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- Patent Cider Mill, 1837 -
- July 25, 1837
- Collections - Artifact
Patent Cider Mill, 1837
- "Inauguration of the Crystal Palace - Interior of Sixth Avenue Car," 1853 - In the mid-1800s, horse-drawn streetcars provided a convenient and affordable way to get around a growing city. Streetcars traveled the main urban thoroughfares and took passengers to workplaces, local shops and businesses, parks and other destinations. This print from 1853 shows New Yorkers headed to the opening of the city's Crystal Palace exhibition.
- 1853
- Collections - Artifact
"Inauguration of the Crystal Palace - Interior of Sixth Avenue Car," 1853
In the mid-1800s, horse-drawn streetcars provided a convenient and affordable way to get around a growing city. Streetcars traveled the main urban thoroughfares and took passengers to workplaces, local shops and businesses, parks and other destinations. This print from 1853 shows New Yorkers headed to the opening of the city's Crystal Palace exhibition.
- "Memento Mori," Woodcut Commemorating the Death of Abraham Lincoln, 1865 - President Lincoln's assassination produced an outpouring of grief. His death linked him with the hundreds of thousands of Union soldiers that had sacrificed their lives during the Civil War. His life and the causes he embodied--the Union and Emancipation of enslaved African Americans--touched admirers and detractors alike. This print pays tribute to Lincoln through an image and a quote from the Roman poet, Virgil.
- 1865
- Collections - Artifact
"Memento Mori," Woodcut Commemorating the Death of Abraham Lincoln, 1865
President Lincoln's assassination produced an outpouring of grief. His death linked him with the hundreds of thousands of Union soldiers that had sacrificed their lives during the Civil War. His life and the causes he embodied--the Union and Emancipation of enslaved African Americans--touched admirers and detractors alike. This print pays tribute to Lincoln through an image and a quote from the Roman poet, Virgil.
- "Poem on the Bloody Engagement that Was Fought at Bunker Hill in Charlestown, New England," 1775 - On the afternoon of June 17, 1775, British troops engaged American militiamen entrenched on a hilly ridge on the Charlestown peninsula overlooking the city of Boston. News of what became known as the Battle of Bunker Hill spread throughout the colonies. Nathaniel Coverly, a printer in Chelmsford, Massachusetts, published this broadside with a poem by Elisha Rich about the "Bloody engagement."
- 1775
- Collections - Artifact
"Poem on the Bloody Engagement that Was Fought at Bunker Hill in Charlestown, New England," 1775
On the afternoon of June 17, 1775, British troops engaged American militiamen entrenched on a hilly ridge on the Charlestown peninsula overlooking the city of Boston. News of what became known as the Battle of Bunker Hill spread throughout the colonies. Nathaniel Coverly, a printer in Chelmsford, Massachusetts, published this broadside with a poem by Elisha Rich about the "Bloody engagement."
- Broadside from the Theatre Royal of Newcastle, England, Announces the Running of Special Railway Trains for Patrons, 1850 -
- January 04, 1850
- Collections - Artifact
Broadside from the Theatre Royal of Newcastle, England, Announces the Running of Special Railway Trains for Patrons, 1850
- Broadside Notice of Naval Battle during the War of 1812, "Captain Hull's Victory" -
- August 19, 1812
- Collections - Artifact
Broadside Notice of Naval Battle during the War of 1812, "Captain Hull's Victory"
- Woodcut Commemorating the Death of Abraham Lincoln, "Memento Mori," 1865 - President Lincoln's assassination produced an outpouring of grief. His death linked him with the hundreds of thousands of Union soldiers that had sacrificed their lives during the Civil War. His life and the causes he embodied--the Union and Emancipation of enslaved African Americans--touched admirers and detractors alike. This print pays tribute to Lincoln through an image and a quote from the Roman poet, Virgil.
- 1865
- Collections - Artifact
Woodcut Commemorating the Death of Abraham Lincoln, "Memento Mori," 1865
President Lincoln's assassination produced an outpouring of grief. His death linked him with the hundreds of thousands of Union soldiers that had sacrificed their lives during the Civil War. His life and the causes he embodied--the Union and Emancipation of enslaved African Americans--touched admirers and detractors alike. This print pays tribute to Lincoln through an image and a quote from the Roman poet, Virgil.
- "Street Railroad Car, New Orleans," 1855 - This 1855 wood engraving depicts a two-story horse-drawn street car on rails operating in New Orleans, Louisiana. A unique and primitive early example of a streetcar, it was designed to solely operate within the limits of one city.
- 1855
- Collections - Artifact
"Street Railroad Car, New Orleans," 1855
This 1855 wood engraving depicts a two-story horse-drawn street car on rails operating in New Orleans, Louisiana. A unique and primitive early example of a streetcar, it was designed to solely operate within the limits of one city.
- Nichols, Shepard & Co.'s Thresher Engine, circa 1875 -
- circa 1875
- Collections - Artifact
Nichols, Shepard & Co.'s Thresher Engine, circa 1875
- Woodcut Print, "Winter," 1960 - Alice Coats was a major British printmaker. Beginning with her schooling in the 1920s, she experimented with color woodblock and later linocut, etching, and engraving. By the 1930s, she was working in illustration and calligraphy. Her first publication was an illustrated children's book in 1937. After World War II Coats emerged as a major botanical illustrator, producing standard texts on the history of garden plants.
- October 01, 1960
- Collections - Artifact
Woodcut Print, "Winter," 1960
Alice Coats was a major British printmaker. Beginning with her schooling in the 1920s, she experimented with color woodblock and later linocut, etching, and engraving. By the 1930s, she was working in illustration and calligraphy. Her first publication was an illustrated children's book in 1937. After World War II Coats emerged as a major botanical illustrator, producing standard texts on the history of garden plants.