Daguerreotype portrait of American abolitionist Frederick Douglass as a young man, 1848. Formerly enslaved he became the first Black man to be...
View of the city of Algiers, by Charles Rumker showing the city, the hills surrounding it, and the maritime traffic in its harbor.
Dressing the Beeves, Armour�s Great Packing House, a stereocard depicting a slaughterhouse run by the Armour Company, in Chicago, ca.1892. Published...
An example of placer mining for gold, with three men, named Spriggs, Lamb, and Dillon, working alongside a sluice box, Rockerville, South Dakota,...
Illustration depicting soldiers from the Allied countries of World War II, facing a central 'V' shape formed by the flags of their different...
Illustration of an Incan woman weaving, 1565. From a drawing by Felipe Guaman Poma from his 'El Primer Nueva Coronica y Buen Gobierno'.
Illustration of the Incan Sun Festival, worshipping the sun god in hopes of a good harvest, 1565. From a drawing by Felipe Guaman Poma from his 'El...
The voyages of discovery and conquest, showing Christopher Columbus, Juan Díaz de Solís, Diego de Almagro, Francisco Pizarro, Vasco Núñez de Balboa...
Illustration of the Keeper of the Quipu, a device used by the Incas to record mathematical data and possibly non-numerical information as well, 1565....
The first history of queens, Coia, Mama Vaco Coia, an Incan empress, ca. 1600s. From Peruvian illustrated codex 'Nueva Coronica y Buen Gobierno',...
Illustration showing an Inca shepherd walking with a load of firewood on his back, and herding llamas, ca.1600s. From Peruvian illustrated codex...
La Decima Coya, Mama Ocllo, an Incan empress, is shown walking among a group, with women behind and a man in front, ca.1600s. From Peruvian...
Illustration depicting the Inca's council: Incap rantin qhapaq apu, the great lord who represents the Inca; Guaman Chaua, most excellent lord,...
Political cartoon showing President Calvin Coolidge riding in a car with Treasury Secretary Andrew Mellon , two figures on the roadside exhort them...
Tombstone of Caterina Vilioni, daughter of Venetian merchant Domenico Vilioni, died in the Chinese trading city of Yangzhou in 1342. Her tombstone,...
Rebel soldiers who fought in the Philippine-American War which began in 1890 and officially ended two years later, although guerilla warefare...
View of Shanghai in the 1860s. Taken from the American side of Soochow Creek, the image shows the British settlement across the water and the great...
Engraving By William Hogarth Of 'The Rakes Progress' showing marriage between young man and old woman, number five in the series with caption circa...
Rebel soldiers who fought in the Philippine-American War which began in 1890 and officially ended two years later, although guerilla warefare...
Rebel soldiers who fought in the Philippine-American War which began in 1890 and officially ended two years later, although guerilla warefare...
Lithograph by Leon Jean-Baptiste Sabatier, titled 'Une Rue De Manille, Philippines.' Manilla, Philippines, South East Asia, 1836.
Tagal Indians pounding rice' in an illustration which appeared in the 1853 edition of 'Twenty Years in the Philippines,' by Paul De La Gironiere....
Members of the first Philippine Assembly, elected in 1907. It was the first popularly elected legislative body in Southeast Asia. There were 80...
Miguel Lopez de Legazpi, also known as El Adelantado and El Viejo , a Spanish conquistador who established one of the first European settlements in...
Woodcut depicting the peoples of Southern Mindanao and the Moluccas building caracoas as vessels of war. Malaysia, South East Asia, 16th Century. .
Map showing the European-style fortesses protected armies of traders on foreign soil. The medieval walls of Avila , in Spain, exemplify the old...
Woodcut depiction of a Filipino colony in Minjam, Malacca . Malaysia, South East Asia, date unknown. .
View of the Murderers' Bay, as you are at anchor here in 15 fathom', a drawing made by Abel Tasman's artist Isaac Gilsemans on the occasion of a...
Etching by Franciso Goya titled 'One Way To Fly' and number 13 in the series 'The Proverbs' circa 1815. .
Illustration of the past and future of black people from slavery to freedom with portrait head of Abraham Lincoln circa 1860. .
Etching By Franciso Goya with caption 'El Buitre Carnivoro' Part of the series 'The Disasters Of War' circa 1810. .
Illustration depicting 'Dutchmen sitting at table with the Chinese, seen by the Japanese at Deshima in the eighteenth century: they are drinking tea....
Colour Lithograph By J. Hoover titled 'Heroes Of The Colored Race' with portraits of Blanche Kelso Bruce, Frederick Douglas and Hiram Revels circa...
Painted MURAL IN The U.S. House Of Representatives By Emanuel Leutze with inscription 'Westward The Course Of Empire Takes Its Way' circa 1861. .
Photograph of a Member of a German Tank Crew Surrendering as British Infantry Rush His Tank in El Alamein, October 27th, 1942.
Photograph of German and Italian Prisoners with their Hands Held Above Their Heads being Brought in by a British Soldier, November 28th, 1941.
Photograph of Crusader Mark II battle tanks of the British 8th Army moving up to the Battle Area, November 2nd, 1942.
Photograph of a Brigadier Instructing his Tank Commanders Using a Sand Table in Tobruk, November 29th, 1941.
Photograph of the G.O.C in Charge, Sir Archibald Wavell Talking to the Commander of the Desert Forces Lt.Gen. Richard O'Connor outside Bardia....
