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picking cotton by hand
Picking Cotton Seed by Hand |
Ladies of Ithaca
Ladies of Ithaca in 1849, Watching the Sewing Machine at Work |
Harvesting with sickle
Harvesting With the Sickle in Colonial Days |
Harvesting with cradle
Harvesting with the Cradle |
Wireless operator
A Wireless Operator |
Rensselaer
Suppawn and Malck and Rulliches, with chocolate and soft waffles, you know, |
North American Indian
A North American Indian |
Indians in council
Indian Council |
Indian baby
Indian Cradle |
Indians at Home
The Indians at home. |
Indian dance
A Scalp Dance |
Classroom on a reservation
A classroom |
Zuni woman de Monts |
Dutch and Indian trading
Dutch and Indian trading |
Trading post
The trading post |
Cherokees
Cherokees |
Medicine Chief
Medicine-chief |
Apache Warrior
An Apache Warrior |
Nez Perce children
Nez Perce boy and papoose |
Southern Utes
Southern Utes |
Telling stories
The Indian's story of the killing of Victoria's band |
indian hearing a story
Evening in the Lodge |
indian courtship
The courtship of Manitoshaw |
indian chief
Indian chief |
Puritan maiden A Puritan Maiden |
Medicine Man
Dancing Medicine Man |
Gowns at Oxford
Tearing off a Students Gown |
Wampam
Boring Wampum |
Indian Woman Indian Woman Carrying Basket |
Indian chief Annawon Opens Philip's Bundle |
back woods
A Backwoods Girl |
Indian chief Chief in Full Dress |
Indian birch bark canoe
With long paddles and strong arms, the Indians forced their craft along the river |
Plantation Christmans
Who would stand under the mistletoe? |
indian dancing
coldmaker |
indian at a lodge
People looking from the lodges |
hunting by the river
Hunting in the brush along the river. |
indian grandmother
My grandmother lived in our lodge. |
indian grandfather
My Grandfather . . . long before had given up the warpath. |
indian mother and son
I killed many a buffalo and my mother dressed the hides. |
indian sitting
Holding the pipe to the sky and to the earth. |
indian maiden
Do not go; wait a little longer. |
indians playing
Watch the men and older boys playing at sticks. |
Medicine man
A medicine-man of the Chilcat Indians |
Indian horse race
An Indian Horse Race |
Indian encampment
An Indian encampment |
Indian Scout
An Indian scout |
Gathering of Glooskap's people
The great court-tent was filled with glooscap's people for the sun's trial. |
Indian wedding
The people were all gathered for the wedding. |
Arranging a marriage
I am tired of the lonely life; I have come for your daughter.' |
Indian maiden
The girl looked through the hole, and saw the earth far beneath her. |
Maiden's bathing
He saw four beautiful maidens sitting on the ice braiding their long hair. |
Native Polynesian Hut
A Native Grass Hut, Hawaii |
Indians of the plateau
Indians of the Plateau |
Indian spinning and weaving
Indian spinning and weaving |
An Indian Brave
An Indian Brave |
Young Kiowa Girl
Young Kiowa Girl |
Traveling schoolmaster
A Traveling Schoolmaster Teaching Manners. |
Eskimo
An Eskimo. From a water-color drawing by John White |
South American Indian
A South American Indian |
Indians Hunting Buffalo
Indians Hunting buffalo |
Medicine Man
Indian Medicine Man |
Indian Warriors
Indian Warriors |
Navajo Camp
Navajo Camp. |
Medicine Bags, etc.
