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Background imageKean Collection: Illustration From Shakespeares Tempest

Illustration From Shakespeares Tempest
An illustration from William Shakespeares play The Tempest, showing a man clutching a sword on the shore of a stormy ocean, with a woman embracing him. (Kean Collection/Getty Images)

Background imageKean Collection: Exterior View Of Montpilier

Exterior View Of Montpilier
Exterior view of Montpilier, the home of American president James Madison, Orange, Virginia, early 1800s. Cows graze across the street and a horse-drawn carriage rides past

Background imageKean Collection: Longfellows Home At Cambridge

Longfellows Home At Cambridge
Exterior view of the home of American poet Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, Cambridge, Massachusetts, 1860s. Inset shows an interior view featuring a desk lined with books and papers, a fireplace

Background imageKean Collection: Croton Stand Pipe

Croton Stand Pipe
View of the Croton Stand Pipe, West 97th Street, New York, New York, January 1882. (Kean Collection/Getty Images)

Background imageKean Collection: Ruins Of Croton Aqueduct

Ruins Of Croton Aqueduct
Several people gather to look at the ruins of a disused portion of the Croton Aqueduct, 101st Street, New York, New York, January 1882. (Kean Collection/Getty Images)

Background imageKean Collection: Croton Reservoir

Croton Reservoir
Horse-drawn carriages and a pedestrian travel past the Croton Reservoir at 5th to 6th avenues and 42nd to 41st streets, New York, New York, 1860. (Kean Collection/Getty Images)

Background imageKean Collection: Tea-Water Pump

Tea-Water Pump
Several people, including a horseman, gather at Knapps Tea-Water Pump for a glass or jug of water, Greenwich Village, New York, New York, late 1700s. (Kean Collection/Getty Images)

Background imageKean Collection: Tea-Water Delivery

Tea-Water Delivery
A man with a yoke over his neck (right) delivers water while others gather around a horse-drawn wagon loaded down with a large barrel to purchase water, late 1700s. (Kean Collection/Getty Images)

Background imageKean Collection: Tea-Water Pump

Tea-Water Pump
People gather at a tea-water pump, including one woman who balances a large bucket on her head, to get a supply of water, late 1700s

Background imageKean Collection: Reservoir At Reade & Centre Streets

Reservoir At Reade & Centre Streets
Pedestrians walk past the Reservoir at Reade & Centre streets, New York, New York, 1866. (Kean Collection/Getty Images)

Background imageKean Collection: View Of Manhattan Reservoir

View Of Manhattan Reservoir
Pedestrians and carriages travel past the Manhattan Reservoir on Chambers Street near Centre Street, January 1882. (Kean Collection/Getty Images)

Background imageKean Collection: Getting Water At A Spring

Getting Water At A Spring
A man and woman load water from a spring into a barrel mounted on a horse-drawn wagon, New York, New York, 1700s. Original caption reads New Yorks Primitive Source of Water-Supply--the Spring

Background imageKean Collection: Draw Well

Draw Well
A man operates a draw well while a women waits for a turn, New York, New York, 1700s. (Kean Collection/Getty Images)

Background imageKean Collection: Reproduction Of Panel By Van Eyck

Reproduction Of Panel By Van Eyck
Illustrated reproduction of the Water of Life altarpiece center panel by Flemish painter Jan Van Eyck, from a Madrid church, 15th century. (Kean Collection/Getty Images)

Background imageKean Collection: Entertaining At A Party

Entertaining At A Party
At a crowded party, several guests gather around a man who plays the piano, mid 1800s. (Kean Collection/Getty Images)

Background imageKean Collection: Evening Prayers

Evening Prayers
Two children kneel to pray while a woman sitting in a wicker chair holds an open book in her lap and watches them, mid 1800s. (Kean Collection/Getty Images)

