America Continent Collection

Hernan Cortes meets Emperor Moctezuma
3846960 Hernan Cortes meets Emperor Moctezuma by Unknown Artist, (16th century); (add.info.: Hernan Cortes meets Emperor Moctezuma, 8 November 1519)

American Civil War 1861-1865: Battle of Chattanooga during a series of manoeuvres and battles in October
528724 American Civil War 1861-1865: Battle of Chattanooga during a series of manoeuvres and battles in October and November 1863

California: US Battleships at anchor, Long Beach (photo)
5995752 California: US Battleships at anchor, Long Beach (photo) by American Photographer (19th century) (after); Private Collection; (add.info.: US Battleships at anchor, Long Beach)

Sport Fishing: Walleye Striking a Lure, 1950 (colour litho)
3036074 Sport Fishing: Walleye Striking a Lure, 1950 (colour litho) by American School, (20th century); (add.info.: Vintage illustration of a walleye (Sander vitreus) striking a fishermans lure

Amelia C. Van Buren, c.1891 (platinum print)
8677940 Amelia C. Van Buren, c.1891 (platinum print) by Eakins, Thomas Cowperthwait (1844-1916); J. Paul Getty Museum, Los Angeles, USA; (add.info.: Amelia C. Van Buren was an American photographer)

Portrait of Nellie Bly (photo)
7128205 Portrait of Nellie Bly (photo) by Unknown photographer, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Portrait of Nellie Bly (Elizabeth Jane Cochrane)

Sport Fishing: Leaping Brook Trout, 1950 (colour litho)
3036062 Sport Fishing: Leaping Brook Trout, 1950 (colour litho) by American School, (20th century); (add.info.: Vintage illustration of a leaping eastern brook trout (Salvelinus fontinalis)

Map of the Siege of Quebec by the British Fleet, 1670 (engraving)
STC190699 Map of the Siege of Quebec by the British Fleet, 1670 (engraving) by French School, (17th century); Private Collection; (add.info)

Cornelia Bradley Martin, as Mary Stuart, Queen of Scots, Bradley-Martin Ball
3077517 Cornelia Bradley Martin, as Mary Stuart, Queen of Scots, Bradley-Martin Ball, 1897 (b/w photo) by American Photographer; Collection of the New-York Historical Society

Yukon-Klondike Gold Rush, Dawson City, 1898 (b / w photo)
PNP340145 Yukon-Klondike Gold Rush, Dawson City, 1898 (b/w photo) by American Photographer, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: ghost town; ); Peter Newark American Pictures; American

Theodore Roosevelt's Rough Riders
2624274 Theodore Roosevelt's Rough Riders by Johnston, Frances Benjamin (1864-1952); (add.info.: Photographic print of Theodore Roosevelt's Rough Riders, Company B, at a military camp)

Some notable statesmen of the reign of King George V (colour litho)
5996562 Some notable statesmen of the reign of King George V (colour litho) by Guthrie, James (1874-1952); Private Collection; (add.info.: Some notable statesmen of the reign of King George V)

An Eskimo muskrat hunter paddling through the marsh, Kotzebue, Alaska, c. 1929 (b/w photo)
7315335 An Eskimo muskrat hunter paddling through the marsh, Kotzebue, Alaska, c.1929 (b/w photo) by Curtis, Edward Sheriff (1868-1952) ; Private Collection; (add.info)

Indians of America: Portrait of Indian Chief
JLJ4595639 Indians of America: Portrait of Indian Chief by Curtis, Edward Sheriff (1868-1952) ; Musee du Nouveau Monde, La Rochelle, France; (add.info.: Indians of America: portrait of Indian chief)

Herbert Hoover fishing, 1936
1128900 Herbert Hoover fishing, 1936 by Harris & Ewing (1905-45); Private Collection; (add.info.: Harris & Ewing Collection)

Alice Butt, c. 1895 (oil on canvas)
7296588 Alice Butt, c. 1895 (oil on canvas) by Whistler, James Abbott McNeill (1834-1903); 51.7 x 38.1 cm; National Gallery of Art, Washington DC

Secession War (1861 - 1865) or American Civil War: September 17, 1862: Battle of Antietam
GIA4773250 Secession War (1861 - 1865) or American Civil War: September 17, 1862: Battle of Antietam. Engraving by Unknown Artist

