersons Magazine in February 1881. (Photo by Kean Collection/Getty Images)

Background imageKean Collection: Centennial Exhibition

Centennial Exhibition
Illustration of people at the the Childrens Corner at the Centennial Exhibition of Dolls and Toys held in Philadelphia in 1876. (Photo by Kean Collection/Getty Images)

Background imageKean Collection: Traditional Christmas

Traditional Christmas
Illustrations of a traditional Christmas from the 19th Century. (Photo by Kean Collection/Getty Images)

Background imageKean Collection: Iron Forge

Iron Forge
Illustration of a steam hammer, invented by James Nasmyth, being used in an iron forge circa 1850. (Photo by Kean Collection/Getty Images)

Background imageKean Collection: Ashanti Chief Funeral

Ashanti Chief Funeral
Illustration of the burial rites of an Ashanti Chief. (Photo by Kean Collection/Getty Images)

Background imageKean Collection: Cremation In Calcutta

Cremation In Calcutta
Illustration of a Hindu cremation ghat in Calcutta, India circa 1880. (Photo by Kean Collection/Getty Images)

Background imageKean Collection: The Tinker

The Tinker
Illustration of a tin smith tinkering circa 1840. (Photo by Kean Collection/Getty Images)

Background imageKean Collection: Santa Fe Railroad Engine

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

Background imageKean Collection: Great Eastern At Sea

Great Eastern At Sea
Illustration of the paying out machinery on board the Great Eastern during the laying of the Trans-Atlantic telegraph cable in 1865. (Photo by Kean Collection/Getty Images)

Background imageKean Collection: Ladies Fashion

Ladies Fashion
Illustration of ladies fashion from Godeys Ladys Book of June 1865. Left to right are Morning dress, afternoon dress, promenade dress, morning costume and a dress of white Organdy muslin

Background imageKean Collection: Monument To Lord Byron

Monument To Lord Byron
Visitors view the monument to Lord Byron in Hucknall Church, Nottinghamshire, 1850. (Photo by Kean Collection/Getty Images)

Background imageKean Collection: Byrons Dream

Byrons Dream
A wanderer rests among ancient columns in a scene from Byrons poem The Dream, 1816. An illustration of the lines and in the last he lay Reposing from the noontide sultriness

Background imageKean Collection: Sign Language Chart

Sign Language Chart
Illustrated chart from the magazine The Fireside Monthly shows The deaf mute alphabet, with both hands now known as sign language or visible speech, late 19th Century

Background imageKean Collection: Portrait Of A Quaker Couple

Portrait Of A Quaker Couple
Print portrait shows a Quaker couple as they walk arm in arm, with the man holding the womans folded umbrella, early 1800s

Background imageKean Collection: Harvesting Equipment

Harvesting Equipment
Engraving shows a rear-view of a McCormick binding-reaper, 1878. (Photo by Kean Collection/Getty Images)

Background imageKean Collection: A Scene From Evangeline

A Scene From Evangeline
A scene of Acadians (French settlers of the Canadian Maritime Provinces) as they dance and frolic to a fiddlers tune while a clergyman looks on in an illustration (after F.O.C)

Background imageKean Collection: Scene From Longfellows Evangeline

Scene From Longfellows Evangeline
A scene of Acadians (French settlers of the Canadian Maritime Provinces) as they travel downriver in a rowboat with a clergyman in an illustration (after F.O.C)

Background imageKean Collection: View Of The Acropolis

View Of The Acropolis
View of the Acropolis of Athens, Greece, around 420 BC. (Photo by Kean Collection/Getty Images)

Background imageKean Collection: Jesus Healing The Sick

Jesus Healing The Sick
Engraving shows people in varying degrees of distress as they wait at the bottom of a short staircase for Jesus to heal them of their ills. (Photo by Kean Collection/Getty Images)

Background imageKean Collection: South Street From Maiden Lane, 1828

South Street From Maiden Lane, 1828
Colorized engraving shows a view down South Street from its intersection with Maiden Lane, New York, New York, 1828. Visible are men and women walking, talking, shopping

Background imageKean Collection: 19th Century Brewery

19th Century Brewery
Engraving shows the bustle of activity around the Bergner & Engels Brewery, Philadelphia, late 19th Century. Drivers whip horses as they deliver barrells of beer on carts

Background imageKean Collection: The Treasure Seeker

The Treasure Seeker
Engraving of a man unearthing buried treasure, 17th century. Based on work by the Dutch artist Leonard Bramer. (Photo by /Getty Images)

Background imageKean Collection: Map Of Greater New York In 1890s

Map Of Greater New York In 1890s
Map of the greater New York area, late 1890s. Engraving by E. F. Fisk. (Photo by Kean Collection/Getty Images)

Background imageKean Collection: First NY Settlement

First NY Settlement
The first settlers in New York bringing goods ashore and building a house, circa 1650. (Photo by Kean Collection/Getty Images)

Background imageKean Collection: The Island Of Krakatoa

The Island Of Krakatoa
Krakatoa, a volcano located in the Sunda Strait near Rakata, sits partially submerged in the water and still smoking after a great eruption that produced the the loudest sound ever historically

