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- Whiskey Bottle, 1859-1870 - Abraham Bininger established a grocery business in New York City in the late 1700s. Family descendants carried on the trade into the late 1800s, selling alcoholic spirits in bottles with a variety of shapes. The bottles were often embossed with Bininger's name and description of the contents. Other bottles, like this one, sported printed labels.
- 1859-1870
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Whiskey Bottle, 1859-1870
Abraham Bininger established a grocery business in New York City in the late 1700s. Family descendants carried on the trade into the late 1800s, selling alcoholic spirits in bottles with a variety of shapes. The bottles were often embossed with Bininger's name and description of the contents. Other bottles, like this one, sported printed labels.
- Music Sheet, "Ocean Telegraph March," 1858 - This sheet music celebrates the first transatlantic cable. The ships depicted are the USS <em>Niagara</em> and HMS <em>Agamemnon</em>. These vessels met in the middle of the Atlantic Ocean, spliced their cable payloads together, and set off to separate shores in Ireland and Canada. The man at center is likely Cyrus W. Field, financier of the first and second transatlantic cables.
- 1858
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Music Sheet, "Ocean Telegraph March," 1858
This sheet music celebrates the first transatlantic cable. The ships depicted are the USS Niagara and HMS Agamemnon. These vessels met in the middle of the Atlantic Ocean, spliced their cable payloads together, and set off to separate shores in Ireland and Canada. The man at center is likely Cyrus W. Field, financier of the first and second transatlantic cables.
- "Bible-House - Cooper Institute - Tompkins Market," 1861 - This 1861 lithograph depicts the streetcars traversing the streets at Cooper Union in New York City. Horse-drawn rail cars pass by the Tompkins Market and Armory, the Bible House, and the Cooper Institute.
- 1861
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"Bible-House - Cooper Institute - Tompkins Market," 1861
This 1861 lithograph depicts the streetcars traversing the streets at Cooper Union in New York City. Horse-drawn rail cars pass by the Tompkins Market and Armory, the Bible House, and the Cooper Institute.
- Lithograph, Battles of the Fourth Regiment Michigan Volunteers, circa 1865 - Charles Gruner, a soldier in the 4th Michigan Volunteer Infantry during the Civil War, sketched some of his regiment's early wartime experiences. These include standing at attention during winter encampment, digging earthworks, and returning from a successful skirmish at New Bridge, Virginia, in May 1862 -- a fight that gained the regiment national publicity. These sketches were later published in this print.
- 1862-1863
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Lithograph, Battles of the Fourth Regiment Michigan Volunteers, circa 1865
Charles Gruner, a soldier in the 4th Michigan Volunteer Infantry during the Civil War, sketched some of his regiment's early wartime experiences. These include standing at attention during winter encampment, digging earthworks, and returning from a successful skirmish at New Bridge, Virginia, in May 1862 -- a fight that gained the regiment national publicity. These sketches were later published in this print.
- Photograph of a Lithograph, "White Bear Lake," circa 1840 -
- circa 1840
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Photograph of a Lithograph, "White Bear Lake," circa 1840
- Photograph of a Lithograph, "Fort Vancouver, W. T.," 1857-1864 -
- 1857-1864
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Photograph of a Lithograph, "Fort Vancouver, W. T.," 1857-1864
- "T. Smits Vly in Early Times" (New Amsterdam, later New York City), Lithograph from 1861 - Immigrants from the Netherlands settled present-day New York City in the early 1600s. The Dutch settlement, christened New Amsterdam, flourished as colonists bartered with Indigenous communities, farmed and plied various trades. This 19th-century print depicts boat builders working along the river and a prosperous farm with a windmill where colonists ground their grain.
- 1861
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"T. Smits Vly in Early Times" (New Amsterdam, later New York City), Lithograph from 1861
Immigrants from the Netherlands settled present-day New York City in the early 1600s. The Dutch settlement, christened New Amsterdam, flourished as colonists bartered with Indigenous communities, farmed and plied various trades. This 19th-century print depicts boat builders working along the river and a prosperous farm with a windmill where colonists ground their grain.
- "Crossing the Hellgate River Jan 6th 1854" Lithograph - In the early 1850s, the United States government sent out survey parties to explore four possible transcontinental railroad routes. Illustrators accompanied these expeditions and created prints that became part of the final report. One team investigated the northernmost route from St. Paul, Minnesota, to Washington's Puget Sound. The print copied in this photograph depicts the perilous crossing of Montana's frozen Hellgate River along this route.
- January 06, 1854
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"Crossing the Hellgate River Jan 6th 1854" Lithograph
In the early 1850s, the United States government sent out survey parties to explore four possible transcontinental railroad routes. Illustrators accompanied these expeditions and created prints that became part of the final report. One team investigated the northernmost route from St. Paul, Minnesota, to Washington's Puget Sound. The print copied in this photograph depicts the perilous crossing of Montana's frozen Hellgate River along this route.