Declaration of Independence, Charleston, c. 2 August 1776 (litho)
696107 Declaration of Independence, Charleston, c.2 August 1776 (litho) by American School, (18th century); 41.8x30 cm; Gilder Lehrman Collection, New York, USA; (add.info.: Unrecorded and unique)

The Presidents of the United States, publlished by N. Currier, New York, c. 1844 (litho)
AQS336773 The Presidents of the United States, publlished by N. Currier, New York, c.1844 (litho) by Currier, Nathaniel (1813-88); 34x23 cm; American Antiquarian Society, Worcester, Massachusetts

Sheet Music for Garden of my Dreams Ziegfeld Follies, 1918 (colour litho)
1724990 Sheet Music for Garden of my Dreams Ziegfeld Follies, 1918 (colour litho) by American School, (20th century); (add.info.: Ziegfeld Sheet Music Ziegfeld Follies of 1918 (Garden of my dreams))

African-American Marines, Battle of Peleliu, 15th September 1944 (b / w photo)
1720216 African-American Marines, Battle of Peleliu, 15th September 1944 (b/w photo) by American Photographer, (20th century); (add.info.: Peleliu battle, september 15)

First flight, Kitty Hawk, North Carolina, 120 feet in 12 seconds, 10. 35am December 17th 1903 (b / w photo)
1273724 First flight, Kitty Hawk, North Carolina, 120 feet in 12 seconds, 10.35am December 17th 1903 (b/w photo) by Daniels, John T

Votes for women - Boye, Bertha Margaret (1883-1930) - 1911-1913 - Colour lithograph - Private Collection
FIA5397241 Votes for women - Boye, Bertha Margaret (1883-1930) - 1911-1913 - Colour lithograph - Private Collection by Boye

View of the Stone walls on the Upper Missouri, 1832-34 (w / c on paper)
5054763 View of the Stone walls on the Upper Missouri, 1832-34 (w/c on paper) by Bodmer, Karl (1809-93); Joslyn Museum, Omaha, Nebraska

Crossing the Divide or Thirsty Trappers Making a Rush for the River, c. 1837 (w / c on paper)
5310546 Crossing the Divide or Thirsty Trappers Making a Rush for the River, c.1837 (w/c on paper) by Miller, Alfred Jacob (1810-74); 21.6x29.3 cm; Joslyn Museum, Omaha, Nebraska

Poster for "Madame Butterfly "and child with American flag
LSE4093280 Poster for " Madame Butterfly " and child with American flag, poster for the opera by Giacomo Puccini, n.d. deb. 20th S.Ricordi editore

A drift on an iceberg: seven Glace Bay seal fishermen venturing around Cape Breton were
XEE4184758 A drift on an iceberg: seven Glace Bay seal fishermen venturing around Cape Breton were taken away by a loose glacon

The Klondike Gold Rush - Gold seekers crossing the Chilkoot Pass during the Alaskan Gold
XEE4153670 The Klondike Gold Rush - Gold seekers crossing the Chilkoot Pass during the Alaskan Gold Rush, 1897 - The Klondike Gold Rush by Unknown Artist

Swedish School House, Centennial Exposition, Philadelphia, 1876 (silver albumen print)
878327 Swedish School House, Centennial Exposition, Philadelphia, 1876 (silver albumen print) by American Photographer, (19th century); 20.3x25.4 cm; Free Library of Philadelphia; (add.info)

Commodore Perry at the Battle of Lake Erie (oil on canvas)
145460 Commodore Perry at the Battle of Lake Erie (oil on canvas) by Birch, Thomas (1779-1851); 47x59 cm; Private Collection; (add.info)

Charles Carroll of Carrollton, engraved by Asher Brown Durand (1796-1886) (engraving)
STC186011 Charles Carroll of Carrollton, engraved by Asher Brown Durand (1796-1886) (engraving) by Harding, Chester (1792-1866) (after); Private Collection; (add.info)

Salmon fishing on the Caspapediac River (Quebec, Canada) (oil on canvas)
CH430213 Salmon fishing on the Caspapediac River (Quebec, Canada) (oil on canvas) by Bierstadt, Albert (1830-1902); 66.6x92.1 cm; Private Collection; Photo eChristies Images; American

Dawson City during the Klondike Gold Rush (1897-98) 1898 (b / w photo)
PNP245978 Dawson City during the Klondike Gold Rush (1897-98) 1898 (b/w photo) by American Photographer, (19th century); Private Collection; Peter Newark American Pictures; American, out of copyright

