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Indian Fisherman Animation of 1893 Columbian Exposition
This picture is not a high detail photograph but rather an animation regarding what is expected to be seen at the Fair. The picture shows two men in a fishing boat, one actively fishing with a harpoon, another using a paddle to move the boat.
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The Improved Corliss Engine Of Modern Design:
Stationary steam engines, simple and compound; especially as adapted to electric lighting purposes:
The Corliss Engine, as exhibited at the Centennial Exhibition by President Grant, powered all the machines in machinery hall- and stood as a large testament to the American horsepower. In his classic nearly-poetic style, Howells described the massive…
The Press on the Field, Contraband News, In Action, Reliable Information, Newspapers at Home, The Sketchbook, and The Newspapers in Camp.
Nast cartoon shows the variety of ways the press obtained information and the full circle of the process from obtaining the news to reading it at camp and at home. Image includes receipt of information from soldier and from escaped slaves joining…
The Past and the Future
Chromolithograph by Thomas Nast. Nast was a famous cartoonist in the nineteenth century. This image was first published in Harper's Weekly, Jamuary 24, 1864. It was reproduced as a chromolithograph and sold at the Great Central Fair, also know as…
Circus Labor Strike
These two photographs are the labor strike at the Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus on June 22, 1938. The circus executive John Ringling North informed his employees that all of the circus would have to take a 25% pay cut because the circus…
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