Medicine bags, etc. |
Indian running
The set the prairie afire. |
Boy on expedition
Here's what I've found, Merne." |
Boy shooting a bear
Up he rose, sighted Peter, and on He Came. |
Caravan on the prairie
Caravan on the march |
Trappers and Indians
Trappers attacked by Indians |
Indian council
An Oto Council |
Washington ball
A ball in Washington's time |
Emigrant
Emigrant and prairie schooner |
A spelling match
A spelling match |
A fugitive slave
A fugitive slave |
Brooks and Sumner
Brooks and Sumner |
Mining in Alaska
Mining in Alaska |
Natives of Hawaii
Natives of Hawaii |
Indian in Canoe
Indian in a canoe |
Squaws at work
Squaws at work |
Squaw with papoose
Squaw with pappoose |
Squaw at work
Indian Squaw at work |
Indians playing ball
Indians playing ball |
Creek Indians
Creek Indians |
Seminole Indians
Seminole Indians |
cleaning cotton
The old way of cleaning cotton |
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Asian
mongol on horseback
Shooting at Pursuers |
Mongols at river
Drinking From the Bitter Waters |
Mongol Camp
Presentation of the Shongar |
Merchant at Mongol Camp
Merchants offering their goods |
Boy of Old Japan
Boy of Old Japan |
Japanese Family
A Japanese Family |
Massage treatment
Ito's mother receives a massage treatment from one of the servants. |
Japanse festival
It is really a day devoted to Hachiman, the god of war |
Sumari dressed in Kamishimo
He was in Kamishimo |
Japanese tea-house
The friends were standing in the garden of a Tea-house |
Trade Caravan at rest
Trade Caravan Resting Outside the City Wall |
Sorting tea leaves
Sorting Tea Leaves |
Chinese family
A Chinese Family |
Chinese literati
Chinese Literati |
Examination hall
Examination Hall |
Mode of punishment
Mode of Punishment |
Wedding scene
A wedding scene—feasting the bride |
Chinese Funeral
Chinese Funeral |
Home of wealthy chinese
Reception room in the home of a Wealthy Chinese |
Upper class woman
Woman of the wealthy class |
Chinese Barber
A Chinese Barber |
Chinese children
Chinese Children |
Chinese school
A Chinese School |
Chinese cake-seller
A Cake Seller |
Chinese Christian Congregation
A Chinese Christian Congregation |
Smoking Opium
Smoking Opium |
Chinese Mandarin
Chinese Mandarin and Servant |
Buddhist priests
Buddhist priests |
Emperor's Court
The emperor's court |
Buddhist ceremony
Buddhist ceremony |
Procession in city
Procession of daimio in the city |
Procession in country
Procession of daimio in the country |
Work in a farmyard
Work in a farmyard |
Daimio at home
Daimio at home |
A judge in court
A judge in court |
Practicing with bow and arrow
Practicing with the bow and arrow |
Bowing to the emperor
Down on your knees! |
Sifting tea leaves
Sifting tea leaves |
Strolling players
Strolling players |
Japanese funeral
A Japanese funeral |
Suma wrestlers
Japanese wrestlers |
Dueling with swords
Duel with swords |
Hara-kiri
Hara-kiri |
Emperor leaving his court
The emperor leaving his court |
Street scene
Japanese street scene |
Winding silk from cocoons
Winding silk from cocoons |
Noble Lady of the Tokugawa Period
A noble lady of the Tokugawa period (1603-1867) |
Ainos of present day
Ainos of the present day |
Court lady of eighth century
A court lady of the eighth century |
Official in State Robes
An official of the early Fujiwar period in state robes |
Warrior buddhist priest
A warrior buddhist priest |
Turn of Century Japan
Young Japan of today |
Buddhists on Rock
Rock sculptured by the Buddhists |
Winter in China
Winter in North China |
Mongol camp
A Mongol encampment |
Chinese family
A chinese family in Szechuen |
Basket shop
Basket-chair and matting shop |
Shop in Canton
A shop in Canton: Most chinese in the United States come from Canton |
Farmers planting rice
Farmers planting rice sprouts, Japan |
Letter writing in Japan
Letter-writing in Japan |
Returning from market
Returning from Market, Japan |
Cobbler, Canton
An itinerant cobbler, Canton, China |
Chinese gamblers
Chinese gamblers |
Chair and gaco carriers
Chair and cago carrriers |
Bronze worker's shop
A bronze-worker's shop |
Afghan Native
A Typical Afghan |
Indian Races
Indian Types. 1, a Lepha, N. India; 2, a Brahman; 3, a Maharajah; 4, A Fakir; 5, Southern Assamese |
Lion Hunting
Lion hunting in Cathay |
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British
puddling molten metal
Puddling Molten Metal |
Making Pig Iron
Making Pig Iron |
Parade in london
Down the broad stairs trooped the motley train of the |
Workers in the fens
Workers in the Fens. |
Scholars at play
The Scholars at Play |
Doctor and scholars
A Doctor and His Scholars |
Game of chess
The Game of Chess |
Monk writing
A Monk Writing |
Leech chamber
The Leech's Chamber |
Roman soldiers in Britian
Roman Soldiers with the Eagle |
Saxon Spearman
Saxon Spearman and Archer |
Pilgrim's staff
Receiving the Pilgrim's Staff |
Gunner
A Gunner, Seventeenth Century |
Labourers
Labourers |
Soldiers
Soldiers |
English Knight
A Knight |
Retinue of a Great Man