Background imageKean Collection: Indian Medicine Men At Work

Indian Medicine Men At Work
An American Indian medicine man wears a bear skin and waves a decorated pole and disc as his assistants tend to a sick barechested woman as other interested parties look on, 18th Century

Background imageKean Collection: The Destruction Of the Pharoahs Host

The Destruction Of the Pharoahs Host
Engraving, titled The Destruction Of the Pharoahs Host, shows a scene from the Bible (Exodus XIV: 27) where Moses commands the Red Sea to return (following its parting)

Background imageKean Collection: Old Style Printing Press

Old Style Printing Press
A diagram of Applegath and Cowpers improved 1823 printing press, early 19th Century. Augustus Applegath and Edward Cowper provided presses for the Times of London for many years

Background imageKean Collection: Ancient Druidic Rite

Ancient Druidic Rite
A druidic priest raises a dagger to sacrifice a female victim to their pagan gods at a stone circle in a clearing in the woods as a patrol of Roman soldiers appears to stumble upon the scene

Background imageKean Collection: Battle Of the Sexes

Battle Of the Sexes
A female Amazon warrior atop a horse swings her battleaxe to strike the shield of an enemy male warrior on foot who attempts to seize the bridle of her horse in a 19th Century illustration by T

Background imageKean Collection: Entry Of Animals Onto The Ark

Entry Of Animals Onto The Ark
Depiction of the entry of animals onto the ship known as Noahs Ark as described in the Bible passage Genesis X in a 19th Century engraving by an unknown artist printed by Brain & Payne of Paternoster

Background imageKean Collection: The Lawn At The University Of Virginia

The Lawn At The University Of Virginia
Engraving shows the main lawn and quadrangle of the campus of the University of Virginia, Charlottesville, Virginia, circa 1830s

Background imageKean Collection: The College Of William & Mary

The College Of William & Mary
Engraving shows the Wren Building and quadrangle of the campus of the College of William & Mary, Williamsburg, Virginia, 1845

Background imageKean Collection: Feast Of Passover

Feast Of Passover
An engraving by Oppenheim shows a German Jewish family as they sit around a table in celebration of the Feast of Passover, Germany, mid 1800s. (Photo by Kean Collection/Getty Images)

Background imageKean Collection: Feast Of Passover

Feast Of Passover
An engraving shows a Jewish family as they sit around a table in celebration of the Feast of Passover, 1800s. (Photo by Kean Collection/Getty Images)

Background imageKean Collection: Improved Gatling Gun

Improved Gatling Gun
The improved Gatling Gun, the first machine gun, 7th February 1874. Original Publication : The Weekly Journal of Practical Information - pub

Background imageKean Collection: Zuni Vegetable Garden

Zuni Vegetable Garden
A vegetable garden laid out by the Zuni people of Zuni Pueblo in New Mexico, circa 1880. The garden, which is irrigated by the Zuni River, is divided up between the Zuni families

Background imageKean Collection: First Roman Invasion

First Roman Invasion
Roman soldiers fighting Britons on a Kentish beach during their first invasion of Britain in the summer of 55 BC. (Photo by Kean Collection/Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

Background imageKean Collection: Pembroke Iron Works

Pembroke Iron Works
The Pembroke Iron Works, owned and operated by William E. Coffin and Company, in Washington County, Maine, USA, circa 1850. (Photo by Kean Collection/Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

Background imageKean Collection: Maine State House

Maine State House
The Maine State House in Augusta, Maine, USA, circa 1850. Designed by Charles Bulfinch, the building was completed in 1832. (Photo by Kean Collection/Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

Background imageKean Collection: Bacchus and Ariadne

Bacchus and Ariadne
An engraving of a scene of Bacchus and Ariadne after the painting by Titian circa 1830. Bacchus (Dionysus), God of wine, son of Jupiter (Zeus) and Semele. (Photo by Kean Collection/Getty Images)

Background imageKean Collection: Examples of Bloomers

Examples of Bloomers
An engraving of four examples of women wearing bloomers as advocated by womens rights and temperance advocate Amelia Bloomer (1818-1894) circa 1850. (Photo by Kean Collection/Getty Images)

Background imageKean Collection: Draft Riots

Draft Riots
An engraving of the draft riots on Lexington Avenue, New York City, July 13, 1863

Background imageKean Collection: Black Hills Expedition

Black Hills Expedition
Covered wagons and riders on horseback gather during Custers Black Hills Expedition, USA, circa 1874. The expedition, led by then-Lieutenant Colonel George Armstrong Custer

Background imageKean Collection: Diana, Goddess Of The Hunt

Diana, Goddess Of The Hunt
Engraving depicting Diana, Roman goddess of the moon and the hunt in Roman mythology, pictured riding a chariot, Ancient Rome, circa 10, 000 BC. Engraved by A. H. Payne after a painting by Correggio

Background imageKean Collection: Tiffanys Interior

Tiffanys Interior
Illustration of the interior of Tiffanys jewellery store in New York City in 1879. (Photo by Kean Collection/Getty Images)



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