The interior of the Crystal Palace in a tunnel book or peep show. Used to memorialize a scene in the past and make the viewer feel as though they are "peeping" in on history or as though they has stepped into the…
The book cover of the 1950 edition of Emma published by Abbey Classics in California. Found on Paris Review for article about Margaret Sullivan's book Jane Austen Cover to Cover which documents the many covers for editions of Austen's six most…
Rollercoaster thrills riders in the late 1800's at Coney Island.https://www.cincinnati.com/picture-gallery/entertainment/2014/05/22/photos-coney-island/9441647/
On September 21, 1840, someone by the name of Rose, from Rochester, New York penned a letter to her aunt Clara, describing a recent trip to Niagara Falls. In the letter she describes her excursion to both the Canadian and American sides of the Falls…
This is a physical object, "[p]rinted in violet ink on yellow....[and] addressed to John Mercer Esq., Coatesville, Pennsylvania". It bears the return address of the Lincoln-Johnson Presidential campaign and its emblematic phrase: "UNION &…