Retinue of a Great Man |
Gentleman and attendents
Gentleman and His Attendants |
House of Commons
The House of Commons during Walpole's Administration. |
Battledore
Battledore and Shuttlecock, a favourite game of Georgian Times. |
South Sea Bubble
The South Sea Bubble, a scene in Change Alley, London, in 1720 |
Government workers
Government workers at the stamp office, London |
Factory workers
Pit hands about 1850 |
Admirality board
The Admiralty Board in the days of Nelson |
St. Basil
there goes what would seat the king of England on the throne of the Caesars,' |
Florence Nightingale
Roger could hardly believe his eyes. |
Colonists and Indians
No man was safe. No life was sure. |
Poor getting alms
Poor men came every morning to the castle to receive food from the countess. |
Barber lowers the price of shaves
Richard's shop soon became the fashion. |
Welsh minstrels
Minstrels sang of the famous deeds of heroes. |
Early traveling theatres
The demons were generally funny. |
Saxon King
An Anglo-Saxon King |
Tiger hunting in India
Tiger Hunting |
Parade of Member
The old custom of chairing the Member. |
Demonstration in Trafalgar Square
Reform demonstration in Trafalgar Square |
Entertainment in Berkshire
An entertainment in the hall at Ockwells, Berkshire, in the time of Henry VII |
Christmas Festivities
Christmas festivities at Haddon Hall in Tudor days |
soldier and bishop
A man in armor and a bishop of the time of Henry VII |
Spanish soliders
Spanish soldiers in black armour |
English soldiers
Militia-men of the reign of Elizabeth :Billman, Halberdier, Musketeer, Archer. |
May Day celebration
May Day in the time of Queen Elizabeth |
Stocking loom
The Origin of the Stocking Loom |
Procession near cheapside
A Royal Procession Passing Cheapside Cross in the Days of Charles I |
Stuart embroiderers
Stuart Embroiderers |
Arms and armor
Arms and Armor of the Stuart Days |
Victorian Britain
Mid-Victorian Costume |
Australian Native
An Australian Aborigine |
Maori Chiefs
Maori Chiefs |
Book of Kells
The drifting leaves had protected it from the weather. |
Celts in a boat
They picked out the boat in which they had come. |
Crowland Abbey
The good Joly permitted him to use some of his paints and brushes. |
Christain
Christian
European
Greek
captives
Babylonian Captives. |
Cyrus the Great
Cyrus's Hunting. |
receiving an oracle
The oracle. |
festival
The festival of athene: horsemen |
festival
The festival of athene: branchbearers |
festival
Women keeping festival |
Chariot Race
The chariot race |
music
Flute players and dancers |
race in armor
The race in armour |
banquet
The banqueting table |
council
The council |
Chariot Race
The chariot |
offerings
Offerings |
horse race
The horse race |
torch dance
A torch dance |
offerings
The sacrifice |
bird hunting
Pursuing Birds. |
feast
An Egyptian FeaSt. |
offerings
Asiatics Bringing Tribute. |
offerings
Bringing Corn and Animals as Tribute. |
hunt
A Persian King. |
hunt
A Lion Hunt. |
Sculptures
Sculptures From Pterium, A City Destroyed by Croesus. |
egypt
Inspection of Cattle. |
geese
A Flock of Geese. |
girls races
A torch race. |
dancing girl
A dancing girl. |
Spartan youths
Young Spartans learning a lesson from drunken helots, Mussini |
Reciting Homer
A reading from Homer, L Alma Tadema |
Golden age of Athens
In the Golden Age of Pericles, Hildebrand |
foot race
Olympic Foot Races, Knille |
evening reunion
An evening reunion in Greece, Grolleau |
Aristophanes
Comedians with Masks, Gerome; |
dance of wine
A dance in honor of the god of wine, McGrath |
harp player
In ancient Greece, Tadema |
Aristotle and Plato
Philosophers of Athens, Raphael |
race cource
The race-course of Sparta, Hoffmann |
pyrrhic dance
Pyrrhic Dance, Tadema |
Athenian gentleman
An Athenian gentleman. |
Monster
The giant and the pygmies |
Nebuchadnezzer
Nebuchadnezzar Carrying the Jews into Captivity |
georgian princess
A Georgian Beauty, |
modern persia
Life in Modern Persia |
girls playing ball
Greek Girls Playing Ball |
shrine of minerva
The Shrine of Minerva at Athens |
races
Foot-Race at the Olympic Games |
modern olympics
American Victory at the Revival of the Olympic Games |
suliotes, mountain greeks
Suliotes |
easter festival
The Easter Festival of Flowers in Modern Greece |
Voting in Modern Greece
Method of Voting in Modern Greece |
Foot race at Olympic games
In earliest times a simple foot-race was the only event. |
Grecian villa
Grecian Ladies at Home. |
Stadium
The Modern Olympic Games in the Stadium. |
Reciting Homer
A reading from Homer. |
Greek worship
Greek Worship (The Procession is approaching the statue of a god.) |
Olympia foot-race
The Olympia Foot-Race. |
Athena in the Acropolis
Duris gazed in wonder as he stood before |
Athenian Games
Within a few feet of the line he sped like an arrow. |
Slaves for sale in Ancient Greece
The slaves were upon a platform where they |
Athenian Games For the moment Hiero forgot the crowd and the cheering. |
Hispanic
At the fountain, Cordova.
