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America's History in Vintage Photos & Illustrations by Janus Images(25 images)
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American history and Americana seen by photographers and illustrators of the past. Image subjects cover the human condition, technology, war and social issues. Vintage images offered in this gallery range from Colonial America to the United States becoming a world power.
  • Young married couple sitting on dishes as the wife feeds the husband while they share the work of doing dishes, circa 1910. Vintage Image: Hand tinted special effects photo By photographer David Doody
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  • A patriotic young lady in an American flag dress circa 1910. Hand tinted vintage photo. Stars and stripes By photographer David Doody
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  • "A few good men, 1908" US Marines in China, 1908 (around the time of the "Boxer Rebellion" They are carrying the Kragg rifles used for a short time at the turn of the 20th Century. US Marine Corps By photographer David Doody
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  • Vintage Illustration: TITLE: "A sure winner" Tobacco advertising poster showing an African American couple, as the woman offers the man a cigar. African American man and woman in cigar advertisement 1890-1900. By photographer David Doody
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  • Vintage photo of men bare knuckle boxing, 1907 in North Carolina. By photographer David Doody
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  • "Pro Patria-1776" & "The Return" A soldier of the American Revolution leaves his home and lover, then returns after the war with a head wound. Illustration by Walter Satterlee for July 1876 Harper's Weekly (US Centennial year) By photographer David Doody
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  • Union General William Tecumseh Sherman on horseback in the the Shenandoah Valley. Civil War in Virginia Illustration from Harper's Weekly December 17, 1864 after a photo by Brady By photographer David Doody
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  • Dramatic battle scene of Union Army soldiers charging past dead and wounded comrades with tattered battle flag flying, swords and rifles at the ready. Civil War Harper's Weekly, 1864 The Campaign in Virginia "On to Richmond" by famous illustrator Thomas Nast. Vintage illustration, 1864 By photographer David Doody
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  • Abe Lincoln political cartoon with a black man on his shoulders as he balances walking a tight rope. Just prior to election to his first term in 1860. The illustration is of a clean shaven Lincoln. politics/government August 1860 Harper's Weekly. By photographer David Doody
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  • Guarding the mouth of the Chesapeake Bay and Hampton Roads at Fort Monroe, Virginia. The "Lincoln Gun," a 15-inch Rodman Columbiad during the Civil War. Union Coastal Artillery By photographer David Doody
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  • Sarah Emma Edmonds (1841 - 1898), a Canadian-born woman who is known for serving with the Union Army during the American Civil War as both a nurse and a spy (first disguised as a man, "Frank Thompson"). Her account of various Civil War exploits was published in 1865 "Nurse and Spy in the Union Army". Vintage Illustration: Civil War By photographer David Doody
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  • Sarah Emma Edmonds (1841 - 1898), a Canadian-born woman who is best known for serving with the Union Army during the American Civil War as both a nurse and a spy (first disguised as a man, "Frank Thompson"). Her account of various Civil War exploits was published in 1865 "Nurse and Spy in the Union Army" She is comforting a dying Union soldier who she discovers is really a woman. Vintage Illustration: Civil War; Women at war; Espionage....Vintage Illustration: Civil War .... By photographer David Doody
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  • Union Army General "Little Mac" George B. McClellan on horseback. Harper's Weekly newspaper Cover January 25, 1862. He later ran as the Democratic candidate for president in 1864 against Republican President Lincoln's second term. He was popular in the early days of the Civil War, but was relieved of his command when he failed to act aggressively in the Peninsula Campaign, losing any chance to end the war in 1862 or 1863. By photographer David Doody
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  • Civil War: President Lincoln's assassin, the actor John Wilkes Booth on the cover Harper's Weekly april 29, 1865 Civil War; Crime & Punishment; Men; Vintage Illustration; Presidents; Criminals. By photographer David Doody
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  • "Of course he wants to vote for the Democratic ticket" "You're as free as air. ain't you?, say you are, or I'll blow yer black head off!" Blacks seeking protection of the law from KKK efforts to keep African-Americans from voting in free elections. Harper's Weekly political cartoon, October 21, 1876 Politics, Government, Elections By photographer David Doody
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  • Frank Leslie's Illustrated July 1, 1865; Poverty in New York City Slums; #38 Cherry Street "A Source of Pestilence and Crime" Tenement Interior cutaway view; Housing; Social Issues; Architecture By photographer David Doody
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  • Vintage Illustration: Constructing the Brooklyn Bridge, New York City Harper's Weekly March 1877 Page 245 By photographer David Doody
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  • "The horrors of Travel" 19th century rail (train) and ship travel . Death and destruction with the new technology. Angels hover as the grim reaper rides the train. Harper's Weekly Sept. 23rd, 1865. By photographer David Doody
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  • 3 men sit atop a derailed locomotive next to a swollen river. Train wreck at a broken bridge, probably the result of a flood circa 1900 By photographer David Doody
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  • Vintage Illustration: Praying and Protesting drunkenness at saloons (led by Mrs. Col. Lowe). Woman's crusade against intemperance later known as The Woman's Christian Temperance Union (WCTU). The scene is illustrated by Mrs. C. S. Reinhart of the events in Xenia, Ohio. Alcohol abuse, social movements, health, substance abuse, sobriety, bars. Harper's Weekly 1874 By photographer David Doody
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  • Vintage Illustration: "You Shust Git Out" said Mrs. Klein, of Klein's Confectionery and Toy Store (a saloon) Confronting the praying women (led by Mrs. Col. Lowe) protesting the sale of liquor in her store. Woman's crusade against intemperance later known as The Woman's Christian Temperance Union (WCTU). The scene is illustrated by Mrs. C. S. Reinhart of the events in Xenia, Ohio. social movements, health, substance abuse, sobriety, bars Harper's Weekly 1874 By photographer David Doody
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  • Frank Leslie's Illustrated July 1, 1865; Poverty in New York City Slums; #38 Cherry Street "A Source of Pestilence and Crime" Tenement Interior cutaway view; Housing; Social Issues; Architecture By photographer David Doody
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  • Frank Leslie's Illustrated July 1, 1865; Poverty in New York City Slums; #38 Cherry Street "A Source of Pestilence and Crime" Tenement Interior cutaway view; Housing; Social Issues; Architecture By photographer David Doody
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  • Frank Leslie's Illustrated July 1, 1865; Poverty in New York City Slums; #38 Cherry Street "A Source of Pestilence and Crime" Tenement Interior cutaway view; Housing; Social Issues; Architecture By photographer David Doody
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  • Frank Leslie's Illustrated July 1, 1865; Poverty in New York City Slums; #38 Cherry Street "A Source of Pestilence and Crime" Tenement Interior cutaway view; Housing; Social Issues; Architecture By photographer David Doody
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