Background imageKean Collection: Reading The Evening Newspaper

Reading The Evening Newspaper
A man reads a newspaper while his wife watches their children play, mid 1800s. (Kean Collection/Getty Images)

Background imageKean Collection: Mermaids Frockling

Mermaids Frockling
A group of mermaids swim and play on a rock while waves crash around them, from the picture by Arnold Bocklin, late 1800s. (Kean Collection/Getty Images)

Background imageKean Collection: Country Store

Country Store
An illustration of a man sitting in a rocking chair reading a newspaper while another man leans against a door and smokes a pipe in a county store, circa 1890s. (Photo by Kean Collection/Getty Images)

Background imageKean Collection: French War Veteran Returns To Family

French War Veteran Returns To Family
Engraving depicting a veteran of the Battle of Waterloo returning to his family, 1815. (Kean Collection/Getty Images)

Background imageKean Collection: Arms And Armor

Arms And Armor
A group of swords probably for ceremonial presentation purposes made by the Nineteenth Century French lapidary Alexandre Gueyton, engraved by T. Hollis after a drawing by H. Mason, 19th Century

Background imageKean Collection: Zouaves In Bayonet Practice

Zouaves In Bayonet Practice
Two Zouaves of the Union Army practice the use of bayonets with Ernsts Bayonet Guard as an officer looks on during the Civil War

Background imageKean Collection: Evacuation Of The Wounded

Evacuation Of The Wounded
Engraving shows a column of wounded French soldiers as they evacuate a field of battle through a mountain pass during the Crimean War

Background imageKean Collection: City Of Cincinnati

City Of Cincinnati
Illustration of a woman and girl on a hillside near the Ohio River, Cincinnati, Ohio, circa 1872. Several steamboats with smoke emanation from their smokestacks travel along the river

Background imageKean Collection: Illustration Of Cincinnati, Ohio

Illustration Of Cincinnati, Ohio
Aerial view of the city of Cincinnati and steamboats on the Ohio River, Cincinnati, OH, 1860s. (Photo by Kean Collection/Getty Images)

Background imageKean Collection: View Of The City Of Cincinnati

View Of The City Of Cincinnati
Illustration of sailboats and steamboats on the Ohio River flowing through the city of Cincinnati, OH, 1850s. (Photo by Kean Collection/Getty Images)

Background imageKean Collection: Fremont Camp In Wyoming

Fremont Camp In Wyoming
Landscape scene of Fremont Camp, Wyoming, 1845. (Photo by Kean Collection/Getty Images)

Background imageKean Collection: Farmers Harvest Indian Corn

Farmers Harvest Indian Corn
American farmers bundle stalks of Indian corn during autumn harvest in a cornfield, 1863. (Photo by Kean Collection/Getty Images)

Background imageKean Collection: Farmer Husks Corn On Cornfield

Farmer Husks Corn On Cornfield
An American farmer sits on an overturned basket in a cornfield and husks corn during harvest season, 1850s. (Photo by Kean Collection/Getty Images)

Background imageKean Collection: Engraving Of Brown University Campus Buildings

Engraving Of Brown University Campus Buildings
Engraving of buildings on the Brown University campus, Providence, Rhode Island, 1880s. Clockwise from top left: the presidents house, the laboratory, the colleges, the Old Well, and the library

Background imageKean Collection: Visiting An Asian Merchant

Visiting An Asian Merchant
Engraving shows a American man in light-colored suit as he talks to an Asian shopkeeper in a dark robe, early 1880s. Both men sit on benches in sunlit store full of Asian artifacts

Background imageKean Collection: A Scene From Longfellows Evangeline

A Scene From Longfellows Evangeline
Engraving illustrates a scene from Henry Wadsworth Longfellows Evangeline in which the two separated lovers, Evangeline and Gabriel

Background imageKean Collection: The Somnamblist

The Somnamblist
Engraving of a woman dressed a nightgown who sleepwalks with her eyes open as a man stands by and holds his hands over his face, mid to late 1800s