At the fountain, Cordova. |
Girls drawing water at the fountain, Toledo.
Girls drawing water at the fountain, Toledo. |
At Mid-day in the Sun.
At Mid-day in the Sun. |
On the Road to the bull-fight.
On the Road to the bull-fight. |
Peasants in the Market-place.
Peasants in the Market-place. |
A Street Barber operating on a customer.
A Street Barber operating on a customer. |
All the day long I am happy.
All the day long I am happy. |
A Serenade.
A Serenade. |
A Professional Beggar.
A Professional Beggar. |
Market place in Colon.
Market place in Colon. |
Policeman and shoeshine
Panamanian policeman and shoeblack. |
Barbadoes
Going to work, Barbados. |
Panamanian village
Young Panamanians pounding their supper. |
Lisbon fish-wives.
Lisbon fish-wives. |
A gossip at the fountain.
A gossip at the fountain. |
Going to see friends.
Going to see friends. |
Returning from Market, Leira.
Returning from Market, Leira. |
The end of a long day.
The end of a long day. |
Sketch-map of South America.
Sketch-map of South America. |
Argentina cowboy
Accross the Argentine Plains. |
The snow-clad Andes.
The snow-clad Andes. |
The Palace Square, Sao Paulo.
The Palace Square, Sao Paulo. |
The Docks at Santos.
The Docks at Santos. |
Mule Team leaving Puente del Inca.
Mule Team leaving Puente del Inca. |
Puenta del Inca, the famous Natural Bridge.
Puenta del Inca, the famous Natural Bridge. |
Old refuge hut in the Andes.
Old refuge hut in the Andes. |
Paisano's hut on the Chilian frontier.
Paisano's hut on the Chilian frontier. |
Chilenos trekking across the frontier.
Chilenos trekking across the frontier. |
A Fruit stall in Mollenda
A fruit stall in Mollendo, Peru |
A water carrier.
A water carrier. |
Spanish courtship.
Spanish courtship. |
A Spanish Patio.
A Spanish Patio. |
An Andalucian dance.
An Andalucian dance. |
The Alhambra
The Alhambra |
The court of the lions in moonlight.
The court of the lions in moonlight. |
Segovia Aqueduct
Segovia Aqueduct |
Escorial from the East.
Escorial from the East. |
Mosque at Cordova
Mosque at Cordova |
A bull fight.
A bull fight. |
Packing lemons in Malaga.
Packing lemons in Malaga. |
A streetm Eleche.
A streetm Eleche. |
Indians with Llamas
A party of Indians conducting a baggage-train of llamas, Chili. |
Condemned by the inquisition.
Condemned by the inquisition. |
Last of the Moors expelled from Spain
The last of the Moors expelled by Philip III. |
Expulsion of the Jews from Spain.
Expulsion of the Jews from Spain. |
Bullfight
Preparing for the national pastime at Madrid. |
A water vender.
A water vender, typical of Mexico's mountain cities, and view of Guanajuato. |
Nephews of General Carranza
These two nephews of General Carranza were taught aviation in the United States |
Cigarette factory in Mexico City.
Making cigarettes by American automatic machinery in the great factory in Mexico City. |
Tortilla baker's shop
In a tortilla baker's shop. Tortillas are large, round, thin pancakes, |
Rubber tree grove on the Ubero plantation,
A native extracting rubber in a rubber tree grove on the Ubero plantation, |
Extracting pulque from the maguey plant, San Juan,
Extracting pulque from the maguey plant, San Juan, Teotihuacan, Mexico. |
Natives of Tehuantepec Isthmus, Mexico.
Homes and home occupations of the natives of Tehuantepec Isthmus, Mexico. |
American enterprise in Mexico.
A glimpse of American enterprise in Mexico. |
Florida indians in canoe
Early Indian Life. |
Aztec Warrior.