American admiral Chester W Nimitz, Commander in Chief of the US Pacific Fleet, World War II, 1941-1945 (photo)
6015170 American admiral Chester W Nimitz, Commander in Chief of the US Pacific Fleet, World War II, 1941-1945 (photo) by American Photographer (19th century) (after); Private Collection; (add.info)

Niagara Falls in Winter (oil on canvas)
PHD29648 Niagara Falls in Winter (oil on canvas) by Gignoux, Regis Francis (1816-82); Capitol Collection, Washington, USA; French, out of copyright

Portrait of Thomas Jefferson, 1805 (oil on canvas)
NYH154233 Portrait of Thomas Jefferson, 1805 (oil on canvas) by Peale, Rembrandt (1778-1860); 71.1x59.7 cm; Collection of the New-York Historical Society

Opening Day, The Orators, Centennial International Exhibition of 1876
2920747 Opening Day, The Orators, Centennial International Exhibition of 1876, Philadelphia (b/w photo) by American Photographer

James Buchanan, 1930 (lithograph)
8915431 James Buchanan, 1930 (lithograph) by Brady, Mathew (1823-96); Osterreichische Nationalbibliothek, Vienna, Austria; (add.info.: James Buchanan, lithograph by A)

Georg Washington, 1930 (print)
8915315 Georg Washington, 1930 (print) by Stuart, Gilbert (1755-1828) (after); Osterreichische Nationalbibliothek, Vienna, Austria; (add.info.: Washington, Georg, painting to / from Gilbert Stuart)

F1915.125a-b
(Artist) Dwight William Tryon; United States; 1915; Pastel on cardboard; H x W: 19.3 x 29.5 cm (7 5/8 x 11 5/8 in); Gift of Charles Lang Freer

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Goat hunter's death, British Columbia (engraving)
8631463 Goat hunter's death, British Columbia (engraving) by Fripp, Charles Edwin (1854-1906); Private Collection; (add.info.: Goat hunter's death, British Columbia, Canada)

The Wawona Tree, 1901 (colour litho)
473487 The Wawona Tree, 1901 (colour litho) by European School, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: The Wawona Tree, also known as Wawona Tunnel Tree)

Joshua Trees, California, 1934 (colour litho)
473475 Joshua Trees, California, 1934 (colour litho) by European School, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: The Joshua Tree (Yucca Brevifolia), also known as yucca palm, tree yucca

Abraham Lincoln in 1863, 1863 (albumen print)
3951669 Abraham Lincoln in 1863, 1863 (albumen print) by Gardner, Alexander (1821-82); Addison Gallery of American Art, Phillips Academy, Andover, MA, USA; (add.info.: Abraham Lincoln (1809-65)

Simon Bolivar
LLM462707 Simon Bolivar by European School (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Simon Bolivar. Liebig card, early 20th century. Chromolithograph.); © Look and Learn

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The diverse and captivating America continent is a tapestry of history, culture, and natural wonders. Step back in time to the bustling Grand Central Terminal in New York City circa 1930, where the energy of a bygone era still lingers in this black and white photograph. Immerse yourself in the vibrant world of sport fishing as you witness a walleye striking a lure in this colorful lithograph from 1950. Journey to the remote wilderness of Kotzebue, Alaska around 1929 through a monochromatic photo capturing an Eskimo muskrat hunter paddling through marshes. Explore the rich heritage of Native Americans with a powerful portrait depicting an Indian Chief, symbolizing their resilience and strength. Transport yourself to another realm entirely with Cornelia Bradley Martin's portrayal as Mary Stuart, Queen of Scots at the Bradley-Martin Ball. The elegance and grace exuded by Martin truly brings history to life. Delve into entertainment history with sheet music from Ziegfeld Follies' Garden of my Dreams in 1918. This color lithograph showcases the glitz and glamour that defined American showbiz during that era. Witness bravery on display as African-American Marines fight valiantly during the Battle of Peleliu on September 15th, 1944 - captured forever in this poignant black and white photograph. Marvel at nature's majesty while gazing upon stone walls lining Upper Missouri dating back to 1832-34 or thirsty trappers rushing for water depicted on paper from around 1837. Discover architectural marvels like Swedish School House at Philadelphia's Centennial Exposition held in1876 - immortalized through silver albumen print photography. Relive pivotal moments such as Commodore Perry leading his troops into battle at Lake Erie through an oil-on-canvas masterpiece that captures both heroism and determination.