Background imageKean Collection: 19th Century Brewery

19th Century Brewery
Workers go about their business around the Christian Schmidt Kensington Brewery (later Christian Schmidt Brewing Company) in Philadelphia, 1860s. Schmidt (maker of Schmidts beer) was bought by G

Background imageKean Collection: Presidental Residence

Presidental Residence
Franklin House, the first presidental residence, at No. 1 Cherry Street in New York, circa 1840. George Washington lived there briefly in 1789. (Photo by Kean Collection/Getty Images)

Background imageKean Collection: Old Style Printing Press

Old Style Printing Press
Illsutration shows Applegaths Vertical Machine, a newspaper printing press, in operation, from an advertisement in the Printers Register Supplement, 1870s. (Photo by Kean Collection/Getty Images)

Background imageKean Collection: Old Style Printing Press

Old Style Printing Press
Advertisement from the Printers Register for Wm. Dawson & Sons Two-feeder News Machine, a printing press for newspapers, April 6, 1871. (Photo by Kean Collection/Getty Images)

Background imageKean Collection: Old Style Printing Press

Old Style Printing Press
Advertisement in the Supplement to the Printers Register for the four-feeder news paper printing machine with flyer apparatus complete built by Dryden & Co

Background imageKean Collection: An Arab Merchant At Tlemcen, Algeria

An Arab Merchant At Tlemcen, Algeria
An engraved illustration shows a merchant astride his horse in a marketplace, his rifle over his shoulder, a lamb tucked under his arm, and some fowl over his saddle, Tlemcen, Algeria, late 1800s

Background imageKean Collection: Capture of Quebec

Capture of Quebec
General Wolfe leads British forces to engage French forces lead by General Montcalm, Plains of Abraham, Quebec, Canada, during the French and Indian Wars, September 13, 1759

Background imageKean Collection: Ancient Briton

Ancient Briton
A depiction of an ancient Briton of the Celtic-speaking people indigenous to Great Britain, circa 50 BC. (Photo by Kean Collection/Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

Background imageKean Collection: Baghdad in 19th Century

Baghdad in 19th Century
View of Baghdad, Iraq, c. 1829. (Engraving by Kean Collection/Getty Images)

Background imageKean Collection: Demonstration for Lincoln in Park Row, NYC, 1860

Demonstration for Lincoln in Park Row, NYC, 1860
Illustration of people marching in a large demonstration in support of Republican presidential candidate Abraham Lincoln in Park Row, lower Manhattan, New York City, 1860

Background imageKean Collection: Wigwam for Republican National Convention, IL, 1860

Wigwam for Republican National Convention, IL, 1860
Illustration of the site of the Republican National Convention at which Abraham Lincoln was nominated for the presidential candidacy, Chicago, Illinois, mid-May 1860. (Kean Collection/Getty Images)

Background imageKean Collection: Confederate Five Dollar Bill, 1864

Confederate Five Dollar Bill, 1864
Confederate five dollar bill bearing the picture of Confederate president Jefferson Davis, 1864. (Kean Collection/Getty Images)

Background imageKean Collection: Soldiers Dispese Black Riots, VA, 1867

Soldiers Dispese Black Riots, VA, 1867
Illustration of soldiers dispersing a riot by Black people during the American Reconstruction period, Richmond, Virginia, 1867. (Kean Collection/Getty Images)

Background imageKean Collection: Illustration Of Black Union Regiment, Civil War, 1860s

Illustration Of Black Union Regiment, Civil War, 1860s
Recruitment illustration of a Black Union regiment of soldiers and their White commanding officer, labeled Come and join us, brothers, 1860s. (Kean Collection/Getty Images)

Background imageKean Collection: Confederate US Flags From 1861 To 1865

Confederate US Flags From 1861 To 1865
Illustration of Confederate US flag designs from 1861 to 1865. (Kean Collection/Getty Images)



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