Mexican Warrior. |
Aztec Priest
Mexican Priest |
Sacrifice to the Gods.
Sacrifice to the Gods. |
A Gladiatorial Sacrifice.
A Gladiatorial Sacrifice. |
Men Flying
Men Flying |
Vapor Baths.
Vapor Baths. |
Making bread>
Making bread> |
View in Tierra Caliente.
View in Tierra Caliente. |
Mexican priests of the past.
Mexican priests of the past. |
Village scene in Mexico.
Street scene in Mexico. |
Meican saw-mill
Meican saw-mill |
Aztec God of War
Huitzilopochtil, Aztec God of War. |
Aztec Stone of Sacrifice
The sacrificial stone. |
Pantagonian giants
Descendant of the Pantagonian giants. |
Natives of Luzon
Natives of Luzon. |
Coyotl painted in the temple school.
Coyotl painted in the temple school. |
Aztec merchant
He made a sign for Coyotl to follow him. |
Aztec landscape
He fell forward on his face. |
Natives of Cuba
Natives of Cuba |
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Moslem
Norse
Roman
Selling slaves after the conquest
A Corinthian Nobelman being sold as a slave in the Marketplace |
Huns on horseback
Attila, The Scourge of God. |
Carthage women
Carthaginian Women Sacrificing their Treasures to their Country |
Carthage women
Carthagian Women (Preparing for the Romans.) |
Saxon invaders
The Burning of the Villa. |
saxon pirate
The Panther and the Saxon Pirate. |
saxon in britain
Cedric at the Forge. |
Slave market
Slave market in Rome: The inscription on the picture is mango Latin for slave-dealer. |
Visigoths crossing the Danube
Visigoths crossing the Danube |
Women of the court
The Jewelry |
Young roman girl
Dark-eyed little Annia, a winsome Roman maiden of thirteen. |
wresting match
Boys Wrestling |
Chariot Race
The Chariot Race |
gladiator and lion
Fannius and the Lions |
conclamatio
The Conclamatio |
soldier
Horse soldiers. |
Roman courtship
In the Vineyard |
Roman wedding
The marriage of Bion and Rhoda |
Roman trial
Witnessing a good confession. |
Christian told to worship caesar
A christian defies the governors demand to worship caesar. |
Christians and lions
He hath shut the lion's mouth. |
Roman ladies
Roman ladies bringing their ornaments. |
pyrrhic dance
The Macedonian Pretender performs the Pyrrhic Dance. |
hunting
The death of Sciton the slave. |
Women at fountain
The Fountain of Peirene, Corinth. |
ships, and traders
The First of the Wheat Ships. |
attack
The attack on the house of Manasseh, the Jewish merchant. |
family at home
Priscilla and Marulla. |
boat races
The Rescue of Cleonice |
traveler
Ariston riding out of Corinth. |
held hostage by brigands
Held hostage by a band of the Brigands. |
foot race
The Long Foot Race. |
javelin throwing
Javelin Throwing. |
roman villa
Claudian's Tale. |
roman villa
Carna and Martianus. |
vestal virgin
A Vestal Virgin. |
gladiators
The Gladiator Condemned. |
Chariot Race
A Chariot Race. |
vestal virgins
School of the Vestel Virgins, Le Roux |
lictors
Lictors |
roman festival
A vintage festival in ancient Rome, Tadema |
roman triumph
A Roman triumph |
Gladiators
The gladiator condemned, Gerome |
Maecenas, Virgil and Horace
In the time of Augustus, Hildensperger |
Praetorian guard
Praetorian guards |
appian way
The Appian way in the time of the Empire, Boulanger |
women's court
Women's court, Roman House |
A Roman bath
A Roman bath |
Circus Maximus
Circus Maximus |
Chariot Race
A Chariot Race, Gerome |
bullfight
A bull-fight in the Roman circus, Wagner |
Feast of Ceres
The Feast of Ceres |
vestal virgins
Flight of the Vestals from the Goths |
carthagian merchants
Carthaginian Merchants in a Roman Villa |
slave market
The Slave Market in Rome |
Crassus
The Banquet of Crassus |
bullfight, arena
A Bull-fight in the Roman Arena |
Horace and Virgil
The Augustan Age |
Chariot Race
The Games of Trajan—A Chariot Race |
Chariot Race
Rome Under Trajan—A Chariot Race. |
Victims of Galerius.
The Victims of Galerius. |
Christian and Lions
Christian with Lions |
Chariot Race
A Roman Chariot Race. |
Gladiators
Gladiators Going to Circus. |
Carthaginian Boy
He took this position just in time |
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